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7 @dircategory XEmacs Editor
9 * XEmacs: (xemacs). XEmacs Editor.
12 This file documents the XEmacs editor.
14 Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1988 Richard M. Stallman.
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17 Copyright @copyright{} 1995 Amdahl Corporation.
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45 @settitle XEmacs User's Manual
49 @center @titlefont{XEmacs User's Manual}
54 @center (General Public License upgraded, January 1991)
56 @center Richard Stallman
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65 Copyright @copyright{} 1985, 1986, 1988 Richard M. Stallman.
67 Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Lucid, Inc.
69 Copyright @copyright{} 1993, 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
71 Copyright @copyright{} 1995 Amdahl Corporation.
73 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
74 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
75 are preserved on all copies.
77 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
78 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the
79 sections entitled ``The GNU Manifesto'', ``Distribution'' and ``GNU
80 General Public License'' are included exactly as in the original, and
81 provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the
82 terms of a permission notice identical to this one.
84 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
85 into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
86 except that the sections entitled ``The GNU Manifesto'',
87 ``Distribution'' and ``GNU General Public License'' may be included in a
88 translation approved by the author instead of in the original English.
92 @node Top, License,, (dir)
93 @top The XEmacs Editor
96 XEmacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time
97 display editor. This Info file describes how to edit with Emacs
98 and some of how to customize it, but not how to extend it. It
99 corresponds to XEmacs version 21.0.
101 This manual is intended as a detailed reference to XEmacs. If
102 you are looking for an introductory manual, see the New User's
107 * License:: The GNU General Public License gives you permission
108 to redistribute XEmacs on certain terms; and also
109 explains that there is no warranty.
110 * Distrib:: How to get XEmacs.
111 * Intro:: An introduction to XEmacs concepts.
112 * Glossary:: The glossary.
113 * Manifesto:: What's GNU? Gnu's Not Unix!
115 Indices, nodes containing large menus
116 * Key Index:: An item for each standard XEmacs key sequence.
117 * Command Index:: An item for each command name.
118 * Variable Index:: An item for each documented variable.
119 * Concept Index:: An item for each concept.
121 Important General Concepts
122 * Frame:: How to interpret what you see on the screen.
123 * Keystrokes:: Keyboard gestures XEmacs recognizes.
125 The XEmacs Pull-down Menus available under X.
127 Starting Emacs from the shell.
128 * Exiting:: Stopping or killing XEmacs.
130 Hairy startup options.
132 How XEmacs finds Directories and Files
134 Fundamental Editing Commands
135 * Basic:: The most basic editing commands.
136 * Undo:: Undoing recently made changes in the text.
137 * Minibuffer:: Entering arguments that are prompted for.
138 * M-x:: Invoking commands by their names.
139 * Help:: Commands for asking XEmacs about its commands.
141 Important Text-Changing Commands
142 * Mark:: The mark: how to delimit a ``region'' of text.
144 Selecting text with the mouse.
145 * Additional Mouse Operations::
146 Other operations available from the mouse.
147 * Killing:: Killing text.
148 * Yanking:: Recovering killed text. Moving text.
149 * Using X Selections::
150 Using primary selection, cut buffers, and highlighted regions.
151 * Accumulating Text::
152 Other ways of copying text.
153 * Rectangles:: Operating on the text inside a rectangle on the screen.
154 * Registers:: Saving a text string or a location in the buffer.
155 * Display:: Controlling what text is displayed.
156 * Search:: Finding or replacing occurrences of a string.
157 * Fixit:: Commands especially useful for fixing typos.
160 * Files:: All about handling files.
161 * Buffers:: Multiple buffers; editing several files at once.
162 * Windows:: Viewing two pieces of text at once.
163 * Mule:: Using world scripts.
166 * Major Modes:: Text mode vs. Lisp mode vs. C mode ...
167 * Indentation:: Editing the white space at the beginnings of lines.
168 * Text:: Commands and modes for editing English.
169 * Programs:: Commands and modes for editing programs.
170 * Running:: Compiling, running and debugging programs.
171 * Packages:: How to add new packages to XEmacs.
172 * Abbrevs:: How to define text abbreviations to reduce
173 the number of characters you must type.
174 * Picture:: Editing pictures made up of characters
175 using the quarter-plane screen model.
