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Frame Types
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   In order to visually differentiate between different types of
windows, several predefined types of window frame exist. These types
currently include the following:

`default'
     The normal frame type. Includes all decorations, both borders and
     the title bar.

`transient'
     The frame for a transient window. This usually does not include a
     title bar, but does have all four borders.

`shaped'
     Shaped windows are normally decorated with only a title-bar, since
     their boundary is not rectangular it makes no sense to surround
     them with a rectangular border.

`shaped-transient'
     A combination of the `shaped' and `transient' types, normally just
     a very small title border with no text.

`shaded'
     A shaded window (normally just the title bar).

`shaded-transient'
     A shaded transient window.

`unframed'
     No frame at all, just the client window itself. The predefined
     `nil-frame' variable contains a null frame that may be used for
     this frame type.

   The type of frame that would ideally be given to a window is stored
in the window's `type' property. It should usually be accessed through
the `window-type' function:

 - Function: window-type window
     Returns a symbol naming the frame type currently associated with
     WINDOW.