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-File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.5, Next: Q3.0.6, Prev: Q3.0.4, Up: Customization
-
-Q3.0.5: How to check if a lisp function is defined?
----------------------------------------------------
-
- Use the following elisp:
-
- (fboundp 'foo)
-
- It's almost always a mistake to test `emacs-version' or any similar
-variables.
-
- Instead, use feature-tests, such as `featurep', `boundp', `fboundp',
-or even simple behavioral tests, eg.:
-
- (defvar foo-old-losing-code-p
- (condition-case nil (progn (losing-code t) nil)
- (wrong-number-of-arguments t)))
-
- There is an incredible amount of broken code out there which could
-work much better more often in more places if it did the above instead
-of trying to divine its environment from the value of one variable.
-
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-
-Q3.0.6: Can I force the output of `(face-list)' to a buffer?
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-
- It would be good having it in a buffer, as the output of
-`(face-list)' is too wide to fit to a minibuffer.
-
- Evaluate the expression in the `*scratch*' buffer with point after
-the rightmost paren and typing `C-j'.
-
- If the minibuffer smallness is the only problem you encounter, you
-can simply press `C-h l' to get the former minibuffer contents in a
-buffer.
-
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-
-Q3.0.7: Font selections in don't get saved after `Save Options'.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- For XEmacs 19.14 and previous:
-
- John Mann <mannj@ll.mit.edu> writes:
-
- You have to go to Options->Frame Appearance and unselect
- `Frame-Local Font Menu'. If this option is selected, font changes
- are only applied to the _current_ frame and do _not_ get saved
- when you save options.
-
- For XEmacs 19.15 and later:
-
- Implement the above as well as set the following in your `.emacs'
-
- (setq options-save-faces t)
-
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-
-Q3.0.8: How do I get a single minibuffer frame?
------------------------------------------------
-
- Vin Shelton <acs@acm.org> writes:
-
- (setq initial-frame-plist '(minibuffer nil))
- (setq default-frame-plist '(minibuffer nil))
- (setq default-minibuffer-frame
- (make-frame
- '(minibuffer only
- width 86
- height 1
- menubar-visible-p nil
- default-toolbar-visible-p nil
- name "minibuffer"
- top -2
- left -2
- has-modeline-p nil)))
- (frame-notice-user-settings)
-
- *Please note:* The single minibuffer frame may not be to everyone's
-taste, and there any number of other XEmacs options settings that may
-make it difficult or inconvenient to use.
-
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-
-Q3.0.9: What is `Customize'?
-----------------------------
-
- Starting with XEmacs 20.2 there is new system 'Customize' for
-customizing XEmacs options.
-
- You can access `Customize' from the `Options' menu or invoking one
-of customize commands by typing eg. `M-x customize', `M-x
-customize-face', `M-x customize-variable' or `M-x customize-apropos'.
-
- Starting with XEmacs 20.3 there is also new `browser' mode for
-Customize. Try it out with `M-x customize-browse'
-
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-File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.1, Next: Q3.1.2, Prev: Q3.0.9, Up: Customization
-
-3.1: X Window System & Resources
-================================
-
-Q3.1.1: Where is a list of X resources?
----------------------------------------
-
- Search through the `NEWS' file for `X Resources'. A fairly
-comprehensive list is given after it.
-
- In addition, an `app-defaults' file is supplied, `etc/Emacs.ad'
-listing the defaults. The file `etc/sample.Xdefaults' gives a set of
-defaults that you might consider. It is essentially the same as
-`etc/Emacs.ad' but some entries are slightly altered. Be careful about
-installing the contents of this file into your `.Xdefaults' or
-`.Xresources' file if you use GNU Emacs under X11 as well.
-
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-
-Q3.1.2: How can I detect a color display?
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-
- You can test the return value of the function `(device-class)', as
-in:
-
- (when (eq (device-class) 'color)
- (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-comment-face "Grey")
- (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-string-face "Red")
- ....
- )
-
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-
-Q3.1.5: How can I get the icon to just say `XEmacs'?
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-
- I'd like the icon to just say `XEmacs', and not include the name of
-the current file in it.
-
- Add the following line to your `.emacs':
-
- (setq frame-icon-title-format "XEmacs")
-
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-File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.6, Next: Q3.1.7, Prev: Q3.1.5, Up: Customization
-
-Q3.1.6: How can I have the window title area display the full path?
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-
- I'd like to have the window title area display the full
-directory/name of the current buffer file and not just the name.
-
- Add the following line to your `.emacs':
-
- (setq frame-title-format "%S: %f")
-
- A more sophisticated title might be:
-
- (setq frame-title-format
- '("%S: " (buffer-file-name "%f"
- (dired-directory dired-directory "%b"))))
-
- That is, use the file name, or the dired-directory, or the buffer
-name.
-
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Q3.1.7: `xemacs -name junk' doesn't work?