176 * Sending Mail:: Sending mail in XEmacs.
177 * Reading Mail:: Reading mail in XEmacs.
178 * Calendar/Diary:: A Calendar and diary facility in XEmacs.
179 * Sorting:: Sorting lines, paragraphs or pages within XEmacs.
180 * Shell:: Executing shell commands from XEmacs.
181 * Narrowing:: Restricting display and editing to a portion
183 * Hardcopy:: Printing buffers or regions.
185 A command can allow you to do editing
186 "within the command". This is called a
187 `recursive editing level'.
188 * Dissociated Press:: Dissociating text for fun.
189 * CONX:: A different kind of dissociation.
190 * Amusements:: Various games and hacks.
191 * Emulation:: Emulating some other editors with XEmacs.
192 * Customization:: Modifying the behavior of XEmacs.
194 Recovery from Problems.
195 * Quitting:: Quitting and aborting.
196 * Lossage:: What to do if XEmacs is hung or malfunctioning.
197 * Bugs:: How and when to report a bug.
199 Here are some other nodes which are really inferiors of the ones
200 already listed, mentioned here so you can get to them in one step:
202 --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
204 The Organization of the Frame
206 * Point:: The place in the text where editing commands operate.
207 * Echo Area:: Short messages appear at the bottom of the frame.
208 * Mode Line:: Interpreting the mode line.
209 * XEmacs under X:: Some information on using XEmacs under the X
214 * Intro to Keystrokes:: Keystrokes as building blocks of key sequences.
215 * Representing Keystrokes:: Using lists of modifiers and keysyms to
216 represent keystrokes.
217 * Key Sequences:: Combine key strokes into key sequences you can
219 * String Key Sequences:: Available for upward compatibility.
220 * Meta Key:: Using @key{ESC} to represent @key{Meta}
221 * Super and Hyper Keys:: Adding modifier keys on certain keyboards.
222 * Character Representation:: How characters appear in XEmacs buffers.
223 * Commands:: How commands are bound to key sequences.
227 * File Menu:: Items on the File menu.
228 * Edit Menu:: Items on the Edit menu.
229 * Apps Menu:: Items on the Apps menu.
230 * Options Menu:: Items on the Options menu.
231 * Buffers Menu:: Information about the Buffers menu.
232 * Tools Menu:: Items on the Tools menu.
233 * Help Menu:: Items on the Help menu.
234 * Menu Customization:: Adding and removing menu items and related
237 Basic Editing Commands
239 * Blank Lines:: Commands to make or delete blank lines.
240 * Continuation Lines:: Lines too wide for the frame.
241 * Position Info:: What page, line, row, or column is point on?
242 * Arguments:: Numeric arguments for repeating a command.
246 * File: Minibuffer File. Entering file names with the minibuffer.
247 * Edit: Minibuffer Edit. How to edit in the minibuffer.
248 * Completion:: An abbreviation facility for minibuffer input.
249 * Repetition:: Re-executing commands that used the minibuffer.
251 The Mark and the Region
253 * Setting Mark:: Commands to set the mark.
254 * Using Region:: Summary of ways to operate on contents of the region.
255 * Marking Objects:: Commands to put region around textual units.
256 * Mark Ring:: Previous mark positions saved so you can go back there.
260 * Kill Ring:: Where killed text is stored. Basic yanking.
261 * Appending Kills:: Several kills in a row all yank together.
262 * Earlier Kills:: Yanking something killed some time ago.
266 * X Clipboard Selection:: Pasting to the X clipboard.
267 * X Selection Commands:: Other operations on the selection.
268 * X Cut Buffers:: X cut buffers are available for compatibility.
269 * Active Regions:: Using zmacs-style highlighting of the
274 * RegPos:: Saving positions in registers.
275 * RegText:: Saving text in registers.
276 * RegRect:: Saving rectangles in registers.
278 Controlling the Display
280 * Scrolling:: Moving text up and down in a window.
281 * Horizontal Scrolling:: Moving text left and right in a window.
282 * Selective Display:: Hiding lines with lots of indentation.
283 * Display Vars:: Information on variables for customizing display.
285 Searching and Replacement
287 * Incremental Search:: Search happens as you type the string.
288 * Non-Incremental Search:: Specify entire string and then search.
289 * Word Search:: Search for sequence of words.
