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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the XEmacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 Ben Wing.
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4 @c See the file lispref.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @setfilename ../../info/toolbar.info
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6 @node Toolbar, Scrollbars, Dialog Boxes, top
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7 @chapter Toolbar
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8 @cindex toolbar
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9
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10 @menu
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11 * Toolbar Intro:: An introduction.
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12 * Toolbar Descriptor Format:: How to create a toolbar.
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13 * Specifying the Toolbar:: Setting a toolbar's contents.
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14 * Other Toolbar Variables:: Controlling the size of toolbars.
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15 @end menu
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16
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17 @node Toolbar Intro
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18 @section Toolbar Intro
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19
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20 A @dfn{toolbar} is a bar of icons displayed along one edge of a frame.
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21 You can view a toolbar as a series of menu shortcuts---the most
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22 common menu options can be accessed with a single click rather than
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23 a series of clicks and/or drags to select the option from a menu.
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24 Consistent with this, a help string (called the @dfn{help-echo})
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25 describing what an icon in the toolbar (called a @dfn{toolbar button})
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26 does, is displayed in the minibuffer when the mouse is over the
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27 button.
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28
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29 In XEmacs, a toolbar can be displayed along any of the four edges
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30 of the frame, and two or more different edges can be displaying
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31 toolbars simultaneously. The contents, thickness, and visibility of
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32 the toolbars can be controlled separately, and the values can
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33 be per-buffer, per-frame, etc., using specifiers (@pxref{Specifiers}).
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34
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35 Normally, there is one toolbar displayed in a frame. Usually, this is
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36 the standard toolbar, but certain modes will override this and
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37 substitute their own toolbar. In some cases (e.g. the VM package), a
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38 package will supply its own toolbar along a different edge from the
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39 standard toolbar, so that both can be visible at once. This standard
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40 toolbar is usually positioned along the top of the frame, but this can
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41 be changed using @code{set-default-toolbar-position}.
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42
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43 Note that, for each of the toolbar properties (contents, thickness,
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44 and visibility), there is a separate specifier for each of the four
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45 toolbar positions (top, bottom, left, and right), and an additional
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46 specifier for the ``default'' toolbar, i.e. the toolbar whose
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47 position is controlled by @code{set-default-toolbar-position}. The
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48 way this works is that @code{set-default-toolbar-position} arranges
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49 things so that the appropriate position-specific specifiers for the
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50 default position inherit from the corresponding default specifiers.
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51 That way, if the position-specific specifier does not give a value
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52 (which it usually doesn't), then the value from the default
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53 specifier applies. If you want to control the default toolbar, you
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54 just change the default specifiers, and everything works. A package
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55 such as VM that wants to put its own toolbar in a different location
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56 from the default just sets the position-specific specifiers, and if
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57 the user sets the default toolbar to the same position, it will just
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58 not be visible.
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59
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60 @node Toolbar Descriptor Format
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61 @section Toolbar Descriptor Format
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62
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63 The contents of a toolbar are specified using a @dfn{toolbar descriptor}.
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64 The format of a toolbar descriptor is a list of @dfn{toolbar button
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65 descriptors}. Each toolbar button descriptor is a vector in one of the
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66 following formats:
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68 @itemize @bullet
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69 @item
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70 @code{[@var{glyph-list} @var{function} @var{enabled-p} @var{help}]}
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71 @item
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72 @code{[:style @var{2d-or-3d}]}
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73 @item
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74 @code{[:style @var{2d-or-3d} :size @var{width-or-height}]}
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75 @item
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76 @code{[:size @var{width-or-height} :style @var{2d-or-3d}]}
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77 @end itemize
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78
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79 Optionally, one of the toolbar button descriptors may be @code{nil}
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80 instead of a vector; this signifies the division between the toolbar
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81 buttons that are to be displayed flush-left, and the buttons to be
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82 displayed flush-right.
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83
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84 The first vector format above specifies a normal toolbar button;
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85 the others specify blank areas in the toolbar.
