@cindex terminal frame
When Emacs runs on a text-only terminal, it starts with one
-@dfn{terminal frame}. If you create additional ones, Emacs displays
-one and only one at any given time---on the terminal screen, of course.
+@dfn{terminal frame}. If you create additional frames on the same
+terminal, Emacs displays one and only one at any given time---on that
+terminal screen, of course. You can create additional frames, either
+text-only or GUI, on other terminals from the same Emacs session.
+(This comes in handy when you connect to the same session from several
+remote locations.) @c FIXME: Add an xref to multi-tty doc.
@cindex window frame
When Emacs communicates directly with a supported window system, such
parameters @code{foreground-color}, @code{background-color},
@code{background-mode} and @code{display-type} are also meaningful.
+ You can use frame parameters to define frame-local bindings for
+variables. @xref{Frame-Local Variables}.
+
@menu
* Parameter Access:: How to change a frame's parameters.
* Initial Parameters:: Specifying frame parameters when you make a frame.
parameter. If you don't mention a parameter in @var{alist}, its value
doesn't change. If @var{frame} is @code{nil}, it defaults to the selected
frame.
+
+You can use this function to define frame-local bindings for
+variables, see @ref{Frame-Local Variables}.
@end defun
@defun modify-all-frames-parameters alist