Re: Missing frame parameters on tty's

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello again, Eli.

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 06:11:09PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:02:14 +0000
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > From: Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden>

> > --- a/doc/lispref/frames.texi
> > +++ b/doc/lispref/frames.texi
> > @@ -1188,8 +1188,8 @@ Position Parameters
> >  @cindex window position on display
> >  @cindex frame position

> > -  Position parameters' values are normally measured in pixels, but on
> > -text terminals they count characters or lines instead.
> > +  Position parameters' values are measured in pixels.  None of them
> > +exist on text terminal frames.

> I'd suggest something like

>   (Note that none of these parameters exist on text-mode frames.)

OK, but I'm not too keen on "text-mode" frames - there's a danger of
confusion with the major mode of that name.  How about:

    (Note that none of these parameters exist on text terminal frames.}

, using the original term "text terminal", but keeping the sentence in
parenteses?  After all, the main purpose is to alert Emacs Lisp hackers
to the possibility of these frame parameters being nil; exactly when
they are going to be nil is of secondary importance.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).