bug#1165: marked as done (23.0.60; doc of make-frame-command)

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has caused the Emacs bug report #1165,
regarding 23.0.60; doc of make-frame-command
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> 23.0.60; doc of make-frame-command
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> Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:42:43 -0700
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> The doc string of `make-frame-command' (`C-x 5 2') says:
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> "Make a new frame, and select it if the terminal displays only one
> frame."
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> The Emacs manual says:
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> "Create a new frame" (node Creating Frames)
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> "Use `C-x 5 2' to create a new frame and switch to it" (node
> Non-Window Terminals)
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> The code does this:
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> (if (and window-system (not (eq window-system 'pc)))
>     (make-frame)
>   (select-frame (make-frame)))
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> 1. Why the difference for `pc'?
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> 2. What does the doc string mean by "terminal" and "if the terminal
> displays only one frame"? If "terminal" refers only to emacs -nw, then
> nothing is said about the window-manager case. If "terminal" refers to
> both -nw and window mgr cases, then it seems false for the latter -
> whether the new frame is selected has nothing to do with whether there
> is only one frame.
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> 3. Node Creating Frames of the manual should say also that the frame
> is selected for a non-window system.
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> 4. Somewhere, we should say that the current buffer is what is
> displayed (alone) in the new frame. 
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> 5. However, we should also mention this apparent exception to #4: If
> the current frame is a standalone minibuffer frame, then the buffer
> displayed in the new frame is *scratch*. Are there other exceptions?
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> In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2008-10-03 on LENNART-69DE564
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/g/include
> -fno-crossjumping'
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> Re: bug#1165: 23.0.60; doc of make-frame-command
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> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:11:27 -0400
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> > > (if (and window-system (not (eq window-system 'pc)))
> > >     (make-frame)
> > >   (select-frame (make-frame)))
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> > > 1. Why the difference for `pc'?
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> > `pc' is the value of window-system for the MS-DOS build of Emacs.  The
> > MS-DOS build behaves like a text terminal, but its window-system has a
> > non-nil value; thus the difference.
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> > Although correct, that code should actually be rewritten using
> > display-graphic-p to become cleaner.
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> Indeed.  I've changed it to use display-graphic-p.
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> > > 2. What does the doc string mean by "terminal" and "if the terminal
> > > displays only one frame"?
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> > It means the text-only terminals, which can only display one frame at
> > a time.
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> I tweaked the doc-string to make this clearer.
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