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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
6451 | 4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @setfilename ../info/modes | |
6 @node Modes, Documentation, Keymaps, Top | |
7 @chapter Major and Minor Modes | |
8 @cindex mode | |
9 | |
10 A @dfn{mode} is a set of definitions that customize Emacs and can be | |
11 turned on and off while you edit. There are two varieties of modes: | |
12 @dfn{major modes}, which are mutually exclusive and used for editing | |
13 particular kinds of text, and @dfn{minor modes}, which provide features | |
14 that users can enable individually. | |
15 | |
16 This chapter describes how to write both major and minor modes, how to | |
17 indicate them in the mode line, and how they run hooks supplied by the | |
18 user. For related topics such as keymaps and syntax tables, see | |
19 @ref{Keymaps}, and @ref{Syntax Tables}. | |
20 | |
21 @menu | |
22 * Major Modes:: Defining major modes. | |
23 * Minor Modes:: Defining minor modes. | |
24 * Mode Line Format:: Customizing the text that appears in the mode line. | |
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25 * Imenu:: How a mode can provide a menu |
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26 of definitions in the buffer. |
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27 * Font Lock Mode:: How modes can highlight text according to syntax. |
6451 | 28 * Hooks:: How to use hooks; how to write code that provides hooks. |
29 @end menu | |
30 | |
31 @node Major Modes | |
32 @section Major Modes | |
33 @cindex major mode | |
34 @cindex Fundamental mode | |
35 | |
36 Major modes specialize Emacs for editing particular kinds of text. | |
37 Each buffer has only one major mode at a time. | |
38 | |
39 The least specialized major mode is called @dfn{Fundamental mode}. | |
40 This mode has no mode-specific definitions or variable settings, so each | |
41 Emacs command behaves in its default manner, and each option is in its | |
42 default state. All other major modes redefine various keys and options. | |
43 For example, Lisp Interaction mode provides special key bindings for | |
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44 @kbd{C-j} (@code{eval-print-last-sexp}), @key{TAB} |
6451 | 45 (@code{lisp-indent-line}), and other keys. |
46 | |
47 When you need to write several editing commands to help you perform a | |
48 specialized editing task, creating a new major mode is usually a good | |
49 idea. In practice, writing a major mode is easy (in contrast to | |
50 writing a minor mode, which is often difficult). | |
51 | |
52 If the new mode is similar to an old one, it is often unwise to modify | |
53 the old one to serve two purposes, since it may become harder to use and | |
54 maintain. Instead, copy and rename an existing major mode definition | |
55 and alter the copy---or define a @dfn{derived mode} (@pxref{Derived | |
56 Modes}). For example, Rmail Edit mode, which is in | |
25875 | 57 @file{emacs/lisp/mail/rmailedit.el}, is a major mode that is very similar to |
58 Text mode except that it provides two additional commands. Its | |
59 definition is distinct from that of Text mode, but uses that of Text mode. | |
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61 Rmail Edit mode offers an example of changing the major mode |
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62 temporarily for a buffer, so it can be edited in a different way (with |
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63 ordinary Emacs commands rather than Rmail commands). In such cases, the |
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64 temporary major mode usually provides a command to switch back to the |
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65 buffer's usual mode (Rmail mode, in this case). You might be tempted to |
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66 present the temporary redefinitions inside a recursive edit and restore |
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67 the usual ones when the user exits; but this is a bad idea because it |
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68 constrains the user's options when it is done in more than one buffer: |
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69 recursive edits must be exited most-recently-entered first. Using an |
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70 alternative major mode avoids this limitation. @xref{Recursive |
6451 | 71 Editing}. |
72 | |
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73 The standard GNU Emacs Lisp library directory tree contains the code |
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74 for several major modes, in files such as @file{text-mode.el}, |
6451 | 75 @file{texinfo.el}, @file{lisp-mode.el}, @file{c-mode.el}, and |
25875 | 76 @file{rmail.el}. They are found in various subdirectories of the |
77 @file{lisp} directory. You can study these libraries to see how modes | |
78 are written. Text mode is perhaps the simplest major mode aside from | |
6451 | 79 Fundamental mode. Rmail mode is a complicated and specialized mode. |
80 | |
81 @menu | |
82 * Major Mode Conventions:: Coding conventions for keymaps, etc. | |
83 * Example Major Modes:: Text mode and Lisp modes. | |
84 * Auto Major Mode:: How Emacs chooses the major mode automatically. | |
85 * Mode Help:: Finding out how to use a mode. | |
86 * Derived Modes:: Defining a new major mode based on another major | |
87 mode. | |
88 @end menu | |
89 | |
90 @node Major Mode Conventions | |
91 @subsection Major Mode Conventions | |
92 | |
93 The code for existing major modes follows various coding conventions, | |
94 including conventions for local keymap and syntax table initialization, | |
95 global names, and hooks. Please follow these conventions when you | |
96 define a new major mode: | |
97 | |
98 @itemize @bullet | |
99 @item | |
100 Define a command whose name ends in @samp{-mode}, with no arguments, | |
101 that switches to the new mode in the current buffer. This command | |
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102 should set up the keymap, syntax table, and buffer-local variables in an |
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103 existing buffer, without changing the buffer's contents. |
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105 @item | |
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106 Write a documentation string for this command that describes the |
6451 | 107 special commands available in this mode. @kbd{C-h m} |
108 (@code{describe-mode}) in your mode will display this string. | |
109 | |
110 The documentation string may include the special documentation | |
111 substrings, @samp{\[@var{command}]}, @samp{\@{@var{keymap}@}}, and | |
24934 | 112 @samp{\<@var{keymap}>}, which enable the documentation to adapt |
6451 | 113 automatically to the user's own key bindings. @xref{Keys in |
114 Documentation}. | |
115 | |
116 @item | |
117 The major mode command should start by calling | |
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118 @code{kill-all-local-variables}. This is what gets rid of the |
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119 buffer-local variables of the major mode previously in effect. |
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121 @item | |
122 The major mode command should set the variable @code{major-mode} to the | |
123 major mode command symbol. This is how @code{describe-mode} discovers | |
124 which documentation to print. | |
125 | |
126 @item | |
127 The major mode command should set the variable @code{mode-name} to the | |
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128 ``pretty'' name of the mode, as a string. This string appears in the |
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129 mode line. |
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131 @item | |
132 @cindex functions in modes | |
133 Since all global names are in the same name space, all the global | |
134 variables, constants, and functions that are part of the mode should | |
