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2012-04-26 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
* ack.texi, basic.texi, buffers.texi, building.texi:
* calendar.texi, cmdargs.texi, commands.texi, custom.texi:
* dired.texi, display.texi, emerge-xtra.texi, files.texi:
* fortran-xtra.texi, help.texi, kmacro.texi, mini.texi, misc.texi:
* msdog-xtra.texi, picture-xtra.texi, programs.texi, rmail.texi:
* search.texi, trouble.texi, windows.texi:
Use Texinfo recommended convention for quotes+punctuation.
2012-04-25 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* mule.texi (Bidirectional Editing): Improve indexing. Minor
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@
item
Mathias
Dahl
wrote
@
file
{
image
-
dired
.
el
},
a
package
for
viewing
image
files
as
``
thumbnails
.
''
files
as
``
thumbnails
''
.
@
item
Julien
Danjou
wrote
an
implementation
of
``
Desktop
Notifications
''
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@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ Together with Dmitry Dzhus, he wrote @file{gdb-mi.el}, the successor to
@
item
Danny
Roozendaal
implemented
@
file
{
handwrite
.
el
},
which
converts
text
into
``
handwriting
.
''
into
``
handwriting
''
.
@
item
Markus
Rost
wrote
@
file
{
cus
-
test
.
el
},
a
testing
framework
for
customize
.
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@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ the keyboard.
@
item
Jean
-
Philippe
Theberge
wrote
@
file
{
thumbs
.
el
},
a
package
for
viewing
image
files
as
``
thumbnails
.
''
image
files
as
``
thumbnails
''
.
@
item
Spencer
Thomas
wrote
the
original
@
file
{
dabbrev
.
el
},
providing
a
command
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@cindex arguments to commands
In the terminology of mathematics and computing, @dfn{argument}
means ``data provided to a function or operation
.
'' You can give any
means ``data provided to a function or operation''
.
You can give any
Emacs command a @dfn{numeric argument} (also called a @dfn{prefix
argument}). Some commands interpret the argument as a repetition
count. For example, giving @kbd{C-f} an argument of ten causes it to
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more convenient, and they are documented in that command's
documentation string.
We use the term ``prefix argument'' as well as ``numeric argument
,
''
We use the term ``prefix argument'' as well as ``numeric argument''
,
to emphasize that you type these argument before the command, and to
distinguish them from minibuffer arguments that come after the
command.
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@samp{.} in the first field of a line indicates that the buffer is
current. @samp{%} indicates a read-only buffer. @samp{*} indicates
that the buffer is ``modified
.
'' If several buffers are modified, it
that the buffer is ``modified''
.
If several buffers are modified, it
may be time to save some with @kbd{C-x s} (@pxref{Save Commands}).
Here is an example of a buffer list:
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@table @kbd
@item ~
Mark the buffer ``unmodified
.
'' The command @kbd{~} does this
Mark the buffer ``unmodified''
.
The command @kbd{~} does this
immediately when you type it.
@item %
Toggle the buffer's read-only flag. The command @kbd{%} does
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Iswitchb global minor mode provides convenient switching between
buffers using substrings of their names. It replaces the normal
definitions of @kbd{C-x b}, @kbd{C-x 4 b}, @kbd{C-x 5 b}, and @kbd{C-x
4 C-o} with alternative commands that are somewhat ``smarter
.
''
4 C-o} with alternative commands that are somewhat ``smarter''
.
When one of these commands prompts you for a buffer name, you can
type in just a substring of the name you want to choose. As you enter
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Just as you can run a compiler from Emacs and then visit the lines
with compilation errors, you can also run @command{grep} and then
visit the lines on which matches were found. This works by treating
the matches reported by @command{grep} as if they were ``errors
.
''
the matches reported by @command{grep} as if they were ``errors''
.
The output buffer uses Grep mode, which is a variant of Compilation
mode (@pxref{Compilation Mode}).
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These calendar commands display the dates and times of the phases of
the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter). This
feature is useful for debugging problems that ``depend on the phase of
the moon
.
''
the moon''
.
