updated for Emacs version @value{EMACSVER}.
Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
-1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Indexes (nodes containing large menus)
* Key Index:: An item for each standard Emacs key sequence.
+* Option Index:: An item for every command-line option.
* Command Index:: An item for each command name.
* Variable Index:: An item for each documented variable.
* Concept Index:: An item for each concept.
-@c This is last because @ifnottex leaves an empty line.
-@ifnottex
-* Option Index:: An item for every command-line option.
-@end ifnottex
Important General Concepts
* Screen:: How to interpret what you see on the screen.
* Emacs Server:: Using Emacs as an editing server for @code{mail}, etc.
* Hardcopy:: Printing buffers or regions.
* PostScript:: Printing buffers or regions as PostScript.
-* PostScript Variables::
- Customizing the PostScript printing commands.
+* PostScript Variables::Customizing the PostScript printing commands.
* Sorting:: Sorting lines, paragraphs or pages within Emacs.
* Narrowing:: Restricting display and editing to a portion
of the buffer.
* Two-Column:: Splitting apart columns to edit them
in side-by-side windows.
-* Editing Binary Files::
- Using Hexl mode to edit binary files.
-* Saving Emacs Sessions::
- Saving Emacs state from one session to the next.
+* Editing Binary Files::Using Hexl mode to edit binary files.
+* Saving Emacs Sessions:: Saving Emacs state from one session to the next.
* Recursive Edit:: A command can allow you to do editing
"within the command". This is called a
"recursive editing level".
* Contributing:: How to contribute improvements to Emacs.
* Service:: How to get help for your own Emacs needs.
-
Detailed Node Listing
---------------------
change something.
* Erasing:: Deleting and killing text.
* Undo:: Undoing recent changes in the text.
-* Files: Basic Files. Visiting, creating, and saving files.
-* Help: Basic Help. Asking what a character does.
+* Basic Files:: Visiting, creating, and saving files.
+* Basic Help:: Asking what a character does.
* Blank Lines:: Commands to make or delete blank lines.
* Continuation Lines:: Lines too wide for the screen.
* Position Info:: What page, line, row, or column is point on?
* Arguments:: Numeric arguments for repeating a command.
+* Repeating:: A short-cut for repeating the previous command.
The Minibuffer
* Apropos:: Asking what pertains to a given topic.
* Library Keywords:: Finding Lisp libraries by keywords (topics).
* Language Help:: Help relating to international language support.
+* Help Mode:: Special features of Help mode and Help buffers.
* Misc Help:: Other help commands.
+* Help Files:: Commands to display pre-written help files.
+* Help Echo:: Help on active text and tooltips (`balloon help')
The Mark and the Region
* Setting Mark:: Commands to set the mark.
* Transient Mark:: How to make Emacs highlight the region--
when there is one.
+* Momentary Mark:: Enabling Transient Mark mode momentarily.
* Using Region:: Summary of ways to operate on contents of the region.
* Marking Objects:: Commands to put region around textual units.
* Mark Ring:: Previous mark positions saved so you can go back there.
* Global Mark Ring:: Previous mark positions in various buffers.
-Killing
+Killing and Moving Text
* Deletion:: Commands for deleting small amounts of text and
blank areas.
* RegText:: Saving text in registers.
* RegRect:: Saving rectangles in registers.
* RegConfig:: Saving window configurations in registers.
+* RegNumbers:: Numbers in registers.
* RegFiles:: File names in registers.
* Bookmarks:: Bookmarks are like registers, but persistent.
* Keyboard Macro Query:: Making keyboard macros do different things each time.
* Save Keyboard Macro:: Giving keyboard macros names; saving them in files.
* Edit Keyboard Macro:: Editing keyboard macros.
-* Keyboard Macro Step-Edit:: Interactively executing and editing a keyboard macro.
+* Keyboard Macro Step-Edit:: Interactively executing and editing a keyboard
+ macro.
File Handling
* Backup:: How Emacs saves the old version of your file.
* Interlocking:: How Emacs protects against simultaneous editing
of one file by two users.
-* Shadowing: File Shadowing.
- Copying files to "shadows" automatically.
+* File Shadowing:: Copying files to "shadows" automatically.
