diff lispref/objects.texi @ 71858:33a3ba651018

(Frame Type): Explain nature of frames better.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:10:27 +0000
parents d2eb037252dc
children 797e05668794
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--- a/lispref/objects.texi	Wed Jul 12 16:09:53 2006 +0000
+++ b/lispref/objects.texi	Wed Jul 12 16:10:27 2006 +0000
@@ -1442,10 +1442,9 @@
 @node Frame Type
 @subsection Frame Type
 
-  A @dfn{frame} is a rectangle on the screen that contains one or more
-Emacs windows.  A frame initially contains a single main window (plus
-perhaps a minibuffer window) which you can subdivide vertically or
-horizontally into smaller windows.
+  A @dfn{frame} is a screen area that contains one or more Emacs
+windows; we also use the term ``frame'' to refer to the Lisp object
+that Emacs uses to refer to the screen area.
 
   Frames have no read syntax.  They print in hash notation, giving the
 frame's title, plus its address in core (useful to identify the frame