@table @kbd
@item M
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Otherwise, move point to the date you want to convert, then type the
appropriate command starting with @kbd{p} from the table above. The
prefix @kbd{p} is a mnemonic for ``print
,
'' since Emacs ``prints'' the
prefix @kbd{p} is a mnemonic for ``print''
,
since Emacs ``prints'' the
equivalent date in the echo area. @kbd{p o} displays the
date in all forms known to Emacs. You can also use @kbd{Mouse-3} and
then choose @kbd{Other calendars} from the menu that appears. This
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@findex calendar-hebrew-list-yahrzeits
@cindex yahrzeits
One common issue concerning the Hebrew calendar is the computation
of the anniversary of a date of death, called a ``yahrzeit
.
'' The Emacs
of the anniversary of a date of death, called a ``yahrzeit''
.
The Emacs
calendar includes a facility for such calculations. If you are in the
calendar, the command @kbd{M-x calendar-hebrew-list-yahrzeits} asks you for
a range of years and then displays a list of the yahrzeit dates for those
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@noindent
The 11 specifies November (the eleventh month), the 4 specifies Thursday
(the fourth day of the week, where Sunday is numbered zero), and the
second 4 specifies the fourth Thursday (1 would mean ``first
,
'' 2 would
mean ``second
,
'' @minus{}2 would mean ``second-to-last
,
'' and so on).
second 4 specifies the fourth Thursday (1 would mean ``first''
,
2 would
mean ``second''
,
@minus{}2 would mean ``second-to-last''
,
and so on).
The month can be a single month or a list of months. Thus you could change
the 11 above to @samp{'(1 2 3)} and have the entry apply to the last
Thursday of January, February, and March. If the month is @code{t}, the
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Once you've collected data from a number of time intervals, you can use
@kbd{M-x timeclock-workday-remaining} to see how much time is left to
work today (assuming a typical average of 8 hours a day), and @kbd{M-x
timeclock-when-to-leave} which will calculate when you're ``done
.
''
timeclock-when-to-leave} which will calculate when you're ``done''
.
@vindex timeclock-modeline-display
@findex timeclock-modeline-display
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initialize the Lisp variable @code{doc-directory}.
@item EMACSLOADPATH
A colon-separated list of directories@footnote{ Here and below,
whenever we say ``colon-separated list of directories
,
'' it pertains
whenever we say ``colon-separated list of directories''
,
it pertains
to Unix and GNU/Linux systems. On MS-DOS and MS-Windows, the
directories are separated by semi-colons instead, since DOS/Windows
file names might include a colon after a drive letter.} to search for
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Usually we state the name of the command which really does the work in
parentheses after mentioning the key that runs it. For example, we
will say that ``The command @kbd{C-n} (@code{next-line}) moves point
vertically down
,
'' meaning that the command @code{next-line} moves
vertically down''
,
meaning that the command @code{next-line} moves
vertically down, and the key @kbd{C-n} is normally bound to it.
Since we are discussing customization, we should tell you about
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This constrains what you can do with double clicks, but user interface
designers say that this constraint ought to be followed in any case. A
double click should do something similar to the single click, only
``more so
.
'' The command for the double-click event should perform the
``more so''
.
The command for the double-click event should perform the
extra work for the double click.
If a double-click event has no binding, it changes to the
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A frame includes areas that don't show text from the buffer, such as
the mode line and the scroll bar. You can tell whether a mouse button
comes from a special area of the screen by means of dummy ``prefix
keys
.
'' For example, if you click the mouse in the mode line, you get
keys''
.
For example, if you click the mouse in the mode line, you get
the prefix key @code{mode-line} before the ordinary mouse-button symbol.
Thus, here is how to define the command for clicking the first button in
a mode line to run @code{scroll-up-command}:
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Emacs commands to move around in this buffer, and special Dired
commands to operate on the listed files.
The Dired buffer is ``read-only
,
'' and inserting text in it is not
The Dired buffer is ``read-only''
,
and inserting text in it is not
allowed. Ordinary printing characters such as @kbd{d} and @kbd{x} are
redefined for special Dired commands. Some Dired commands @dfn{mark}
or @dfn{flag} the @dfn{current file} (that is, the file on the current
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@findex wdired-change-to-wdired-mode
Wdired is a special mode that allows you to perform file operations
by editing the Dired buffer directly (the ``W'' in ``Wdired'' stands
for ``writable
.
