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+INFO-DIR-SECTION XEmacs Editor
+START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
+* XEmacs: (xemacs). XEmacs Editor.
+END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
+
+ This file documents the XEmacs editor.
+
+ Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1988 Richard M. Stallman. Copyright (C)
+1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Lucid, Inc. Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 Sun
+Microsystems, Inc. Copyright (C) 1995 Amdahl Corporation.
+
+ Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
+manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
+preserved on all copies.
+
+ Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of
+this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also
+that the sections entitled "The GNU Manifesto", "Distribution" and "GNU
+General Public License" are included exactly as in the original, and
+provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the
+terms of a permission notice identical to this one.
+
+ Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
+manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified
+versions, except that the sections entitled "The GNU Manifesto",
+"Distribution" and "GNU General Public License" may be included in a
+translation approved by the author instead of in the original English.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Fancy Diary Display, Next: Included Diary Files, Prev: Hebrew/Islamic Entries, Up: Calendar Customization
+
+Fancy Diary Display
+...................
+
+ Diary display works by preparing the diary buffer and then running
+the hook `diary-display-hook'. The default value of this hook
+(`simple-diary-display') hides the irrelevant diary entries and then
+displays the buffer. However, if you specify the hook as follows,
+
+ (add-hook 'diary-display-hook 'fancy-diary-display)
+
+this enables fancy diary display. It displays diary entries and
+holidays by copying them into a special buffer that exists only for the
+sake of display. Copying to a separate buffer provides an opportunity
+to change the displayed text to make it prettier--for example, to sort
+the entries by the dates they apply to.
+
+ As with simple diary display, you can print a hard copy of the buffer
+with `print-diary-entries'. To print a hard copy of a day-by-day diary
+for a week by positioning point on Sunday of that week, type `7 d' and
+then do `M-x print-diary-entries'. As usual, the inclusion of the
+holidays slows down the display slightly; you can speed things up by
+setting the variable `holidays-in-diary-buffer' to `nil'.
+
+ Ordinarily, the fancy diary buffer does not show days for which
+there are no diary entries, even if that day is a holiday. If you want
+such days to be shown in the fancy diary buffer, set the variable
+`diary-list-include-blanks' to `t'.
+
+ If you use the fancy diary display, you can use the normal hook
+`list-diary-entries-hook' to sort each day's diary entries by their
+time of day. Add this line to your `.emacs' file:
+
+ (add-hook 'list-diary-entries-hook 'sort-diary-entries t)
+
+For each day, this sorts diary entries that begin with a recognizable
+time of day according to their times. Diary entries without times come
+first within each day.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Included Diary Files, Next: Sexp Diary Entries, Prev: Fancy Diary Display, Up: Calendar Customization
+
+Included Diary Files
+....................
+
+ Fancy diary display also has the ability to process included diary
+files. This permits a group of people to share a diary file for events
+that apply to all of them. Lines in the diary file of this form:
+
+ #include "FILENAME"
+
+includes the diary entries from the file FILENAME in the fancy diary
+buffer. The include mechanism is recursive, so that included files can
+include other files, and so on; you must be careful not to have a cycle
+of inclusions, of course. Here is how to enable the include facility:
+
+ (add-hook 'list-diary-entries-hook 'include-other-diary-files)
+ (add-hook 'mark-diary-entries-hook 'mark-included-diary-files)
+
+ The include mechanism works only with the fancy diary display,
+because ordinary diary display shows the entries directly from your
+diary file.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Sexp Diary Entries, Next: Appt Customizing, Prev: Included Diary Files, Up: Calendar Customization
+
+Sexp Entries and the Fancy Diary Display
+........................................
+
+ Sexp diary entries allow you to do more than just have complicated
+conditions under which a diary entry applies. If you use the fancy
+diary display, sexp entries can generate the text of the entry depending
+on the date itself. For example, an anniversary diary entry can insert
+the number of years since the anniversary date into the text of the
+diary entry. Thus the `%d' in this dairy entry:
+
+ %%(diary-anniversary 10 31 1948) Arthur's birthday (%d years old)
+
+gets replaced by the age, so on October 31, 1990 the entry appears in
+the fancy diary buffer like this:
+
+ Arthur's birthday (42 years old)
+
+If the diary file instead contains this entry:
+
+ %%(diary-anniversary 10 31 1948) Arthur's %d%s birthday
+
+the entry in the fancy diary buffer for October 31, 1990 appears like
+this:
+
+ Arthur's 42nd birthday
+
+ Similarly, cyclic diary entries can interpolate the number of
+repetitions that have occurred:
+
+ %%(diary-cyclic 50 1 1 1990) Renew medication (%d%s time)
+
+looks like this:
+
+ Renew medication (5th time)
+
+in the fancy diary display on September 8, 1990.
+
+ The generality of sexp diary entries lets you specify any diary entry
+that you can describe algorithmically. A sexp diary entry contains an
+expression that computes whether the entry applies to any given date.
+If its value is non-`nil', the entry applies to that date; otherwise,
+it does not. The expression can use the variable `date' to find the
+date being considered; its value is a list (MONTH DAY YEAR) that refers
+to the Gregorian calendar.
+
+ Suppose you get paid on the 21st of the month if it is a weekday, and
+on the Friday before if the 21st is on a weekend. Here is how to write
+a sexp diary entry that matches those dates:
+
+ &%%(let ((dayname (calendar-day-of-week date))
+ (day (car (cdr date))))
+ (or (and (= day 21) (memq dayname '(1 2 3 4 5)))
+ (and (memq day '(19 20)) (= dayname 5)))
+ ) Pay check deposited
+
+applies to just those dates. This example illustrates how the sexp can
+depend on the variable `date'; this variable is a list (MONTH DAY YEAR)
+that gives the Gregorian date for which the diary entries are being
+found. If the value of the expression is `t', the entry applies to
+that date. If the expression evaluates to `nil', the entry does *not*
+apply to that date.
