* Help:: Commands for asking Emacs about its commands.
Important Text-Changing Commands
-* Mark:: The mark: how to delimit a ``region'' of text.
+* Mark:: The mark: how to delimit a "region" of text.
* Killing:: Killing (cutting) text.
* Yanking:: Recovering killed text. Moving text. (Pasting.)
+* Cut and Paste:: Clipboard and selections on graphical displays.
* Accumulating Text:: Other ways of copying text.
-* Rectangles:: Operating on the text inside a rectangle on the screen.
-* CUA Bindings:: Using @kbd{C-x}, @kbd{C-c}, @kbd{C-v} for copy
- and paste, with enhanced rectangle support.
+* Rectangles:: Operating on text in rectangular areas.
+* CUA Bindings:: Using @kbd{C-x}, @kbd{C-c}, @kbd{C-v} to kill and yank.
* Registers:: Saving a text string or a location in the buffer.
* Display:: Controlling what text is displayed.
* Search:: Finding or replacing occurrences of a string.
* Fixit:: Commands especially useful for fixing typos.
-* Keyboard Macros:: A keyboard macro records a sequence of
- keystrokes to be replayed with a single command.
+* Keyboard Macros:: Recording a sequence of keystrokes to be replayed.
Major Structures of Emacs
* Files:: All about handling files.
* International:: Using non-@acronym{ASCII} character sets.
Advanced Features
-* Major Modes:: Text mode vs. Lisp mode vs. C mode...
+* Modes:: Major and minor modes alter Emacs' basic behavior.
* Indentation:: Editing the white space at the beginnings of lines.
-* Text:: Commands and modes for editing English.
+* Text:: Commands and modes for editing human languages.
* Programs:: Commands and modes for editing programs.
* Building:: Compiling, running and debugging programs.
* Maintaining:: Features for maintaining large programs.
-* Abbrevs:: How to define text abbreviations to reduce
+* Abbrevs:: Defining text abbreviations to reduce
the number of characters you must type.
-@c AFAICS, the tex stuff generates its own index and does not use this one.
-@ifnottex
-* Picture Mode:: Editing pictures made up of characters using
- the quarter-plane screen model.
-@end ifnottex
+* Dired:: Directory and file manager.
+* Calendar/Diary:: Calendar and diary facilities.
* Sending Mail:: Sending mail in Emacs.
* Rmail:: Reading mail in Emacs.
-* Dired:: You can ``edit'' a directory to manage files in it.
-* Calendar/Diary:: The calendar and diary facilities.
+* Gnus:: A flexible mail and news reader.
* Document View:: Viewing PDF, PS and DVI files.
-* Gnus:: How to read netnews with Emacs.
* Shell:: Executing shell commands from Emacs.
-* Emacs Server:: Using Emacs as an editing server for @code{mail}, etc.
+* Emacs Server:: Using Emacs as an editing server.
* Printing:: Printing hardcopies of buffers or regions.
* Sorting:: Sorting lines, paragraphs or pages within Emacs.
-* Narrowing:: Restricting display and editing to a portion
- of the buffer.
-* Two-Column:: Splitting apart columns to edit them
- in side-by-side windows.
-* Editing Binary Files::Using Hexl mode to edit binary files.
+@ifnottex
+* Picture Mode:: Editing pictures made up of text characters.
+@end ifnottex
+* Editing Binary Files:: Editing binary files with Hexl mode.
* Saving Emacs Sessions:: Saving Emacs state from one session to the next.
-* Recursive Edit:: A command can allow you to do editing
- "within the command". This is called a
- "recursive editing level".
+* Recursive Edit:: Performing edits while "within another command".
* Emulation:: Emulating some other editors with Emacs.
* Hyperlinking:: Following links in buffers.
-* Dissociated Press:: Dissociating text for fun.
* Amusements:: Various games and hacks.
+* Packages:: Installing additional features.
* Customization:: Modifying the behavior of Emacs.
Recovery from Problems
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
---------------------------------
-Here are some other nodes which are really inferiors of the ones
+Here are some other nodes which are really subnodes of the ones
already listed, mentioned here so you can get to them in one step:
The Organization of the Screen
* Basic Help:: Asking what a character does.
