From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to enable tool-bar permanently? Date: 20 Nov 2005 20:18:28 +1100 Message-ID: <8764qn3cez.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: <87br0keshy.wl@nospam.anselm.chemie.fu-berlin.de> Reply-To: timx@spamto.devnul.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1132481742 18407 80.91.229.2 (20 Nov 2005 10:15:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:15:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 20 11:15:42 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EdmED-0001PB-Lc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:15:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Edm6i-0002eA-Q7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:07:38 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 39 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp1-189.lns1.syd7.internode.on.net Original-X-Trace: duster.adelaide.on.net 1132478308 59.167.1.189 (20 Nov 2005 19:48:28 +1050) Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!news.xtra.co.nz!news-south.connect.com.au!duster.adelaide.on.net!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:135591 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:31188 Archived-At: Anselm Helbig writes: > > I have read that I can use the .Xresources but I would rather have it in > > my .emacs file. > > now, that's an easy one: > > (tool-bar-mode 1) > > > What is the reason the the tool-bar is disabled by default? > > well, that's a matter of taste, of course. the tool-bar takes up a lot > of screen real estate, and does not offer that many functions (like, > compared to the menu bar). and you can do everything with the keyboard > anyway. furthermore, the toolbar was added in gnu emacs 21 (someone > correct me if i'm wrong), so it presumably was turned off by default > to not confuse users switching from gnu emacs 20 too much. > > but i am not an emacs developer, so, just guessing... > > kind regards, > > anselm Actually, with the first emacs 21, the tool bar was turned on by default with most distros - I remember all the posts to this and other emacs groups cursing the waste of real estate and wanting to turn it off. The OP post was the first I knew it was now off by default - and a bloody good thing to! Tim -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!