+
+ The following sexp diary entries take advantage of the ability (in
+the fancy diary display) to concoct diary entries whose text varies
+based on the date:
+
+`%%(diary-sunrise-sunset)'
+ Make a diary entry for the local times of today's sunrise and
+ sunset.
+
+`%%(diary-phases-of-moon)'
+ Make a diary entry for the phases (quarters) of the moon.
+
+`%%(diary-day-of-year)'
+ Make a diary entry with today's day number in the current year and
+ the number of days remaining in the current year.
+
+`%%(diary-iso-date)'
+ Make a diary entry with today's equivalent ISO commercial date.
+
+`%%(diary-julian-date)'
+ Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Julian
+ calendar.
+
+`%%(diary-astro-day-number)'
+ Make a diary entry with today's equivalent astronomical (Julian)
+ day number.
+
+`%%(diary-hebrew-date)'
+ Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Hebrew
+ calendar.
+
+`%%(diary-islamic-date)'
+ Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Islamic
+ calendar.
+
+`%%(diary-french-date)'
+ Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the French
+ Revolutionary calendar.
+
+`%%(diary-mayan-date)'
+ Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Mayan
+ calendar.
+
+Thus including the diary entry
+
+ &%%(diary-hebrew-date)
+
+causes every day's diary display to contain the equivalent date on the
+Hebrew calendar, if you are using the fancy diary display. (With simple
+diary display, the line `&%%(diary-hebrew-date)' appears in the diary
+for any date, but does nothing particularly useful.)
+
+ These functions can be used to construct sexp diary entries based on
+the Hebrew calendar in certain standard ways:
+
+`%%(diary-rosh-hodesh)'
+ Make a diary entry that tells the occurrence and ritual
+ announcement of each new Hebrew month.
+
+`%%(diary-parasha)'
+ Make a Saturday diary entry that tells the weekly synagogue
+ scripture reading.
+
+`%%(diary-sabbath-candles)'
+ Make a Friday diary entry that tells the *local time* of Sabbath
+ candle lighting.
+
+`%%(diary-omer)'
+ Make a diary entry that gives the omer count, when appropriate.
+
+`%%(diary-yahrzeit MONTH DAY YEAR) NAME'
+ Make a diary entry marking the anniversary of a date of death.
+ The date is the *Gregorian* (civil) date of death. The diary
+ entry appears on the proper Hebrew calendar anniversary and on the
+ day before. (In the European style, the order of the parameters
+ is changed to DAY, MONTH, YEAR.)
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Appt Customizing, Prev: Sexp Diary Entries, Up: Calendar Customization
+
+Customizing Appointment Reminders
+.................................
+
+ You can specify exactly how Emacs reminds you of an appointment, and
+how far in advance it begins doing so, by setting these variables:
+
+`appt-message-warning-time'
+ The time in minutes before an appointment that the reminder
+ begins. The default is 10 minutes.
+
+`appt-audible'
+ If this is `t' (the default), Emacs rings the terminal bell for
+ appointment reminders.
+
+`appt-visible'
+ If this is `t' (the default), Emacs displays the appointment
+ message in echo area.
+
+`appt-display-mode-line'
+ If this is `t' (the default), Emacs displays the number of minutes
+ to the appointment on the mode line.
+
+`appt-msg-window'
+ If this is `t' (the default), Emacs displays the appointment
+ message in another window.
+
+`appt-display-duration'
+ The number of seconds an appointment message is displayed. The
+ default is 5 seconds.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Sorting, Next: Shell, Prev: Calendar/Diary, Up: Top
+
+Sorting Text
+============
+
+ XEmacs provides several commands for sorting text in a buffer. All
+operate on the contents of the region (the text between point and the
+mark). They divide the text of the region into many "sort records",
+identify a "sort key" for each record, and then reorder the records
+using the order determined by the sort keys. The records are ordered so
+that their keys are in alphabetical order, or, for numerical sorting, in
+numerical order. In alphabetical sorting, all upper-case letters `A'
+through `Z' come before lower-case `a', in accordance with the ASCII
+character sequence.
+
+ The sort commands differ in how they divide the text into sort
+records and in which part of each record they use as the sort key.
+Most of the commands make each line a separate sort record, but some
+commands use paragraphs or pages as sort records. Most of the sort
+commands use each entire sort record as its own sort key, but some use
+only a portion of the record as the sort key.
+
+`M-x sort-lines'
+ Divide the region into lines and sort by comparing the entire text
+ of a line. A prefix argument means sort in descending order.
+
+`M-x sort-paragraphs'
+ Divide the region into paragraphs and sort by comparing the entire
+ text of a paragraph (except for leading blank lines). A prefix
+ argument means sort in descending order.
+
+`M-x sort-pages'
+ Divide the region into pages and sort by comparing the entire text
+ of a page (except for leading blank lines). A prefix argument
+ means sort in descending order.
+
+`M-x sort-fields'
+ Divide the region into lines and sort by comparing the contents of
+ one field in each line. Fields are defined as separated by
+ whitespace, so the first run of consecutive non-whitespace
+ characters in a line constitutes field 1, the second such run
+ constitutes field 2, etc.
+
+ You specify which field to sort by with a numeric argument: 1 to
+ sort by field 1, etc. A negative argument means sort in descending
+ order. Thus, minus 2 means sort by field 2 in reverse-alphabetical
+ order.
