From 6dec797eaae8932c3cf1f742db4d8c20bd50e323 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:09:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Frames): Explain nature of frames better. --- lispref/frames.texi | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lispref/frames.texi b/lispref/frames.texi index 09b0df1615c..427b2fd710c 100644 --- a/lispref/frames.texi +++ b/lispref/frames.texi @@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ @chapter Frames @cindex frame - A @dfn{frame} is a rectangle on the screen that contains one or more -Emacs windows. A frame initially contains a single main window (plus -perhaps a minibuffer window), which you can subdivide vertically or -horizontally into smaller windows. + In Emacs editing, A @dfn{frame} is a screen objec that contains one +or more Emacs windows. It's the kind of object that is called a +``window'' in the terminology of graphical environments; but we can't +call it a ``window'' here, because Emacs uses that word in a different +way. + + A frame initially contains a single main window and/or a minibuffer +window; you can subdivide the main window vertically or horizontally +into smaller windows. In Emacs Lisp, a @dfn{frame object} is a Lisp +object that represents a frame on the screen. @cindex terminal frame When Emacs runs on a text-only terminal, it starts with one -- 2.39.2