* Time Stamps:: Emacs can update time stamps on saved files.
Version Control
* VC Mode Line:: How the mode line shows version control status.
* Basic VC Editing:: How to edit a file under version control.
* Old Versions:: Examining and comparing old versions.
-* Secondary VC Commands:: The commands used a little less frequently.
+* Secondary VC Commands:: The commands used a little less frequently.
* Branches:: Multiple lines of development.
* Remote Repositories:: Efficient access to remote CVS servers.
* Snapshots:: Sets of file versions treated as a unit.
* Several Buffers:: How to go through the list of all buffers
and operate variously on several of them.
* Indirect Buffers:: An indirect buffer shares the text of another buffer.
+* Buffer Convenience:: Convenience and customization features for
+ buffer handling.
Multiple Windows
* Force Same Window:: Forcing certain buffers to appear in the selected
window rather than in another window.
* Change Window:: Deleting windows and changing their sizes.
+* Window Convenience:: Convenience functions for window handling.
Frames and X Windows
* Language Environments:: Setting things up for the language you use.
* Input Methods:: Entering text characters not on your keyboard.
* Select Input Method:: Specifying your choice of input methods.
+* Multibyte Conversion:: How single-byte characters convert to multibyte.
* Coding Systems:: Character set conversion when you read and
write files, and so on.
* Recognize Coding:: How Emacs figures out which conversion to use.
* Fontsets:: Fontsets are collections of fonts
that cover the whole spectrum of characters.
* Defining Fontsets:: Defining a new fontset.
-* Single-Byte Character Support::
- You can pick one European character set
- to use without multibyte characters.
+* Undisplayable Characters::When characters don't display.
+* Single-Byte Character Support:: You can pick one European character set
+ to use without multibyte characters.
+* Charsets:: How Emacs groups its internal character codes.
Major Modes
* Text Mode:: The major modes for editing text files.
* Outline Mode:: Editing outlines.
* TeX Mode:: Editing input to the formatter TeX.
+* HTML Mode:: Editing HTML, SGML, and XML files.
* Nroff Mode:: Editing input to the formatter nroff.
* Formatted Text:: Editing formatted text directly in WYSIWYG fashion.
+* Text Based Tables:: Editing text-based tables in WYSIWYG fashion.
Filling Text
* Auto Fill:: Auto Fill mode breaks long lines automatically.
+* Refill:: Keeping paragraphs filled.
* Fill Commands:: Commands to refill paragraphs and center lines.
* Fill Prefix:: Filling paragraphs that are indented
or in a comment, etc.
* Adaptive Fill:: How Emacs can determine the fill prefix automatically.
+* Longlines:: Editing text with very long lines.
Editing Programs
* Defuns:: Commands to operate on major top-level parts
of a program.
* Program Indent:: Adjusting indentation to show the nesting.
-* Comments:: Inserting, killing, and aligning comments.
* Parentheses:: Commands that operate on parentheses.
+* Comments:: Inserting, killing, and aligning comments.
* Documentation:: Getting documentation of functions you plan to call.
* Hideshow:: Displaying blocks selectively.
* Symbol Completion:: Completion on symbol names of your program or language.
Fortran Mode
-* Motion: Fortran Motion. Moving point by statements or subprograms.
-* Indent: Fortran Indent. Indentation commands for Fortran.
-* Comments: Fortran Comments. Inserting and aligning comments.
-* Autofill: Fortran Autofill. Auto fill minor mode for Fortran.
-* Columns: Fortran Columns. Measuring columns for valid Fortran.
-* Abbrev: Fortran Abbrev. Built-in abbrevs for Fortran keywords.
+* Fortran Motion:: Moving point by statements or subprograms.
+* Fortran Indent:: Indentation commands for Fortran.
+* Fortran Comments:: Inserting and aligning comments.
+* Fortran Autofill:: Auto fill minor mode for Fortran.
+* Fortran Columns:: Measuring columns for valid Fortran.
+* Fortran Abbrev:: Built-in abbrevs for Fortran keywords.
Compiling and Testing Programs
with different facilities for running
the Lisp programs.
* Lisp Libraries:: Creating Lisp programs to run in Emacs.
