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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.
-* Packages:: How XEmacs organizes its high-level functionality.
+ How XEmacs finds Directories and Files
Fundamental Editing Commands
* Basic:: The most basic editing commands.
* Help:: Commands for asking XEmacs about its commands.
Important Text-Changing Commands
-* Mark:: The mark: how to delimit a ``region'' of text.
+* Mark:: The mark: how to delimit a "region" of text.
* Mouse Selection::
Selecting text with the mouse.
* Additional Mouse Operations::
* 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
Here are some other nodes which are really inferiors of the ones
already listed, mentioned here so you can get to them in one step:
- --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
+ -- The Detailed Node Listing --
The Organization of the Frame
* 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
-* 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.
+* RegPos:: Saving positions in registers.
+* RegText:: Saving text in registers.
+* RegRect:: Saving rectangles in registers.
Controlling the Display
* Version Control:: Version control systems (RCS and SCCS).
* ListDir:: Listing the contents of a file directory.
* Comparing Files:: Finding where two files differ.
-* Dired:: ``Editing'' a directory to delete, rename, etc.
+* Dired:: "Editing" a directory to delete, rename, etc.
the files in it.
* Misc File Ops:: Other things you can do on files.
* 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 init file.
+* Init File:: How to write common customizations in the `.emacs'
+ 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
+The Init File, `~/.emacs'
* Init Syntax:: Syntax of constants in Emacs Lisp.
* Init Examples:: How to do some things with an init file.
* Screen Garbled:: Garbage on the screen.
* Text Garbled:: Garbage in the text.
* Unasked-for Search:: Spontaneous entry to incremental search.
-* Emergency Escape:: Emergency escape---
+* Emergency Escape:: Emergency escape--
What to do if XEmacs stops responding.
* Total Frustration:: When you are at your wits' end.
"Customizable" means you can change the definitions of XEmacs
commands. For example, if you use a programming language in which
comments start with `<**' and end with `**>', you can tell the XEmacs
-comment manipulation commands to use those strings (*note Comments::).
-Another sort of customization is rearrangement of the command set. For
-example, you can set up the four basic cursor motion commands (up,
+comment manipulation commands to use those strings (*note Comments::.).
+Another sort of customization is rearrangement of the command set.
+For example, you can set up the four basic cursor motion commands (up,
down, left and right) on keys in a diamond pattern on the keyboard if
you prefer. *Note Customization::.
look at two buffers a the same time.
* Below each text window's last line is a "mode line" (*note Mode
- Line::), which describes what is going on in that window. The
+ Line::.), which describes what is going on in that window. The
mode line is in inverse video if the terminal supports that. If
there are several XEmacs windows in one frame, each window has its
own mode line.
* At the bottom of each XEmacs frame is the "echo area" or
- "minibuffer window"(*note Echo Area::). It is used by XEmacs to
+ "minibuffer window"(*note Echo Area::.). It is used by XEmacs to
exchange information with the user. There is only one echo area
per XEmacs frame.
- * 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.)
+ * 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::.).
You can subdivide the XEmacs frame into multiple text windows, and
-use each window for a different file (*note Windows::). Multiple XEmacs
-windows are tiled vertically on the XEmacs frame. The upper XEmacs
-window is separated from the lower window by its mode line.
+use each window for a different file (*note Windows::.). Multiple
+XEmacs windows are tiled vertically on the XEmacs frame. The upper
+XEmacs window is separated from the lower window by its mode line.
When there are multiple, tiled XEmacs windows on a single XEmacs
frame, the XEmacs window receiving input from the keyboard has the
* 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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as you type it. This behavior is designed to give confident users
fast response, while giving hesitant users maximum feedback. You
can change this behavior by setting a variable (*note Display
- Vars::).
+ Vars::.).
* If you issue a command that cannot be executed, XEmacs may print
an "error message" in the echo area. Error messages are
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