* Blank Lines:: Making and deleting blank lines.
* Continuation Lines:: How Emacs displays lines too wide for the screen.
-* Position Info:: What page, line, row, or column is point on?
+* Position Info:: What line, row, or column is point on?
* Arguments:: Numeric arguments for repeating a command N times.
* Repeating:: Repeating the previous command quickly.
* Completion Example:: Examples of using completion.
* Completion Commands:: A list of completion commands.
-* Strict Completion:: Different types of completion.
+* Completion Exit:: Completion and minibuffer text submission.
+* Completion Styles:: How completion matches are chosen.
* Completion Options:: Options for completion.
Help
* Name Help:: Asking about a command, variable or function name.
* Apropos:: Asking what pertains to a given topic.
* Help Mode:: Special features of Help mode and Help buffers.
-* Library Keywords:: Finding Lisp libraries by keywords (topics).
+* Package Keywords:: Finding Lisp libraries by keywords (topics).
* Language Help:: Help relating to international language support.
* Misc Help:: Other help commands.
-* Help Files:: Commands to display pre-written help files.
+* Help Files:: Commands to display auxilliary help files.
* Help Echo:: Help on active text and tooltips (`balloon help').
The Mark and the Region
* Mark Ring:: Previous mark positions saved so you can go back there.
* Global Mark Ring:: Previous mark positions in various buffers.
* Shift Selection:: Using shifted cursor motion keys.
-* Persistent Mark:: Keeping the mark active all the time.
+* Disabled Transient Mark:: Leaving regions unhighlighted by default.
Killing and Moving Text
Yanking
-* Kill Ring:: Where killed text is stored. Basic yanking.
-* Appending Kills:: Several kills in a row all yank together.
+* Kill Ring:: Where killed text is stored.
* Earlier Kills:: Yanking something killed some time ago.
+* Appending Kills:: Several kills in a row all yank together.
+
+Killing and Yanking on Graphical Displays
+
+* Clipboard:: How Emacs interacts with the system clipboard.
+* Primary Selection:: The temporarily selected text selection.
+* Secondary Selection:: Cutting without altering point and mark.
Registers
-* RegPos:: Saving positions in registers.
-* RegText:: Saving text in registers.
-* RegRect:: Saving rectangles in registers.
-* RegConfig:: Saving window configurations in registers.
-* RegNumbers:: Numbers in registers.
-* RegFiles:: File names in registers.
-* Bookmarks:: Bookmarks are like registers, but persistent.
+* Position Registers:: Saving positions in registers.
+* Text Registers:: Saving text in registers.
+* Rectangle Registers:: Saving rectangles in registers.
+* Configuration Registers:: Saving window configurations in registers.
+* Number Registers:: Numbers in registers.
+* File Registers:: File names in registers.
+* Bookmarks:: Bookmarks are like registers, but persistent.
Controlling the Display
* Scrolling:: Commands to move text up and down in a window.
* Auto Scrolling:: Redisplay scrolls text automatically when needed.
* Horizontal Scrolling:: Moving text left and right in a window.
+* Narrowing:: Restricting display and editing to a portion
+ of the buffer.
+* View Mode:: Viewing read-only buffers.
* Follow Mode:: Follow mode lets two windows scroll as one.
* Faces:: How to change the display style using faces.
* Standard Faces:: Emacs' predefined faces.
-* Temporary Face Changes:: Commands to temporarily modify the default text face
+* Text Scale:: Increasing or decreasing text size in a buffer.
* Font Lock:: Minor mode for syntactic highlighting using faces.
* Highlight Interactively:: Tell Emacs what text to highlight.
* Fringes:: Enabling or disabling window fringes.
or else edit the search string.
* Isearch Scroll:: Scrolling during an incremental search.
* Isearch Minibuffer:: Incremental search of the minibuffer history.
-* Slow Isearch:: Incremental search features for slow terminals.
Replacement Commands
* Split Window:: New windows are made by splitting existing windows.
* Other Window:: Moving to another window or doing something to it.
* Pop Up Window:: Finding a file or buffer in another window.
-* Force Same Window:: Forcing certain buffers to appear in the selected
- window rather than in another window.
* Change Window:: Deleting windows and changing their sizes.
