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 the frame.  Often, the whole frame is taken up by just one window, but
 you can split the frame into two or more subwindows.  If you are
 running XEmacs under the X window system, that means you can have several
 @dfn{XEmacs windows} inside the X window that contains the XEmacs frame.
 You can even have multiple frames in different X windows, each with
 their own set of subwindows.
 @refill
 @end table
 Each XEmacs frame displays a variety of information:
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
 The biggest area usually displays the text you are editing.  It may
 consist of one window or of two or more windows if you need to look at two
 buffers a the same time.
 @item
 Below each text window's last line is a @dfn{mode line} (@pxref{Mode
 Line}), which describes what is going on in that window.  The mode line
 is in inverse video if the terminal supports that.  If there are several
 XEmacs windows in one frame, each window has its own mode line.
 in an XEmacs buffer by editing it in one XEmacs window, the changes are
 visible in all XEmacs windows containing that buffer.
 @menu
 * Point::	        The place in the text where editing commands operate.
 * Echo Area::           Short messages appear at the bottom of the frame.
 * Mode Line::	        Interpreting the mode line.
 * GUI Components::      Menubar, toolbars, gutters.
 * XEmacs under X::      Some information on using XEmacs under the X
 Window System.
 * XEmacs under MS Windows:: Some information on using XEmacs under
 Microsoft Windows.
 @end menu
 @node Point, Echo Area, Frame, Frame
 text has been changed, and how far down the buffer you are currently
 looking.
 @var{ch} contains two stars (@samp{**}) if the text in the buffer has been
 edited (the buffer is ``modified''), or two dashes (@samp{--}) if the
 buffer has not been edited.  Exception: for a read-only buffer, it is
 @samp{%%}.
 @var{buf} is the name of the window's chosen @dfn{buffer}.  The chosen
 buffer in the selected window (the window that the cursor is in) is also
 XEmacs's selected buffer, the buffer in which editing takes place.  When
 we speak of what some command does to ``the buffer'', we mean the
 currently selected buffer.  @xref{Buffers}.
 @var{pos} tells you whether there is additional text above the top of
 the screen or below the bottom.  If your file is small and it is
 completely visible on the screen, @var{pos} is @samp{All}.  Otherwise,
 @var{pos} is @samp{Top} if you are looking at the beginning of the file,
 @samp{Bot} if you are looking at the end of the file, or
 @samp{@var{nn}%}, where @var{nn} is the percentage of the file above the
 top of the screen.@refill
 Customization note: the variable @code{mode-line-inverse-video}
 controls whether the mode line is displayed in inverse video (assuming
 the terminal supports it); @code{nil} means no inverse video.  The
 default is @code{t}.  For X frames, simply set the foreground and
 background colors appropriately.
 @node GUI Components, XEmacs under X, Mode Line, Frame
 @comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
 @section GUI Components
 When executed in a graphical windowing environment such as the X Window
 function, and on a tab in the gutter to switch buffers.
 @menu
 * Menubar Basics::      How XEmacs uses the menubar.
 * Scrollbar Basics::    How XEmacs uses scrollbars.
+* Mode Line Basics::    How XEmacs uses modelines.
 * Toolbar Basics::      How XEmacs uses toolbars.
 * Gutter Basics::       How XEmacs uses gutters.
 * Inhibiting::          What if you don't like GUI?
 * Customizing::         Position, orientation, and appearance of GUI objects.
 @end menu
 Other menus which are typically available are the @samp{Options},
 @samp{Tools}, @samp{Buffers}, @samp{Apps}, and @samp{Mule} menus.  For
 detailed descriptions of these menus, @ref{Pull-down Menus}.  (In 21.2
 XEmacsen, the @samp{Mule} menu will be moved under @samp{Options}.)
-@node Scrollbar Basics, Toolbar Basics, Menubar Basics, GUI Components
+@node Scrollbar Basics, Mode Line Basics, Menubar Basics, GUI Components
 @comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
 @section XEmacs Scrollbars
 XEmacs scrollbars provide the usual interface.  Arrow buttons at either
 end allow for line by line scrolling, including autorepeat.  Clicking in
 The presence of the scrollbars is under control of the application or
 may be customized by the user.  By default a vertical scrollbar is
 present in all windows (except the minibuffer), and there is no
 horizontal scrollbar.
-@node Toolbar Basics, Gutter Basics, Scrollbar Basics, GUI Components
+@node Mode Line Basics, Toolbar Basics, Scrollbar Basics, GUI Components
+@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
+@section XEmacs Mode Lines
+When used in a windowing system, the XEmacs modelines can be dragged
+vertically. The effect is to resize the windows above and below the
+modeline (this includes the minibuffer window).
+Additionally, a modeline can be dragged horizontally, in which case it
+scrolls its own text. This behavior is not enabled by default because it
+could be considered as disturbing when dragging vertically. When this
+behavior is enabled, the modeline's text can be dragged either in the
+same direction as the mouse, or in the opposite sense, making the
+modeline act as a scrollbar for its own text.
+You can select the behavior you want from the @samp{Display} submenu of
+the @samp{Options} menu.
+@node Toolbar Basics, Gutter Basics, Mode Line Basics, GUI Components
 @comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
 @section XEmacs Toolbars
 XEmacs has a default toolbar which provides shortcuts for some of the
 commonly used operations (such as opening files) and applications (such
 @vindex default-frame-alist
 You can specify a different default frame size other than the one provided.
 Use the variable @code{default-frame-alist}, which is an alist of default
 values for frame creation other than the first one.  These may be set in
 your init file, like this:
 @example
 (setq default-frame-alist '((width . 80) (height . 55)))
 @end example
 @vindex create-frame-hook
 When you create a new frame, the variable @code{create-frame-hook}
 is called with one argument, the frame just created.
 If you want to close one or more of the X windows you created using
 @b{New Frame}, use the @b{Delete Frame} menu item from the @b{File} menu.
 @vindex frame-title-format
 @vindex frame-icon-title-format
 If you are working with multiple frames, some special information
 applies:
 most operations available under the X Window System are also available
 with MS Windows.
 Where possible, native MS Windows GUI components and capabilities are
 used in XEmacs.

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