then the variable @code{case-fold-search} controls whether to ignore
case while searching for expansions (@pxref{Lax Search}).
-@vindex dabbrev-case-replace
Normally, dynamic abbrev expansion preserves the case pattern
@emph{of the dynamic abbrev you are expanding}, by converting the
expansion to that case pattern.
-@vindex dabbrev-case-fold-search
+@vindex dabbrev-case-replace
The variable @code{dabbrev-case-replace} controls whether to
preserve the case pattern of the dynamic abbrev. If it is @code{t},
the dynamic abbrev's case pattern is preserved in most cases; if it is
@cindex Unicode characters, inserting
@cindex insert Unicode character
@cindex characters, inserting by name or code-point
-@cindex curly quotes
-@cindex curved quotes
+@cindex curly quotes, inserting
+@cindex curved quotes, inserting
A few common Unicode characters can be inserted via a command
starting with @kbd{C-x 8}. For example, @kbd{C-x 8 [} inserts @t{‘}
which is Unicode code-point @code{U+2018} LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK,
Similarly, @kbd{C-x 8 ]}, @kbd{C-x 8 @{} and @kbd{C-x 8 @}} insert the
curved quotes @t{’}, @t{“} and @t{”}, respectively. Also, a working
Alt key acts like @kbd{C-x 8}; e.g., @kbd{A-[} acts like @kbd{C-x 8 [}
-and inserts @t{‘}. To see which characters have @kbd{C-x 8}
-shorthands, type @kbd{C-x 8 C-h}.
+and inserts `. To see which characters have @kbd{C-x 8} shorthands,
+type @kbd{C-x 8 C-h}.
Alternatively, you can use the command @kbd{C-x 8 @key{RET}}
(@code{insert-char}). This prompts for the Unicode name or code-point
Move to the end of the line (@code{move-end-of-line}).
@item M-f
-@kindex M-f
-@findex forward-word
-Move forward one word (@code{forward-word}).
+Move forward one word (@code{forward-word}). @xref{Words}.
@item C-@key{RIGHT}
@itemx M-@key{RIGHT}
right-to-left. @xref{Bidirectional Editing}.
@item M-b
-@kindex M-b
-@findex backward-word
-Move backward one word (@code{backward-word}).
+Move backward one word (@code{backward-word}). @xref{Words}.
@item C-@key{LEFT}
@itemx M-@key{LEFT}
(@code{previous-line}) are special exceptions: they move point down
and up, respectively, by one screen line (@pxref{Moving Point}).
-@cindex truncation
@cindex line truncation, and fringes
Emacs can optionally @dfn{truncate} long logical lines instead of
continuing them. This means that every logical line occupies a single
can make Emacs insert a newline automatically when a line gets too
long, by using Auto Fill mode. @xref{Filling}.
-@cindex word wrap
Sometimes, you may need to edit files containing many long logical
lines, and it may not be practical to break them all up by adding
newlines. In that case, you can use Visual Line mode, which enables
file, can also be used to switch to an existing file-visiting buffer.
@xref{Visiting}.
-@findex goto-line
+@findex goto-line@r{, with an argument}
@kbd{C-u M-g M-g}, that is @code{goto-line} with a plain prefix
argument, reads a number @var{n} using the minibuffer, selects the
most recently selected buffer other than the current buffer in another
@item t
@findex Buffer-menu-visit-tags-table
-@kindex % @r{(Buffer Menu)}
+@kindex t @r{(Buffer Menu)}
Visit the buffer as a tags table
(@code{Buffer-menu-visit-tags-table}). @xref{Select Tags Table}.
@end table
the number of years since the anniversary date into the text of the
diary entry. Thus the @samp{%d} in this diary entry:
-@findex diary-anniversary
+@findex diary-anniversary@r{, and sexp diary entries}
@smallexample
%%(diary-anniversary 10 31 1948) Arthur's birthday (%d years old)
@end smallexample
Similarly, cyclic diary entries can interpolate the number of repetitions
that have occurred:
-@findex diary-cyclic
+@findex diary-cyclic@r{, and sexp diary entries}
@smallexample
%%(diary-cyclic 50 1 1 2012) Renew medication (%d%s time)
@end smallexample
@noindent
on October 22, November 22, and December 22 of every year.
