@setfilename ../../info/vhdl-mode.info
@settitle VHDL Mode, an Emacs mode for editing VHDL code
-@documentencoding UTF-8
+@include docstyle.texi
@c Adapted from the VHDL Mode texinfo manual version 2 by Rodney J. Whitby.
@c Adapted from the CC Mode texinfo manual by Barry A. Warsaw.
@copying
This file documents VHDL Mode, an Emacs mode for editing VHDL code.
-Copyright @copyright{} 1995--2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 Free Software
+Copyright @copyright{} 1995--2008, 2010, 2012, 2015--2016 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
pair of information (in lisp parlance, a @emph{cons cell}), where the
first part is a @dfn{syntactic symbol}, and the second part is a
@dfn{relative buffer position}. Syntactic symbols describe elements of
-VHDL code, e.g. @code{statement}, @code{comment}, @code{block-open},
+VHDL code, e.g., @code{statement}, @code{comment}, @code{block-open},
@code{block-close}, etc. @xref{Syntactic Symbols}, for a complete list
of currently recognized syntactic symbols and their semantics. Also,
the variable @code{vhdl-offsets-alist} contains the list of currently
@cindex comment only line
Syntactic component lists can contain more than one component, and
-individual syntactic compenents need not have relative buffer positions.
+individual syntactic components need not have relative buffer positions.
The most common example of this is a line that contains a @dfn{comment
only line}.
@example
@end group
@end example
-In other words, we want to change the indentation of the statments
+In other words, we want to change the indentation of the statements
inside the inverter process. Notice that the construct we want to
change starts on line 3. To change the indentation of a line, we need
to see which syntactic component affect the offset calculations for that
@findex set-offset (vhdl-)
Another variable, @code{vhdl-file-offsets}, takes an association list
similar to what is allowed in @code{vhdl-offsets-alist}. When the file is
-visited, VHDL Mode will automatically institute these offets using
+visited, VHDL Mode will automatically institute these offsets using
@code{vhdl-set-offset}. @xref{Customizing Indentation}.
-Note that file style settings (i.e. @code{vhdl-file-style}) are applied
-before file offset settings (i.e. @code{vhdl-file-offsets}).
+Note that file style settings (i.e., @code{vhdl-file-style}) are applied
+before file offset settings (i.e., @code{vhdl-file-offsets}).
@node Advanced Customizations
For most users, VHDL Mode will support their coding styles with
very little need for customizations. Usually, one of the standard
styles defined in @code{vhdl-style-alist} will do the trick. Sometimes,
-one of the syntactic symbol offsets will need to be tweeked slightly, or
+one of the syntactic symbol offsets will need to be tweaked slightly, or
perhaps @code{vhdl-basic-offset} will need to be changed. However, some
styles require a more advanced ability for customization, and one of the
real strengths of VHDL Mode is that the syntactic analysis model
@chapter Sample @file{.emacs} file
@cindex Sample @file{.emacs} file
-Most customizations can be done using the `Customize' entry in the
+Most customizations can be done using the ``Customize'' entry in the
VHDL Mode menu, which requires no editing of the .emacs file.
If you want to customize indentation, here you go: