@item --unibyte
@opindex --unibyte
@cindex unibyte operation, command-line argument
-Set up to do almost everything with single-byte buffers and strings.
+Do almost everything with single-byte buffers and strings.
All buffers and strings are unibyte unless you (or a Lisp program)
explicitly ask for a multibyte buffer or string. (Note that Emacs
always loads Lisp files in multibyte mode, even if @samp{--unibyte} is
within the shell that is the parent of the Emacs job. This is why
@code{edit} is an alias rather than a program or a shell script. It is
not possible to implement a resumption command that could be run from
-other subjobs of the shell; no way to define a command that could be
-made the value of @env{EDITOR}, for example. Therefore, this feature
+other subjobs of the shell; there is no way to define a command that could
+be made the value of @env{EDITOR}, for example. Therefore, this feature
does not take the place of the Emacs Server feature (@pxref{Emacs
Server}).
setenv ORGANIZATION "not very much"
@end example
- When Emacs is set-up to use the X Window System, it inherits the use
+ When Emacs is uses the X Window System, it inherits the use
of a large number of environment variables from the X libraries. See
the X documentation for more information.
inside Emacs.
@cindex background mode, on @code{xterm}
@item TERM
-The name of the terminal that Emacs is running on. The variable must be
+The type of the terminal that Emacs is using. The variable must be
set unless Emacs is run in batch mode. On MS-DOS, it defaults to
@samp{internal}, which specifies a built-in terminal emulation that
handles the machine's own display. If the value of @env{TERM} indicates
@cindex @env{DISPLAY} environment variable
The environment variable @env{DISPLAY} tells all X clients, including
-Emacs, where to display their windows. Its value is set up by default
+Emacs, where to display their windows. Its value is set by default
in ordinary circumstances, when you start an X server and run jobs
locally. Occasionally you may need to specify the display yourself; for
example, if you do a remote login and want to run a client program
@appendixsec Options for Window Geometry
@cindex geometry of Emacs window
@cindex position and size of Emacs frame
+@cindex width and height of Emacs frame
- The @samp{-geometry} option controls the size and position of the
+ The @samp{--geometry} option controls the size and position of the
initial Emacs frame. Here is the format for specifying the window
geometry:
If this resource specifies a position, that position applies only to the
initial Emacs frame (or, in the case of a resource for a specific frame
-name, only that frame). However, the size if specified here applies to
+name, only that frame). However, the size, if specified here, applies to
all frames.
@item @code{iconName} (class @code{Title})
@item @code{internalBorder} (class @code{BorderWidth})
Width in pixels of the internal border.
-@item @code{lineSpacing} (class LineSpacing)
+@item @code{lineSpacing} (class @code{LineSpacing})
@cindex line spacing
@cindex leading
Additional space (@dfn{leading}) between lines, in pixels.
If the Emacs installed at your site was built to use the X toolkit
with the Lucid menu widgets, then the menu bar is a separate widget and
has its own resources. The resource names contain @samp{pane.menubar}
-(following, as always, the name of the Emacs invocation or @samp{Emacs}
+(following, as always, the name of the Emacs invocation, or @samp{Emacs},
which stands for all Emacs invocations). Specify them like this:
@example
with the LessTif or Motif widgets, then the menu bar is a separate
widget and has its own resources. The resource names contain
@samp{pane.menubar} (following, as always, the name of the Emacs
-invocation or @samp{Emacs} which stands for all Emacs invocations).
+invocation, or @samp{Emacs}, which stands for all Emacs invocations).
Specify them like this:
@smallexample
@itemx marginWidth
Amount of space to leave around the item, within the border.
@item borderWidth
-The width of border around the menu item, on all sides.
+The width of the border around the menu item, on all sides.
@item shadowThickness
The width of the border shadow.
@item bottomShadowColor