-@findex diary-float
+@findex diary-float@r{, and sexp diary entries}
The function @code{diary-float} allows you to describe diary entries
that apply to dates like the third Friday of November, or the last
Tuesday in April. The parameters are the @var{month}, @var{dayname},
@findex diary-hebrew-sabbath-candles
@cindex omer count
@findex diary-hebrew-omer
-@cindex yahrzeits
+@cindex yahrzeits, and sexp diary entries
@findex diary-hebrew-yahrzeit
@findex diary-hebrew-birthday
@table @code
@kindex C-x ] @r{(Calendar mode)}
@findex calendar-forward-year
@kindex C-x [ @r{(Calendar mode)}
-@findex calendar-forward-year
+@findex calendar-backward-year
The commands for motion by months and years work like those for
weeks, but move a larger distance. The month commands @kbd{M-@}} and
@kbd{M-@{} move forward or backward by an entire month. The year
the directory containing the HTML files (see the value of the variable
@code{cal-html-css-default} for relevant style settings).
-@kindex t @r{(Calendar mode)}
+@kindex H @r{(Calendar mode)}
@table @kbd
@item H m
Generate a one-month calendar (@code{cal-html-cursor-month}).
the metric system. The French government officially abandoned this
calendar at the end of 1805.
-@cindex Mayan calendar
+@cindex Mayan calendars
The Maya of Central America used three separate, overlapping calendar
systems, the @emph{long count}, the @emph{tzolkin}, and the @emph{haab}.
Emacs knows about all three of these calendars. Experts dispute the
@kindex g @var{char} @r{(Calendar mode)}
@findex calendar-iso-goto-date
-@findex calendar-iso-goto-week
@findex calendar-julian-goto-date
@findex calendar-astro-goto-day-number
@findex calendar-bahai-goto-date
@item --no-site-lisp
@opindex --no-site-lisp
-@cindex @file{site-start.el} file, not loading
+@cindex @file{site-lisp} files, not loading
Do not include the @file{site-lisp} directories in @code{load-path}
(@pxref{Init File}). The @samp{-Q} option does this too.
@item --no-splash
@opindex --no-splash
-@vindex inhibit-startup-screen
@cindex splash screen
@cindex startup message
Do not display a startup screen. You can also achieve this effect by
@cindex keyboard input
@cindex character set (keyboard)
@cindex @acronym{ASCII}
-@cindex C-
-@cindex Control
GNU Emacs is primarily designed for use with the keyboard. While it
is possible to use the mouse to issue editing commands through the
normal customization buffer. To remove a face or variable from the
theme, uncheck the checkbox next to its name.
-@vindex custom-theme-directory
+@vindex custom-theme-directory@r{, saving theme files}
After specifying the Custom theme's faces and variables, type
@kbd{C-x C-s} (@code{custom-theme-write}) or use the buffer's
@samp{[Save Theme]} button. This saves the theme file, named
@end example
@cindex Prog mode
-@cindex program editing
+@cindex modes for editing programs
Major mode hooks also apply to other major modes @dfn{derived} from
the original mode (@pxref{Derived Modes,,, elisp, The Emacs Lisp
Reference Manual}). For instance, HTML mode is derived from Text mode
@node Modifier Keys
@subsection Modifier Keys
-@cindex modifier keys
+@cindex modifier keys, and key rebinding
The default key bindings in Emacs are set up so that modified
alphabetical characters are case-insensitive. In other words,
@cindex click events
@cindex drag events
@cindex down events
-@cindex button down events
+@cindex button-down events
Emacs uses Lisp symbols to designate mouse buttons, too. The ordinary
mouse events in Emacs are @dfn{click} events; these happen when you
init file.
@item
-@vindex user-mail-address
+@vindex user-mail-address@r{, in init file}
Specify your own email address, if Emacs can't figure it out correctly.
@example
frame.
@kindex q @r{(Dired)}
-@findex quit-window
+@findex quit-window@r{, in Dired buffers}
Typing @kbd{q} (@code{quit-window}) buries the Dired buffer, and
deletes its window if the window was created just for that buffer.
then all the remaining directories will be deleted without more
questions.
-@vindex delete-by-moving-to-trash
+@vindex delete-by-moving-to-trash@r{, and Dired}
If you change the variable @code{delete-by-moving-to-trash} to
@code{t}, the above deletion commands will move the affected files or
directories into the operating system's Trash, instead of deleting
@findex dired-do-compress-to
@kindex c @r{(Dired)}
-@cindex compressing files (in Dired)
@item c
Compress the specified files (@code{dired-do-compress-to}) into a
single archive anywhere on the file system. The compression algorithm
Glyphless Character Display, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual},
for details.