+
+`M-x sort-numeric-fields'
+ Like `M-x sort-fields', except the specified field is converted to
+ a number for each line and the numbers are compared. `10' comes
+ before `2' when considered as text, but after it when considered
+ as a number.
+
+`M-x sort-columns'
+ Like `M-x sort-fields', except that the text within each line used
+ for comparison comes from a fixed range of columns. An explanation
+ is given below.
+
+ For example, if the buffer contains:
+
+ On systems where clash detection (locking of files being edited) is
+ implemented, XEmacs also checks the first time you modify a buffer
+ whether the file has changed on disk since it was last visited or
+ saved. If it has, you are asked to confirm that you want to change
+ the buffer.
+
+then if you apply `M-x sort-lines' to the entire buffer you get:
+
+ On systems where clash detection (locking of files being edited) is
+ implemented, XEmacs also checks the first time you modify a buffer
+ saved. If it has, you are asked to confirm that you want to change
+ the buffer.
+ whether the file has changed on disk since it was last visited or
+
+where the upper case `O' comes before all lower case letters. If you
+apply instead `C-u 2 M-x sort-fields' you get:
+
+ saved. If it has, you are asked to confirm that you want to change
+ implemented, XEmacs also checks the first time you modify a buffer
+ the buffer.
+ On systems where clash detection (locking of files being edited) is
+ whether the file has changed on disk since it was last visited or
+
+where the sort keys were `If', `XEmacs', `buffer', `systems', and `the'.
+
+ `M-x sort-columns' requires more explanation. You specify the
+columns by putting point at one of the columns and the mark at the other
+column. Because this means you cannot put point or the mark at the
+beginning of the first line to sort, this command uses an unusual
+definition of `region': all of the line point is in is considered part
+of the region, and so is all of the line the mark is in.
+
+ For example, to sort a table by information found in columns 10 to
+15, you could put the mark on column 10 in the first line of the table,
+and point on column 15 in the last line of the table, and then use this
+command. Or you could put the mark on column 15 in the first line and
+point on column 10 in the last line.
+
+ This can be thought of as sorting the rectangle specified by point
+and the mark, except that the text on each line to the left or right of
+the rectangle moves along with the text inside the rectangle. *Note
+Rectangles::.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Shell, Next: Narrowing, Prev: Sorting, Up: Top
+
+Running Shell Commands from XEmacs
+==================================
+
+ XEmacs has commands for passing single command lines to inferior
+shell processes; it can also run a shell interactively with input and
+output to an XEmacs buffer `*shell*'.
+
+`M-!'
+ Run a specified shell command line and display the output
+ (`shell-command').
+
+`M-|'
+ Run a specified shell command line with region contents as input;
+ optionally replace the region with the output
+ (`shell-command-on-region').
+
+`M-x shell'
+ Run a subshell with input and output through an XEmacs buffer.
+ You can then give commands interactively.
+
+`M-x term'
+ Run a subshell with input and output through an XEmacs buffer.
+ You can then give commands interactively. Full terminal emulation
+ is available.
+
+* Menu:
+
+* Single Shell:: How to run one shell command and return.
+* Interactive Shell:: Permanent shell taking input via XEmacs.
+* Shell Mode:: Special XEmacs commands used with permanent shell.
+* Terminal emulator:: An XEmacs window as a terminal emulator.
+* Term Mode:: Special XEmacs commands used in Term mode.
+* Paging in Term:: Paging in the terminal emulator.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Single Shell, Next: Interactive Shell, Prev: Shell, Up: Shell
+
+Single Shell Commands
+---------------------
+
+ `M-!' (`shell-command') reads a line of text using the minibuffer
+and creates an inferior shell to execute the line as a command.
+Standard input from the command comes from the null device. If the
+shell command produces any output, the output goes to an XEmacs buffer
+named `*Shell Command Output*', which is displayed in another window
+but not selected. A numeric argument, as in `M-1 M-!', directs this
+command to insert any output into the current buffer. In that case,
+point is left before the output and the mark is set after the output.
+
+ `M-|' (`shell-command-on-region') is like `M-!' but passes the
+contents of the region as input to the shell command, instead of no
+input. If a numeric argument is used to direct output to the current
+buffer, then the old region is deleted first and the output replaces it
+as the contents of the region.
+
+ Both `M-!' and `M-|' use `shell-file-name' to specify the shell to
+use. This variable is initialized based on your `SHELL' environment
+variable when you start XEmacs. If the file name does not specify a
+directory, the directories in the list `exec-path' are searched; this
+list is initialized based on the `PATH' environment variable when you
+start XEmacs. You can override either or both of these default
+initializations in your `.emacs' file.
+
+ When you use `M-!' and `M-|', XEmacs has to wait until the shell
+command completes. You can quit with `C-g'; that terminates the shell
+command.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Interactive Shell, Next: Shell Mode, Prev: Single Shell, Up: Shell
+
+Interactive Inferior Shell
+--------------------------
+
+ To run a subshell interactively with its typescript in an XEmacs
+buffer, use `M-x shell'. This creates (or reuses) a buffer named
+`*shell*' and runs a subshell with input coming from and output going
+to that buffer. That is to say, any "terminal output" from the subshell
+will go into the buffer, advancing point, and any "terminal input" for
+the subshell comes from text in the buffer. To give input to the
+subshell, go to the end of the buffer and type the input, terminated by
+<RET>.
+
+ XEmacs does not wait for the subshell to do anything. You can switch
+windows or buffers and edit them while the shell is waiting, or while
+it is running a command. Output from the subshell waits until XEmacs
+has time to process it; this happens whenever XEmacs is waiting for
+keyboard input or for time to elapse.
