Re: tool bar mode

[Reiner Steib]

On Sun, Apr 25 2004, Charles Jamieson wrote:

> I am unable to get rid of the toolbar in emacs 21.3.  I include the line
>
>       (setq tool-bar-mode nil)
>
> in the .emacs file.  But the tool bar is still there.  I am using Linux.

How about reading the documentation?

,----[ C-h v tool-bar-mode RET ]
| tool-bar-mode's value is nil
| 
| Documentation:
| Non-nil if Tool-Bar mode is enabled.
| See the command `tool-bar-mode' for a description of this minor-mode.
| Setting this variable directly does not take effect;
| use either M-x customize or the function `tool-bar-mode'.
| 
| You can customize this variable.
| 
| Defined in `tool-bar'.
`----

Thus, you should use "(tool-bar-mode -1)" or better...

,----[ ~/.Xresources (see [1]) ]
| Emacs.toolBar:  0
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If you turn it off via Lisp, Emacs starts with a tool-bar and turns it
off later (when the Lisp code is run).  When set via Xresources, no
tool-bar is created at all.

Bye, Reiner.

[1]
,----[ NEWS - `C-h n' ]
| ** Tool bar support.
| 
| Emacs supports a tool bar at the top of a frame under X.  The frame
| parameter `tool-bar-lines' (X resource "toolBar", class "ToolBar")
| controls how may lines to reserve for the tool bar.  A zero value
| suppresses the tool bar.  [...]
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