-@cindex curly quotes
-@cindex curved quotes
+@cindex curly quotes, and terminal capabilities
+@cindex curved quotes, and terminal capabilities
@cindex homoglyph face
Emacs tries to determine if the curved quotes @samp{‘} and @samp{’}
variable @code{visible-cursor} is @code{nil} when Emacs starts or
resumes, it uses the normal cursor.
-@cindex cursor face
@vindex cursor-type
On a graphical display, many more properties of the text cursor can
be altered. To customize its color, change the @code{:background}
@section Line Truncation
@cindex truncation
-@cindex line truncation, and fringes
+@cindex line truncation
As an alternative to continuation (@pxref{Continuation Lines}),
Emacs can display long lines by @dfn{truncation}. This means that all
the characters that do not fit in the width of the screen or window do
Indexes (each index contains a large menu)
* 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.
+* Command Index:: An item for each standard command name.
+* Variable Index:: An item for each variable documented in this manual.
+* Concept Index:: An item for concepts and other general subjects.
@c Do NOT modify the following 3 lines! They must have this form to
@c be correctly identified by 'texinfo-multiple-files-update'. In
Minibuffer history commands offer some special features for reading
file names, see @ref{Minibuffer History}.
-@cindex default directory
+@cindex default directory, of a buffer
@vindex default-directory
-@vindex insert-default-directory
Each buffer has a @dfn{default directory}, stored in the
buffer-local variable @code{default-directory}. Whenever Emacs reads
a file name using the minibuffer, it usually inserts the default
@subsection Backup Files
@cindex backup file
@vindex make-backup-files
-@vindex vc-make-backup-files
On most operating systems, rewriting a file automatically destroys all
record of what the file used to contain. Thus, saving a file from Emacs
is not modified. (If you have edited the text, it would be wrong to
discard your changes.)
-@cindex Global Auto-Revert mode
-@cindex mode, Global Auto-Revert
-@cindex Auto-Revert mode
-@cindex mode, Auto-Revert
+@cindex Global Auto Revert mode
+@cindex mode, Global Auto Revert
+@cindex Auto Revert mode
+@cindex mode, Auto Revert
@findex global-auto-revert-mode
@findex auto-revert-mode
@findex auto-revert-tail-mode
@cindex Archive mode
@cindex mode, archive
-@cindex @code{arc}
-@cindex @code{jar}
-@cindex @code{rar}
-@cindex @code{zip}
-@cindex @code{lzh}
-@cindex @code{zoo}
-@cindex @code{7z}
@pindex arc
@pindex jar
@pindex zip
@code{imagemagick-types-inhibit} to @code{t}.
@findex thumbs-mode
-@findex mode, thumbs
+@cindex mode, Thumbs
The Image-Dired package can also be used to view images as
thumbnails. @xref{Image-Dired}.
frame has only one window, it does nothing.
@item C-mouse-2
-@kindex C-mouse-2 @r{(mode line)}
@kbd{C-mouse-2} on a mode line splits that window, producing two
side-by-side windows with the boundary running through the click
position (@pxref{Split Window}).
@item C-z
@kindex C-z @r{(X windows)}
-@findex suspend-frame
Minimize (or iconify) the selected Emacs frame
(@code{suspend-frame}). @xref{Exiting}.
On graphical terminals, the mouse pointer may obscure the text in
the Emacs frame. Emacs provides two methods to avoid this problem.
-@vindex make-pointer-invisible
Firstly, Emacs hides the mouse pointer each time you type a
self-inserting character, if the pointer lies inside an Emacs frame;
moving the mouse pointer makes it visible again. To disable this
feature, set the variable @code{make-pointer-invisible} to @code{nil}.
+@xref{Display Custom}.
@vindex mouse-avoidance-mode
Secondly, you can use Mouse Avoidance mode, a minor mode, to keep
@cindex help, viewing web pages
@cindex viewing web pages in help
@cindex web pages, viewing in help
-@findex browse-url
A help buffer can also contain hyperlinks to Info manuals, source
code definitions, and URLs (web pages). The first two are opened in
Emacs, and the third using a web browser via the @code{browse-url}
@findex describe-package
@kindex C-h P
@kbd{C-h P} (@code{describe-package}) prompts for the name of a
-package, and displays a help buffer describing the attributes of the
-package and the features that it implements. The buffer lists the
-keywords that relate to the package in the form of buttons. Click on
-a button to see other packages related to that keyword.
