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authorDavid Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com>2009-06-08 04:02:07 +0000
committerDavid Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com>2009-06-08 04:02:07 +0000
commita00c191ccde9c34661039fc5e26e61800686d564 (patch)
treea3693226aab71184f5eb1e63c6adf28f52ce5764
parent53483c76effb3e68453d5acd93629c19c9a304c3 (diff)
downloademacs-a00c191ccde9c34661039fc5e26e61800686d564.tar.gz
macos.texi (Color panel, Font panel): Remove mention of Save Options,
since saving colors and faces set this way is not implemented. (Environment variables): Remove mention of mac-fix-env, which is scheduled to be removed.
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/macos.texi44
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/macos.texi b/doc/emacs/macos.texi
index 89daa69b790..c628e378c72 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/macos.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/macos.texi
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ GNUstep Events}). You can change these bindings in the usual way (@pxref{Key
Bindings}).
The standard Mac / GNUstep font and color panels are accessible via Lisp commands.
- To use the color panel, drag from it to an Emacs frame
-to change the foreground color of the face at that position (if the
-@key{shift} key is held down, it changes the background color
-instead). To finalize the settings for either color or font, choose
-@samp{Save Options} in the @samp{Options} menu. To discard the
+ To use the color panel, drag from it to an Emacs frame to change the
+foreground color of the face at that position (if the @key{shift} key
+is held down, it changes the background color instead). To discard the
settings, create a new frame and close the altered one.
+@c [unclear if the following holds.]
+@c To finalize the settings for either color or font, choose @samp{Save Options} in the @samp{Options} menu.
@key{S-Mouse-1} (i.e., clicking the left mouse button
while holding down the @key{Shift} key) adjusts the region to the
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ it does not pop up a menu for changing the default face, as
@key{S-Mouse-1} normally does (@pxref{Temporary Face Changes}). This
change makes Emacs behave more like other Mac / GNUstep applications.
- When you open or save files using the menus, or using the standard
+ When you open or save files using the menus, or using the
@key{Cmd-o} and @key{Cmd-S} bindings, Emacs uses graphical file
dialogs to read file names. However, if you use the regular Emacs key
sequences, such as @key{C-x C-f}, Emacs uses the minibuffer to read
@@ -83,23 +83,10 @@ is not a descendant of any shell, so its environment variables haven't been
set which often causes the subprocesses it launches to behave differently than
they would when launched from the shell.
-To solve this problem for Emacs, there are two solutions. First is to
-run, from the command line:
-
-@example
-.../Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/mac-fix-env
-@end example
-
-This will pick up your environment settings and save them into a special file
-@file{~/.MacOSX/environment.plist}, which the desktop environment will use to
-set the environment for all launched applications. The drawback of this
-method is it needs to be run again whenever something changes.
-
-As for the PATH and MANPATH variables, a simpler, system-wide method
+As for the PATH and MANPATH variables, a system-wide method
of setting PATH is recommended on Mac OS X 10.5 and later, using the
@file{/etc/paths} files and the @file{/etc/paths.d} directory.
-
@node Mac / GNUstep Customization, Mac / GNUstep Events, Mac / GNUstep Basics, Mac OS / GNUstep
@section Mac / GNUstep Customization
@@ -110,16 +97,21 @@ customization buffers and the Options menu.
@subsection Font and Color Panels
The Font Panel may be accessed with M-x ns-popup-font-panel. It
-will set the default font in the frame most recently used or clicked on. To
-make the setting permanent, use @samp{Save Options} in the Options menu, or
-run @code{menu-bar-options-save}.
+will set the default font in the frame most recently used or clicked
+on.
+
+@c To make the setting permanent, use @samp{Save Options} in the
+@c Options menu, or run @code{menu-bar-options-save}.
You can bring up a color panel with M-x ns-popup-color-panel. and
drag the color you want over the emacs face you want to change. Normal
dragging will alter the foreground color. Shift dragging will alter the
-background color. To make the changes permanent select the "Save Options"
-item in the "Options" menu, or run @code{menu-bar-options-save}. Useful in this
-context is the listing of all faces obtained by @key{M-x}
+background color.
+
+@c To make the changes permanent select the "Save Options"
+@c item in the "Options" menu, or run @code{menu-bar-options-save}.
+
+Useful in this context is the listing of all faces obtained by @key{M-x}
@code{list-faces-display}.
@subsection Open files by dragging to an Emacs window