'') To enter Wdired mode, type @kbd{C-x C-q}
for ``writable''
.
) To enter Wdired mode, type @kbd{C-x C-q}
(@code{dired-toggle-read-only}) while in a Dired buffer.
Alternatively, use the @samp{Immediate / Edit File Names} menu item.
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You can also enter Image-Dired directly by typing @kbd{M-x
image-dired}. This prompts for a directory; specify one that has
image files. This creates thumbnails for all the images in that
directory, and displays them all in the ``thumbnail buffer
.
'' This
directory, and displays them all in the ``thumbnail buffer''
.
This
takes a long time if the directory contains many image files, and it
asks for confirmation if the number of image files exceeds
@code{image-dired-show-all-from-dir-max-files}.
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The default comparison method (used if you type @key{RET} at the
prompt) is to compare just the file names---each file name that does
not appear in the other directory is ``different
.
'' You can specify
not appear in the other directory is ``different''
.
You can specify
more stringent comparisons by entering a Lisp expression, which can
refer to the variables @code{size1} and @code{size2}, the respective
file sizes; @code{mtime1} and @code{mtime2}, the last modification
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@code{fa2}, the respective file attribute lists (as returned by the
function @code{file-attributes}). This expression is evaluated for
each pair of like-named files, and if the expression's value is
non-@code{nil}, those files are considered ``different
.
''
non-@code{nil}, those files are considered ``different''
.
For instance, the sequence @code{M-x dired-compare-directories
@key{RET} (> mtime1 mtime2) @key{RET}} marks files newer in this
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@cindex synchronizing windows
@dfn{Follow mode} is a minor mode that makes two windows, both
showing the same buffer, scroll as a single tall ``virtual window
.
''
showing the same buffer, scroll as a single tall ``virtual window''
.
To use Follow mode, go to a frame with just one window, split it into
two side-by-side windows using @kbd{C-x 3}, and then type @kbd{M-x
follow-mode}. From then on, you can edit the buffer in either of the
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line (@pxref{Continuation Lines}). When one line of text is split
into multiple screen lines, the left fringe shows a curving arrow for
each screen line except the first, indicating that ``this is not the
real beginning
.
'' The right fringe shows a curving arrow for each
real beginning''
.
The right fringe shows a curving arrow for each
screen line except the last, indicating that ``this is not the real
end
.
'' If the line's direction is right-to-left (@pxref{Bidirectional
end''
.
If the line's direction is right-to-left (@pxref{Bidirectional
Editing}), the meanings of the curving arrows in the fringes are
swapped.
The fringes indicate line truncation with short horizontal arrows
meaning ``there's more text on this line which is scrolled
horizontally out of view
.
'' Clicking the mouse on one of the arrows
horizontally out of view''
.
Clicking the mouse on one of the arrows
scrolls the display horizontally in the direction of the arrow.
The fringes can also indicate other things, such as buffer
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If Skip Prefers mode is in effect, the @kbd{n} and @kbd{p} commands
skip over differences in states ``prefer-A'' and ``prefer-B''
(@pxref{State of Difference}). Thus you see only differences for
which neither version is presumed ``correct
.
'' The mode line
which neither version is presumed ``correct''
.
The mode line
indicates Skip Prefers mode with @samp{S}. This mode is only relevant
when there is an ancestor.
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When typing a file name into the minibuffer, you can make use of a
couple of shortcuts: a double slash is interpreted as ``ignore
everything before the second slash in the pair
,
'' and @samp{~/} is
everything before the second slash in the pair''
,
and @samp{~/} is
interpreted as your home directory. @xref{Minibuffer File}.
@cindex environment variables in file names
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remains ``correct''. To disable automatic line number correction,
change the variable @code{diff-update-on-the-fly} to @code{nil}.