+package (@pxref{Packages}, and displays a help buffer describing the
+attributes of the package and the features that it implements. The
+buffer lists the keywords that relate to the package in the form of
+buttons. Click on a button to see other packages related to that
+keyword.
@node Language Help
@section Help for International Language Support
@node Help Echo
@section Help on Active Text and Tooltips
-@cindex tooltips
+@cindex tooltip help
@cindex balloon help
@cindex active text
In Emacs, stretches of @dfn{active text} (text that does something
The simplest way to perform indentation is the @key{TAB} key. In
most major modes, this runs the command @code{indent-for-tab-command}.
(In C and related modes, @key{TAB} runs the command
-@code{c-indent-line-or-region}, which behaves similarly).
+@code{c-indent-line-or-region}, which behaves similarly, @pxref{C
+Indent}).
@table @key
@item TAB
@node Just Spaces
@section Tabs vs.@: Spaces
-@vindex tab-width
Normally, indentation commands insert (or remove) an optimal mix of
space characters and tab characters to align to the desired column.
Tab characters are displayed as a stretch of empty space extending to
@node Other Kill Commands
@subsection Other Kill Commands
-@findex kill-region
-@kindex C-w
@table @kbd
@item C-w
@ifnottex
@vindex vc-stay-local
-@vindex vc-cvs-stay-local
On CVS and Subversion, the @code{vc-dir} command normally contacts
the repository, which may be on a remote machine, to check for
updates. If you change the variable @code{vc-stay-local} or
@findex xref-quit-and-goto-xref
Display the reference on the current line and bury the @file{*xref*}
buffer (@code{xref-quit-and-goto-xref}).
-@findex xref-query-replace-in-results
@item r @var{pattern} @key{RET} @var{replacement} @key{RET}
Perform interactive query-replace on references that match
@var{pattern} (@code{xref-query-replace-in-results}), replacing
Visit files recorded in the selected tags table.
@end table
-@cindex completion (symbol names)
In most programming language modes, you can type @kbd{C-M-i} or
@kbd{M-@key{TAB}} (@code{completion-at-point}) to complete the symbol
at point. Some modes provide specialized completion for this command
point to where you clicked. @xref{Mouse Commands}, for a more
detailed description of these mouse commands.
-@cindex shift-selection
Finally, you can set the mark by holding down the shift key while
typing certain cursor motion commands (such as @kbd{S-@key{RIGHT}},
@kbd{S-C-f}, @kbd{S-C-n}, etc.). This is called @dfn{shift-selection}.
active mark set via shift-selection. The mark set by mouse commands
and by shift-selection behaves slightly differently from the usual
mark: any subsequent unshifted cursor motion command deactivates it
-automatically. For details, @xref{Shift Selection}.
+automatically. For details, see @ref{Shift Selection}.
Many commands that insert text, such as @kbd{C-y} (@code{yank}), set
the mark at the other end of the inserted text, without activating it.
can tell that a command does this when it shows @samp{Mark set} in the
echo area.
-@cindex primary selection
+@cindex primary selection, when active region changes
Under X, every time the active region changes, Emacs saves the text
in the region to the @dfn{primary selection}. This lets you insert
that text into other X applications with @kbd{mouse-2} clicks.
@table @kbd
@item C-@key{SPC} C-@key{SPC}
-@kindex C-SPC C-SPC
+@kindex C-SPC C-SPC@r{, disabling Transient Mark}
Set the mark at point (like plain @kbd{C-@key{SPC}}) and enable
Transient Mark mode just once, until the mark is deactivated. (This
is not really a separate command; you are using the @kbd{C-@key{SPC}}
@node Completion Example
@subsection Completion Example
-@kindex TAB @r{(completion)}
+@kindex TAB @r{(completion example)}
A simple example may help here. @kbd{M-x} uses the minibuffer to
read the name of a command, so completion works by matching the
minibuffer text against the names of existing Emacs commands. Suppose
@table @kbd
@item @key{TAB}
-@findex minibuffer-complete
Complete the text in the minibuffer as much as possible; if unable to
complete, display a list of possible completions
(@code{minibuffer-complete}).
groups.
