running XEmacs under the X window system, that means you can have several
@dfn{XEmacs windows} inside the X window that contains the XEmacs frame.
You can even have multiple frames in different X windows, each with
-their own set of subwindows.
+their own set of subwindows.
@refill
@end table
-Each XEmacs frame displays a variety of information:
+Each XEmacs frame displays a variety of information:
@itemize @bullet
@item
The biggest area usually displays the text you are editing. It may
consist of one window or of two or more windows if you need to look at two
-buffers a the same time.
+buffers a the same time.
@item
Below each text window's last line is a @dfn{mode line} (@pxref{Mode
Line}), which describes what is going on in that window. The mode line
@menu
-* Point:: The place in the text where editing commands operate.
-* Echo Area:: Short messages appear at the bottom of the frame.
+* Point:: The place in the text where editing commands operate.
+* Echo Area:: Short messages appear at the bottom of the frame.
* Mode Line:: Interpreting the mode line.
* GUI Components:: Menubar, toolbars, gutters.
-* XEmacs under X:: Some information on using XEmacs under the X
- Window System.
+* XEmacs under X:: Some information on using XEmacs under the X
+ Window System.
* XEmacs under MS Windows:: Some information on using XEmacs under
Microsoft Windows.
@end menu
@var{ch} contains two stars (@samp{**}) if the text in the buffer has been
edited (the buffer is ``modified''), or two dashes (@samp{--}) if the
-buffer has not been edited. Exception: for a read-only buffer, it is
+buffer has not been edited. Exception: for a read-only buffer, it is
@samp{%%}.
@var{buf} is the name of the window's chosen @dfn{buffer}. The chosen
@var{pos} tells you whether there is additional text above the top of
the screen or below the bottom. If your file is small and it is
-completely visible on the screen, @var{pos} is @samp{All}. Otherwise,
+completely visible on the screen, @var{pos} is @samp{All}. Otherwise,
@var{pos} is @samp{Top} if you are looking at the beginning of the file,
@samp{Bot} if you are looking at the end of the file, or
@samp{@var{nn}%}, where @var{nn} is the percentage of the file above the
the terminal supports it); @code{nil} means no inverse video. The
default is @code{t}. For X frames, simply set the foreground and
background colors appropriately.
-
+
@node GUI Components, XEmacs under X, Mode Line, Frame
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@section GUI Components
@menu
* Menubar Basics:: How XEmacs uses the menubar.
* Scrollbar Basics:: How XEmacs uses scrollbars.
+* Mode Line Basics:: How XEmacs uses modelines.
* Toolbar Basics:: How XEmacs uses toolbars.
* Gutter Basics:: How XEmacs uses gutters.
* Inhibiting:: What if you don't like GUI?
detailed descriptions of these menus, @ref{Pull-down Menus}. (In 21.2
XEmacsen, the @samp{Mule} menu will be moved under @samp{Options}.)
-@node Scrollbar Basics, Toolbar Basics, Menubar Basics, GUI Components
+@node Scrollbar Basics, Mode Line Basics, Menubar Basics, GUI Components
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@section XEmacs Scrollbars
present in all windows (except the minibuffer), and there is no
horizontal scrollbar.
-@node Toolbar Basics, Gutter Basics, Scrollbar Basics, GUI Components
+@node Mode Line Basics, Toolbar Basics, Scrollbar Basics, GUI Components
+@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@section XEmacs Mode Lines
+
+When used in a windowing system, the XEmacs modelines can be dragged
+vertically. The effect is to resize the windows above and below the
+modeline (this includes the minibuffer window).
+
+Additionally, a modeline can be dragged horizontally, in which case it
+scrolls its own text. This behavior is not enabled by default because it
+could be considered as disturbing when dragging vertically. When this
+behavior is enabled, the modeline's text can be dragged either in the
+same direction as the mouse, or in the opposite sense, making the
+modeline act as a scrollbar for its own text.
+
+You can select the behavior you want from the @samp{Display} submenu of
+the @samp{Options} menu.
+
+@node Toolbar Basics, Gutter Basics, Mode Line Basics, GUI Components
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@section XEmacs Toolbars
You can specify a different default frame size other than the one provided.
Use the variable @code{default-frame-alist}, which is an alist of default
values for frame creation other than the first one. These may be set in
-your init file, like this:
+your init file, like this:
@example
(setq default-frame-alist '((width . 80) (height . 55)))
is called with one argument, the frame just created.
If you want to close one or more of the X windows you created using
-@b{New Frame}, use the @b{Delete Frame} menu item from the @b{File} menu.
+@b{New Frame}, use the @b{Delete Frame} menu item from the @b{File} menu.
@vindex frame-title-format
@vindex frame-icon-title-format
Where possible, native MS Windows GUI components and capabilities are
used in XEmacs.
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