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@c This is an annex of the Emacs manual.
-@c Author: Daniel.Pfeiffer@Informatik.START.dbp.de, fax (+49 69) 7588-2389
-@setfilename ../../info/autotype
+@c Author: Daniel Pfeiffer <Daniel.Pfeiffer@Informatik.START.dbp.de>
+@setfilename ../../info/autotype.info
@c @node Autotypist, Picture, Abbrevs, Top
@c @chapter Features for Automatic Typing
@settitle Features for Automatic Typing
+@documentencoding UTF-8
@c @cindex text
@c @cindex selfinserting text
@c @cindex autotypist
@copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1994--1995, 1999, 2001--2013
+Copyright @copyright{} 1994--1995, 1999, 2001--2015
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
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-Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual'',
+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''.
@dircategory Emacs misc features
@direntry
-* Autotype: (autotype). Convenient features for text that you
- enter frequently in Emacs.
+* Autotype: (autotype). Convenient features for text that you enter
+ frequently in Emacs.
@end direntry
@titlepage
@code{skeleton-transformation} when that is non-@code{nil}.
@item @code{?\n}
@c ??? something seems very wrong here.
-Insert a newline and align under current line. Use newline character
-@code{?\n} to prevent alignment.
+Insert a newline and align under current line, but not if this is the
+last element of a skeleton and the newline would be inserted at end of
+line, or this is the first element and the newline would be inserted
+at beginning of line. Use newline character @code{?\n} to prevent
+alignment. Use @code{"\n"} as the first or last string element of a
+skeleton to insert a newline unconditionally.
@item @code{_}
Interesting point. When wrapping skeletons around successive regions, they are
put at these places. Point is left at first @code{_} where nothing is wrapped.
Indent line according to major mode. When following element is @code{_}, and
there is a interregion that will be wrapped here, indent that interregion.
@item @code{&}
-Logical and. Iff preceding element moved point, i.e., usually inserted
+Logical and. If preceding element moved point, i.e., usually inserted
something, do following element.
@item @code{|}
-Logical xor. Iff preceding element didn't move point, i.e., usually inserted
+Logical xor. If preceding element didn't move point, i.e., usually inserted
nothing, do following element.
@item @code{-@var{number}}
Delete preceding number characters. Depends on value of
Various characters usually appear in pairs. When, for example, you insert
an open parenthesis, no matter whether you are programming or writing prose,
you will surely enter a closing one later. By entering both at the same time
-and leaving the cursor inbetween, Emacs can guarantee you that such
+and leaving the cursor in between, Emacs can guarantee you that such
parentheses are always balanced. And if you have a non-qwerty keyboard, where
typing some of the stranger programming language symbols makes you bend your
fingers backwards, this can be quite relieving too.