emacs graphical frame to behave like -nw

emacs graphical frame to behave like -nw

[BP25]

Hello,

I've been very happily using emacs -nw but now I need to display PDFs
(because I'm compiling .tex), hence will need to run emacs on some
graphical frame as opposed to the terminal, because I want to use
docview. How can I make the graphical frame be like emacs -nw, except
for the window where docview will display the PDF? This should be
achievable without using exwm which is overkill I think.

Any leads are very much appreciated! (and CC: me in your reply because
I'm not subscribed to the list, please!)

Re: emacs graphical frame to behave like -nw

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: BP25 <bp25@riseup.net>
> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:40:53 +0000
> 
> I've been very happily using emacs -nw but now I need to display PDFs
> (because I'm compiling .tex), hence will need to run emacs on some
> graphical frame as opposed to the terminal, because I want to use
> docview. How can I make the graphical frame be like emacs -nw, except
> for the window where docview will display the PDF? This should be
> achievable without using exwm which is overkill I think.

Did you try to create a GUI frame using emacsclient?

Re: emacs graphical frame to behave like -nw

[mbork]

On 2025-01-02, at 16:40, BP25 <bp25@riseup.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've been very happily using emacs -nw but now I need to display PDFs
> (because I'm compiling .tex), hence will need to run emacs on some
> graphical frame as opposed to the terminal, because I want to use
> docview. How can I make the graphical frame be like emacs -nw, except

Not the answer to your question, but consider using pdf-tools, which is
a much better pdf viewer than docview.  (Also, it can integrate with
AUCTeX.)

Also, what do you mean exactly by "be like emacs -nw"?  Also, what is
the reason you want that?  I hardly ever use Emacs in a terminal, but
AFAIK, emacs in a graphical environment is basically the same as in the
terminal, only better (for example, some keychords do not work in
terminals AFAIK).  Also, Emacs in graphical environment has some nice
and/or useful capabilities like displaying images (which is extremely
useful for me).

Hth,

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