@kindex A k @r{(Gnus Group mode)}
-@findex gnus-group-list-all-groups
+@findex gnus-group-list-killed
@item A k
List killed groups.
@kindex A z @r{(Gnus Group mode)}
-@findex gnus-group-list-all-groups
+@findex gnus-group-list-zombies
@item A z
List zombie groups.
@kindex n @r{(Gnus Group mode)}
@findex gnus-group-next-unread-group
-@findex gnus-summary-next-unread-article
@item n
Move point to the next unread group.
@kindex p @r{(Gnus Group mode)}
@findex gnus-group-prev-unread-group
-@findex gnus-summary-prev-unread-article
@item p
Move point to the previous unread group.
@table @kbd
@kindex SPC @r{(Gnus Summary mode)}
-@findex gnus-group-read-group
+@findex gnus-summary-next-page
@item @key{SPC}
If there is no article selected, select the article on the current
line and display its article buffer. Otherwise, try scrolling the
Scroll the text of the article backwards.
@kindex n @r{(Gnus Summary mode)}
-@findex gnus-group-next-unread-group
@findex gnus-summary-next-unread-article
@item n
Select the next unread article.
@kindex p @r{(Gnus Summary mode)}
-@findex gnus-group-prev-unread-group
@findex gnus-summary-prev-unread-article
@item p
Select the previous unread article.
is needed. For OpenDocument and Microsoft Office documents, the
@code{unoconv} tool is needed.}, and displaying those images.
-@findex doc-view-toggle-display
@findex doc-view-toggle-display
@cindex doc-view-minor-mode
When you visit a document file that can be displayed with DocView
@item @key{TAB}
@kindex TAB @r{(Shell mode)}
-@findex completion-at-point
+@findex completion-at-point@r{, in Shell Mode}
@cindex shell completion
Complete the command name or file name before point in the shell
buffer (@code{completion-at-point}). This uses the usual Emacs
value for the variable @code{comment-start}, which determines how
source code comments are delimited (@pxref{Comments}).
-@findex describe-mode
-@kindex C-h m
To view the documentation for the current major mode, including a
list of its key bindings, type @code{C-h m} (@code{describe-mode}).
+@xref{Misc Help}.
@cindex mode hook
-@vindex text-mode-hook
@vindex prog-mode-hook
Every major mode, apart from Fundamental mode, defines a @dfn{mode
hook}, a customizable list of Lisp functions to run each time the mode
programs. It is enabled globally by default, but you can disable it
in individual buffers. @xref{Faces}.
-@findex display-line-numbers-mode
-@cindex display-line-numbers-mode
@item
Display Line Numbers mode is a convenience wrapper around
@code{display-line-numbers}, setting it using the value of
@cindex multibyte characters
@cindex encoding of characters
-@cindex Arabic
-@cindex Bengali
-@cindex Chinese
-@cindex Cyrillic
@cindex Han
@cindex Hindi
-@cindex Ethiopic
-@cindex Georgian
-@cindex Greek
@cindex Hangul
-@cindex Hebrew
-@cindex Hindi
-@cindex IPA
-@cindex Japanese
-@cindex Korean
-@cindex Latin
-@cindex Thai
-@cindex Vietnamese
Emacs supports a wide variety of international character sets,
including European and Vietnamese variants of the Latin alphabet, as
well as Arabic scripts, Brahmic scripts (for languages such as
The prefix key @kbd{C-x @key{RET}} is used for commands that pertain
to multibyte characters, coding systems, and input methods.
-@kindex C-x =
-@findex what-cursor-position
+@kindex C-x =@r{, and international characters}
+@findex what-cursor-position@r{, and international characters}
The command @kbd{C-x =} (@code{what-cursor-position}) shows
information about the character at point. In addition to the
character position, which was described in @ref{Position Info}, this
@c To work around, we group the language environments together, so
@c that the blank that separates them triggers refill.
@quotation
-@cindex ASCII
+@cindex ASCII (language environment)
@cindex Arabic
ASCII, Arabic,
@cindex Belarusian
characters present directly on the keyboard or using @key{Compose} or
@key{AltGr} keys. @xref{User Input}.
