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* frames.texi (Visibility of Frames): Document tty-top-frame. * loading.texi (Autoload): Document autoloadp, autoload-do-load. * symbols.texi (Symbol Plists): Document function-get.
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2012-10-30 Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
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* symbols.texi (Symbol Plists): Document function-get.
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* loading.texi (Autoload): Document autoloadp, autoload-do-load.
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* frames.texi (Visibility of Frames): Document tty-top-frame.
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2012-10-28 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
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* keymaps.texi (Format of Keymaps): Document the multiple
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@ -1493,8 +1493,9 @@ This function returns the visibility status of frame @var{frame}. The
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value is @code{t} if @var{frame} is visible, @code{nil} if it is
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invisible, and @code{icon} if it is iconified.
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On a text terminal, all frames are considered visible, whether they
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are currently being displayed or not.
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On a text terminal, all frames are considered ``visible'' for the
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purposes of this function, even though only one frame is displayed.
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@xref{Raising and Lowering}.
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@end defun
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@deffn Command iconify-frame &optional frame
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that the minibuffer window is in.
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@end defopt
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You can also enable auto-raise (raising automatically when a frame is
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selected) or auto-lower (lowering automatically when it is deselected)
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for any frame using frame parameters. @xref{Management Parameters}.
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On window systems, you can also enable auto-raising (on frame
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selection) or auto-lowering (on frame deselection) using frame
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parameters. @xref{Management Parameters}.
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@cindex top frame
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The concept of raising and lowering frames also applies to text
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terminal frames. On each text terminal, only the top frame is
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displayed at any one time.
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@defun tty-top-frame terminal
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This function returns the top frame on @var{terminal}. @var{terminal}
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should be a terminal object, a frame (meaning that frame's terminal),
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or @code{nil} (meaning the selected frame's terminal). If it does not
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refer to a text terminal, the return value is @code{nil}.
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@end defun
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@node Frame Configurations
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@section Frame Configurations
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specifies the file to load to get the real definition of @var{function}.
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If @var{filename} does not contain either a directory name, or the
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suffix @code{.el} or @code{.elc}, then @code{autoload} insists on adding
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one of these suffixes, and it will not load from a file whose name is
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just @var{filename} with no added suffix. (The variable
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suffix @code{.el} or @code{.elc}, this function insists on adding one
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of these suffixes, and it will not load from a file whose name is just
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@var{filename} with no added suffix. (The variable
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@code{load-suffixes} specifies the exact required suffixes.)
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The argument @var{docstring} is the documentation string for the
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symbol @var{function}.
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@cindex function cell in autoload
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If @var{function} already has a non-void function definition that is not
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an autoload object, @code{autoload} does nothing and returns @code{nil}.
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If the function cell of @var{function} is void, or is already an autoload
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object, then it is defined as an autoload object like this:
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if @var{function} already has non-void function definition that is not
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an autoload object, this function does nothing and returns @code{nil}.
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Otherwise, it constructs an autoload object (@pxref{Autoload Type}),
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and stores it as the function definition for @var{function}. The
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autoload object has this form:
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@example
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(autoload @var{filename} @var{docstring} @var{interactive} @var{type})
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not a macro or a keymap.
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@end defun
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@defun autoloadp object
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This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is an autoload
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object. For example, to check if @code{run-prolog} is defined as an
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autoloaded function, evaluate
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@smallexample
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(autoloadp (symbol-function 'run-prolog))
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@end smallexample
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@end defun
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@cindex autoload errors
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The autoloaded file usually contains other definitions and may require
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or provide one or more features. If the file is not completely loaded
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assumed to contain a trailer starting with a formfeed character.
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@end defvar
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The following function may be used to explicitly load the library
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specified by an autoload object:
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@defun autoload-do-load autoload &optional name macro-only
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This function performs the loading specified by @var{autoload}, which
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whould be an autoload object. The optional argument @var{name}, if
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non-@code{nil}, should be a symbol whose function value is
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@var{autoload}; in that case, the return value of this function is the
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symbol's new function value. If the value of the optional argument
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@var{macro-only} is @code{macro}, this function avoids loading a
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function, only a macro.
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@end defun
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@node Repeated Loading
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@section Repeated Loading
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@cindex repeated loading
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See @code{put} for an example.
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@end defun
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@defun function-get symbol property
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This function is identical to @code{get}, except that if @var{symbol}
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is the name of a function alias, it looks in the property list of the
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symbol naming the actual function. @xref{Defining Functions}.
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@end defun
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@defun put symbol property value
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This function puts @var{value} onto @var{symbol}'s property list under
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the property name @var{property}, replacing any previous property value.
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describing the cycle.
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** Miscellaneous new functions:
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*** `autoloadp'
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*** `autoload-do-load'
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*** `buffer-narrowed-p' tests if the buffer is narrowed.
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*** `file-name-base' returns a file name sans directory and extension.
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*** `function-get' fetches a function property, following aliases.
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*** `posnp' tests if an object is a `posn'.
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*** `system-users' returns the user names on the system.
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*** `system-groups' returns the group names on the system.
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*** `tty-top-frame' returns the topmost frame of a text terminal.
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** New macros `setq-local' and `defvar-local'.
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