+
+ To get multiple subshells, change the name of buffer `*shell*' to
+something different by using `M-x rename-buffer'. The next use of `M-x
+shell' creates a new buffer `*shell*' with its own subshell. By
+renaming this buffer as well you can create a third one, and so on.
+All the subshells run independently and in parallel.
+
+ The file name used to load the subshell is the value of the variable
+`explicit-shell-file-name', if that is non-`nil'. Otherwise, the
+environment variable `ESHELL' is used, or the environment variable
+`SHELL' if there is no `ESHELL'. If the file name specified is
+relative, the directories in the list `exec-path' are searched (*note
+Single Shell Commands: Single Shell.).
+
+ As soon as the subshell is started, it is sent as input the contents
+of the file `~/.emacs_SHELLNAME', if that file exists, where SHELLNAME
+is the name of the file that the shell was loaded from. For example,
+if you use `csh', the file sent to it is `~/.emacs_csh'.
+
+ `cd', `pushd', and `popd' commands given to the inferior shell are
+watched by XEmacs so it can keep the `*shell*' buffer's default
+directory the same as the shell's working directory. These commands
+are recognized syntactically by examining lines of input that are sent.
+If you use aliases for these commands, you can tell XEmacs to
+recognize them also. For example, if the value of the variable
+`shell-pushd-regexp' matches the beginning of a shell command line,
+that line is regarded as a `pushd' command. Change this variable when
+you add aliases for `pushd'. Likewise, `shell-popd-regexp' and
+`shell-cd-regexp' are used to recognize commands with the meaning of
+`popd' and `cd'.
+
+ `M-x shell-resync-dirs' queries the shell and resynchronizes XEmacs'
+idea of what the current directory stack is. `M-x
+shell-dirtrack-toggle' turns directory tracking on and off.
+
+ XEmacs keeps a history of the most recent commands you have typed in
+the `*shell*' buffer. If you are at the beginning of a shell command
+line and type <M-p>, the previous shell input is inserted into the
+buffer before point. Immediately typing <M-p> again deletes that input
+and inserts the one before it. By repeating <M-p> you can move
+backward through your commands until you find one you want to repeat.
+You may then edit the command before typing <RET> if you wish. <M-n>
+moves forward through the command history, in case you moved backward
+past the one you wanted while using <M-p>. If you type the first few
+characters of a previous command and then type <M-p>, the most recent
+shell input starting with those characters is inserted. This can be
+very convenient when you are repeating a sequence of shell commands.
+The variable `input-ring-size' controls how many commands are saved in
+your input history. The default is 30.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Shell Mode, Next: Terminal emulator, Prev: Interactive Shell, Up: Shell
+
+Shell Mode
+----------
+
+ The shell buffer uses Shell mode, which defines several special keys
+attached to the `C-c' prefix. They are chosen to resemble the usual
+editing and job control characters present in shells that are not under
+XEmacs, except that you must type `C-c' first. Here is a list of the
+special key bindings of Shell mode:
+
+`<RET>'
+ At end of buffer send line as input; otherwise, copy current line
+ to end of buffer and send it (`send-shell-input'). When a line is
+ copied, any text at the beginning of the line that matches the
+ variable `shell-prompt-pattern' is left out; this variable's value
+ should be a regexp string that matches the prompts that you use in
+ your subshell.
+
+`C-c C-d'
+ Send end-of-file as input, probably causing the shell or its
+ current subjob to finish (`shell-send-eof').
+
+`C-d'
+ If point is not at the end of the buffer, delete the next
+ character just like most other modes. If point is at the end of
+ the buffer, send end-of-file as input, instead of generating an
+ error as in other modes (`comint-delchar-or-maybe-eof').
+
+`C-c C-u'
+ Kill all text that has yet to be sent as input
+ (`kill-shell-input').
+
+`C-c C-w'
+ Kill a word before point (`backward-kill-word').
+
+`C-c C-c'
+ Interrupt the shell or its current subjob if any
+ (`interrupt-shell-subjob').
+
+`C-c C-z'
+ Stop the shell or its current subjob if any (`stop-shell-subjob').
+
+`C-c C-\'
+ Send quit signal to the shell or its current subjob if any
+ (`quit-shell-subjob').
+
+`C-c C-o'
+ Delete last batch of output from shell (`kill-output-from-shell').
+
+`C-c C-r'
+ Scroll top of last batch of output to top of window
+ (`show-output-from-shell').
+
+`C-c C-y'
+ Copy the previous bunch of shell input and insert it into the
+ buffer before point (`copy-last-shell-input'). No final newline
+ is inserted, and the input copied is not resubmitted until you type
+ <RET>.
+
+`M-p'
+ Move backward through the input history. Search for a matching
+ command if you have typed the beginning of a command
+ (`comint-previous-input').
+
+`M-n'
+ Move forward through the input history. Useful when you are using
+ <M-p> quickly and go past the desired command
+ (`comint-next-input').
+
+`<TAB>'
+ Complete the file name preceding point (`comint-dynamic-complete').
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Terminal emulator, Next: Term Mode, Prev: Shell Mode, Up: Shell
+
+Interactive Inferior Shell with Terminal Emulator
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ To run a subshell in a terminal emulator, putting its typescript in
+an XEmacs buffer, use `M-x term'. This creates (or reuses) a buffer
+named `*term*' and runs a subshell with input coming from your keyboard
+and output going to that buffer.
+
+ All the normal keys that you type are sent without any interpretation
+by XEmacs directly to the subshell, as "terminal input." Any "echo" of
+your input is the responsibility of the subshell. (The exception is
+the terminal escape character, which by default is `C-c'. *note Term
+Mode::..) Any "terminal output" from the subshell goes into the buffer,
+advancing point.
+
+ Some programs (such as XEmacs itself) need to control the appearance
+on the terminal screen in detail. They do this by sending special
+control codes. The exact control codes needed vary from terminal to
+terminal, but nowadays most terminals and terminal emulators (including
+xterm) understand the so-called "ANSI escape sequences" (first
+popularized by the Digital's VT100 family of terminal). The term mode
+also understands these escape sequences, and for each control code does
+the appropriate thing to change the buffer so that the appearance of
+the window will match what it would be on a real terminal. Thus you
+can actually run XEmacs inside an XEmacs Term window!
+
+ XEmacs does not wait for the subshell to do anything. You can switch
+windows or buffers and edit them while the shell is waiting, or while
+it is running a command. Output from the subshell waits until XEmacs
+has time to process it; this happens whenever XEmacs is waiting for
+keyboard input or for time to elapse.
+
+ To make multiple terminal emulators, rename the buffer `*term*' to
+something different using `M-x rename-uniquely', just as with Shell
+mode.
+
+ The file name used to load the subshell is determined the same way
+as for Shell mode.
+
+ Unlike Shell mode, Term mode does not track the current directory by
+examining your input. Instead, if you use a programmable shell, you
+can have it tell Term what the current directory is. This is done
+automatically by bash for version 1.15 and later.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Term Mode, Next: Paging in Term, Prev: Terminal emulator, Up: Shell
+
+Term Mode
+---------
+
+ Term uses Term mode, which has two input modes: In line mode, Term
+basically acts like Shell mode. *Note Shell Mode::. In Char mode,
+each character is sent directly to the inferior subshell, except for
+the Term escape character, normally `C-c'.
+
+ To switch between line and char mode, use these commands:
+ findex term-char-mode
+
+`C-c C-k'
+ Switch to line mode. Do nothing if already in line mode.
+
+`C-c C-j'
+ Switch to char mode. Do nothing if already in char mode.
+
+ The following commands are only available in Char mode:
+`C-c C-c'
+ Send a literal <C-c> to the sub-shell.
+
+`C-c C-x'
+ A prefix command to conveniently access the global <C-x> commands.
+ For example, `C-c C-x o' invokes the global binding of `C-x o',
+ which is normally `other-window'.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Paging in Term, Prev: Term Mode, Up: Shell
+
+Paging in the terminal emulator
+-------------------------------
+
+ Term mode has a pager feature. When the pager is enabled, term mode
+will pause at the end of each screenful.
+
+`C-c C-q'
+ Toggles the pager feature: Disables the pager if it is enabled,
+ and vice versa. This works in both line and char modes. If the
+ pager enabled, the mode-line contains the word `page'.
+
+ If the pager is enabled, and Term receives more than a screenful of
+output since your last input, Term will enter More break mode. This is
+indicated by `**MORE**' in the mode-line. Type a `Space' to display
+the next screenful of output. Type `?' to see your other options. The
+interface is similar to the Unix `more' program.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Narrowing, Next: Hardcopy, Prev: Shell, Up: Top
+
+Narrowing
+=========
+
+ "Narrowing" means focusing in on some portion of the buffer, making
+the rest temporarily invisible and inaccessible. Cancelling the
+narrowing and making the entire buffer once again visible is called
+"widening". The amount of narrowing in effect in a buffer at any time
+is called the buffer's "restriction".
+
+`C-x n n'
+ Narrow down to between point and mark (`narrow-to-region').
+
+`C-x n w'
+ Widen to make the entire buffer visible again (`widen').
+
+ Narrowing sometimes makes it easier to concentrate on a single
+subroutine or paragraph by eliminating clutter. It can also be used to
+restrict the range of operation of a replace command or repeating
+keyboard macro. The word `Narrow' appears in the mode line whenever
+narrowing is in effect. When you have narrowed to a part of the
+buffer, that part appears to be all there is. You can't see the rest,
+can't move into it (motion commands won't go outside the visible part),
+and can't change it in any way. However, the invisible text is not
+gone; if you save the file, it will be saved.
+
+ The primary narrowing command is `C-x n n' (`narrow-to-region'). It
+sets the current buffer's restrictions so that the text in the current
+region remains visible but all text before the region or after the
+region is invisible. Point and mark do not change.
+
+ Because narrowing can easily confuse users who do not understand it,
+`narrow-to-region' is normally a disabled command. Attempting to use
+this command asks for confirmation and gives you the option of enabling
+it; once you enable the command, confirmation will no longer be
+required. *Note Disabling::.
+
+ To undo narrowing, use `C-x n w' (`widen'). This makes all text in
+the buffer accessible again.
+
+ Use the `C-x =' command to get information on what part of the
+buffer you narrowed down. *Note Position Info::.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Hardcopy, Next: Recursive Edit, Prev: Narrowing, Up: Top
+
+Hardcopy Output
+===============
+
+ The XEmacs commands for making hardcopy derive their names from the
+Unix commands `print' and `lpr'.
+
+`M-x print-buffer'
+ Print hardcopy of current buffer using Unix command `print'
+ (`lpr -p'). This command adds page headings containing the file
+ name and page number.
+
+`M-x lpr-buffer'
+ Print hardcopy of current buffer using Unix command `lpr'. This
+ command does not add page headings.
+
+`M-x print-region'
+ Like `print-buffer', but prints only the current region.
+
+`M-x lpr-region'
+ Like `lpr-buffer', but prints only the current region.