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86
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87 For the first vector format:
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88
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89 @itemize @bullet
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90 @item
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91 @var{glyph-list} should be a list of one to six glyphs (as created by
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92 @code{make-glyph}) or a symbol whose value is such a list. The first
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93 glyph, which must be provided, is the glyph used to display the toolbar
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94 button when it is in the ``up'' (not pressed) state. The optional
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95 second glyph is for displaying the button when it is in the ``down''
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96 (pressed) state. The optional third glyph is for when the button is
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97 disabled. The last three glyphs are for displaying the button in the
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98 ``up'', ``down'', and ``disabled'' states, respectively, but are used
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99 when the user has called for captioned toolbar buttons (using
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100 @code{toolbar-buttons-captioned-p}). The function
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101 @code{toolbar-make-button-list} is useful in creating these glyph lists.
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102
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103 @item
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104 Even if you do not provide separate down-state and disabled-state
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105 glyphs, the user will still get visual feedback to indicate which
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106 state the button is in. Buttons in the up-state are displayed
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107 with a shadowed border that gives a raised appearance to the
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108 button. Buttons in the down-state are displayed with shadows that
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109 give a recessed appearance. Buttons in the disabled state are
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110 displayed with no shadows, giving a 2-d effect.
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111
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112 @item
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113 If some of the toolbar glyphs are not provided, they inherit as follows:
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114
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115 @example
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116 UP: up
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117 DOWN: down -> up
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118 DISABLED: disabled -> up
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119 CAP-UP: cap-up -> up
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120 CAP-DOWN: cap-down -> cap-up -> down -> up
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121 CAP-DISABLED: cap-disabled -> cap-up -> disabled -> up
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122 @end example
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123
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124 @item
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125 The second element @var{function} is a function to be called when the
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126 toolbar button is activated (i.e. when the mouse is released over the
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127 toolbar button, if the press occurred in the toolbar). It can be any
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128 form accepted by @code{call-interactively}, since this is how it is
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129 invoked.
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130
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131 @item
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132 The third element @var{enabled-p} specifies whether the toolbar button
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133 is enabled (disabled buttons do nothing when they are activated, and are
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134 displayed differently; see above). It should be either a boolean or a
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135 form that evaluates to a boolean.
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136
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137 @item
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138 The fourth element @var{help}, if non-@code{nil}, should be a string.
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139 This string is displayed in the echo area when the mouse passes over the
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140 toolbar button.
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141 @end itemize
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142
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143 For the other vector formats (specifying blank areas of the toolbar):
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144
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145 @itemize @bullet
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146 @item
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147 @var{2d-or-3d} should be one of the symbols @code{2d} or @code{3d},
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148 indicating whether the area is displayed with shadows (giving it a
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149 raised, 3-d appearance) or without shadows (giving it a flat
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150 appearance).
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151
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152 @item
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153 @var{width-or-height} specifies the length, in pixels, of the blank
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154 area. If omitted, it defaults to a device-specific value (8 pixels for
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155 X devices).
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156 @end itemize
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157
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158 @defun toolbar-make-button-list up &optional down disabled cap-up cap-down cap-disabled
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159 This function calls @code{make-glyph} on each arg and returns a list of
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160 the results. This is useful for setting the first argument of a toolbar
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161 button descriptor (typically, the result of this function is assigned
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162 to a symbol, which is specified as the first argument of the toolbar
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163 button descriptor).
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164 @end defun
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165
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166 @defun check-toolbar-button-syntax button &optional noerror
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167 Verify the syntax of entry @var{button} in a toolbar description list.
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168 If you want to verify the syntax of a toolbar description list as a
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169 whole, use @code{check-valid-instantiator} with a specifier type of
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170 @code{toolbar}.
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171 @end defun
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172
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173 @node Specifying the Toolbar
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174 @section Specifying the Toolbar
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175
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176 In order to specify the contents of a toolbar, set one of the specifier
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177 variables @code{default-toolbar}, @code{top-toolbar},
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178 @code{bottom-toolbar}, @code{left-toolbar}, or @code{right-toolbar}.
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179 These are specifiers, which means you set them with @code{set-specifier}
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180 and query them with @code{specifier-specs} or @code{specifier-instance}.
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181 You will get an error if you try to set them using @code{setq}. The
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182 valid instantiators for these specifiers are toolbar descriptors, as
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183 described above. @xref{Specifiers}, for more information.
