From b1a92ebfab0f2a6d155cf9cc1c33babd4befccce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Love Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 19:01:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Emacs Server): emacs.bash (Emulation): crisp, pc-bindings, pc-selection tweaks. (Hyperlinking): Redo into subsections, &c. (Amusements): Decipher, morse, pong, studlify --- man/misc.texi | 225 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 167 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/misc.texi b/man/misc.texi index bc9a913629d..a2f490af3f8 100644 --- a/man/misc.texi +++ b/man/misc.texi @@ -1191,6 +1191,11 @@ EDITOR="emacsclient --alternate-editor vi +%d %s" The environment variable @var{ALTERNATE_EDITOR} has the same effect, but the value of the @samp{--alternate-editor} takes precedence. +@pindex emacs.bash +Alternatively, the file @file{etc/emacs.bash} defines a function for +@command{bash} which will use a running Emacs server or start one if +none exists. + @menu * Invoking emacsclient:: @end menu @@ -1875,13 +1880,15 @@ editors. Standard facilities can emulate these: @findex crisp-mode @vindex crisp-override-meta-x @findex scroll-all-mode -Turn on keybindings to emulate the CRiSP/Brief editor with @kbd{M-x -crisp-mode}. Note that this rebinds @kbd{M-x} to exit Emacs unless you -change the user option @code{crisp-override-meta-x}. You can also load -the @code{scroll-all} package to emulate CRiSP's scroll-all feature -(scrolling all windows together). Do this either with @kbd{M-x -scroll-all-mode} or set the user option @code{crisp-load-scroll-all} to -load it along with @code{crisp-mode}. +@cindex CRiSP mode +@cindex Brief emulation +@cindex mode, CRiSP +You can turn on keybindings to emulate the CRiSP/Brief editor with +@kbd{M-x crisp-mode}. Note that this rebinds @kbd{M-x} to exit Emacs +unless you change the user option @code{crisp-override-meta-x}. You can +also use the command @kbd{M-x scroll-all-mode} or set the user option +@code{crisp-load-scroll-all} to emulate CRiSP's scroll-all feature +(scrolling all windows together). @item EDT (DEC VMS editor) @findex edt-emulation-on @@ -1896,17 +1903,22 @@ buffers or major modes while in EDT emulation. @item `PC' bindings @findex pc-bindings-mode -@kbd{M-x pc-bindings-mode} sets up certain key bindings for `PC -compatibility'---what people are often used to on PCs---as follows: +@cindex `PC' key bindings +The command @kbd{M-x pc-bindings-mode} sets up certain key bindings for +`PC compatibility'---what people are often used to on PCs---as follows: @kbd{Delete} and its variants) delete forward instead of backward, @kbd{C-Backspace} kills backward a word (as @kbd{C-Delete} normally would), @kbd{M-Backspace} does undo, @kbd{Home} and @kbd{End} move to beginning and end of line, @kbd{C-Home} and @kbd{C-End} move to beginning and end of buffer and @kbd{C-Escape} does @code{list-buffers}. -@item PC selection mode +@item PC Selection mode @findex pc-selection-mode -@kbd{M-x pc-selction-mode} emulates the mark, copy, cut and paste +@cindex PC Selection minor mode +@cindex mode, PC selection +@cindex selection, `PC' +The command @kbd{M-x pc-selction-mode} turns on a global minor mode +which emulates the mark, copy, cut and paste look-and-feel of Motif programs (which is the same as the Macintosh GUI and MS-Windows). It makes the keybindings of PC mode and also modifies the bindings of the cursor keys and the @kbd{next}, @kbd{prior}, @@ -1983,72 +1995,161 @@ keybindings. Various modes documented elsewhere have hypertext features whereby you can follow links, usually with @kbd{mouse-2} or @kbd{RET} on the text of the link. Info mode, Help mode and the Dired-like modes are examples. -The Tags facility (@pxref{Tags}) links between source files. +The Tags facility links between uses and definitions in source files, +see @ref{Tags}. Imenu provides navigation amongst items indexed in the +current buffer, see @ref{Imenu}. Info-lookup provides mode-specific +lookup of definitions in Info indexes, see @ref{Documentation}. +Speedbar maintains a frame in which links to files, and locations in +files are displayed, see @ref{Speedbar}. -Other non-mode-specific facilities are available to follow links from -the current buffer in a context-sensitive fashion. +Other non-mode-specific facilities described in this section enable +following links from the current buffer in a context-sensitive fashion. -@table @asis -@item Browse-URL (follow URLs) +@menu +* Browse-URL:: Following URLs. +* Goto-address:: Activating URLs. +* FFAP:: Finding