Diff mode treats each hunk as an ``error message
,
'' similar to
Diff mode treats each hunk as an ``error message''
,
similar to
Compilation mode. Thus, you can use commands such as @kbd{C-x '} to
visit the corresponding source locations. @xref{Compilation Mode}.
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@code{fortran-continuation-string} specifies what character to put in
column 5. A line that starts with a tab character followed by any digit
except @samp{0} is also a continuation line. We call this style of
continuation @dfn{tab format}. (Fortran 90 introduced ``free form
,
''
continuation @dfn{tab format}. (Fortran 90 introduced ``free form''
,
with another style of continuation lines).
@vindex indent-tabs-mode @r{(Fortran mode)}
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@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ of the major mode, then global bindings (@code{describe-bindings}).
@
item
C
-
h
c
@
var
{
key
}
Show
the
name
of
the
command
that
the
key
sequence
@
var
{
key
}
is
bound
to
(@
code
{
describe
-
key
-
briefly
}).
Here
@
kbd
{
c
}
stands
for
``
character
.
''
For
more
extensive
information
on
@
var
{
key
},
use
``
character
''
.
For
more
extensive
information
on
@
var
{
key
},
use
@
kbd
{
C
-
h
k
}.
@
item
C
-
h
d
@
var
{
topics
}
@
key
{
RET
}
Display
the
commands
and
variables
whose
documentation
matches
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ring head immediately, just type @kbd{C-k}.
Note that Emacs treats the head of the macro ring as the ``last
defined keyboard macro
.
'' For instance, @key{F4} will execute that
defined keyboard macro''
.
For instance, @key{F4} will execute that
macro, and @kbd{C-x C-k n} will give it a name.
@vindex kmacro-ring-max
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@cindex slashes repeated in file name
@findex file-name-shadow-mode
Emacs interprets a double slash as ``ignore everything before the
second slash in the pair
.
'' In the example above,
second slash in the pair''
.
In the example above,
@file{/u2/emacs/src/} is ignored, so the argument you supplied is
@file{/etc/termcap}. The ignored part of the file name is dimmed if
the terminal allows it. (To disable this dimming, turn off File Name
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line mode, Term basically acts like Shell mode (@pxref{Shell Mode}).
In char mode, each character is sent directly to the subshell, as
``terminal input
.
'' Any ``echoing'' of your input is the
``terminal input''
.
Any ``echoing'' of your input is the
responsibility of the subshell. The sole exception is the terminal
escape character, which by default is @kbd{C-c} (@pxref{Term Mode}).
Any ``terminal output'' from the subshell goes into the buffer,
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Insert a byte with a code typed in hex.
@item C-x [
Move to the beginning of a 1k-byte ``page
.
''
Move to the beginning of a 1k-byte ``page''
.
@item C-x ]
Move to the end of a 1k-byte ``page
.
''
Move to the end of a 1k-byte ``page''
.
@item M-g
Move to an address specified in hex.
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However, this may be slow if there are a lot of buffers in the
desktop. You can specify the maximum number of buffers to restore
immediately with the variable @code{desktop-restore-eager}; the
remaining buffers are restored ``lazily
,
'' when Emacs is idle.
remaining buffers are restored ``lazily''
,
when Emacs is idle.
@findex desktop-clear
@vindex desktop-globals-to-clear
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@cindex inferior processes under MS-DOS
@findex compile @r{(MS-DOS)}
@findex grep @r{(MS-DOS)}
Because MS-DOS is a single-process ``operating system
,
''
Because MS-DOS is a single-process ``operating system''
,
asynchronous subprocesses are not available. In particular, Shell
mode and its variants do not work. Most Emacs features that use
asynchronous subprocesses also don't work on MS-DOS, including
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With no argument, it moves to a point underneath the next
``interesting'' character that follows whitespace in the previous
nonblank line. ``Next'' here means ``appearing at a horizontal position
greater than the one point starts out at
.
'' With an argument, as in
greater than the one point starts out at''
.
With an argument, as in
@kbd{C-u M-@key{TAB}}, this command moves to the next such interesting
character in the current line. @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} does not change the
text; it only moves point. ``Interesting'' characters are defined by
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