135 have names that start with the major mode name (or with an abbreviation | |
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136 of it if the name is long). @xref{Coding Conventions}. |
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138 @item | |
139 @cindex keymaps in modes | |
140 The major mode should usually have its own keymap, which is used as the | |
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141 local keymap in all buffers in that mode. The major mode command should |
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142 call @code{use-local-map} to install this local map. @xref{Active |
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143 Keymaps}, for more information. |
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145 This keymap should be stored permanently in a global variable named |
6451 | 146 @code{@var{modename}-mode-map}. Normally the library that defines the |
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149 @xref{Tips for Defining}, for advice about how to write the code to set |
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150 up the mode's keymap variable. |
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153 The key sequences bound in a major mode keymap should usually start with |
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154 @kbd{C-c}, followed by a control character, a digit, or @kbd{@{}, |
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155 @kbd{@}}, @kbd{<}, @kbd{>}, @kbd{:} or @kbd{;}. The other punctuation |
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156 characters are reserved for minor modes, and ordinary letters are |
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157 reserved for users. |
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159 It is reasonable for a major mode to rebind a key sequence with a |
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160 standard meaning, if it implements a command that does ``the same job'' |
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161 in a way that fits the major mode better. For example, a major mode for |
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162 editing a programming language might redefine @kbd{C-M-a} to ``move to |
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163 the beginning of a function'' in a way that works better for that |
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166 Major modes such as Dired or Rmail that do not allow self-insertion of |
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167 text can reasonably redefine letters and other printing characters as |
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168 editing commands. Dired and Rmail both do this. |
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170 @item |
6451 | 171 @cindex syntax tables in modes |
172 The mode may have its own syntax table or may share one with other | |
173 related modes. If it has its own syntax table, it should store this in | |
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174 a variable named @code{@var{modename}-mode-syntax-table}. @xref{Syntax |
6451 | 175 Tables}. |
176 | |
177 @item | |
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178 If the mode handles a language that has a syntax for comments, it should |
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179 set the variables that define the comment syntax. @xref{Options for |
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180 Comments,, Options Controlling Comments, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. |
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182 @item |
6451 | 183 @cindex abbrev tables in modes |
184 The mode may have its own abbrev table or may share one with other | |
185 related modes. If it has its own abbrev table, it should store this in | |
186 a variable named @code{@var{modename}-mode-abbrev-table}. @xref{Abbrev | |
187 Tables}. | |
188 | |
189 @item | |
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190 The mode should specify how to do highlighting for Font Lock mode, by |
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191 setting up a buffer-local value for the variable |
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192 @code{font-lock-defaults} (@pxref{Font Lock Mode}). |
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195 The mode should specify how Imenu should find the definitions or |
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196 sections of a buffer, by setting up a buffer-local value for the |
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197 variable @code{imenu-generic-expression} or |
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198 @code{imenu-create-index-function} (@pxref{Imenu}). |
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200 @item |
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201 Use @code{defvar} or @code{defcustom} to set mode-related variables, so |
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202 that they are not reinitialized if they already have a value. (Such |
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203 reinitialization could discard customizations made by the user.) |
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6451 | 206 @cindex buffer-local variables in modes |
207 To make a buffer-local binding for an Emacs customization variable, use | |
208 @code{make-local-variable} in the major mode command, not | |
209 @code{make-variable-buffer-local}. The latter function would make the | |
210 variable local to every buffer in which it is subsequently set, which | |
211 would affect buffers that do not use this mode. It is undesirable for a | |
212 mode to have such global effects. @xref{Buffer-Local Variables}. | |
213 | |
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215 @code{make-variable-buffer-local} in a Lisp package is for a variable | |
216 which is used only within that package. Using it on a variable used by | |
217 other packages would interfere with them. | |
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219 @item | |
220 @cindex mode hook | |
221 @cindex major mode hook | |
222 Each major mode should have a @dfn{mode hook} named | |
223 @code{@var{modename}-mode-hook}. The major mode command should run that | |
224 hook, with @code{run-hooks}, as the very last thing it | |
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225 does. @xref{Hooks}. |
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227 @item | |
228 The major mode command may also run the hooks of some more basic modes. | |
229 For example, @code{indented-text-mode} runs @code{text-mode-hook} as | |
230 well as @code{indented-text-mode-hook}. It may run these other hooks | |
231 immediately before the mode's own hook (that is, after everything else), | |
232 or it may run them earlier. | |
233 | |
234 @item | |
235 If something special should be done if the user switches a buffer from | |
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239 @item | |
240 If this mode is appropriate only for specially-prepared text, then the | |
241 major mode command symbol should have a property named @code{mode-class} | |
242 with value @code{special}, put on as follows: | |
243 | |
244 @cindex @code{mode-class} property | |
245 @cindex @code{special} | |
246 @example | |
247 (put 'funny-mode 'mode-class 'special) | |
248 @end example | |
249 | |
250 @noindent | |
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253 and Buffer List use this feature. | |
254 | |
255 @item | |
256 If you want to make the new mode the default for files with certain | |
257 recognizable names, add an element to @code{auto-mode-alist} to select | |
258 the mode for those file names. If you define the mode command to | |
259 autoload, you should add this element in the same file that calls | |
260 @code{autoload}. Otherwise, it is sufficient to add the element in the | |
261 file that contains the mode definition. @xref{Auto Major Mode}. | |
262 | |
263 @item | |
264 In the documentation, you should provide a sample @code{autoload} form | |
