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@setfilename ../../info/emacs-xtra
@settitle Specialized Emacs Features
+@c Merge all functions, variables, and keys into the concept index.
@syncodeindex fn cp
@syncodeindex vr cp
@syncodeindex ky cp
@copying
This manual describes specialized features of Emacs.
-Copyright @copyright{} 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2004-2011
+Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU
Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
License'' in the Emacs manual.
-(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
-this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
-Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
+(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to copy and
+modify this GNU manual. Buying copies from the FSF supports it in
+developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''
This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free
Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document
audience, such as Elisp authors. This should be clearly pointed out
at the beginning of these sections.
-Certain packages, or collections of related features, have their own
-manuals, separate from the main Emacs User's manual. This manual is
+@c Note to authors - you need to be careful about cross-references to
+@c topics in the Emacs manual. As a printed document, the xtra files
+@c are separate from the Emacs manual; but as an info document, they
+@c are part of the Emacs manual. Hence you need to use something like:
+@c @iftex
+@c @ref{Comparing Files,,, emacs, the Emacs Manual},
+@c @end iftex
+@c @ifnottex
+@c @ref{Comparing Files},
+@c @end ifnottex
+
+Certain packages (or collections of related features) have their own
+manuals, separate from the main Emacs manual. This manual is
intended as a complement, rather than an alternative, to reading those
-additional manuals; in a nutshell, it is a collection of smaller
-specialized features, too small or too obscure to justify their own
-manual.
+additional manuals. In a nutshell, it is a collection of smaller
+specialized features (or extra detail about standard features), too
+small or too obscure to justify their own manual, or inclusion in the
+printed Emacs manual. The chapters in this manual are, however,
+included (at the relevant places) in the main Emacs manual when it is
+formatted as an Info document.
Sections intended specifically for Elisp programmers can follow the
style of the Elisp manual. Other sections should follow the style of
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