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master 381253b 1/2: * doc/emacs/frames.texi (Tab Bars): Improve document
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
master 381253b 1/2: * doc/emacs/frames.texi (Tab Bars): Improve documentation. |
Date: |
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 03:59:08 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit 381253b7b16bda29a9cc173e7417fb9938f3c39a
Author: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Commit: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
* doc/emacs/frames.texi (Tab Bars): Improve documentation.
---
doc/emacs/frames.texi | 21 ++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/frames.texi b/doc/emacs/frames.texi
index e238966..06e2642 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/frames.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/frames.texi
@@ -1285,7 +1285,8 @@ displayed by moving the mouse pointer to the top of the
screen.
On graphical displays and on text terminals, Emacs can optionally
display a @dfn{Tab Bar} at the top of each frame, just below the menu
-bar (@pxref{Menu Bars}) and above the tool bar (@pxref{Tool Bars}).
+bar (@pxref{Menu Bars}) and above or below the tool bar (@pxref{Tool
+Bars}) depending on the variable @code{tab-bar-position}.
The Tab Bar is a row of @dfn{tabs}---buttons that you can click to
switch between window configurations.
@@ -1448,9 +1449,10 @@ with a negative argument @minus{}@var{n}, it switches to
the
@findex tab-switch
@item C-x t @key{RET} @var{tabname} @key{RET}
Switch to the tab by its name (@code{tab-switch}), with completion on
-all tab names. History of used tab names is sorted by recency, so you
-can use @kbd{M-n} (@code{next-history-element}) to get the name of the
-last visited tab, the second last, and so on.
+all tab names. The default value and the ``future history'' of tab
+names is sorted by recency, so you can use @kbd{M-n}
+(@code{next-history-element}) to get the name of the last visited tab,
+the second last, and so on.
@kindex C-1, tab bar
@kindex C-9, tab bar
@@ -1464,11 +1466,12 @@ Switch to the tab by its number @var{tab-number}
(@code{tab-select}).
After customizing the variable @code{tab-bar-select-tab-modifiers} to
specify one or more @var{modifier} keys, you can select a tab by its
ordinal number using one of the specified modifiers in combination
-with the tab number to select. You can select any modifiers supported
-by Emacs, @pxref{Modifier Keys}. To display the tab number alongside
-the tab name, you can customize another variable
-@code{tab-bar-tab-hints}. This will help you decide which numerical
-key to press to select the tab by its number.
+with the tab number to select. The number 9 can be used to select the
+last tab. You can select any modifiers supported by Emacs,
+@pxref{Modifier Keys}. To display the tab number alongside the tab
+name, you can customize another variable @code{tab-bar-tab-hints}.
+This will help you decide which numerical key to press to select the
+tab by its number.
@kindex C-0, tab bar
@kindex M-0, tab bar