265 and an example of how to add to @code{auto-mode-alist}, that users can | |
25875 | 266 include in their init files (@pxref{Init File}). |
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268 @item | |
269 @cindex mode loading | |
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272 Even if you never load the file more than once, someone else will. | |
273 @end itemize | |
274 | |
275 @node Example Major Modes | |
276 @subsection Major Mode Examples | |
277 | |
278 Text mode is perhaps the simplest mode besides Fundamental mode. | |
279 Here are excerpts from @file{text-mode.el} that illustrate many of | |
280 the conventions listed above: | |
281 | |
282 @smallexample | |
283 @group | |
284 ;; @r{Create mode-specific tables.} | |
285 (defvar text-mode-syntax-table nil | |
286 "Syntax table used while in text mode.") | |
287 @end group | |
288 | |
289 @group | |
290 (if text-mode-syntax-table | |
291 () ; @r{Do not change the table if it is already set up.} | |
292 (setq text-mode-syntax-table (make-syntax-table)) | |
293 (modify-syntax-entry ?\" ". " text-mode-syntax-table) | |
294 (modify-syntax-entry ?\\ ". " text-mode-syntax-table) | |
295 (modify-syntax-entry ?' "w " text-mode-syntax-table)) | |
296 @end group | |
297 | |
298 @group | |
299 (defvar text-mode-abbrev-table nil | |
300 "Abbrev table used while in text mode.") | |
301 (define-abbrev-table 'text-mode-abbrev-table ()) | |
302 @end group | |
303 | |
304 @group | |
25875 | 305 (defvar text-mode-map nil ; @r{Create a mode-specific keymap.} |
306 "Keymap for Text mode. | |
307 Many other modes, such as Mail mode, Outline mode and Indented Text mode, | |
308 inherit all the commands defined in this map.") | |
6451 | 309 |
310 (if text-mode-map | |
311 () ; @r{Do not change the keymap if it is already set up.} | |
312 (setq text-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap)) | |
25875 | 313 (define-key text-mode-map "\e\t" 'ispell-complete-word) |
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316 (define-key text-mode-map "\eS" 'center-paragraph)) | |
317 @end group | |
318 @end smallexample | |
319 | |
320 Here is the complete major mode function definition for Text mode: | |
321 | |
322 @smallexample | |
323 @group | |
324 (defun text-mode () | |
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327 @end group | |
328 @group | |
329 Turning on text-mode runs the hook `text-mode-hook'." | |
330 (interactive) | |
331 (kill-all-local-variables) | |
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338 @group | |
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344 (setq indent-line-function 'indent-relative-maybe) | |
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6451 | 349 (run-hooks 'text-mode-hook)) ; @r{Finally, this permits the user to} |
350 ; @r{customize the mode with a hook.} | |
351 @end group | |
352 @end smallexample | |
353 | |
354 @cindex @file{lisp-mode.el} | |
355 The three Lisp modes (Lisp mode, Emacs Lisp mode, and Lisp | |
356 Interaction mode) have more features than Text mode and the code is | |
357 correspondingly more complicated. Here are excerpts from | |
358 @file{lisp-mode.el} that illustrate how these modes are written. | |
359 | |
360 @cindex syntax table example | |
361 @smallexample | |
362 @group | |
363 ;; @r{Create mode-specific table variables.} | |
364 (defvar lisp-mode-syntax-table nil "") | |
365 (defvar emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table nil "") | |
366 (defvar lisp-mode-abbrev-table nil "") | |
367 @end group | |
368 | |
369 @group | |
370 (if (not emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table) ; @r{Do not change the table} | |
371 ; @r{if it is already set.} | |
372 (let ((i 0)) | |
373 (setq emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table (make-syntax-table)) | |
374 @end group | |
375 | |
376 @group | |
377 ;; @r{Set syntax of chars up to 0 to class of chars that are} | |
378 ;; @r{part of symbol names but not words.} | |
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381 (modify-syntax-entry i "_ " emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table) | |
382 (setq i (1+ i))) | |
383 @dots{} | |
384 @end group | |
385 @group | |
386 ;; @r{Set the syntax for other characters.} | |
387 (modify-syntax-entry ? " " emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table) | |
388 (modify-syntax-entry ?\t " " emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table) | |
389 @dots{} | |
390 @end group | |
391 @group | |
392 (modify-syntax-entry ?\( "() " emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table) | |
393 (modify-syntax-entry ?\) ")( " emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table) | |
394 @dots{})) | |
395 ;; @r{Create an abbrev table for lisp-mode.} | |
396 (define-abbrev-table 'lisp-mode-abbrev-table ()) | |
397 @end group | |
398 @end smallexample | |
399 | |
400 Much code is shared among the three Lisp modes. The following | |
401 function sets various variables; it is called by each of the major Lisp | |
402 mode functions: | |
403 | |
404 @smallexample | |
405 @group | |
406 (defun lisp-mode-variables (lisp-syntax) | |
407 (cond (lisp-syntax | |
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412 @end smallexample | |
413 | |
414 Functions such as @code{forward-paragraph} use the value of the | |
415 @code{paragraph-start} variable. Since Lisp code is different from | |
416 ordinary text, the @code{paragraph-start} variable needs to be set | |
417 specially to handle Lisp. Also, comments are indented in a special | |
418 fashion in Lisp and the Lisp modes need their own mode-specific | |
419 @code{comment-indent-function}. The code to set these variables is the | |
420 rest of @code{lisp-mode-variables}. | |
421 | |
422 @smallexample | |
423 @group | |
424 (make-local-variable 'paragraph-start) | |
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429 @end group | |
430 @group | |
431 (make-local-variable 'comment-indent-function) | |
432 (setq comment-indent-function 'lisp-comment-indent)) | |
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435 @end smallexample | |
436 | |
437 Each of the different Lisp modes has a slightly different keymap. For | |
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442 @smallexample | |
443 @group | |
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445 "Keymap for commands shared by all sorts of Lisp modes.") |
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454 @end smallexample | |
455 | |
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459 @smallexample | |
460 @group | |
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6451 | 470 @end group |
471 @end smallexample | |
472 | |
473 Finally, here is the complete major mode function definition for | |
24934 | 474 Lisp mode. |
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476 @smallexample | |
477 @group | |
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479 "Major mode for editing Lisp code for Lisps other than GNU Emacs Lisp. |
6451 | 480 Commands: |
481 Delete converts tabs to spaces as it moves back. | |
482 Blank lines separate paragraphs. Semicolons start comments. | |
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6451 | 491 (interactive) |
492 (kill-all-local-variables) | |
493 @end group | |
494 @group | |
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495 (use-local-map lisp-mode-map) ; @r{Select the mode's keymap.} |
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496 (setq major-mode 'lisp-mode) ; @r{This is how @code{describe-mode}} |
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506 @end group | |
507 @end smallexample | |
508 | |
509 @node Auto Major Mode | |
510 @subsection How Emacs Chooses a Major Mode | |
511 | |
512 Based on information in the file name or in the file itself, Emacs | |
513 automatically selects a major mode for the new buffer when a file is | |
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516 @deffn Command fundamental-mode | |
517 Fundamental mode is a major mode that is not specialized for anything | |