+
+ All the hardcopy commands pass extra switches to the `lpr' program
+based on the value of the variable `lpr-switches'. Its value should be
+a list of strings, each string a switch starting with `-'. For
+example, the value could be `("-Pfoo")' to print on printer `foo'.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Recursive Edit, Next: Dissociated Press, Prev: Hardcopy, Up: Top
+
+Recursive Editing Levels
+========================
+
+ A "recursive edit" is a situation in which you are using XEmacs
+commands to perform arbitrary editing while in the middle of another
+XEmacs command. For example, when you type `C-r' inside a
+`query-replace', you enter a recursive edit in which you can change the
+current buffer. When you exit from the recursive edit, you go back to
+the `query-replace'.
+
+ "Exiting" a recursive edit means returning to the unfinished
+command, which continues execution. For example, exiting the recursive
+edit requested by `C-r' in `query-replace' causes query replacing to
+resume. Exiting is done with `C-M-c' (`exit-recursive-edit').
+
+ You can also "abort" a recursive edit. This is like exiting, but
+also quits the unfinished command immediately. Use the command `C-]'
+(`abort-recursive-edit') for this. *Note Quitting::.
+
+ The mode line shows you when you are in a recursive edit by
+displaying square brackets around the parentheses that always surround
+the major and minor mode names. Every window's mode line shows the
+square brackets, since XEmacs as a whole, rather than any particular
+buffer, is in a recursive edit.
+
+ It is possible to be in recursive edits within recursive edits. For
+example, after typing `C-r' in a `query-replace', you might type a
+command that entered the debugger. In such a case, two or more sets of
+square brackets appear in the mode line(s). Exiting the inner
+recursive edit (here with the debugger `c' command) resumes the
+query-replace command where it called the debugger. After the end of
+the query-replace command, you would be able to exit the first
+recursive edit. Aborting exits only one level of recursive edit; it
+returns to the command level of the previous recursive edit. You can
+then abort that one as well.
+
+ The command `M-x top-level' aborts all levels of recursive edits,
+returning immediately to the top level command reader.
+
+ The text you edit inside the recursive edit need not be the same text
+that you were editing at top level. If the command that invokes the
+recursive edit selects a different buffer first, that is the buffer you
+will edit recursively. You can switch buffers within the recursive edit
+in the normal manner (as long as the buffer-switching keys have not been
+rebound). While you could theoretically do the rest of your editing
+inside the recursive edit, including visiting files, this could have
+surprising effects (such as stack overflow) from time to time. It is
+best if you always exit or abort a recursive edit when you no longer
+need it.
+
+ In general, XEmacs tries to avoid using recursive edits. It is
+usually preferable to allow users to switch among the possible editing
+modes in any order they like. With recursive edits, the only way to get
+to another state is to go "back" to the state that the recursive edit
+was invoked from.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Dissociated Press, Next: CONX, Prev: Recursive Edit, Up: Top
+
+Dissociated Press
+=================
+
+ `M-x dissociated-press' is a command for scrambling a file of text
+either word by word or character by character. Starting from a buffer
+of straight English, it produces extremely amusing output. The input
+comes from the current XEmacs buffer. Dissociated Press writes its
+output in a buffer named `*Dissociation*', and redisplays that buffer
+after every couple of lines (approximately) to facilitate reading it.
+
+ `dissociated-press' asks every so often whether to continue
+operating. Answer `n' to stop it. You can also stop at any time by
+typing `C-g'. The dissociation output remains in the `*Dissociation*'
+buffer for you to copy elsewhere if you wish.
+
+ Dissociated Press operates by jumping at random from one point in the
+buffer to another. In order to produce plausible output rather than
+gibberish, it insists on a certain amount of overlap between the end of
+one run of consecutive words or characters and the start of the next.
+That is, if it has just printed out `president' and then decides to
+jump to a different point in the file, it might spot the `ent' in
+`pentagon' and continue from there, producing `presidentagon'. Long
+sample texts produce the best results.
+
+ A positive argument to `M-x dissociated-press' tells it to operate
+character by character, and specifies the number of overlap characters.
+A negative argument tells it to operate word by word and specifies the
+number of overlap words. In this mode, whole words are treated as the
+elements to be permuted, rather than characters. No argument is
+equivalent to an argument of two. For your againformation, the output
+goes only into the buffer `*Dissociation*'. The buffer you start with
+is not changed.
+
+ Dissociated Press produces nearly the same results as a Markov chain
+based on a frequency table constructed from the sample text. It is,
+however, an independent, ignoriginal invention. Dissociated Press
+techniquitously copies several consecutive characters from the sample
+between random choices, whereas a Markov chain would choose randomly for
+each word or character. This makes for more plausible sounding results
+and runs faster.
+
+ It is a mustatement that too much use of Dissociated Press can be a
+developediment to your real work. Sometimes to the point of outragedy.
+And keep dissociwords out of your documentation, if you want it to be
+well userenced and properbose. Have fun. Your buggestions are welcome.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: CONX, Next: Amusements, Prev: Dissociated Press, Up: Top
+
+CONX
+====
+
+ Besides producing a file of scrambled text with Dissociated Press,
+you can generate random sentences by using CONX.
+
+`M-x conx'
+ Generate random sentences in the `*conx*' buffer.
+
+`M-x conx-buffer'
+ Absorb the text in the current buffer into the `conx' database.
+
+`M-x conx-init'
+ Forget the current word-frequency tree.
+
+`M-x conx-load'
+ Load a `conx' database that has been previously saved with `M-x
+ conx-save'.
+
+`M-x conx-region'
+ Absorb the text in the current buffer into the `conx' database.
+
+`M-x conx-save'
+ Save the current `conx' database to a file for future retrieval.