(set-face-background 'default "bisque") ; frame background
(set-face-foreground 'default "black") ; normal text
(set-face-background 'zmacs-region "red") ; When selecting w/
- ; mouse
+ ; mouse
(set-face-foreground 'zmacs-region "yellow")
(set-face-font 'default "*courier-bold-r*120-100-100*")
(set-face-background 'highlight "blue") ; Ie when selecting
- ; buffers
+ ; buffers
(set-face-foreground 'highlight "yellow")
(set-face-background 'modeline "blue") ; Line at bottom
- ; of buffer
+ ; of buffer
(set-face-foreground 'modeline "white")
(set-face-font 'modeline "*bold-r-normal*140-100-100*")
(set-face-background 'isearch "yellow") ; When highlighting
- ; while searching
+ ; while searching
(set-face-foreground 'isearch "red")
(setq x-pointer-foreground-color "black") ; Adds to bg color,
- ; so keep black
+ ; so keep black
(setq x-pointer-background-color "blue") ; This is color
- ; you really
- ; want ptr/crsr
+ ; you really
+ ; want ptr/crsr
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edit-faces'.
-3.3: The Modeline
-=================
-
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+3.3: The Modeline
+=================
+
Q3.3.1: How can I make the modeline go away?
--------------------------------------------
mode:
(add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook
- '(lambda () (setq fume-display-in-modeline-p nil)))
+ '(lambda () (setq fume-display-in-modeline-p nil)))
David Hughes <dhughes@origin-at.co.uk> writes:
(global-set-key [(control ?.)]
(lambda () (interactive) (scroll-up 1)))
- (global-set-key [(control ? ;)]
- (lambda () (interactive) (scroll-up -1)))
+ (global-set-key [(control ?;)]
+ (lambda () (interactive) (scroll-up -1)))
This is fine if you only need a few functions within the lambda body.
If you're doing more it's cleaner to define a separate function as in
(scroll-down 1))
(global-set-key [(control ?.)] 'scroll-up-one-line) ; C-.
- (global-set-key [(control ? ;)] 'scroll-down-one-line) ; C-;
+ (global-set-key [(control ?;)] 'scroll-down-one-line) ; C-;
The key point is that you can only bind simple functions to keys; you
can not bind a key to a function that you're also passing arguments to.
Generally, the simplest way is to define a key as Multi_key with
xmodmap, e.g.
- xmodmap -e 'keycode 0xff20 = Multi_key'
+ xmodmap -e 'keycode 0xff20 = Multi_key'
You will need to pick an appropriate keycode. Use xev to find out
the keycodes for each key.
automatically define the right `Windows' key as Multi_key'.]
Once you have Multi_key defined, you can use e.g.
- Multi a ' => á
- Multi e " => ë
- Multi c , => ç
+ Multi a ' => á
+ Multi e " => ë
+ Multi c , => ç
etc.
Also, recent versions of XFree86 define various AltGr-<key>
combinations as dead keys, i.e.
- AltGr [ => dead_diaeresis
- AltGr ] => dead_tilde
- AltGr ; => dead_acute
+ AltGr [ => dead_diaeresis
+ AltGr ] => dead_tilde
+ AltGr ; => dead_acute
etc.
Running `xmodmap -pk' will list all of the defined keysyms.
You can use a color to make it stand out better:
- Emacs*cursorColor: Red
+ Emacs*cursorColor: Red
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(interactive "_P")
(let ((zmacs-region-stays t))
(if (interactive-p)
- (condition-case nil
- ad-do-it
- (end-of-buffer (goto-char (point-max))))
+ (condition-case nil
+ ad-do-it
+ (end-of-buffer (goto-char (point-max))))
ad-do-it)))
(defadvice scroll-down (around scroll-down freeze)
(interactive "_P")
(let ((zmacs-region-stays t))
(if (interactive-p)
- (condition-case nil
- ad-do-it
- (beginning-of-buffer (goto-char (point-min))))
+ (condition-case nil
+ ad-do-it
+ (beginning-of-buffer (goto-char (point-min))))
ad-do-it)))
Thanks to T. V. Raman <raman@adobe.com> for assistance in deriving
(setq mail-archive-file-name "~/outbox")
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+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.0.6, Next: Q4.0.7, Prev: Q4.0.5, Up: Subsystems
+
+Q4.0.6: I have various addresses at which I receive mail. How can I tell VM to ignore them when doing a "reply-all"?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ Set `vm-reply-ignored-addresses' to a list, like
+
+ (setq vm-reply-ignored-addresses
+ '("wing@nuspl@nvwls.cc.purdue.edu,netcom[0-9]*.netcom.com"
+ "wing@netcom.com" "wing@xemacs.org"))
+
+ Note that each string is a regular expression.