518 in particular. Other major modes are defined in effect by comparison | |
519 with this one---their definitions say what to change, starting from | |
520 Fundamental mode. The @code{fundamental-mode} function does @emph{not} | |
521 run any hooks; you're not supposed to customize it. (If you want Emacs | |
522 to behave differently in Fundamental mode, change the @emph{global} | |
523 state of Emacs.) | |
524 @end deffn | |
525 | |
526 @deffn Command normal-mode &optional find-file | |
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529 then it runs @code{hack-local-variables} to parse, and bind or | |
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6451 | 541 @var{find-file} is normally @code{nil}. In this case, |
542 @code{normal-mode} unconditionally processes any local variables list. | |
543 | |
544 @cindex file mode specification error | |
12098 | 545 @code{normal-mode} uses @code{condition-case} around the call to the |
6451 | 546 major mode function, so errors are caught and reported as a @samp{File |
547 mode specification error}, followed by the original error message. | |
548 @end deffn | |
549 | |
550 @defopt enable-local-variables | |
551 This variable controls processing of local variables lists in files | |
552 being visited. A value of @code{t} means process the local variables | |
553 lists unconditionally; @code{nil} means ignore them; anything else means | |
554 ask the user what to do for each file. The default value is @code{t}. | |
555 @end defopt | |
556 | |
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558 This variable holds a list of variables that should not be | |
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12098 | 560 for one of these variables is ignored. |
561 @end defvar | |
562 | |
563 In addition to this list, any variable whose name has a non-@code{nil} | |
564 @code{risky-local-variable} property is also ignored. | |
565 | |
6451 | 566 @defopt enable-local-eval |
567 This variable controls processing of @samp{Eval:} in local variables | |
568 lists in files being visited. A value of @code{t} means process them | |
569 unconditionally; @code{nil} means ignore them; anything else means ask | |
570 the user what to do for each file. The default value is @code{maybe}. | |
571 @end defopt | |
572 | |
573 @defun set-auto-mode | |
574 @cindex visited file mode | |
575 This function selects the major mode that is appropriate for the | |
576 current buffer. It may base its decision on the value of the @w{@samp{-*-}} | |
12888 | 577 line, on the visited file name (using @code{auto-mode-alist}), on the |
578 @w{@samp{#!}} line (using @code{interpreter-mode-alist}), or on the | |
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6451 | 580 the @samp{mode:} local variable near the end of a file; the |
581 @code{hack-local-variables} function does that. @xref{Choosing Modes, , | |
582 How Major Modes are Chosen, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. | |
583 @end defun | |
584 | |
585 @defopt default-major-mode | |
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588 | |
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6451 | 592 property with value @code{special}, then it is not used for new buffers; |
593 Fundamental mode is used instead. The modes that have this property are | |
594 those such as Dired and Rmail that are useful only with text that has | |
595 been specially prepared. | |
596 @end defopt | |
597 | |
12067 | 598 @defun set-buffer-major-mode buffer |
599 This function sets the major mode of @var{buffer} to the value of | |
600 @code{default-major-mode}. If that variable is @code{nil}, it uses | |
601 the current buffer's major mode (if that is suitable). | |
602 | |
603 The low-level primitives for creating buffers do not use this function, | |
12098 | 604 but medium-level commands such as @code{switch-to-buffer} and |
605 @code{find-file-noselect} use it whenever they create buffers. | |
12067 | 606 @end defun |
607 | |
6451 | 608 @defvar initial-major-mode |
609 @cindex @samp{*scratch*} | |
610 The value of this variable determines the major mode of the initial | |
611 @samp{*scratch*} buffer. The value should be a symbol that is a major | |
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6451 | 613 @end defvar |
614 | |
615 @defvar auto-mode-alist | |
616 This variable contains an association list of file name patterns | |
617 (regular expressions; @pxref{Regular Expressions}) and corresponding | |
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622 | |
623 For example, | |
624 | |
625 @smallexample | |
626 @group | |
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631 @group | |
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636 @end group | |
637 @end smallexample | |
638 | |
639 When you visit a file whose expanded file name (@pxref{File Name | |
640 Expansion}) matches a @var{regexp}, @code{set-auto-mode} calls the | |
641 corresponding @var{mode-function}. This feature enables Emacs to select | |
642 the proper major mode for most files. | |
643 | |
644 If an element of @code{auto-mode-alist} has the form @code{(@var{regexp} | |
645 @var{function} t)}, then after calling @var{function}, Emacs searches | |
646 @code{auto-mode-alist} again for a match against the portion of the file | |
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652 Here is an example of how to prepend several pattern pairs to | |
653 @code{auto-mode-alist}. (You might use this sort of expression in your | |
25875 | 654 init file.) |
6451 | 655 |
656 @smallexample | |
657 @group | |
658 (setq auto-mode-alist | |
659 (append | |
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667 @end group | |
668 @end smallexample | |
669 @end defvar | |
670 | |
671 @defvar interpreter-mode-alist | |
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672 This variable specifies major modes to use for scripts that specify a |
24934 | 673 command interpreter in a @samp{#!} line. Its value is a list of |
6451 | 674 elements of the form @code{(@var{interpreter} . @var{mode})}; for |
675 example, @code{("perl" . perl-mode)} is one element present by default. | |
676 The element says to use mode @var{mode} if the file specifies | |
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6451 | 682 @end defvar |
683 | |
684 @defun hack-local-variables &optional force | |
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691 @code{normal-mode}. |
6451 | 692 @end defun |
693 | |
694 @node Mode Help | |
695 @subsection Getting Help about a Major Mode | |
696 @cindex mode help | |
697 @cindex help for major mode | |
698 @cindex documentation for major mode | |
699 | |
700 The @code{describe-mode} function is used to provide information | |
701 about major modes. It is normally called with @kbd{C-h m}. The | |
702 @code{describe-mode} function uses the value of @code{major-mode}, | |
703 which is why every major mode function needs to set the | |
704 @code{major-mode} variable. | |
705 | |
706 @deffn Command describe-mode | |
707 This function displays the documentation of the current major mode. | |
708 | |
709 The @code{describe-mode} function calls the @code{documentation} | |
710 function using the value of @code{major-mode} as an argument. Thus, it | |
711 displays the documentation string of the major mode function. | |
712 (@xref{Accessing Documentation}.) | |
713 @end deffn | |
714 | |
715 @defvar major-mode | |
716 This variable holds the symbol for the current buffer's major mode. | |
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6451 | 720 mode. |
721 @end defvar | |
722 | |
723 @node Derived Modes | |
724 @subsection Defining Derived Modes | |
725 | |
726 It's often useful to define a new major mode in terms of an existing | |
727 one. An easy way to do this is to use @code{define-derived-mode}. | |
728 | |
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734 @var{parent}, then override certain aspects of that parent mode: |
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736 @itemize @bullet | |
737 @item | |
738 The new mode has its own keymap, named @code{@var{variant}-map}. | |