-* Lisp Interaction:: Executing Lisp in an Emacs buffer.
* Lisp Eval:: Executing a single Lisp expression in Emacs.
+* Lisp Interaction:: Executing Lisp in an Emacs buffer.
* External Lisp:: Communicating through Emacs with a separate Lisp.
Running Debuggers Under Emacs
* Debugger Operation:: Connection between the debugger and source buffers.
* Commands of GUD:: Key bindings for common commands.
* GUD Customization:: Defining your own commands for GUD.
+* GDB Graphical Interface:: An enhanced mode that uses GDB features to
+ implement a graphical debugging environment through
+ Emacs.
Maintaining Programs
* Tag Syntax:: Tag syntax for various types of code and text files.
* Create Tags Table:: Creating a tags table with @code{etags}.
+* Etags Regexps:: Create arbitrary tags using regular expressions.
* Select Tags Table:: How to visit a tags table.
* Find Tag:: Commands to find the definition of a specific tag.
* Tags Search:: Using a tags table for searching and replacing.
* Editing Abbrevs:: Viewing or editing the entire list of defined abbrevs.
* Saving Abbrevs:: Saving the entire list of abbrevs for another session.
* Dynamic Abbrevs:: Abbreviations for words already in the buffer.
+* Dabbrev Customization:: What is a word, for dynamic abbrevs. Case handling.
Editing Pictures
* Rmail Summary:: Summaries show brief info on many messages.
* Rmail Sorting:: Sorting messages in Rmail.
* Rmail Display:: How Rmail displays a message; customization.
+* Rmail Coding:: How Rmail handles decoding character sets.
* Rmail Editing:: Editing message text and headers in Rmail.
* Rmail Digest:: Extracting the messages from a digest message.
* Out of Rmail:: Converting an Rmail file to mailbox format.
* Rmail Rot13:: Reading messages encoded in the rot13 code.
* Movemail:: More details of fetching new mail.
+* Remote Mailboxes:: Retrieving Mail from Remote Mailboxes.
+* Other Mailbox Formats:: Retrieving Mail from Local Mailboxes in
+ Various Formats
Dired, the Directory Editor
* Hiding Subdirectories:: Making subdirectories visible or invisible.
* Dired Updating:: Discarding lines for files of no interest.
* Dired and Find:: Using `find' to choose the files for Dired.
-* Dired and Find:: Using `find' to choose the files for Dired.
* Wdired:: Operating on files by editing the Dired buffer.
* Misc Dired Features:: Various other features.
* Scroll Calendar:: Bringing earlier or later months onto the screen.
* Counting Days:: How many days are there between two dates?
* General Calendar:: Exiting or recomputing the calendar.
-* LaTeX Calendar:: Print a calendar using LaTeX.
+* LaTeX Calendar:: Print a calendar using LaTeX.
* Holidays:: Displaying dates of holidays.
* Sunrise/Sunset:: Displaying local times of sunrise and sunset.
* Lunar Phases:: Displaying phases of the moon.
* Other Calendars:: Converting dates to other calendar systems.
* Diary:: Displaying events from your diary.
* Appointments:: Reminders when it's time to do something.
+* Importing Diary:: Converting diary events to/from other formats.
* Daylight Savings:: How to specify when daylight savings time is active.
+* Time Intervals:: Keeping track of time intervals.
Movement in the Calendar
* Single Shell:: How to run one shell command and return.
* Interactive Shell:: Permanent shell taking input via Emacs.
* Shell Mode:: Special Emacs commands used with permanent shell.
+* Shell Prompts:: Two ways to recognize shell prompts.
* Shell History:: Repeating previous commands in a shell buffer.
+* Directory Tracking:: Keeping track when the subshell changes directory.
* Shell Options:: Options for customizing Shell mode.
+* Terminal emulator:: An Emacs window as a terminal emulator.
+* Term Mode:: Special Emacs commands used in Term mode.
+* Paging in Term:: Paging in the terminal emulator.
* Remote Host:: Connecting to another computer.
+Using Emacs as a Server
+
+* Invoking emacsclient:: Emacs client startup options.
+
+Hyperlinking and Navigation Features
+
+* Browse-URL:: Following URLs.
+* Goto-address:: Activating URLs.