-@kindex C-x 8
@cindex @code{iso-transl} library
@cindex compose character
@cindex dead character
@cindex Package
@cindex Emacs Lisp package archive
@cindex Package archive
-@cindex Emacs Lisp package
Emacs includes a facility that lets you easily download and install
@dfn{packages} that implement additional features. Each package is a
with a list of all packages. You can install or uninstall packages
via this buffer. @xref{Package Menu}.
-@findex describe-package
The command @kbd{C-h P} (@code{describe-package}) prompts for the
name of a package, and displays a help buffer describing the
attributes of the package and the features that it implements.
of spaces, so that you can delete one column of indentation without
worrying whether the whitespace consists of spaces or tabs.
-@cindex mode hook
+@cindex mode hook, and major modes
@vindex c-mode-hook
@vindex lisp-mode-hook
@vindex emacs-lisp-mode-hook
@end table
@kindex TAB @r{(programming modes)}
-@findex c-indent-command
@findex indent-line-function
-@findex indent-for-tab-command
The basic indentation command is @key{TAB}
(@code{indent-for-tab-command}), which was documented in
@ref{Indentation}. In programming language modes, @key{TAB} indents
before it. An argument of zero, rather than doing nothing, transposes
the balanced expressions ending at or after point and the mark.
-@kindex C-M-@@
@kindex C-M-SPC
-@findex mark-sexp
To operate on balanced expressions with a command which acts on the
region, type @kbd{C-M-@key{SPC}} (@code{mark-sexp}). This sets the
mark where @kbd{C-M-f} would move to. While the mark is active, each
@node Info Lookup
@subsection Info Documentation Lookup
-@findex info-lookup-symbol
@findex info-lookup-file
-@kindex C-h S
For major modes that apply to languages which have documentation in
Info, you can use @kbd{C-h S} (@code{info-lookup-symbol}) to view the
Info documentation for a symbol used in the program. You specify the
@findex hs-show-block
@findex hs-show-region
@findex hs-hide-level
-@findex hs-minor-mode
@kindex C-c @@ C-h
@kindex C-c @@ C-s
@kindex C-c @@ C-M-h
@kbd{@key{ESC} @key{TAB}} instead.
@cindex tags-based completion
-@findex completion-at-point
+@findex completion-at-point@r{, in programming language modes}
@cindex Lisp symbol completion
@cindex completion (Lisp symbols)
In most programming language modes, @kbd{C-M-i} (or
to deal with such symbols.
@cindex Glasses mode
-@findex mode, Glasses
+@cindex mode, Glasses
Glasses mode is a buffer-local minor mode that makes it easier to read
such symbols, by altering how they are displayed. By default, it
displays extra underscores between each lower-case letter and the
@item M-x append-to-register @key{RET} @var{r}
Append region to text in register @var{r}.
-@kindex C-x r +
When register @var{r} contains text, you can use @kbd{C-x r +}
(@code{increment-register}) to append to that register. Note that
command @kbd{C-x r +} behaves differently if @var{r} contains a
Like @kbd{C-x r m}, but don't overwrite an existing bookmark.
@item C-x r b @var{bookmark} @key{RET}
-@findex bookmark-jump
Jump to the bookmark named @var{bookmark} (@code{bookmark-jump}).
@item C-x r l
-@findex list-bookmarks
List all bookmarks (@code{list-bookmarks}).
@item M-x bookmark-save
-@findex bookmark-save
Save all the current bookmark values in the default bookmark file.
@end table
already exists, instead of overwriting it.
@kindex C-x r l
+@findex list-bookmarks
To display a list of all your bookmarks in a separate buffer, type
@kbd{C-x r l} (@code{list-bookmarks}). If you switch to that buffer,
you can use it to edit your bookmark definitions or annotate the
bookmarks. Type @kbd{C-h m} in the bookmark buffer for more
information about its special editing commands.
+@findex bookmark-save
When you kill Emacs, Emacs saves your bookmarks, if
you have changed any bookmark values. You can also save the bookmarks
at any time with the @kbd{M-x bookmark-save} command. Bookmarks are
@xref{Display Custom}, for options that control how Emacs uses the
echo area.
-@cindex minibuffer
The echo area is also used to display the @dfn{minibuffer}, a
special window where you can input arguments to commands, such as the
name of a file to be edited. When the minibuffer is in use, the text
@file{feedmail.el} for details.
@end table
-@vindex sendmail-coding-system
When you send a message containing non-@acronym{ASCII} characters,
they need to be encoded with a coding system (@pxref{Coding Systems}).
