minibuffer-frame-alist

minibuffer-frame-alist

[christop]

Hi,
I've got this in my "dot emacs".

Le line concerning "minibuffer frame" has no incidence:
it doesn't do any thing.
I would like it does.
Has anyone got any idea what can go wrong?

Ch.

PS: I dit this with "customize" that doesn't do any thing concerning
this particular point, ignoring what I say. The rest is ok. It does
as it is likely to do.

(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or
cut/paste it!
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 '(color-theme-legal-frame-parameters
"\\(color\\|mode\\|font\\|height\\|width\\)$")
 '(color-theme-selection "Taylor" nil (color-theme))
 '(default-frame-alist (quote ((font .
"-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-*-*-*") (reverse)
(menu-bar-lines . 0) (tool-bar-lines . 0) (background-color . "black")
(background-mode . dark) (border-color . "black") (cursor-color .
"red") (foreground-color . "wheat") (mouse-color . "black"))))
 '(minibuffer-frame-alist (quote ((width . 181) (height . 1) (left + 2)
(top - 6) (title . "Emacs Minibuffer") (background-color . "yellow")
(internal-border-width . 4) (cursor-color . "red")))))
(custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste
it!
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 '(custom-face-tag-face ((t (:inherit variable-pitch :weight bold))))
 '(custom-group-tag-face ((t (:foreground "light blue" :weight bold))))
 '(custom-group-tag-face-1 ((t (:inherit variable-pitch :foreground
"pink" :weight bold))))
 '(custom-variable-tag-face ((t (:inherit variable-pitch :foreground
"light blue" :weight bold))))
 '(variable-pitch ((t (:inherit default)))))

RE: minibuffer-frame-alist

[Drew Adams]

> I've got this in my "dot emacs".
> Le line concerning "minibuffer frame" has no incidence:
> it doesn't do any thing.
> I would like it does.
>  '(minibuffer-frame-alist (quote ((width . 181) (height . 1) (left + 2)
> (top - 6) (title . "Emacs Minibuffer") (background-color . "yellow")
> (internal-border-width . 4) (cursor-color . "red")))))

The variable gets set by what you do, but you did not create a minibuffer
frame. The alist by itelf does nothing. If you create a minibuffer frame,
the alist will apply to it.

>From the Elisp manual, node Initial Frame Parameters:

 -- Variable: initial-frame-alist
...
 If these parameters specify a separate minibuffer-only frame with
`(minibuffer . nil)', and you have not created one, Emacs creates one
for you.

 -- Variable: minibuffer-frame-alist
     This variable's value is an alist of parameter values used when
     creating an initial minibuffer-only frame--if such a frame is
     needed, according to the parameters for the main initial frame.

As an example, this library creates a minibuffer frame:
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/oneonone.el (doc here:
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/OneOnOneEmacs).

Re: minibuffer-frame-alist

[christop]

Thank you, it does answer my question.

Ch.