+* FFAP:: Finding files etc. at point.
+
Customization
* Minor Modes:: Each minor mode is one feature you can turn on
independently of any others.
-* Easy Customization::
- Convenient way to browse and change user options.
+* Easy Customization:: Convenient way to browse and change user options.
* Variables:: Many Emacs commands examine Emacs variables
to decide what to do; by setting variables,
you can control their functioning.
* Key Bindings:: The keymaps say what command each key runs.
By changing them, you can "redefine keys".
-* Keyboard Translations::
- If your keyboard passes an undesired code
- for a key, you can tell Emacs to
- substitute another code.
+* Keyboard Translations:: If your keyboard passes an undesired code
+ for a key, you can tell Emacs to
+ substitute another code.
* Syntax:: The syntax table controls how words and
- expressions are parsed.
+ expressions are parsed.
* Init File:: How to write common customizations in the
@file{.emacs} file.
* Init Rebinding:: Rebinding keys with your init file, @file{.emacs}.
* Function Keys:: Rebinding terminal function keys.
* Named ASCII Chars:: Distinguishing @key{TAB} from @kbd{C-i}, and so on.
+* Non-ASCII Rebinding:: Rebinding non-@acronym{ASCII} characters such as Latin-1.
* Mouse Buttons:: Rebinding mouse buttons in Emacs.
* Disabling:: Disabling a command means confirmation is required
before it can be executed. This is done to protect
* Text Garbled:: Garbage in the text.
* Unasked-for Search:: Spontaneous entry to incremental search.
* Memory Full:: How to cope when you run out of memory.
+* After a Crash:: Recovering editing in an Emacs session that crashed.
* Emergency Escape:: Emergency escape---
What to do if Emacs stops responding.
* Total Frustration:: When you are at your wits' end.
Reporting Bugs
-* Criteria: Bug Criteria. Have you really found a bug?
-* Understanding Bug Reporting:: How to report a bug effectively.
-* Checklist:: Steps to follow for a good bug report.
-* Sending Patches:: How to send a patch for GNU Emacs.
+* Bug Criteria:: Have you really found a bug?
+* Understanding Bug Reporting:: How to report a bug effectively.
+* Checklist:: Steps to follow for a good bug report.
+* Sending Patches:: How to send a patch for GNU Emacs.
-Command Line Options and Arguments
+Command Line Arguments for Emacs Invocation
* Action Arguments:: Arguments to visit files, load libraries,
and call functions.
* Icons X:: Choosing what sort of icon to use, under X.
* Misc X:: Other display options.
-X Resources
+Environment Variables
+
+* General Variables:: Environment variables that all versions of Emacs use.
+* Misc Variables:: Certain system specific variables.
+* MS-Windows Registry:: An alternative to the environment on MS-Windows.
+
+X Options and Resources
* Resources:: Using X resources with Emacs (in general).
* Table of Resources:: Table of specific X resources that affect Emacs.
* Face Resources:: X resources for customizing faces.
* Lucid Resources:: X resources for Lucid menus.
* LessTif Resources:: X resources for LessTif and Motif menus.
+* GTK resources:: Resources for GTK widgets.
-Environment Variables
+Emacs and the Mac OS
-* General Variables:: Environment variables that all versions of Emacs use.
-* Misc Variables:: Certain system specific variables.
+* Mac Input:: Keyboard input on the Mac.
+* Mac International:: International character sets on the Mac.
+* Mac Environment Variables:: Setting environment variables for Emacs.
+* Mac Directories:: Volumes and directories on the Mac.
+* Mac Font Specs:: Specifying fonts on the Mac.
+* Mac Functions:: Mac-specific Lisp functions.
MS-DOS and Windows 95/98/NT
* MS-DOS File Names:: File-name conventions on MS-DOS.
* Text and Binary:: Text files on MS-DOS use CRLF to separate lines.
* MS-DOS Printing:: How to specify the printer on MS-DOS.
+* MS-DOS and MULE:: Support for internationalization on MS-DOS.
* MS-DOS Processes:: Running subprocesses on MS-DOS.
* Windows Processes:: Running subprocesses on Windows.
* Windows System Menu:: Controlling what the ALT key does.
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