290 * Regexp Search:: Search for match for a regexp.
291 * Regexps:: Syntax of regular expressions.
292 * Search Case:: To ignore case while searching, or not.
293 * Replace:: Search, and replace some or all matches.
294 * Other Repeating Search:: Operating on all matches for some regexp.
298 * Unconditional Replace:: Replacing all matches for a string.
299 * Regexp Replace:: Replacing all matches for a regexp.
300 * Replacement and Case:: How replacements preserve case of letters.
301 * Query Replace:: How to use querying.
303 Commands for Fixing Typos
305 * Kill Errors:: Commands to kill a batch of recently entered text.
306 * Transpose:: Exchanging two characters, words, lines, lists...
307 * Fixing Case:: Correcting case of last word entered.
308 * Spelling:: Apply spelling checker to a word, or a whole file.
312 * File Names:: How to type and edit file name arguments.
313 * Visiting:: Visiting a file prepares XEmacs to edit the file.
314 * Saving:: Saving makes your changes permanent.
315 * Reverting:: Reverting cancels all the changes not saved.
316 * Auto Save:: Auto Save periodically protects against loss of data.
317 * Version Control:: Version control systems (RCS and SCCS).
318 * ListDir:: Listing the contents of a file directory.
319 * Comparing Files:: Finding where two files differ.
320 * Dired:: ``Editing'' a directory to delete, rename, etc.
322 * Misc File Ops:: Other things you can do on files.
326 * Backup:: How XEmacs saves the old version of your file.
327 * Interlocking:: How XEmacs protects against simultaneous editing
328 of one file by two users.
332 * Names: Backup Names. How backup files are named;
333 Choosing single or numbered backup files.
334 * Deletion: Backup Deletion. XEmacs deletes excess numbered backups.
335 * Copying: Backup Copying. Backups can be made by copying or renaming.
337 Auto-Saving: Protection Against Disasters
339 * Files: Auto Save Files.
340 * Control: Auto Save Control.
341 * Recover:: Recovering text from auto-save files.
345 * Concepts of VC:: Basic version control information;
346 checking files in and out.
347 * Editing with VC:: Commands for editing a file maintained
348 with version control.
349 * Variables for Check-in/out:: Variables that affect the commands used
350 to check files in or out.
351 * Log Entries:: Logging your changes.
352 * Change Logs and VC:: Generating a change log file from log
354 * Old Versions:: Examining and comparing old versions.
355 * VC Status:: Commands to view the VC status of files and
357 * Renaming and VC:: A command to rename both the source and
358 master file correctly.
359 * Snapshots:: How to make and use snapshots, a set of
360 file versions that can be treated as a unit.
361 * Version Headers:: Inserting version control headers into
366 * Making Snapshots:: The snapshot facilities.
367 * Snapshot Caveats:: Things to be careful of when using snapshots.
369 Dired, the Directory Editor
371 * Enter: Dired Enter. How to invoke Dired.
372 * Edit: Dired Edit. Editing the Dired buffer.
373 * Deletion: Dired Deletion. Deleting files with Dired.
374 * Immed: Dired Immed. Other file operations through Dired.
376 Using Multiple Buffers
378 * Select Buffer:: Creating a new buffer or reselecting an old one.
379 * List Buffers:: Getting a list of buffers that exist.
380 * Misc Buffer:: Renaming; changing read-onliness; copying text.
381 * Kill Buffer:: Killing buffers you no longer need.
382 * Several Buffers:: How to go through the list of all buffers
383 and operate variously on several of them.
387 * Basic Window:: Introduction to XEmacs windows.
388 * Split Window:: New windows are made by splitting existing windows.
389 * Other Window:: Moving to another window or doing something to it.
390 * Pop Up Window:: Finding a file or buffer in another window.
391 * Change Window:: Deleting windows and changing their sizes.
395 * Choosing Modes:: How major modes are specified or chosen.
399 * Indentation Commands:: Various commands and techniques for indentation.
400 * Tab Stops:: You can set arbitrary "tab stops" and then
401 indent to the next tab stop when you want to.
402 * Just Spaces:: You can request indentation using just spaces.
404 Commands for Human Languages
406 * Text Mode:: The major modes for editing text files.
407 * Nroff Mode:: The major mode for editing input to the formatter nroff.
