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7 @node Frames, Consoles and Devices, Windows, Top 7 @node Frames, Consoles and Devices, Windows, Top
8 @chapter Frames 8 @chapter Frames
9 @cindex frame 9 @cindex frame
10 10
11 A @var{frame} is a rectangle on the screen that contains one or more 11 A @var{frame} is a rectangle on the screen that contains one or more
12 XEmacs windows (@pxref{Windows}). A frame initially contains a single 12 XEmacs windows. A frame initially contains a single main window (plus
13 main window (plus perhaps an echo area), which you can subdivide 13 perhaps a minibuffer window), which you can subdivide vertically or
14 vertically or horizontally into smaller windows. Each window is 14 horizontally into smaller windows.
15 associated with a modeline (@pxref{Modeline Format}), and optionally two
16 scrollbars (@pxref{Scrollbars}). By default the vertical scrollbar is
17 on, the horizontal scrollbar is off.
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19 The frame may also contain menubars (@pxref{Menubar}), toolbars
20 (@pxref{Toolbar Intro}), and gutters (@pxref{Gutter Intro}). By default
21 there is one of each at the top of the frame, with menubar topmost,
22 toolbar next, and gutter lowest, immediately above the windows.
23 (Warning: the gutter is a new, experimental, and unstable feature of
24 XEmacs version 21.2.)
25 15
26 @cindex terminal frame 16 @cindex terminal frame
27 @cindex X window frame 17 @cindex X window frame
28 When XEmacs runs on a text-only terminal, it starts with one 18 When XEmacs runs on a text-only terminal, it starts with one
29 @dfn{TTY frame}. If you create additional ones, XEmacs displays 19 @dfn{TTY frame}. If you create additional ones, XEmacs displays