739 @code{define-derived-mode} initializes this map to inherit from | |
740 @code{@var{parent}-map}, if it is not already set. | |
741 | |
742 @item | |
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6451 | 744 @code{@var{variant}-syntax-table}. |
745 @code{define-derived-mode} initializes this variable by copying | |
746 @code{@var{parent}-syntax-table}, if it is not already set. | |
747 | |
748 @item | |
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749 The new mode has its own abbrev table, kept in the variable |
6451 | 750 @code{@var{variant}-abbrev-table}. |
751 @code{define-derived-mode} initializes this variable by copying | |
752 @code{@var{parent}-abbrev-table}, if it is not already set. | |
753 | |
754 @item | |
755 The new mode has its own mode hook, @code{@var{variant}-hook}, | |
756 which it runs in standard fashion as the very last thing that it does. | |
757 (The new mode also runs the mode hook of @var{parent} as part | |
758 of calling @var{parent}.) | |
759 @end itemize | |
760 | |
761 In addition, you can specify how to override other aspects of | |
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6451 | 763 evaluates the forms in @var{body} after setting up all its usual |
764 overrides, just before running @code{@var{variant}-hook}. | |
765 | |
766 The argument @var{docstring} specifies the documentation string for the | |
767 new mode. If you omit @var{docstring}, @code{define-derived-mode} | |
768 generates a documentation string. | |
769 | |
770 Here is a hypothetical example: | |
771 | |
772 @example | |
773 (define-derived-mode hypertext-mode | |
774 text-mode "Hypertext" | |
775 "Major mode for hypertext. | |
776 \\@{hypertext-mode-map@}" | |
777 (setq case-fold-search nil)) | |
778 | |
779 (define-key hypertext-mode-map | |
780 [down-mouse-3] 'do-hyper-link) | |
781 @end example | |
782 @end defmac | |
783 | |
784 @node Minor Modes | |
785 @section Minor Modes | |
786 @cindex minor mode | |
787 | |
788 A @dfn{minor mode} provides features that users may enable or disable | |
789 independently of the choice of major mode. Minor modes can be enabled | |
790 individually or in combination. Minor modes would be better named | |
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798 of the things major modes do. | |
799 | |
800 A minor mode is often much more difficult to implement than a major | |
801 mode. One reason is that you should be able to activate and deactivate | |
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806 Often the biggest problem in implementing a minor mode is finding a | |
807 way to insert the necessary hook into the rest of Emacs. Minor mode | |
12098 | 808 keymaps make this easier than it used to be. |
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810 @menu | |
811 * Minor Mode Conventions:: Tips for writing a minor mode. | |
812 * Keymaps and Minor Modes:: How a minor mode can have its own keymap. | |
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815 | |
816 @node Minor Mode Conventions | |
817 @subsection Conventions for Writing Minor Modes | |
818 @cindex minor mode conventions | |
819 @cindex conventions for writing minor modes | |
820 | |
821 There are conventions for writing minor modes just as there are for | |
822 major modes. Several of the major mode conventions apply to minor | |
823 modes as well: those regarding the name of the mode initialization | |
824 function, the names of global symbols, and the use of keymaps and | |
825 other tables. | |
826 | |
827 In addition, there are several conventions that are specific to | |
828 minor modes. | |
829 | |
830 @itemize @bullet | |
831 @item | |
832 @cindex mode variable | |
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842 This variable is used in conjunction with the @code{minor-mode-alist} to | |
843 display the minor mode name in the mode line. It can also enable | |
844 or disable a minor mode keymap. Individual commands or hooks can also | |
845 check the variable's value. | |
846 | |
847 If you want the minor mode to be enabled separately in each buffer, | |
848 make the variable buffer-local. | |
849 | |
850 @item | |
851 Define a command whose name is the same as the mode variable. | |
852 Its job is to enable and disable the mode by setting the variable. | |
853 | |
854 The command should accept one optional argument. If the argument is | |
855 @code{nil}, it should toggle the mode (turn it on if it is off, and off | |
856 if it is on). Otherwise, it should turn the mode on if the argument is | |
857 a positive integer, a symbol other than @code{nil} or @code{-}, or a | |
858 list whose @sc{car} is such an integer or symbol; it should turn the | |
859 mode off otherwise. | |
860 | |
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862 It shows the use of @code{transient-mark-mode} as a variable that enables or | |
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866 @smallexample | |
867 @group | |
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869 (if (null arg) (not transient-mark-mode) | |
6451 | 870 (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0))) |
871 @end group | |
872 @end smallexample | |
873 | |
874 @item | |
875 Add an element to @code{minor-mode-alist} for each minor mode | |
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879 @smallexample | |
880 (@var{mode-variable} @var{string}) | |
881 @end smallexample | |
882 | |
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885 to represent the mode in the mode line. These strings must be short so | |
886 that there is room for several of them at once. | |
887 | |
888 When you add an element to @code{minor-mode-alist}, use @code{assq} to | |
889 check for an existing element, to avoid duplication. For example: | |
890 | |
891 @smallexample | |
892 @group | |
25875 | 893 (unless (assq 'leif-mode minor-mode-alist) |
894 (setq minor-mode-alist | |
895 (cons '(leif-mode " Leif") minor-mode-alist))) | |
896 @end group | |
897 @end smallexample | |
898 | |
899 @noindent | |
900 or like this, using @code{add-to-list} (@pxref{Setting Variables}): | |
901 | |
902 @smallexample | |
903 @group | |
904 (add-to-list 'minor-mode-alist '(leif-mode " Leif")) | |
6451 | 905 @end group |
906 @end smallexample | |
907 @end itemize | |
908 | |
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921 the library that defines the mode. This will copy suitable definitions |
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923 enable the mode. For example: |
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925 @smallexample |
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926 @group |
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928 ;;;###autoload |
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929 (defcustom msb-mode nil |
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930 "Toggle msb-mode. |
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931 Setting this variable directly does not take effect; |
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939 :require 'msb) |
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941 @end smallexample |
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944 @subsection Keymaps and Minor Modes | |
945 | |
12098 | 946 Each minor mode can have its own keymap, which is active when the mode |
947 is enabled. To set up a keymap for a minor mode, add an element to the | |
948 alist @code{minor-mode-map-alist}. @xref{Active Keymaps}. | |
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950 @cindex @code{self-insert-command}, minor modes | |
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953 self-insert. In general, this is the only way to do that, since the | |
954 facilities for customizing @code{self-insert-command} are limited to | |
955 special cases (designed for abbrevs and Auto Fill mode). (Do not try | |
956 substituting your own definition of @code{self-insert-command} for the | |
957 standard one. The editor command loop handles this function specially.) | |
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960 followed by a punctuation character @emph{other than} @kbd{@{}, |
