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INFO-DIR-SECTION XEmacs Editor
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- The XEmacs Editor *****************
+The XEmacs Editor
+*****************
XEmacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time
display editor. This Info file describes how to edit with Emacs and
* Command Switches::
Hairy startup options.
* Startup Paths::
- How XEmacs finds Directories and Files
+ How XEmacs finds Directories and Files.
+* Packages:: How XEmacs organizes its high-level functionality.
Fundamental Editing Commands
* Basic:: The most basic editing commands.
* Text:: Commands and modes for editing English.
* Programs:: Commands and modes for editing programs.
* Running:: Compiling, running and debugging programs.
-* Packages:: How to add new packages to XEmacs.
* Abbrevs:: How to define text abbreviations to reduce
the number of characters you must type.
* Picture:: Editing pictures made up of characters
* Menu Customization:: Adding and removing menu items and related
operations.
+Packages
+
+* Packages:: Introduction to XEmacs Packages.
+* Package Terminology:: Understanding different kinds of packages.
+* Using Packages:: How to install and use packages.
+* Building Packages:: Building packages from sources.
+
Basic Editing Commands
* Blank Lines:: Commands to make or delete blank lines.
Registers
-* RegPos:: Saving positions in registers.
-* RegText:: Saving text in registers.
-* RegRect:: Saving rectangles in registers.
+* Position: RegPos. Saving positions in registers.
+* Text: RegText. Saving text in registers.
+* Rectangle: RegRect. Saving rectangles in registers.
+* Configurations: RegConfig. Saving window configurations in registers.
+* Files: RegFiles. File names in registers.
+* Numbers: RegNumbers. Numbers in registers.
+* Bookmarks:: Bookmarks are like registers, but persistent.
Controlling the Display
* Compiling Libraries:: Compiling a library makes it load and run faster.
* Mocklisp:: Converting Mocklisp to Lisp so XEmacs can run it.
-Packages
-
-* Packages:: Introduction to XEmacs Packages.
-* Package Terminology:: Understanding different kinds of packages.
-* Using Packages:: How to install and use packages.
-* Building Packages:: Building packages from sources.
-
Abbrevs
* Defining Abbrevs:: Defining an abbrev, so it will expand when typed.
By changing them, you can "redefine keys".
* Syntax:: The syntax table controls how words and expressions
are parsed.
-* Init File:: How to write common customizations in the `.emacs'
- file.
+* Init File:: How to write common customizations in the init file.
* Audible Bell:: Changing how XEmacs sounds the bell.
* Faces:: Changing the fonts and colors of a region of text.
* X Resources:: X resources controlling various aspects of the
* Entry: Syntax Entry. What the syntax table records for each character.
* Change: Syntax Change. How to change the information.
-The Init File, `~/.emacs'
+The Init File
* Init Syntax:: Syntax of constants in Emacs Lisp.
* Init Examples:: How to do some things with an init file.
modification follow.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
-
1. This License Agreement applies to any program or other work which
contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be
distributed under the terms of this General Public License. The
exchange information with the user. There is only one echo area
per XEmacs frame.
- * If you are running XEmacs under the X Window System, a menu bar at
- the top of the frame makes shortcuts to several of the commands
- available (*note Pull-down Menus::).
+ * If you are running XEmacs under a graphical windowing system, a
+ menu bar at the top of the frame makes shortcuts to several of the
+ commands available (*note Pull-down Menus::).
+
+ * Under a graphical windowing system, a toolbar at the top of the
+ frame, just under the menu bar if it exists, provides "one-touch"
+ shortcuts to several commands. (Not yet documented.)
+
+ * Under a graphical windowing system, a gutter at the top (under the
+ toolbar) and/or bottom of the frame provides advanced GUI
+ facilities like tab controls for rapid switching among related
+ windows and progress bars for time-consuming operations like
+ downloads across the Internet. Gutters are an experimental feature
+ introduced in XEmacs version 21.2. (Not yet documented.)
You can subdivide the XEmacs frame into multiple text windows, and
use each window for a different file (*note Windows::). Multiple XEmacs
* Point:: The place in the text where editing commands operate.
* Echo Area:: Short messages appear at the bottom of the frame.
* Mode Line:: Interpreting the mode line.
+* GUI Components:: Menubar, toolbars, gutters.
* XEmacs under X:: Some information on using XEmacs under the X
Window System.
+* XEmacs under MS Windows:: Some information on using XEmacs under
+ Microsoft Windows.
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