Usually the coding system is specified automatically by your chosen
variable @code{sendmail-coding-system} (@pxref{Recognize Coding}). If
the coding system thus determined does not handle the characters in a
particular message, Emacs asks you to select the coding system to use,
-showing a list of possible coding systems.
+showing a list of possible coding systems. @xref{Output Coding}.
@node Header Editing
@subsection Mail Header Editing
See the Org Info manual, which is distributed with Emacs.
@end ifnotinfo
-@cindex nXML mode
-@cindex mode, XML
-@cindex mode, nXML
-@findex nxml-mode
Emacs has other major modes for text which contains embedded
commands, such as @TeX{} and @LaTeX{} (@pxref{TeX Mode}); HTML and
SGML (@pxref{HTML Mode}); XML
more on transposition.
@kindex M-@@
-@findex mark-word
To operate on words with an operation which acts on the region, use
the command @kbd{M-@@} (@code{mark-word}). This command sets the mark
where @kbd{M-f} would move to. @xref{Marking Objects}, for more
@section Org Mode
@cindex organizer
@cindex planner
-@findex Org mode
-@findex mode, Org
+@cindex Org mode
+@cindex mode, Org
@findex org-mode
Org mode is a variant of Outline mode for using Emacs as an
@cindex nXML mode
@cindex mode, nXML
+@cindex mode, XML
@findex nxml-mode
@cindex XML schema
The major mode for editing XML documents is called nXML mode. This
@node Quitting
@section Quitting and Aborting
-@cindex quitting
@table @kbd
@item C-g
an exception, when using RCS, Emacs uses the version header, if there
is one, to determine the file version, since it is often more reliable
than the RCS master file. To inhibit using the version header this
-way, change the variable @code{vc-consult-headers} to @code{nil}.
+way, change the variable @code{vc-consult-headers} to @code{nil}. VC
+then always uses the file permissions (if it is supposed to trust
+them), or else checks the master file.
@findex vc-insert-headers
@vindex vc-@var{backend}-header
file, but not whether your work file really contains that locked
version.
-@vindex vc-consult-headers
You can tell VC not to use version headers to determine the file
status by setting @code{vc-consult-headers} to @code{nil}. VC then
always uses the file permissions (if it is supposed to trust them), or
switches are inserted immediately after the @code{cvs} command, before
the name of the operation to invoke.
-@vindex vc-stay-local
@vindex vc-cvs-stay-local
@cindex remote repositories (CVS)
When using a CVS repository on a remote machine, VC can try keeping
Choice}, for how Emacs picks or creates the window to use.
@table @kbd
-@findex switch-to-buffer-other-window
@item C-x 4 b @var{bufname} @key{RET}
Select buffer @var{bufname} in another window
-(@code{switch-to-buffer-other-window}).
+(@code{switch-to-buffer-other-window}). @xref{Select Buffer}.
@findex display-buffer @r{(command)}
@item C-x 4 C-o @var{bufname} @key{RET}
it (@code{display-buffer}). @xref{Displaying Buffers}, for details
about how the window is chosen.
-@findex find-file-other-window
@item C-x 4 f @var{filename} @key{RET}
Visit file @var{filename} and select its buffer in another window
(@code{find-file-other-window}). @xref{Visiting}.
-@findex dired-other-window
@item C-x 4 d @var{directory} @key{RET}
Select a Dired buffer for directory @var{directory} in another window
(@code{dired-other-window}). @xref{Dired}.
Additional space between lines, in pixels.
@item @code{menuBar} (class @code{MenuBar})
-@cindex menu bar
+@cindex menu bar (X resource)
If the value of this resource is @samp{off} or @samp{false} or
@samp{0}, Emacs disables Menu Bar mode at startup (@pxref{Menu Bars}).
@code{screen-gamma}.
@item @code{scrollBar} (class @code{ScrollBar})
-@cindex tool bar
+@cindex scroll bar
If the value of this resource is @samp{off} or @samp{false} or
@samp{0}, Emacs disables Scroll Bar mode at startup (@pxref{Scroll Bars}).
@node GTK Names in Emacs
@appendixsubsec GTK Widget Names in Emacs
-@cindex GTK widget names
+@cindex GTK widget names in Emacs
@cindex GTK widget classes
The GTK+ widgets used by an Emacs frame are listed below:
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