From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18637: 24.4.50; doc of frame parameter DISPLAY vs actual value on MS Windows Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:30:22 +0300 Message-ID: <83vbnymi0h.fsf@gnu.org> References: <12fc196e-cc82-4f22-8d2f-cede95542ea7@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1412537484 23972 80.91.229.3 (5 Oct 2014 19:31:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 19:31:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18637@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 05 21:31:17 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XarWW-0006pl-Vk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 21:31:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48485 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XarWW-0007DA-Fy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:31:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47265) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XarWN-0007D5-To for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:31:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XarWI-0003bU-8t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:31:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43360) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XarWI-0003bQ-55 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:31:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XarWH-0005qF-Nc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:31:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:31:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18637 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18637-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18637.141253742122402 (code B ref 18637); Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:31:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18637) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Oct 2014 19:30:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34924 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XarVc-0005pF-Mr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:30:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:38711) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XarVZ-0005p6-SQ for 18637@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:30:18 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NCZ00H00KC6PV00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for 18637@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:30:16 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NCZ00HOEKUFQ900@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:30:16 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <12fc196e-cc82-4f22-8d2f-cede95542ea7@default> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:94184 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 12:23:34 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > > In (elisp) `Basic Parameters' I see this description of frame parameter > `display': > > The display on which to open this frame. It should be a string of > the form `"HOST:DPY.SCREEN"', just like the `DISPLAY' environment > variable. > > But if I evaluate `(frame-parameters)' on MS Windows I see this value > for parameter `display': "w32". > > "w32" does not seem to fit the form `"HOST:DPY.SCREEN"'. What gives? Emacs on MS-Windows doesn't support the notion of 'display', so all frames return the same value of that parameter. > And why is that string surrounded by `...'? An artifact of Texinfo markup. > And why aren't the components of that "form" described: What are > acceptable values for HOST, DPY, and SCREEN? Users on X already know what they are; users on other systems don't need to know, because this is not supported. Either way, this notion is not an Emacs invention, it is a feature of the X window system.