+
+ Copy text from a buffer using `M-x conx-buffer' or `M-x conx-region'
+and then type `M-x conx'. Output is continuously generated until you
+type <^G>. You can save the `conx' database to a file with `M-x
+conx-save', which you can retrieve with `M-x conx-load'. To clear the
+database, use `M-x conx-init'.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Amusements, Next: Emulation, Prev: CONX, Up: Top
+
+Other Amusements
+================
+
+ If you are a little bit bored, you can try `M-x hanoi'. If you are
+considerably bored, give it a numeric argument. If you are very, very
+bored, try an argument of 9. Sit back and watch.
+
+ When you are frustrated, try the famous Eliza program. Just do `M-x
+doctor'. End each input by typing `RET' twice.
+
+ When you are feeling strange, type `M-x yow'.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Emulation, Next: Customization, Prev: Amusements, Up: Top
+
+Emulation
+=========
+
+ XEmacs can be programmed to emulate (more or less) most other
+editors. Standard facilities can emulate these:
+
+Viper (a vi emulator)
+ In XEmacs, Viper is the preferred emulation of vi within XEmacs.
+ Viper is designed to allow you to take advantage of the best
+ features of XEmacs while still doing your basic editing in a
+ familiar, vi-like fashion. Viper provides various different
+ levels of vi emulation, from a quite complete emulation that
+ allows almost no access to native XEmacs commands, to an "expert"
+ mode that combines the most useful vi commands with the most
+ useful XEmacs commands.
+
+ To start Viper, put the command
+
+ (viper-mode)
+
+ in your `.emacs' file.
+
+ Viper comes with a separate manual that is provided standard with
+ the XEmacs distribution.
+
+EDT (DEC VMS editor)
+ Turn on EDT emulation with `M-x edt-emulation-on'. `M-x
+ edt-emulation-off' restores normal Emacs command bindings.
+
+ Most of the EDT emulation commands are keypad keys, and most
+ standard Emacs key bindings are still available. The EDT
+ emulation rebindings are done in the global keymap, so there is no
+ problem switching buffers or major modes while in EDT emulation.
+
+Gosling Emacs
+ Turn on emulation of Gosling Emacs (aka Unipress Emacs) with `M-x
+ set-gosmacs-bindings'. This redefines many keys, mostly on the
+ `C-x' and `ESC' prefixes, to work as they do in Gosmacs. `M-x
+ set-gnu-bindings' returns to normal XEmacs by rebinding the same
+ keys to the definitions they had at the time `M-x
+ set-gosmacs-bindings' was done.
+
+ It is also possible to run Mocklisp code written for Gosling Emacs.
+ *Note Mocklisp::.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Customization, Next: Quitting, Prev: Emulation, Up: Top
+
+Customization
+*************
+
+ This chapter talks about various topics relevant to adapting the
+behavior of Emacs in minor ways.
+
+ All kinds of customization affect only the particular Emacs job that
+you do them in. They are completely lost when you kill the Emacs job,
+and have no effect on other Emacs jobs you may run at the same time or
+later. The only way an Emacs job can affect anything outside of it is
+by writing a file; in particular, the only way to make a customization
+`permanent' is to put something in your `.emacs' file or other
+appropriate file to do the customization in each session. *Note Init
+File::.
+
+* Menu:
+
+* Minor Modes:: Each minor mode is one feature you can turn on
+ independently of any others.
+* Variables:: Many Emacs commands examine Emacs variables
+ to decide what to do; by setting variables,
+ you can control their functioning.
+* Keyboard Macros:: A keyboard macro records a sequence of keystrokes
+ to be replayed with a single command.
+* Key Bindings:: The keymaps say what command each key runs.
+ 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.
+* Audible Bell:: Changing how Emacs sounds the bell.
+* Faces:: Changing the fonts and colors of a region of text.
+* X Resources:: X resources controlling various aspects of the
+ behavior of XEmacs.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Minor Modes, Next: Variables, Up: Customization
+
+Minor Modes
+===========
+
+ Minor modes are options which you can use or not. For example, Auto
+Fill mode is a minor mode in which <SPC> breaks lines between words as
+you type. All the minor modes are independent of each other and of the
+selected major mode. Most minor modes inform you in the mode line when
+they are on; for example, `Fill' in the mode line means that Auto Fill
+mode is on.
+
+ Append `-mode' to the name of a minor mode to get the name of a
+command function that turns the mode on or off. Thus, the command to
+enable or disable Auto Fill mode is called `M-x auto-fill-mode'. These
+commands are usually invoked with `M-x', but you can bind keys to them
+if you wish. With no argument, the function turns the mode on if it was
+off and off if it was on. This is known as "toggling". A positive
+argument always turns the mode on, and an explicit zero argument or a
+negative argument always turns it off.
+
+ Auto Fill mode allows you to enter filled text without breaking lines
+explicitly. Emacs inserts newlines as necessary to prevent lines from
+becoming too long. *Note Filling::.
+
+ Overwrite mode causes ordinary printing characters to replace
+existing text instead of moving it to the right. For example, if point
+is in front of the `B' in `FOOBAR', and you type a `G' in Overwrite
+mode, it changes to `FOOGAR', instead of `FOOGBAR'.
+
+ Abbrev mode allows you to define abbreviations that automatically
+expand as you type them. For example, `amd' might expand to `abbrev
+mode'. *Note Abbrevs::, for full information.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Variables, Next: Keyboard Macros, Prev: Minor Modes, Up: Customization
+
+Variables
+=========
+
+ A "variable" is a Lisp symbol which has a value. Variable names can
+contain any characters, but by convention they are words separated by
+hyphens. A variable can also have a documentation string, which
+describes what kind of value it should have and how the value will be
+used.