files etc. at point. +* Find-func:: Finding function and variable definitions. +@end menu + +@node Browse-URL +@subsection Following URLs @cindex World Wide Web +@cindex Web @findex browse-url @findex browse-url-at-point @findex browse-url-at-mouse -@vindex browse-url-browser-function @cindex Browse-URL @cindex URLs + +@table @kbd +@item M-x browse-url @key{RET} @var{url} @key{ret} +Load a URL into a Web browser. +@end table + The Browse-URL package provides facilities for following URLs specifying links on the World Wide Web. Usually this works by invoking a web -browser, but you can, for instance, invoke @code{compose-mail} from -@samp{mailto:} URLs. Packages such as Gnus may make active links from -URLs themselves. Otherwise you can use @kbd{M-x browse-url} to follow a -link, defaulting to the URL at point. Other commands are available -which you might like to bind to keys, such as @code{browse-url-at-point} -and @code{browse-url-at-mouse}. +browser but you can, for instance, arrange to invoke @code{compose-mail} +from @samp{mailto:} URLs. Packages such as Gnus may make active links +from URLs themselves. Otherwise you can use @kbd{M-x browse-url} to +follow a link, defaulting to the URL at point. Other commands are +available which you might like to bind to keys, such as +@code{browse-url-at-point} and @code{browse-url-at-mouse}. +@vindex browse-url-browser-function You can customize Browse-URL's behaviour via various options in the -@samp{browse-url} Customize group, particularly +@code{browse-url} Customize group, particularly @code{browse-url-browser-function}. You can invoke actions dependent on the type of URL by defining @code{browse-url-browser-function} as an association list. The package's commentary available via @kbd{C-h p} provides more information. Packages with facilities for following URLs -generally should use Browse-URL, so customizing the Browse-URL group -should be sufficient to determine how they all work. +should use Browse-URL, so customizing options in the @code{browse-url} +group should be sufficient to determine how they all work in that +respect. -@item Goto-address (activate URLs) +@node Goto-address +@subsection Activating URLs @findex goto-address @cindex Goto-address @cindex URLs, activating + +@table @kbd +@item M-x goto-address +Activate URLs and e-mail addresses in the current buffer. +@end table + You can arrange to activate URLs in any buffer with @kbd{M-x goto-address}. It may be useful to add @code{goto-address} to hooks invoked when buffers are displayed in particular modes. @code{rmail-show-message-hook} is the appropriate hook if you use Rmail, or @code{mh-show-mode-hook} if you use MH. -@item FFAP (find at point) +@node FFAP +@subsection Finding Files and URLs at Point @findex ffap @findex find-file-at-point @findex ffap -@findex ffap-bindings +@findex ffap-dired-at-point +@findex ffap-next +@findex ffap-menu @cindex FFAP -The package @samp{ffap} provides functions for finding files and URLs at -point. Specifically, @code{find-file-at-point} (abbreviated as -@code{ffap}) can be used as as replacement for @kbd{M-x find-file}. A -set of default bindings can be set up by the function -@code{ffap-bindings}. The package's commentary available via @kbd{C-h -p} provides more information. - -@item Find-func (find function and variable definitions) +@cindex URLs +@cindex finding file at point + +@table @kbd +@item M-x ffap @key{RET} @var{filename} @key{RET} +Find @var{filename}, guessing a default from text around point. +@item M-x ffap-next +Search buffer for next file or URL, and run `ffap'. With single prefix +arg, search backwards, with double arg wrap search forwards, with triple +arg wrap search backwards. +@item M-x ffap-menu +Put up a menu of files and URLs mentioned in current buffer and try to +fetch the selected one. +@item M-x ffap-dired-at-point +Start Dired, defaulting to file at point. +@end table + +The command @kbd{M-x find-file-at-point} (or @kbd{M-x ffap}) can be used +as a replacement for @kbd{M-x find-file}. With a prefix argument it +behaves as @kbd{M-x find-file}. Otherwise it tries to guess a default +file or URL from the text around point. In the case of a URL, it will +invoke @code{browse-url} rather than finding a file. This is useful for +following references in mail or news buffers, @file{README}s, +@file{MANIFEST}s, and so on. The @samp{ffap} package's +commentary available via @kbd{C-h p} and the @code{ffap} Custom group +provide details. + +@cindex FFAP minor mode +@findex ffap-mode +You can turn on FFAP