408 * TeX Mode:: The major modes for editing input to the formatter TeX.
409 * Outline Mode:: The major mode for editing outlines.
410 * Words:: Moving over and killing words.
411 * Sentences:: Moving over and killing sentences.
412 * Paragraphs:: Moving over paragraphs.
413 * Pages:: Moving over pages.
414 * Filling:: Filling or justifying text
415 * Case:: Changing the case of text
419 * Editing: TeX Editing. Special commands for editing in TeX mode.
420 * Printing: TeX Print. Commands for printing part of a file with TeX.
424 * Format: Outline Format. What the text of an outline looks like.
425 * Motion: Outline Motion. Special commands for moving through outlines.
426 * Visibility: Outline Visibility. Commands to control what is visible.
430 * Auto Fill:: Auto Fill mode breaks long lines automatically.
431 * Fill Commands:: Commands to refill paragraphs and center lines.
432 * Fill Prefix:: Filling when every line is indented or in a comment, etc.
436 * Program Modes:: Major modes for editing programs.
437 * Lists:: Expressions with balanced parentheses.
438 There are editing commands to operate on them.
439 * Defuns:: Each program is made up of separate functions.
440 There are editing commands to operate on them.
441 * Grinding:: Adjusting indentation to show the nesting.
442 * Matching:: Insertion of a close-delimiter flashes matching open.
443 * Comments:: Inserting, filling and aligning comments.
444 * Balanced Editing:: Inserting two matching parentheses at once, etc.
445 * Lisp Completion:: Completion on symbol names in Lisp code.
446 * Documentation:: Getting documentation of functions you plan to call.
447 * Change Log:: Maintaining a change history for your program.
448 * Tags:: Go directly to any function in your program in one
449 command. Tags remembers which file it is in.
450 * Fortran:: Fortran mode and its special features.
451 * Asm Mode:: Asm mode and its special features.
453 Indentation for Programs
456 * Multi-line Indent:: Commands to reindent many lines at once.
457 * Lisp Indent:: Specifying how each Lisp function should be indented.
458 * C Indent:: Choosing an indentation style for C code.
462 * Tag Syntax:: Tag syntax for various types of code and text files.
463 * Create Tags Table:: Creating a tags table with @code{etags}.
464 * Select Tags Table:: How to visit a tags table.
465 * Find Tag:: Commands to find the definition of a specific tag.
466 * Tags Search:: Using a tags table for searching and replacing.
467 * List Tags:: Listing and finding tags defined in a file.
471 * Motion: Fortran Motion. Moving point by statements or subprograms.
472 * Indent: Fortran Indent. Indentation commands for Fortran.
473 * Comments: Fortran Comments. Inserting and aligning comments.
474 * Columns: Fortran Columns. Measuring columns for valid Fortran.
475 * Abbrev: Fortran Abbrev. Built-in abbrevs for Fortran keywords.
479 * Commands: ForIndent Commands. Commands for indenting Fortran.
480 * Numbers: ForIndent Num. How line numbers auto-indent.
481 * Conv: ForIndent Conv. Conventions you must obey to avoid trouble.
482 * Vars: ForIndent Vars. Variables controlling Fortran indent style.
484 Compiling and Testing Programs
486 * Compilation:: Compiling programs in languages other than Lisp
488 * Modes: Lisp Modes. Various modes for editing Lisp programs, with
489 different facilities for running the Lisp programs.
490 * Libraries: Lisp Libraries. Creating Lisp programs to run in XEmacs.
491 * Eval: Lisp Eval. Executing a single Lisp expression in XEmacs.
492 * Debug: Lisp Debug. Debugging Lisp programs running in XEmacs.
493 * Interaction: Lisp Interaction. Executing Lisp in an XEmacs buffer.
494 * External Lisp:: Communicating through XEmacs with a separate Lisp.
498 * Loading:: Loading libraries of Lisp code into XEmacs for use.
499 * Compiling Libraries:: Compiling a library makes it load and run faster.
500 * Mocklisp:: Converting Mocklisp to Lisp so XEmacs can run it.
504 * Packages:: Introduction to XEmacs Packages.
505 * Package Terminology:: Understanding different kinds of packages.
506 * Using Packages:: How to install and use packages.
507 * Building Packages:: Building packages from sources.