+
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+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.0.7, Next: Q4.0.8, Prev: Q4.0.6, Up: Subsystems
+
+Q4.0.7: Is there a mailing list or FAQ for VM?
+----------------------------------------------
+
+ A FAQ for VM exists at `http://www.cyberpass.net/~gorkab/vmfaq.htm'.
+
+ VM has its own newsgroups gnu.emacs.vm.info and gnu.emacs.vm.bug.
+
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+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.0.8, Next: Q4.0.9, Prev: Q4.0.7, Up: Subsystems
+
+Q4.0.8: Remote mail reading with VM.
+------------------------------------
+
+ My mailbox lives at the office on a big honkin server. My regular
+INBOX lives on my honkin desktop machine. I now can PPP to the office
+from home which is far from honking... I'd like to be able to read
+mail at home without storing it here and I'd like to use xemacs and VM
+at home... Is there a recommended setup?
+
+ Joseph J. Nuspl Jr. <nuspl@nvwls.cc.purdue.edu> writes:
+
+ There are several ways to do this.
+
+ 1. Set your display to your home machine and run dxpc or one of
+ the other X compressors.
+
+ 2. NFS mount your desktop machine on your home machine and
+ modify your pop command on your home machine to rsh to your
+ desktop machine and actually do the pop get's.
+
+ 3. Run a POP server on your desktop machine as well and do a
+ sort of two tiered POP get.
+
+ William Perry <wmperry@monolith.spry.com> adds:
+
+ Or you could run a pop script periodically on your desktop
+ machine, and just use ange-ftp or NFS to get to your mailbox. I
+ used to do this all the time back at IU.
+
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+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.0.9, Next: Q4.0.10, Prev: Q4.0.8, Up: Subsystems
+
+Q4.0.9: rmail or VM gets an error incorporating new mail.
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+ Quoting the XEmacs PROBLEMS file:
+
+ rmail and VM get new mail from `/usr/spool/mail/$USER' using a
+ program called `movemail'. This program interlocks with
+ `/bin/mail' using the protocol defined by `/bin/mail'.
+
+ There are two different protocols in general use. One of them
+ uses the `flock' system call. The other involves creating a lock
+ file; `movemail' must be able to write in `/usr/spool/mail' in
+ order to do this. You control which one is used by defining, or
+ not defining, the macro `MAIL_USE_FLOCK' in `config.h' or the m-
+ or s- file it includes.
+
+ *IF YOU DON'T USE THE FORM OF INTERLOCKING THAT IS NORMAL ON YOUR
+ SYSTEM, YOU CAN LOSE MAIL!*
+
+ If your system uses the lock file protocol, and fascist
+ restrictions prevent ordinary users from writing the lock files in
+ `/usr/spool/mail', you may need to make `movemail' setgid to a
+ suitable group such as `mail'. You can use these commands (as
+ root):
+
+ chgrp mail movemail
+ chmod 2755 movemail
+
+ If your system uses the lock file protocol, and fascist
+ restrictions prevent ordinary users from writing the lock files in
+ `/usr/spool/mail', you may need to make `movemail' setgid to a
+ suitable group such as `mail'. To do this, use the following
+ commands (as root) after doing the make install.
+
+ chgrp mail movemail
+ chmod 2755 movemail
+
+ Installation normally copies movemail from the build directory to
+ an installation directory which is usually under `/usr/local/lib'.
+ The installed copy of `movemail' is usually in the directory
+ `/usr/local/lib/emacs/VERSION/TARGET'. You must change the group
+ and mode of the installed copy; changing the group and mode of the
+ build directory copy is ineffective.
+
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+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.0.10, Next: Q4.0.11, Prev: Q4.0.9, Up: Subsystems
+
+Q4.0.10: How do I make VM stay in a single frame?
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ John.John S Cooper <Cooper@Eng.Sun.COM> writes:
+
+ ; Don't use multiple frames
+ (setq vm-frame-per-composition nil)
+ (setq vm-frame-per-folder nil)
+ (setq vm-frame-per-edit nil)
+ (setq vm-frame-per-summary nil)
+
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+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.0.11, Next: Q4.0.12, Prev: Q4.0.10, Up: Subsystems
+
+Q4.0.11: How do I make VM or mh-e display graphical smilies?
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ For mh-e use the following:
+
+ (add-hook 'mh-show-mode-hook '(lambda ()
+ (smiley-region (point-min)
+ (point-max))))
+
+ WJCarpenter <bill@carpenter.ORG> writes: For VM use the following:
+ (autoload 'smiley-region "smiley" nil t)
+ (add-hook 'vm-select-message-hook
+ '(lambda ()
+ (smiley-region (point-min)
+ (point-max))))
+
+ For tm use the following:
+ (autoload 'smiley-buffer "smiley" nil t)
+ (add-hook 'mime-viewer/plain-text-preview-hook 'smiley-buffer)
+
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