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961 @kbd{@}}, @kbd{<}, @kbd{>}, @kbd{:}, and @kbd{;}. (Those few punctuation |
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962 characters are reserved for major modes.) |
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964 @node Defining Minor Modes |
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965 @subsection Defining Minor Modes |
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968 implementing a mode in one self-contained definition. It supports only |
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972 @tindex define-minor-mode |
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973 This macro defines a new minor mode whose name is @var{mode} (a symbol). |
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974 It defines a command named @var{mode} to toggle the minor |
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975 mode, with @var{doc} as its documentation string. It also defines a |
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976 variable named @var{mode}, which is set to @code{t} or @code{nil} by |
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977 enabling or disabling the mode. The variable is initialized to |
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978 @var{init-value}. |
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982 the variable named @var{mode}. |
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988 The optional argument @var{keymap} specifies the keymap for the minor mode. |
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1035 @section Mode Line Format | |
1036 @cindex mode line | |
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6451 | 1048 information displayed in the mode line relates to the enabled major and |
1049 minor modes. | |
1050 | |
1051 @code{mode-line-format} is a buffer-local variable that holds a | |
1052 template used to display the mode line of the current buffer. All | |
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1063 (@pxref{Mode Line Variables}), or any other variables and data |
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1068 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
1069 @defun force-mode-line-update | |
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6451 | 1071 @end defun |
1072 | |
1073 The mode line is usually displayed in inverse video; see | |
1074 @code{mode-line-inverse-video} in @ref{Inverse Video}. | |
1075 | |
1076 @menu | |
1077 * Mode Line Data:: The data structure that controls the mode line. | |
1078 * Mode Line Variables:: Variables used in that data structure. | |
1079 * %-Constructs:: Putting information into a mode line. | |
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6451 | 1082 @end menu |
1083 | |
1084 @node Mode Line Data | |
1085 @subsection The Data Structure of the Mode Line | |
1086 @cindex mode line construct | |
1087 | |
1088 The mode line contents are controlled by a data structure of lists, | |
25875 | 1089 strings, symbols, and numbers kept in buffer-local variables. The data |
1090 structure is called a @dfn{mode line construct}, and it is built in | |
1091 recursive fashion out of simpler mode line constructs. The same data | |
1092 structure is used for constructing frame titles (@pxref{Frame Titles}) | |
1093 and header lines (@pxref{Header Lines}). | |
6451 | 1094 |
1095 @defvar mode-line-format | |
1096 The value of this variable is a mode line construct with overall | |
1097 responsibility for the mode line format. The value of this variable | |
1098 controls which other variables are used to form the mode line text, and | |
1099 where they appear. | |
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6451 | 1103 @end defvar |
1104 | |
1105 A mode line construct may be as simple as a fixed string of text, but | |
1106 it usually specifies how to use other variables to construct the text. | |
1107 Many of these variables are themselves defined to have mode line | |
1108 constructs as their values. | |
1109 | |
1110 The default value of @code{mode-line-format} incorporates the values | |
1111 of variables such as @code{mode-name} and @code{minor-mode-alist}. | |
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1119 The mode line can display various faces, if the strings that control |
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6451 | 1124 @table @code |
1125 @cindex percent symbol in mode line | |
1126 @item @var{string} | |
1127 A string as a mode line construct is displayed verbatim in the mode line | |
12098 | 1128 except for @dfn{@code{%}-constructs}. Decimal digits after the @samp{%} |
6451 | 1129 specify the field width for space filling on the right (i.e., the data |
1130 is left justified). @xref{%-Constructs}. | |
1131 | |
1132 @item @var{symbol} | |
1133 A symbol as a mode line construct stands for its value. The value of | |
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1138 There is one exception: if the value of @var{symbol} is a string, it is | |
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1141 @item (@var{string} @var{rest}@dots{}) @r{or} (@var{list} @var{rest}@dots{}) | |
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1146 @item (:eval @var{form}) |
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1148 @var{form}, and use the result as a string to display. |
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1156 @code{nil}, the third element, @var{else}, is processed recursively. |
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1157 You may omit @var{else}; then the mode line element displays nothing if |
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1160 @item (@var{width} @var{rest}@dots{}) | |
1161 A list whose first element is an integer specifies truncation or | |
1162 padding of the results of @var{rest}. The remaining elements | |
1163 @var{rest} are processed recursively as mode line constructs and | |
1164 concatenated together. Then the result is space filled (if | |
1165 @var{width} is positive) or truncated (to @minus{}@var{width} columns, | |
1166 if @var{width} is negative) on the right. | |
1167 | |
1168 For example, the usual way to show what percentage of a buffer is above | |
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6451 | 1170 @end table |
1171 | |
1172 If you do alter @code{mode-line-format} itself, the new value should | |
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12098 | 1176 the user or by Lisp programs (such as @code{display-time} and major |
1177 modes) via changes to those variables remain effective. | |
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1179 @cindex Shell mode @code{mode-line-format} | |
1180 Here is an example of a @code{mode-line-format} that might be | |
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6451 | 1182 directory. |
1183 | |
1184 @example | |
1185 @group | |
1186 (setq mode-line-format | |
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1199 'default-directory | |
1200 " " | |
1201 'global-mode-string | |
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1213 "-%-")) | |
1214 @end group | |
1215 @end example | |
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1223 @subsection Variables Used in the Mode Line | |
1224 | |
1225 This section describes variables incorporated by the | |
1226 standard value of @code{mode-line-format} into the text of the mode | |
1227 line. There is nothing inherently special about these variables; any | |
1228 other variables could have the same effects on the mode line if | |
1229 @code{mode-line-format} were changed to use them. | |
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1248 Changing this variable does not force an update of the mode line. | |
1249 @end defvar | |
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6451 | 1263 @end defvar |
1264 | |
1265 @defvar global-mode-string | |
1266 This variable holds a mode line spec that appears in the mode line by | |
1267 default, just after the buffer name. The command @code{display-time} | |
1268 sets @code{global-mode-string} to refer to the variable | |
