@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001,
-@c 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
+@c Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1993-1995, 1997, 2000-2012
@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
@node Microsoft Windows, Manifesto, Mac OS / GNUstep, Top
attributes are displayed.
@vindex ls-lisp-emulation
- The variable @code{ls-lisp-emulation} controls the flavour of the
+ The variable @code{ls-lisp-emulation} controls the flavor of the
@code{ls} emulation by setting the defaults for the 3 options
described above: @code{ls-lisp-ignore-case},
@code{ls-lisp-dirs-first}, and @code{ls-lisp-verbosity}. The value of
@end table
@noindent
-Any other value of @code{ls-lisp-emulation} means the same as
-@code{GNU}. Note that this option needs to be set @emph{before}
-@file{ls-lisp.el} is loaded, which means that on MS-Windows and MS-DOS
-you will have to set the value from your @file{.emacs} file and then
-restart Emacs, since @file{ls-lisp.el} is preloaded.
+Any other value of @code{ls-lisp-emulation} means the same as @code{GNU}.
+Customizing this option calls the function @code{ls-lisp-set-options} to
+update the 3 dependent options as needed. If you change the value of
+this variable without using customize after @file{ls-lisp.el} is loaded
+(note that it is preloaded on MS-Windows and MS-DOS), you can call that
+function manually for the same result.
@vindex ls-lisp-support-shell-wildcards
The variable @code{ls-lisp-support-shell-wildcards} controls how
@cindex @file{_emacs} init file, MS-Windows
Because MS-DOS does not allow file names with leading dots, and
-because older Windows systems made it hard to create files with such
-names, the Windows port of Emacs supports an alternative name
-@file{_emacs} as a fallback, if such a file exists in the home
-directory, whereas @file{.emacs} does not.
+older Windows systems made it hard to create files with such names,
+the Windows port of Emacs supports an init file name @file{_emacs}, if
+such a file exists in the home directory and @file{.emacs} does not.
+This name is considered obsolete.
@node Windows Keyboard
@section Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows
The old XLFD based format is also supported for backwards compatibility.
- Emacs 23 supports a number of backends. Currently, the @code{gdi}
-and @code{uniscribe} font backends are supported on Windows. The
-@code{gdi} font backend is available on all versions of Windows, and
-supports all fonts that are natively supported by Windows. The
+@cindex font backend selection (MS-Windows)
+ Emacs 23 and later supports a number of font backends. Currently,
+the @code{gdi} and @code{uniscribe} backends are supported on Windows.
+The @code{gdi} font backend is available on all versions of Windows,
+and supports all fonts that are natively supported by Windows. The
@code{uniscribe} font backend is available on Windows 2000 and later,
-and supports Truetype and Opentype fonts. Some languages requiring
-complex layout can only be properly supported by the uniscribe
+and supports TrueType and OpenType fonts. Some languages requiring
+complex layout can only be properly supported by the Uniscribe
backend. By default, both backends are enabled if supported, with
-@code{uniscribe} taking priority over @code{gdi}.
+@code{uniscribe} taking priority over @code{gdi}. To override that
+and use the GDI backend even if Uniscribe is available, invoke Emacs
+with the @kbd{-xrm Emacs.fontBackend:gdi} command-line argument, or
+add a @code{Emacs.fontBackend} resource with the value @code{gdi} in
+the Registry under either the
+@samp{HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs} or the
+@samp{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs} key (@pxref{Resources}).
@cindex font properties (MS Windows)
@noindent
@vindex w32-charset-info-alist
@item registry
Specifies the character set registry that the font is
-expected to cover. Most Truetype and Opentype fonts will be unicode fonts
+expected to cover. Most TrueType and OpenType fonts will be Unicode fonts
that cover several national character sets, but you can narrow down the
selection of fonts to those that support a particular character set by
using a specific registry from @code{w32-charset-info-alist} here.
@table @code
@cindex font scripts (MS Windows)
-@cindex font unicode subranges (MS Windows)
+@cindex font Unicode subranges (MS Windows)
@item script
-Specifies a unicode subrange the font should support.
+Specifies a Unicode subrange the font should support.
The following scripts are recognized on Windows: @code{latin}, @code{greek},
@code{coptic}, @code{cyrillic}, @code{armenian}, @code{hebrew}, @code{arabic},
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@include msdog-xtra.texi
@end ifnottex
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