+* Displaying Buffers:: How Emacs picks a window for displaying a buffer.
* Window Convenience:: Convenience functions for window handling.
Frames and Graphical Displays
-* Cut and Paste:: Mouse commands for cut and paste.
+* Mouse Commands:: Moving, cutting, and pasting, with the mouse.
+* Word and Line Mouse:: Mouse commands for selecting whole words or lines.
* Mouse References:: Using the mouse to select an item from a list.
* Menu Mouse Clicks:: Mouse clicks that bring up menus.
* Mode Line Mouse:: Mouse clicks on the mode line.
* Non-Window Terminals:: Multiple frames on terminals that show only one.
* Text-Only Mouse:: Using the mouse in text-only terminals.
-Killing and Yanking on Graphical Displays
-
-* Mouse Commands:: Moving, cutting, and pasting, with the mouse.
-* Word and Line Mouse:: Mouse commands for selecting whole words or lines.
-* Cut/Paste Other App:: Transfering text between Emacs and other apps.
-* Secondary Selection:: Cutting without altering point and mark.
-* Clipboard:: Using the clipboard for selections.
-
International Character Set Support
* International Chars:: Basic concepts of multibyte characters.
to use without multibyte characters.
* Charsets:: How Emacs groups its internal character codes.
-Major Modes
+Modes
-* Choosing Modes:: How major modes are specified or chosen.
+* Major Modes:: Text mode vs. Lisp mode vs. C mode...
+* Minor Modes:: Each minor mode is a feature you can turn on
+ independently of any others.
+* Choosing Modes:: How modes are chosen when visiting files.
Indentation
* Nroff Mode:: Editing input to the formatter nroff.
* Formatted Text:: Editing formatted text directly in WYSIWYG fashion.
* Text Based Tables:: Editing text-based tables in WYSIWYG fashion.
+* Two-Column:: Splitting text columns into separate windows.
Filling Text
* Fill Prefix:: Filling paragraphs that are indented
or in a comment, etc.
* Adaptive Fill:: How Emacs can determine the fill prefix automatically.
-* Refill:: Keeping paragraphs filled.
-* Longlines:: Editing text with very long lines.
Outline Mode
* Rectangles in Picture:: Clearing and superimposing rectangles.
@end ifnottex
-Sending Mail
-
-* Mail Format:: Format of the mail being composed.
-* Mail Headers:: Details of some standard mail header fields.
-* Mail Aliases:: Abbreviating and grouping mail addresses.
-* Mail Commands:: Special commands for editing mail being composed.
-* Mail Signature:: Adding a signature to every message.
-* Mail Amusements:: Distracting the NSA; adding fortune messages.
-* Mail Methods:: Using alternative mail-composition methods.
-
-Mail Commands
-
-* Mail Sending:: Commands to send the message.
-* Header Editing:: Commands to move to header fields and edit them.
-* Citing Mail:: Quoting a message you are replying to.
-* Mail Misc:: Attachments, spell checking, etc.
-
-Reading Mail with Rmail
-
-* Rmail Basics:: Basic concepts of Rmail, and simple use.
-* Rmail Scrolling:: Scrolling through a message.
-* Rmail Motion:: Moving to another message.
-* Rmail Deletion:: Deleting and expunging messages.
-* Rmail Inbox:: How mail gets into the Rmail file.
-* Rmail Files:: Using multiple Rmail files.
-* Rmail Output:: Copying message out to files.
-* Rmail Labels:: Classifying messages by labeling them.
-* Rmail Attributes:: Certain standard labels, called attributes.
-* Rmail Reply:: Sending replies to messages you are viewing.
-* Rmail Summary:: Summaries show brief info on many messages.
-* Rmail Sorting:: Sorting messages in Rmail.
-* Rmail Display:: How Rmail displays a message; customization.
-* Rmail Coding:: How Rmail handles decoding character sets.
-* Rmail Editing:: Editing message text and headers in Rmail.
-* Rmail Digest:: Extracting the messages from a digest message.
-* Rmail Rot13:: Reading messages encoded in the rot13 code.
-* Movemail:: More details of fetching new mail.
-* Remote Mailboxes:: Retrieving mail from remote mailboxes.
-* Other Mailbox Formats:: Retrieving mail from local mailboxes in
- various formats.
