From: Chong Yidong Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:00:57 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * frames.texi (Speedbar): A couple more clarifications. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.90~6699 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=92d22d4827437da88ec1ab4c6596fab97d5339a5;p=emacs.git * frames.texi (Speedbar): A couple more clarifications. --- diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog index 99b2b4feb76..3b929275136 100644 --- a/man/ChangeLog +++ b/man/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-10-10 Chong Yidong + + * frames.texi (Speedbar): A couple more clarifications. + 2005-10-11 Nick Roberts * building.texi (GDB User Interface Layout): Improve diagram. diff --git a/man/frames.texi b/man/frames.texi index b01dd626d42..daaa9599bf7 100644 --- a/man/frames.texi +++ b/man/frames.texi @@ -555,30 +555,27 @@ always associated with a specific frame, called its @dfn{attached frame}; all speedbar operations act on that frame. Type @kbd{M-x speedbar} to create the speedbar and associate it with -the current frame. To dismiss the speedbar, select it and type -@kbd{q} or @kbd{M-x speedbar}. (You can also delete the speedbar -frame like any other Emacs frame.) You can then attach the speedbar -to a different frame by typing @kbd{M-x speedbar} in that frame. -@c ??? If the speedbar is active, and I type M-x speedbar in another -@c frame, does that attach the speedbar to that other frame? -@c If not, it should! -- rms - -@c ??? When you visit a file in this way, does it appear -in the selected window? In a new window in the same frame? -- rms +the current frame. To dismiss the speedbar, type @kbd{M-x speedbar} +again, or select the speedbar and type @kbd{q}. (You can also delete +the speedbar frame like any other Emacs frame.) If you wish to +associate the speedbar with a different frame, dismiss it and call +@kbd{M-x speedbar} from that frame. + The speedbar can operate in various modes. Its default mode is @dfn{File Display} mode, which shows the files in the current directory of the selected window of the attached frame, one file per -line. Clicking on a file name visits that file in the attached frame, -and clicking on a directory name shows that directory in the speedbar -(@pxref{Mouse References}). Each line also has a box, @samp{[+]} or -@samp{<+>}, that you can click on to @dfn{expand} the contents of that -item. Expanding a directory adds the contents of that directory to -the speedbar display, underneath the directory's own line. Expanding -an ordinary file adds a list of the tags in that file to the speedbar -display; you can click on a tag name to jump to that tag in the -attached frame. When a file or directory is expanded, the @samp{[+]} -changes to @samp{[-]}; you can click on that box to @dfn{contract} the -item, hiding its contents. +line. Clicking on a file name visits that file in the selected window +of the attached frame, and clicking on a directory name shows that +directory in the speedbar (@pxref{Mouse References}). Each line also +has a box, @samp{[+]} or @samp{<+>}, that you can click on to +@dfn{expand} the contents of that item. Expanding a directory adds +the contents of that directory to the speedbar display, underneath the +directory's own line. Expanding an ordinary file adds a list of the +tags in that file to the speedbar display; you can click on a tag name +to jump to that tag in the selected window of the attached frame. +When a file or directory is expanded, the @samp{[+]} changes to +@samp{[-]}; you can click on that box to @dfn{contract} the item, +hiding its contents. You navigate through the speedbar using the keyboard, too. Typing @kbd{RET} while point is on a line in the speedbar is equivalent to