called @dfn{auto-saving}. Auto-saving prevents you from losing more
than a limited amount of work if the system crashes. By default,
auto-saves happen every 300 keystrokes, or after around 30 seconds of
-idle time. @xref{Auto-Save, Auto-Save, Auto-Saving: Protection Against
+idle time. @xref{Auto Save, Auto Save, Auto-Saving: Protection Against
Disasters, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for information on auto-save
for users. Here we describe the functions used to implement auto-saving
and the variables that control them.
@end menu
All customization types are implemented as widgets; see @ref{Top, ,
-Introduction, widget, The Emacs Widget Library} for details.
+Introduction, widget, The Emacs Widget Library}, for details.
@node Simple Types
@subsection Simple Types
Emacs.
@end defvar
- @xref{Init File Examples,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for
+ @xref{Init Examples,, Init File Examples, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for
examples of how to make various commonly desired customizations in your
@file{.emacs} file.
The command-line arguments are parsed by the @code{command-line-1}
function in the @file{startup.el} file. See also @ref{Command
-Switches, , Command Line Switches and Arguments, emacs, The GNU Emacs
-Manual}.
+Arguments, , Command Line Arguments, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@end defvar
@defvar command-line-args
them in Emacs). The syntax table controls how these functions interpret
various characters; see @ref{Syntax Tables}. @xref{Parsing
Expressions}, for lower-level primitives for scanning sexps or parts of
-sexps. For user-level commands, see @ref{Lists Commands,,, emacs, The GNU
-Emacs Manual}.
+sexps. For user-level commands, see @ref{Parentheses,, Commands for
+Editing with Parentheses, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@deffn Command forward-list &optional arg
This function moves forward across @var{arg} (default 1) balanced groups of
switching buffers in the window, and changing the size of the window.
The first two actions run @code{window-scroll-functions}; the last runs
@code{window-size-change-functions}. The paradigmatic use of these
-hooks is in the implementation of Lazy Lock mode; see @ref{Support
-Modes, Lazy Lock, Font Lock Support Modes, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
+hooks is in the implementation of Lazy Lock mode; see @file{lazy-lock.el}.
@defvar window-scroll-functions
This variable holds a list of functions that Emacs should call before
last time you did @kbd{M-x compile}. If you type just @key{RET}, the
same command line is used again. For the first @kbd{M-x compile}, the
default is @samp{make -k}, which is correct most of the time for
-nontrivial programs. (@xref{Make,, Make, make, GNU Make Manual}.)
+nontrivial programs. (@xref{Top,, Make, make, GNU Make Manual}.)
The default compilation command comes from the variable
@code{compile-command}; if the appropriate compilation command for a
file is something other than @samp{make -k}, it can be useful for the
inside Emacs.
@item SMTPSERVER
The name of the outgoing mail server. Used by the SMTP library
-(@pxref{Sending mail via SMTP,,,smtpmail}).
+(@pxref{Top,,Sending mail via SMTP,smtpmail}).
@cindex background mode, on @command{xterm}
@item TERM
The type of the terminal that Emacs is using. This variable must be
@cindex Init file, setting up
@cindex Customization file, setting up
-@inforef{Init File, Init File, emacs}
+@inforef{Init File, Init File, emacs}.
In general, new Emacs users should not have @file{.emacs} files, because
it causes confusing non-standard behavior. Then they send questions to
@cindex X resources
@cindex Setting X resources
-@inforef{Resources X, Resources X, emacs}.
+@inforef{X Resources, X Resources, emacs}.
You can also use a resource editor, such as editres (for X11R5 and
onwards), to look at the resource names for the menu bar, assuming Emacs
@cindex Suspending Emacs
@kbd{C-z} iconifies Emacs when running under X and suspends Emacs
-otherwise. @inforef{Misc X, Misc X, emacs}.
+otherwise. @inforef{Frame Commands, Frame Commands, emacs}.
@node Using regular expressions, Replacing text across multiple files, Forcing Emacs to iconify itself, Common requests
@section How do I use regexps (regular expressions) in Emacs?
is @code{sendmail-send-it}, which delivers mail using the Sendmail
installation on the local host. To send mail through a SMTP server,
set it to @code{smtpmail-send-it} and set up the Emacs SMTP library
-(@pxref{Sending mail via SMTP,,,smtpmail}). A third option is
+(@pxref{Top,, Sending mail via SMTP,smtpmail}). A third option is
@code{feedmail-send-it}, see the commentary section of the
@file{feedmail.el} package for more information.
and sending mail---Mail mode. Emacs has alternative facilities for
editing and sending mail, including
MH-E and Message mode, not documented in this manual.
-@xref{MH-E,,,mh-e, The Emacs Interface to MH}. @xref{Message,,,message,
+@xref{Top,,MH-E,mh-e, The Emacs Interface to MH}. @xref{Top,,,message,
Message Manual}. You can choose any of them as your preferred method.
The commands @code{C-x m}, @code{C-x 4 m} and @code{C-x 5 m} use
whichever agent you have specified, as do various other Emacs commands
Viper uses Emacs Regular Expressions for searches. These are a superset of
Vi regular
expressions, excepting the change-of-case escapes @samp{\u}, @samp{\L},
-@dots{}, etc. @xref{Regular Expressions,,Regular Expressions,emacs,The
+@dots{}, etc. @xref{Regexps,,Syntax of Regular Expressions,emacs,The
GNU Emacs Manual}, for details.
Files specified to @kbd{:e} use @code{csh} regular expressions
(globbing, wildcards, what have you).
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