minor mode to make the following key bindings and +to install hooks for using @code{ffap} in Rmail, Gnus and VM article +buffers. + +@table @kbd +@item C-x C-f +@kindex C-x C-f @r{(FFAP)} +@kbd{find-file-at-point}; +@item C-x 4 f +@kindex C-x 4 f @r{(FFAP)} +@code{ffap-other-window}, analagous to @kbd{M-x find-file-other-window}; +@item C-x 5 f +@kindex C-x 5 f @r{(FFAP)} +@code{ffap-other-frame}, analagous to @kbd{M-x find-file-other-frame}; +@item C-x d +@kindex C-x d @r{(FFAP)} +@code{ffap-dired-at-point}, analogous to @kbd{M-x dired}; +@item S-mouse-3 +@kindex S-mouse-3 @r{(FFAP)} +@code{ffap-at-mouse} finds the file guessed from text around the position +of a mouse click; +@item C-S-mouse-3 +@kindex C-S-mouse-3 @r{(FFAP)} +@code{ffap-menu} puts up a selectable menu of files and URLs mentioned in +the current buffer. +@end table + +@node Find-func +@subsection Finding Function and Variable Definitions @findex find-function @findex find-function-on-key @findex find-variable -@findex auto-compression-mode @cindex examples of Lisp functions @cindex Lisp examples @cindex Find-func @cindex Lisp definitions @cindex definitions, locating in sources @cindex tags + +@table @kbd +@item M-x find-function @key{RET} @var{function} @key{RET} +Find the definition of the @var{function} at point. +@item M-x find-variable @key{RET} @var{variable} @key{RET} +Find the definition of the @var{variable} at point. +@item M-x find-function-on-key @var{key} +Find the definition of the function that @var{key} invokes. +@end table + The Find-func package provides convenient facilities for finding the definitions of Emacs Lisp functions and variables. It has a somewhat similar function to the Tags facility (@pxref{Tags}) but uses Emacs's @@ -2059,8 +2160,8 @@ the code actually running and doesn't require maintaining tags files. You need to have the Lisp source (@samp{.el}) files available on your load path along with the compiled (@samp{.elc}) versions for this to -work. The sources may be compressed if you turn on -@samp{auto-compression-mode}. +work. You can use compressed source files if you turn on +@code{auto-compression-mode}. The commands available include @kbd{M-x find-function} to find the definition of a named function, @kbd{find-function-on-key} to find the @@ -2072,24 +2173,6 @@ primitively in the Emacs layer implemented in C. Find-func is useful for finding examples of how to do things if you want to write an Emacs Lisp extension similar to some existing function. -@item Imenu (indexing in a buffer) -The Imenu package provides navigation amongst items indexed in the current -buffer. @xref{Imenu}. - -@item Info-lookup (finding documentation of items) -@cindex Info -@cindex documentation lookup -The Info-lookup package provides a major mode-sensitive facility for -looking up definitions in Info indexes. @xref{Documentation}. - -@item Speedbar (navigation bar) -@findex speedbar -@cindex browser -Speedbar maintains a frame in which files, and locations in files are -displayed. @xref{Speedbar}. - -@end table - @node Dissociated Press, Amusements, Hyperlinking, Top @section Dissociated Press @@ -2175,6 +2258,12 @@ puzzle with letters standing for digits in a code that you must guess---to guess a value, type a letter and then the digit you think it stands for. The aim of @code{5x5} is to fill in all the squares. +@findex decipher +@cindex ciphers +@cindex cryptanalysis +@kbd{M-x decipher} helps you to cryptanalyze a buffer which is encrypted +in a simple monoalphabetic substitution cipher. + @findex dunnet @kbd{M-x dunnet} runs an adventure-style exploration game, which is a bigger sort of puzzle. @@ -2189,11 +2278,31 @@ unique olfactory cues from each of the four directions. @cindex Life @kbd{M-x life} runs Conway's `Life' cellular automaton. +@findex morse-region +@findex unmorse-region +@cindex Morse code +@cindex --/---/.-./.../. +@kbd{M-x morse-region} converts text in a region to Morse code and +@kbd{M-x unmorse-region} converts it back. No cause for remorse. + +@findex pong +@cindex Pong game +@kbd{M-x pong} plays an implementation of the game Pong, bouncing the +ball off opposing bats. + @findex solitaire @cindex solitaire @kbd{M-x solitaire} plays a game of solitaire in which you jump pegs across other pegs. +@findex studlify-region +@cindex StudlyCaps +@kbd{M-x studlify-region} studlify-cases the region, that is + +@example +M-x stUdlIfY-RegioN stUdlIfY-CaSeS thE region. +@end example + @findex tetris @cindex Tetris @kbd{M-x tetris} runs an implementation of the well-known Tetris game. -- 2.39.2