1269 @code{display-time-string}, which holds a string containing the time and | |
1270 load information. | |
1271 | |
1272 The @samp{%M} construct substitutes the value of | |
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6451 | 1275 @end defvar |
1276 | |
1277 @defvar mode-name | |
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1278 This buffer-local variable holds the ``pretty'' name of the current |
6451 | 1279 buffer's major mode. Each major mode should set this variable so that the |
1280 mode name will appear in the mode line. | |
1281 @end defvar | |
1282 | |
1283 @defvar minor-mode-alist | |
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6451 | 1285 mode line should indicate that a minor mode is active. Each element of |
1286 the @code{minor-mode-alist} should be a two-element list: | |
1287 | |
1288 @example | |
1289 (@var{minor-mode-variable} @var{mode-line-string}) | |
1290 @end example | |
1291 | |
1292 More generally, @var{mode-line-string} can be any mode line spec. It | |
1293 appears in the mode line when the value of @var{minor-mode-variable} is | |
1294 non-@code{nil}, and not otherwise. These strings should begin with | |
1295 spaces so that they don't run together. Conventionally, the | |
1296 @var{minor-mode-variable} for a specific mode is set to a non-@code{nil} | |
1297 value when that minor mode is activated. | |
1298 | |
1299 The default value of @code{minor-mode-alist} is: | |
1300 | |
1301 @example | |
1302 @group | |
1303 minor-mode-alist | |
12098 | 1304 @result{} ((vc-mode vc-mode) |
1305 (abbrev-mode " Abbrev") | |
1306 (overwrite-mode overwrite-mode) | |
6451 | 1307 (auto-fill-function " Fill") |
12098 | 1308 (defining-kbd-macro " Def") |
1309 (isearch-mode isearch-mode)) | |
6451 | 1310 @end group |
1311 @end example | |
1312 | |
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6451 | 1316 @end defvar |
1317 | |
1318 @defvar mode-line-process | |
1319 This buffer-local variable contains the mode line information on process | |
1320 status in modes used for communicating with subprocesses. It is | |
1321 displayed immediately following the major mode name, with no intervening | |
1322 space. For example, its value in the @samp{*shell*} buffer is | |
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25875 | 1324 with the major mode as: @samp{(Shell:run)}. Normally this variable |
6451 | 1325 is @code{nil}. |
1326 @end defvar | |
1327 | |
25875 | 1328 Some variables are used by @code{minor-mode-alist} to display |
1329 a string for various minor modes when enabled. This is a typical | |
1330 example: | |
1331 | |
1332 @defvar vc-mode | |
1333 The variable @code{vc-mode}, buffer-local in each buffer, records | |
1334 whether the buffer's visited file is maintained with version control, | |
1335 and, if so, which kind. Its value is a string that appears in the mode | |
1336 line, or @code{nil} for no version control. | |
1337 @end defvar | |
1338 | |
1339 The variable @code{default-mode-line-format} is where | |
1340 @code{mode-line-format} usually gets its value: | |
1341 | |
6451 | 1342 @defvar default-mode-line-format |
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6451 | 1344 that do not override it. This is the same as @code{(default-value |
1345 'mode-line-format)}. | |
1346 | |
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6451 | 1348 |
1349 @example | |
1350 @group | |
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1358 global-mode-string | |
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6451 | 1360 " %[(" |
25875 | 1361 ;; @r{@code{mode-line-mode-name} is a function} |
26211 | 1362 ;; @r{that copies the mode name and adds text} |
25875 | 1363 ;; @r{properties to make it mouse-sensitive.} |
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6451 | 1366 minor-mode-alist |
1367 "%n" | |
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6451 | 1374 (-3 . "%p") |
1375 "-%-") | |
1376 @end group | |
1377 @end example | |
1378 @end defvar | |
1379 | |
1380 @node %-Constructs | |
1381 @subsection @code{%}-Constructs in the Mode Line | |
1382 | |
1383 The following table lists the recognized @code{%}-constructs and what | |
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1387 @table @code | |
1388 @item %b | |
1389 The current buffer name, obtained with the @code{buffer-name} function. | |
1390 @xref{Buffer Names}. | |
1391 | |
25875 | 1392 @item %c |
1393 The current column number of point. | |
1394 | |
6451 | 1395 @item %f |
1396 The visited file name, obtained with the @code{buffer-file-name} | |
1397 function. @xref{Buffer File Name}. | |
1398 | |
12067 | 1399 @item %F |
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1403 @item %l | |
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25875 | 1407 @item %n |
1408 @samp{Narrow} when narrowing is in effect; nothing otherwise (see | |
1409 @code{narrow-to-region} in @ref{Narrowing}). | |
1410 | |
1411 @item %p | |
1412 The percentage of the buffer text above the @strong{top} of window, or | |
1413 @samp{Top}, @samp{Bottom} or @samp{All}. Note that the default | |
1414 mode-line specification truncates this to three characters. | |
1415 | |
1416 @item %P | |
1417 The percentage of the buffer text that is above the @strong{bottom} of | |
1418 the window (which includes the text visible in the window, as well as | |
1419 the text above the top), plus @samp{Top} if the top of the buffer is | |
1420 visible on screen; or @samp{Bottom} or @samp{All}. | |
1421 | |
1422 @item %s | |
1423 The status of the subprocess belonging to the current buffer, obtained with | |
1424 @code{process-status}. @xref{Process Information}. | |
1425 | |
1426 @item %t | |
1427 Whether the visited file is a text file or a binary file. This is a | |
1428 meaningful distinction only on certain operating systems (@pxref{MS-DOS | |
1429 File Types}). | |
1430 | |
6451 | 1431 @item %* |
1432 @samp{%} if the buffer is read only (see @code{buffer-read-only}); @* | |
1433 @samp{*} if the buffer is modified (see @code{buffer-modified-p}); @* | |
1434 @samp{-} otherwise. @xref{Buffer Modification}. | |
1435 | |
1436 @item %+ | |
12067 | 1437 @samp{*} if the buffer is modified (see @code{buffer-modified-p}); @* |
1438 @samp{%} if the buffer is read only (see @code{buffer-read-only}); @* | |
1439 @samp{-} otherwise. This differs from @samp{%*} only for a modified | |
1440 read-only buffer. @xref{Buffer Modification}. | |
1441 | |
1442 @item %& | |
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6451 | 1444 |
1445 @item %[ | |
1446 An indication of the depth of recursive editing levels (not counting | |
1447 minibuffer levels): one @samp{[} for each editing level. | |
1448 @xref{Recursive Editing}. | |
1449 | |
1450 @item %] | |
1451 One @samp{]} for each recursive editing level (not counting minibuffer | |
1452 levels). | |
1453 | |
25875 | 1454 @item %- |
1455 Dashes sufficient to fill the remainder of the mode line. | |
1456 | |
6451 | 1457 @item %% |
1458 The character @samp{%}---this is how to include a literal @samp{%} in a | |
1459 string in which @code{%}-constructs are allowed. | |
1460 @end table | |
1461 | |
1462 The following two @code{%}-constructs are still supported, but they are | |
1463 obsolete, since you can get the same results with the variables | |
1464 @code{mode-name} and @code{global-mode-string}. | |
1465 | |
1466 @table @code | |
1467 @item %m | |
1468 The value of @code{mode-name}. | |
1469 | |
1470 @item %M | |
1471 The value of @code{global-mode-string}. Currently, only | |
1472 @code{display-time} modifies the value of @code{global-mode-string}. | |
1473 @end table | |
1474 | |
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1476 @subsection Properties in the Mode Line |
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1525 @defvar default-header-line-format |
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1526 This variable holds the default @code{header-line-format} for buffers |
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1527 that do not override it. This is the same as @code{(default-value |