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184
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185 Most of the time, you will set @code{default-toolbar}, which allows
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186 the user to choose where the toolbar should go.
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187
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188 @defvr Specifier default-toolbar
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189 The position of this toolbar is specified in the function
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190 @code{default-toolbar-position}. If the corresponding
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191 position-specific toolbar (e.g. @code{top-toolbar} if
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192 @code{default-toolbar-position} is @code{top}) does not specify a
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193 toolbar in a particular domain, then the value of @code{default-toolbar}
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194 in that domain, of any, will be used instead.
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195 @end defvr
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196
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197 Note that the toolbar at any particular position will not be displayed
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198 unless its thickness (width or height, depending on orientation) is
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199 non-zero and its visibility status is true. The thickness is controlled
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200 by the specifiers @code{top-toolbar-height},
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201 @code{bottom-toolbar-height}, @code{left-toolbar-width}, and
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202 @code{right-toolbar-width}, and the visibility status is controlled by
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203 the specifiers @code{top-toolbar-visible-p},
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204 @code{bottom-toolbar-visible-p}, @code{left-toolbar-visible-p}, and
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205 @code{right-toolbar-visible-p} (@pxref{Other Toolbar Variables}).
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206
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207 @defun set-default-toolbar-position position
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208 This function sets the position that the @code{default-toolbar} will be
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209 displayed at. Valid positions are the symbols @code{top},
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210 @code{bottom}, @code{left} and @code{right}. What this actually does is
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211 set the fallback specifier for the position-specific specifier
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212 corresponding to the given position to @code{default-toolbar}, and set
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213 the fallbacks for the other position-specific specifiers to @code{nil}.
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214 It also does the same thing for the position-specific thickness and
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215 visibility specifiers, which inherit from one of
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216 @code{default-toolbar-height} or @code{default-toolbar-width}, and from
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217 @code{default-toolbar-visible-p}, respectively (@pxref{Other Toolbar
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218 Variables}).
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219 @end defun
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220
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221 @defun default-toolbar-position
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222 This function returns the position that the @code{default-toolbar} will
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223 be displayed at.
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224 @end defun
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225
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226 You can also explicitly set a toolbar at a particular position. When
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227 redisplay determines what to display at a particular position in a
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228 particular domain (i.e. window), it first consults the position-specific
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229 toolbar. If that does not yield a toolbar descriptor, the
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230 @code{default-toolbar} is consulted if @code{default-toolbar-position}
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231 indicates this position.
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232
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233 @defvr Specifier top-toolbar
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234 Specifier for the toolbar at the top of the frame.
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235 @end defvr
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236
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237 @defvr Specifier bottom-toolbar
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238 Specifier for the toolbar at the bottom of the frame.
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239 @end defvr
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240
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241 @defvr Specifier left-toolbar
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242 Specifier for the toolbar at the left edge of the frame.
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243 @end defvr
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244
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245 @defvr Specifier right-toolbar
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246 Specifier for the toolbar at the right edge of the frame.
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247 @end defvr
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248
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249 @defun toolbar-specifier-p object
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250 This function returns non-nil if @var{object} is a toolbar specifier.
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251 Toolbar specifiers are the actual objects contained in the toolbar
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252 variables described above, and their valid instantiators are
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253 toolbar descriptors (@pxref{Toolbar Descriptor Format}).
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254 @end defun
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255
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256 @node Other Toolbar Variables
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257 @section Other Toolbar Variables
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258
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259 The variables to control the toolbar thickness, visibility status, and
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260 captioned status are all specifiers. @xref{Specifiers}.
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261
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262 @defvr Specifier default-toolbar-height
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263 This specifies the height of the default toolbar, if it's oriented
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264 horizontally. The position of the default toolbar is specified by the
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265 function @code{set-default-toolbar-position}. If the corresponding
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266 position-specific toolbar thickness specifier
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267 (e.g. @code{top-toolbar-height} if @code{default-toolbar-position} is
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268 @code{top}) does not specify a thickness in a particular domain (a
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269 window or a frame), then the value of @code{default-toolbar-height} or
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270 @code{default-toolbar-width} (depending on the toolbar orientation) in
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271 that domain, if any, will be used instead.