+
+ Lisp allows any variable to have any kind of value, but most
+variables that Emacs uses require a value of a certain type. Often the
+value has to be a string or a number. Sometimes we say that a certain
+feature is turned on if a variable is "non-`nil'," meaning that if the
+variable's value is `nil', the feature is off, but the feature is on
+for any other value. The conventional value to turn on the
+feature--since you have to pick one particular value when you set the
+variable--is `t'.
+
+ Emacs uses many Lisp variables for internal recordkeeping, as any
+Lisp program must, but the most interesting variables for you are the
+ones that exist for the sake of customization. Emacs does not
+(usually) change the values of these variables; instead, you set the
+values, and thereby alter and control the behavior of certain Emacs
+commands. These variables are called "options". Most options are
+documented in this manual and appear in the Variable Index (*note
+Variable Index::.).
+
+ One example of a variable which is an option is `fill-column', which
+specifies the position of the right margin (as a number of characters
+from the left margin) to be used by the fill commands (*note
+Filling::.).
+
+* Menu:
+
+* Examining:: Examining or setting one variable's value.
+* Easy Customization:: Convenient and easy customization of variables.
+* Edit Options:: Examining or editing list of all variables' values.
+* Locals:: Per-buffer values of variables.
+* File Variables:: How files can specify variable values.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Examining, Next: Easy Customization, Up: Variables
+
+Examining and Setting Variables
+-------------------------------
+
+`C-h v'
+`M-x describe-variable'
+ Print the value and documentation of a variable.
+
+`M-x set-variable'
+ Change the value of a variable.
+
+ To examine the value of a single variable, use `C-h v'
+(`describe-variable'), which reads a variable name using the
+minibuffer, with completion. It prints both the value and the
+documentation of the variable.
+
+ C-h v fill-column <RET>
+
+prints something like:
+
+ fill-column's value is 75
+
+ Documentation:
+ *Column beyond which automatic line-wrapping should happen.
+ Automatically becomes local when set in any fashion.
+
+The star at the beginning of the documentation indicates that this
+variable is an option. `C-h v' is not restricted to options; it allows
+any variable name.
+
+ If you know which option you want to set, you can use `M-x
+set-variable' to set it. This prompts for the variable name in the
+minibuffer (with completion), and then prompts for a Lisp expression
+for the new value using the minibuffer a second time. For example,
+
+ M-x set-variable <RET> fill-column <RET> 75 <RET>
+
+sets `fill-column' to 75, as if you had executed the Lisp expression
+`(setq fill-column 75)'.
+
+ Setting variables in this way, like all means of customizing Emacs
+except where explicitly stated, affects only the current Emacs session.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Easy Customization, Next: Edit Options, Prev: Examining, Up: Variables
+
+Easy Customization Interface
+----------------------------
+
+ A convenient way to find the user option variables that you want to
+change, and then change them, is with `M-x customize'. This command
+creates a "customization buffer" with which you can browse through the
+Emacs user options in a logically organized structure, then edit and
+set their values. You can also use the customization buffer to save
+settings permanently. (Not all Emacs user options are included in this
+structure as of yet, but we are adding the rest.)
+
+* Menu:
+
+* Groups: Customization Groups.
+ How options are classified in a structure.
+* Changing an Option:: How to edit a value and set an option.
+* Face Customization:: How to edit the attributes of a face.
+* Specific Customization:: Making a customization buffer for specific
+ options, faces, or groups.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs.info, Node: Customization Groups, Next: Changing an Option, Up: Easy Customization
+
+Customization Groups
+....................
+
+ For customization purposes, user options are organized into "groups"
+to help you find them. Groups are collected into bigger groups, all
+the way up to a master group called `Emacs'.
+
+ `M-x customize' creates a customization buffer that shows the
+top-level `Emacs' group and the second-level groups immediately under
+it. It looks like this, in part:
+
+ /- Emacs group: ---------------------------------------------------\
+ [State]: visible group members are all at standard settings.
+ Customization of the One True Editor.
+ See also [Manual].
+
+ [Open] Editing group
+ Basic text editing facilities.
+
+ [Open] External group
+ Interfacing to external utilities.
+
+ MORE SECOND-LEVEL GROUPS
+
+ \- Emacs group end ------------------------------------------------/
+
+This says that the buffer displays the contents of the `Emacs' group.
+The other groups are listed because they are its contents. But they
+are listed differently, without indentation and dashes, because *their*
+contents are not included. Each group has a single-line documentation
+string; the `Emacs' group also has a `[State]' line.
+
+ Most of the text in the customization buffer is read-only, but it
+typically includes some "editable fields" that you can edit. There are
+also "active fields"; this means a field that does something when you
+"invoke" it. To invoke an active field, either click on it with
+`Mouse-1', or move point to it and type <RET>.
+
+ For example, the phrase `[Open]' that appears in a second-level
+group is an active field. Invoking the `[Open]' field for a group
+opens up a new customization buffer, which shows that group and its
+contents. This field is a kind of hypertext link to another group.
+
+ The `Emacs' group does not include any user options itself, but
+other groups do. By examining various groups, you will eventually find
+the options and faces that belong to the feature you are interested in
+customizing. Then you can use the customization buffer to set them.
+
+ You can view the structure of customization groups on a larger scale
+with `M-x customize-browse'. This command creates a special kind of
+customization buffer which shows only the names of the groups (and
+options and faces), and their structure.
+
+ In this buffer, you can show the contents of a group by invoking
+`[+]'. When the group contents are visible, this button changes to
+`[-]'; invoking that hides the group contents.
+
+ Each group, option or face name in this buffer has an active field
+which says `[Group]', `[Option]' or `[Face]'. Invoking that active
+field creates an ordinary customization buffer showing just that group
+and its contents, just that option, or just that face. This is the way
+to set values in it.
+
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