-
-Summaries
-
-* Rmail Make Summary:: Making various sorts of summaries.
-* Rmail Summary Edit:: Manipulating messages from the summary.
-
Dired, the Directory Editor
* Dired Enter:: How to invoke Dired.
* Slicing:: Specifying which part of pages should be displayed.
* Conversion:: Influencing and triggering conversion.
+Sending Mail
+
+* Mail Format:: Format of the mail being composed.
+* Mail Headers:: Details of some standard mail header fields.
+* Mail Aliases:: Abbreviating and grouping mail addresses.
+* Mail Commands:: Special commands for editing mail being composed.
+* Mail Signature:: Adding a signature to every message.
+* Mail Amusements:: Distracting the NSA; adding fortune messages.
+* Mail Methods:: Using alternative mail-composition methods.
+
+Mail Commands
+
+* Mail Sending:: Commands to send the message.
+* Header Editing:: Commands to move to header fields and edit them.
+* Citing Mail:: Quoting a message you are replying to.
+* Mail Misc:: Attachments, spell checking, etc.
+
+Reading Mail with Rmail
+
+* Rmail Basics:: Basic concepts of Rmail, and simple use.
+* Rmail Scrolling:: Scrolling through a message.
+* Rmail Motion:: Moving to another message.
+* Rmail Deletion:: Deleting and expunging messages.
+* Rmail Inbox:: How mail gets into the Rmail file.
+* Rmail Files:: Using multiple Rmail files.
+* Rmail Output:: Copying message out to files.
+* Rmail Labels:: Classifying messages by labeling them.
+* Rmail Attributes:: Certain standard labels, called attributes.
+* Rmail Reply:: Sending replies to messages you are viewing.
+* Rmail Summary:: Summaries show brief info on many messages.
+* Rmail Sorting:: Sorting messages in Rmail.
+* Rmail Display:: How Rmail displays a message; customization.
+* Rmail Coding:: How Rmail handles decoding character sets.
+* Rmail Editing:: Editing message text and headers in Rmail.
+* Rmail Digest:: Extracting the messages from a digest message.
+* Rmail Rot13:: Reading messages encoded in the rot13 code.
+* Movemail:: More details of fetching new mail.
+* Remote Mailboxes:: Retrieving mail from remote mailboxes.
+* Other Mailbox Formats:: Retrieving mail from local mailboxes in
+ various formats.
+
+Rmail Summaries
+
+* Rmail Make Summary:: Making various sorts of summaries.
+* Rmail Summary Edit:: Manipulating messages from the summary.
+
Gnus
* Buffers of Gnus:: The group, summary, and article buffers.
* Goto Address mode:: Activating URLs.
* FFAP:: Finding files etc. at point.
+Emacs Lisp Packages
+
+* Package Menu:: Buffer for viewing and managing packages.
+* Package Installation:: Options for package installation.
+* Package Files:: Where packages are installed.
+
Customization
-* Minor Modes:: Each minor mode is a feature you can turn on
- independently of any others.
* Easy Customization:: Convenient way to browse and change settings.
* Variables:: Many Emacs commands examine Emacs variables
to decide what to do; by setting variables,
you can control their functioning.
-* Key Bindings:: The keymaps say what command each key runs.
- By changing them, you can "redefine keys".
-* Syntax:: The syntax table controls how words and
- expressions are parsed.
+* Key Bindings:: Keymaps say what command each key runs.
+ By changing them, you can "redefine" keys.
* Init File:: How to write common customizations in the
@file{.emacs} file.
@include windows.texi
@include frames.texi
@include mule.texi
-@include major.texi
+@include modes.texi
@include indent.texi
@include text.texi
@c Includes fortran-xtra.
@c Includes vc1-xtra, emerge-xtra.
@include maintaining.texi
@include abbrevs.texi
-@ifnottex
-@include picture-xtra.texi
-@end ifnottex
-@include sending.texi
-@include rmail.texi
@c Includes dired-xtra.
@include dired.texi
@c Includes cal-xtra.
@include calendar.texi
+@include sending.texi
+@include rmail.texi
+@c Includes picture-xtra.texi
@include misc.texi
+@include package.texi
@include custom.texi
@include trouble.texi