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272 @end defvr
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273
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274 @defvr Specifier default-toolbar-width
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275 This specifies the width of the default toolbar, if it's oriented
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276 vertically. This behaves like @code{default-toolbar-height}.
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277 @end defvr
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278
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279 Note that @code{default-toolbar-height} is only used when
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280 @code{default-toolbar-position} is @code{top} or @code{bottom}, and
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281 @code{default-toolbar-width} is only used when
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282 @code{default-toolbar-position} is @code{left} or @code{right}.
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283
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284 @defvr Specifier top-toolbar-height
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285 This specifies the height of the top toolbar.
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286 @end defvr
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287
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288 @defvr Specifier bottom-toolbar-height
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289 This specifies the height of the bottom toolbar.
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290 @end defvr
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291
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292 @defvr Specifier left-toolbar-width
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293 This specifies the width of the left toolbar.
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294 @end defvr
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295
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296 @defvr Specifier right-toolbar-width
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297 This specifies the width of the right toolbar.
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298 @end defvr
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299
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300 Note that all of the position-specific toolbar thickness specifiers
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301 have a fallback value of zero when they do not correspond to the
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302 default toolbar. Therefore, you will have to set a non-zero thickness
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303 value if you want a position-specific toolbar to be displayed.
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304
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305 @defvr Specifier default-toolbar-visible-p
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306 This specifies whether the default toolbar is visible. The position of
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307 the default toolbar is specified by the function
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308 @code{set-default-toolbar-position}. If the corresponding position-specific
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309 toolbar visibility specifier (e.g. @code{top-toolbar-visible-p} if
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310 @code{default-toolbar-position} is @code{top}) does not specify a
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311 visible-p value in a particular domain (a window or a frame), then the
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312 value of @code{default-toolbar-visible-p} in that domain, if any, will
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313 be used instead.
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314 @end defvr
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315
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316 @defvr Specifier top-toolbar-visible-p
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317 This specifies whether the top toolbar is visible.
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318 @end defvr
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319
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320 @defvr Specifier bottom-toolbar-visible-p
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321 This specifies whether the bottom toolbar is visible.
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322 @end defvr
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323
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324 @defvr Specifier left-toolbar-visible-p
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325 This specifies whether the left toolbar is visible.
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326 @end defvr
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327
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328 @defvr Specifier right-toolbar-visible-p
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329 This specifies whether the right toolbar is visible.
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330 @end defvr
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331
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332 @code{default-toolbar-visible-p} and all of the position-specific
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333 toolbar visibility specifiers have a fallback value of true.
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334
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335 Internally, toolbar thickness and visibility specifiers are instantiated
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336 in both window and frame domains, for different purposes. The value in
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337 the domain of a frame's selected window specifies the actual toolbar
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338 thickness or visibility that you will see in that frame. The value in
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339 the domain of a frame itself specifies the toolbar thickness or
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340 visibility that is used in frame geometry calculations.
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341
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342 Thus, for example, if you set the frame width to 80 characters and the
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343 left toolbar width for that frame to 68 pixels, then the frame will be
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344 sized to fit 80 characters plus a 68-pixel left toolbar. If you then
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345 set the left toolbar width to 0 for a particular buffer (or if that
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346 buffer does not specify a left toolbar or has a nil value specified for
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347 @code{left-toolbar-visible-p}), you will find that, when that buffer is
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348 displayed in the selected window, the window will have a width of 86 or
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349 87 characters---the frame is sized for a 68-pixel left toolbar but the
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350 selected window specifies that the left toolbar is not visible, so it is
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351 expanded to take up the slack.
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352
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353 @defvr Specifier toolbar-buttons-captioned-p
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354 Whether toolbar buttons are captioned. This affects which glyphs from a
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355 toolbar button descriptor are chosen. @xref{Toolbar Descriptor Format}.
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356 @end defvr
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357
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358 You can also reset the toolbar to what it was when XEmacs started up.
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359
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360 @defvr Constant initial-toolbar-spec
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361 The toolbar descriptor used to initialize @code{default-toolbar} at
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362 startup.
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363 @end defvr
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