@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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+@c Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1993-1995, 1997, 2000-2014
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@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
@iftex
@chapter Miscellaneous Commands
This chapter contains several brief topics that do not fit anywhere
-else: viewing ``document files'', reading Usenet news, running shell
-commands and shell subprocesses, using a single shared Emacs for
-utilities that expect to run an editor as a subprocess, printing
-hardcopy, sorting text, editing binary files, saving an Emacs session
-for later resumption, following hyperlinks, emulating other editors,
-and various diversions and amusements.
+else: reading Usenet news, viewing PDFs and other such documents, web
+browsing, running shell commands and shell subprocesses, using a
+single shared Emacs for utilities that expect to run an editor as a
+subprocess, printing, sorting text, editing binary files, saving an
+Emacs session for later resumption, recursive editing level, following
+hyperlinks, and various diversions and amusements.
@end iftex
approaches give you more flexibility to go back to unfinished tasks in
the order you choose.
+@ignore
+@c Apart from edt and viper, this is all obsolete.
+@c (Can't believe we were saying ``most other editors'' into 2014!)
+@c There seems no point having a node just for those, which both have
+@c their own manuals.
@node Emulation
@section Emulation
@cindex emulating other editors
@cindex other editors
@cindex EDT
@cindex vi
-@cindex PC key bindings
-@cindex scrolling all windows
-@cindex PC selection
-@cindex Motif key bindings
-@cindex Macintosh key bindings
@cindex WordStar
- GNU Emacs can be programmed to emulate (more or less) some other
+ GNU Emacs can be programmed to emulate (more or less) most other
editors. Standard facilities can emulate these:
@table @asis
@item vi (Berkeley editor)
@findex viper-mode
-Viper is the newest emulator for vi. It implements several levels of
+Viper is an emulator for vi. It implements several levels of
emulation; level 1 is closest to vi itself, while level 5 departs
somewhat from strict emulation to take advantage of the capabilities of
Emacs. To invoke Viper, type @kbd{M-x viper-mode}; it will guide you
@kbd{M-x wordstar-mode} provides a major mode with WordStar-like
key bindings.
@end table
+@end ignore
+
@node Hyperlinking
@section Hyperlinking and Navigation Features