511 * Defining Abbrevs:: Defining an abbrev, so it will expand when typed.
512 * Expanding Abbrevs:: Controlling expansion: prefixes, canceling expansion.
513 * Editing Abbrevs:: Viewing or editing the entire list of defined abbrevs.
514 * Saving Abbrevs:: Saving the entire list of abbrevs for another session.
515 * Dynamic Abbrevs:: Abbreviations for words already in the buffer.
519 * Basic Picture:: Basic concepts and simple commands of Picture Mode.
520 * Insert in Picture:: Controlling direction of cursor motion
521 after "self-inserting" characters.
522 * Tabs in Picture:: Various features for tab stops and indentation.
523 * Rectangles in Picture:: Clearing and superimposing rectangles.
527 * Format: Mail Format. Format of the mail being composed.
528 * Headers: Mail Headers. Details of allowed mail header fields.
529 * Mode: Mail Mode. Special commands for editing mail being composed.
531 Running Shell Commands from XEmacs
533 * Single Shell:: How to run one shell command and return.
534 * Interactive Shell:: Permanent shell taking input via XEmacs.
535 * Shell Mode:: Special XEmacs commands used with permanent shell.
539 * Minor Modes:: Each minor mode is one feature you can turn on
540 independently of any others.
541 * Variables:: Many XEmacs commands examine XEmacs variables
542 to decide what to do; by setting variables,
543 you can control their functioning.
544 * Keyboard Macros:: A keyboard macro records a sequence of keystrokes
545 to be replayed with a single command.
546 * Key Bindings:: The keymaps say what command each key runs.
547 By changing them, you can "redefine keys".
548 * Syntax:: The syntax table controls how words and expressions
550 * Init File:: How to write common customizations in the @file{.emacs}
552 * Audible Bell:: Changing how XEmacs sounds the bell.
553 * Faces:: Changing the fonts and colors of a region of text.
554 * X Resources:: X resources controlling various aspects of the
559 * Examining:: Examining or setting one variable's value.
560 * Easy Customization:: Convenient and easy customization of variables.
561 * Edit Options:: Examining or editing list of all variables' values.
562 * Locals:: Per-buffer values of variables.
563 * File Variables:: How files can specify variable values.
567 * Basic Kbd Macro:: Defining and running keyboard macros.
568 * Save Kbd Macro:: Giving keyboard macros names; saving them in files.
569 * Kbd Macro Query:: Keyboard macros that do different things each use.
571 Customizing Key Bindings
573 * Keymaps:: Definition of the keymap data structure.
574 Names of XEmacs's standard keymaps.
575 * Rebinding:: How to redefine one key's meaning conveniently.
576 * Disabling:: Disabling a command means confirmation is required
577 before it can be executed. This is done to protect
578 beginners from surprises.
582 * Entry: Syntax Entry. What the syntax table records for each character.
583 * Change: Syntax Change. How to change the information.
585 The Init File, @file{~/.emacs}
587 * Init Syntax:: Syntax of constants in Emacs Lisp.
588 * Init Examples:: How to do some things with an init file.
589 * Terminal Init:: Each terminal type can have an init file.
591 Dealing with XEmacs Trouble
593 * Stuck Recursive:: `[...]' in mode line around the parentheses.
594 * Screen Garbled:: Garbage on the screen.
595 * Text Garbled:: Garbage in the text.
596 * Unasked-for Search:: Spontaneous entry to incremental search.
597 * Emergency Escape:: Emergency escape---
598 What to do if XEmacs stops responding.
599 * Total Frustration:: When you are at your wits' end.
606 This manual documents the use and simple customization of the XEmacs
607 editor. The reader is not expected to be a programmer to use this
608 editor, and simple customizations do not require programming skills either.
609 Users who are not interested in customizing XEmacs can ignore the scattered
612 This document is primarily a reference manual, but it can also be used as a
613 primer. However, if you are new to XEmacs, consider using the on-line,
614 learn-by-doing tutorial, which you get by running XEmacs and typing
615 @kbd{C-h t}. With it, you learn XEmacs by using XEmacs on a specially
616 designed file which describes commands, tells you when to try them,
617 and then explains the results you see. Using the tutorial gives a more vivid
618 introduction than the printed manual. Also consider reading the XEmacs
619 New User's Guide, which is intended specifically as an introductory
620 manual rather than as a reference guide.
622 On first reading, just skim chapters one and two, which describe the
623 notational conventions of the manual and the general appearance of the
624 XEmacs display frame. Note which questions are answered in these chapters,
625 so you can refer back later. After reading chapter four you should
626 practice the commands there. The next few chapters describe fundamental
627 techniques and concepts that are used constantly. You need to understand
628 them thoroughly, experimenting with them if necessary.
630 To find the documentation on a particular command, look in the index.
631 Keys (character commands) and command names have separate indexes. There
632 is also a glossary, with a cross reference for each term.
635 If you know vaguely what the command
636 does, look in the command summary. The command summary contains a line or
637 two about each command, and a cross reference to the section of the
638 manual that describes the command in more detail; related commands
639 are grouped together.
642 This manual comes in two forms: the published form and the Info form.
643 The Info form is for on-line perusal with the INFO program; it is
644 distributed along with XEmacs. Both forms contain substantially the
645 same text and are generated from a common source file, which is also
646 distributed along with XEmacs.
648 XEmacs is a member of the Emacs editor family. There are many Emacs
649 editors, all sharing common principles of organization. For information on
650 the underlying philosophy of Emacs and the lessons learned from its
651 development, write for a copy of AI memo 519a, ``Emacs, the Extensible,
652 Customizable Self-Documenting Display Editor'', to Publications Department,
653 Artificial Intelligence Lab, 545 Tech Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. At
654 last report they charge $2.25 per copy. Another useful publication is LCS
655 TM-165, ``A Cookbook for an Emacs'', by Craig Finseth, available from
656 Publications Department, Laboratory for Computer Science, 545 Tech Square,
657 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. The price today is $3.
659 This manual is for XEmacs installed on UNIX systems. XEmacs also
660 exists on Microsoft Windows and Windows NT as Win-Emacs (which is
661 actually based on Lucid Emacs 19.6, an older incarnation of XEmacs).
664 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
665 @node License, Distrib, Top, Top
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896 @heading END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
899 @center END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
903 @unnumberedsec Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
905 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
906 possible use to humanity, the best way to achieve this is to make it
907 free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
910 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to
911 attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively convey
912 the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
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925 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
926 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
927 GNU General Public License for more details.
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930 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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934 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
936 If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
937 when it starts in an interactive mode:
940 Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19@var{yy} @var{name of author}
941 Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
942 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
943 under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
946 The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the
947 appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, the
948 commands you use may be called something other than `show w' and `show
949 c'; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items---whatever suits your
953 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
954 school, if any, to sign a ``copyright disclaimer'' for the program, if
955 necessary. Here a sample; alter the names:
958 Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the
959 program `Gnomovision' (a program to direct compilers to make passes
960 at assemblers) written by James Hacker.
962 @var{signature of Ty Coon}, 1 April 1989
963 Ty Coon, President of Vice
966 That's all there is to it!
968 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
969 @node Distrib, Intro, License, Top
970 @unnumbered Distribution
972 XEmacs is @dfn{free}; this means that everyone is free to use it and
973 free to redistribute it on a free basis. XEmacs is not in the public
974 domain; it is copyrighted and there are restrictions on its
975 distribution, but these restrictions are designed to permit everything
976 that a good cooperating citizen would want to do. What is not allowed
977 is to try to prevent others from further sharing any version of XEmacs
978 that they might get from you. The precise conditions are found in
979 the GNU General Public License that comes with XEmacs and also appears
980 following this section.
982 The easiest way to get a copy of XEmacs is from someone else who has it.
983 You need not ask for permission to do so, or tell any one else; just copy
986 If you have access to the Internet, you can get the latest version of
987 XEmacs from the anonymous FTP server @file{ftp.xemacs.org} in the directory
988 @file{/pub/xemacs}. It can also be found at numerous other archive
989 sites around the world; check the file @file{etc/DISTRIB} in an XEmacs
990 distribution for the latest known list.
993 @unnumberedsec Getting Other Versions of Emacs
995 The Free Software Foundation's version of Emacs (called @dfn{FSF Emacs}
996 in this manual and often referred to as @dfn{GNU Emacs}) is available
997 by anonymous FTP from @file{prep.ai.mit.edu}.
999 Win-Emacs, an older version of XEmacs that runs on Microsoft Windows
1000 and Windows NT, is available by anonymous FTP from @file{ftp.netcom.com}
1001 in the directory @file{/pub/pe/pearl}, or from @file{ftp.cica.indiana.edu}
1002 as the files @file{wemdemo*.zip} in the directory @file{/pub/pc/win3/demo}.
1004 @node Intro, Glossary, Distrib, Top
1005 @unnumbered Introduction
1007 You are reading about XEmacs, an incarnation of the advanced,
1008 self-documenting, customizable, extensible real-time display editor
1009 Emacs. XEmacs provides many powerful display and user-interface
1010 capabilities not found in other Emacsen and is mostly upwardly
1011 compatible with GNU Emacs from the Free Software Foundation
1012 (referred to as @dfn{FSF Emacs} in this manual). XEmacs also
1013 comes standard with a great number of useful packages.
1015 We say that XEmacs is a @dfn{display} editor because normally the text
1016 being edited is visible on the screen and is updated automatically as you
1017 type. @xref{Frame,Display}.
1019 We call XEmacs a @dfn{real-time} editor because the display is updated very
1020 frequently, usually after each character or pair of characters you
1021 type. This minimizes the amount of information you must keep in your
1022 head as you edit. @xref{Basic,Real-time,Basic Editing}.
1024 We call XEmacs advanced because it provides facilities that go beyond
1025 simple insertion and deletion: filling of text; automatic indentation of
1026 programs; viewing two or more files at once; and dealing in terms of
1027 characters, words, lines, sentences, paragraphs, and pages, as well as
1028 expressions and comments in several different programming languages. It is
1029 much easier to type one command meaning ``go to the end of the paragraph''
1030 than to find that spot with simple cursor keys.
1032 @dfn{Self-documenting} means that at any time you can type a special
1033 character, @kbd{Control-h}, to find out what your options are. You can
1034 also use @kbd{C-h} to find out what a command does, or to find all the
1035 commands relevant to a topic. @xref{Help}.
1037 @dfn{Customizable} means you can change the definitions of XEmacs
1038 commands. For example, if you use a programming language in
1039 which comments start with @samp{<**} and end with @samp{**>}, you can tell
1040 the XEmacs comment manipulation commands to use those strings
1041 (@pxref{Comments}). Another sort of customization is rearrangement of the
1042 command set. For example, you can set up the four basic cursor motion
1043 commands (up, down, left and right) on keys in a diamond pattern on the
1044 keyboard if you prefer. @xref{Customization}.
1046 @dfn{Extensible} means you can go beyond simple customization and
1047 write entirely new commands, programs in the Lisp language to be run by
1048 XEmacs's own Lisp interpreter. XEmacs is an ``on-line extensible''
1049 system: it is divided into many functions that call each other. You can
1050 redefine any function in the middle of an editing session and replace
1051 any part of XEmacs without making a separate copy of all of XEmacs. Most
1052 of the editing commands of XEmacs are written in Lisp; the few
1053 exceptions could have been written in Lisp but are written in C for
1054 efficiency. Only a programmer can write an extension to XEmacs, but anybody
1055 can use it afterward.
1058 @include keystrokes.texi
1060 @include entering.texi
1061 @include cmdargs.texi
1062 @include startup.texi
1070 @include killing.texi
1072 @include display.texi
1073 @include search.texi
1076 @include buffers.texi
1077 @include windows.texi
1080 @include indent.texi
1082 @include programs.texi
1083 @include building.texi
1084 @include packages.texi
1085 @include abbrevs.texi
1086 @include picture.texi
1087 @include sending.texi
1088 @include reading.texi
1089 @include calendar.texi
1091 @include custom.texi
1092 @include trouble.texi
1095 @include glossary.texi
1098 @node Key Index, Command Index, Manifesto, Top
1099 @unnumbered Key (Character) Index
1102 @node Command Index, Variable Index, Key Index, Top
1103 @unnumbered Command and Function Index
1106 @node Variable Index, Concept Index, Command Index, Top
1107 @unnumbered Variable Index
1110 @node Concept Index, Frame, Variable Index, Top
1111 @unnumbered Concept Index
1119 @c Remember to delete these lines before creating the info file.
1122 @bindingoffset = 0.5in
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