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1528 'header-line-format)}. |
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1530 It is normally @code{nil}, so that ordinary buffers have no header line. |
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1531 @end defvar |
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1534 @section Imenu |
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1536 @cindex Imenu |
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1538 section in the buffer, from a menu which lists all of them, to go |
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1539 directly to that location in the buffer. Imenu works by constructing a |
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1540 buffer index which lists the names and buffer positions of the |
25875 | 1541 definitions, or other named portions of the buffer; then the user can |
1542 choose one of them and move point to it. This section explains how to | |
1543 customize how Imenu finds the definitions or buffer portions for a | |
1544 particular major mode. | |
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1546 The usual and simplest way is to set the variable |
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1547 @code{imenu-generic-expression}: |
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1549 @defvar imenu-generic-expression |
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1550 This variable, if non-@code{nil}, specifies regular expressions for |
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1551 finding definitions for Imenu. In the simplest case, elements should |
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1552 look like this: |
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1553 |
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1554 @example |
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1555 (@var{menu-title} @var{regexp} @var{subexp}) |
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1556 @end example |
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1558 Here, if @var{menu-title} is non-@code{nil}, it says that the matches |
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1559 for this element should go in a submenu of the buffer index; |
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1560 @var{menu-title} itself specifies the name for the submenu. If |
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1561 @var{menu-title} is @code{nil}, the matches for this element go directly |
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1562 in the top level of the buffer index. |
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1563 |
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1564 The second item in the list, @var{regexp}, is a regular expression |
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1565 (@pxref{Regular Expressions}); anything in the buffer that it matches is |
25875 | 1566 considered a definition, something to mention in the buffer index. The |
1567 third item, @var{subexp}, indicates which subexpression in @var{regexp} | |
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1568 matches the definition's name. |
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1570 An element can also look like this: |
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1571 |
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1572 @example |
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1573 (@var{menu-title} @var{regexp} @var{index} @var{function} @var{arguments}@dots{}) |
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1574 @end example |
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1575 |
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1576 Each match for this element creates a special index item which, if |
25875 | 1577 selected by the user, calls @var{function} with arguments consisting of |
1578 the item name, the buffer position, and @var{arguments}. | |
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1579 |
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1580 For Emacs Lisp mode, @var{pattern} could look like this: |
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1582 @c should probably use imenu-syntax-alist and \\sw rather than [-A-Za-z0-9+] |
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1583 @example |
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1584 @group |
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1585 ((nil "^\\s-*(def\\(un\\|subst\\|macro\\|advice\\)\ |
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1586 \\s-+\\([-A-Za-z0-9+]+\\)" 2) |
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1587 @end group |
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1588 @group |
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1589 ("*Vars*" "^\\s-*(def\\(var\\|const\\)\ |
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1590 \\s-+\\([-A-Za-z0-9+]+\\)" 2) |
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1591 @end group |
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1592 @group |
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1593 ("*Types*" |
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1594 "^\\s-*\ |
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1595 (def\\(type\\|struct\\|class\\|ine-condition\\)\ |
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1596 \\s-+\\([-A-Za-z0-9+]+\\)" 2)) |
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1597 @end group |
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1598 @end example |
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1601 @end defvar |
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1603 @defvar imenu-case-fold-search |
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1604 This variable controls whether matching against |
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1605 @var{imenu-generic-expression} is case-sensitive: @code{t}, the default, |
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1606 means matching should ignore case. |
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1608 Setting this variable makes it buffer-local in the current buffer. |
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1609 @end defvar |
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1611 @defvar imenu-syntax-alist |
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1612 This variable is an alist of syntax table modifiers to use while |
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1613 processing @code{imenu-generic-expression}, to override the syntax table |
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1614 of the current buffer. Each element should have this form: |
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1616 @example |
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1617 (@var{characters} . @var{syntax-description}) |
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1618 @end example |
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1619 |
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1620 The @sc{car}, @var{characters}, can be either a character or a string. |
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1621 The element says to give that character or characters the syntax |
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1622 specified by @var{syntax-description}, which is passed to |
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1623 @code{modify-syntax-entry} (@pxref{Syntax Table Functions}). |
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1625 This feature is typically used to give word syntax to characters which |
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1626 normally have symbol syntax, and thus to simplify |
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1627 @code{imenu-generic-expression} and speed up matching. |
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1628 For example, Fortran mode uses it this way: |
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1630 @example |
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1631 (setq imenu-syntax-alist '(("_$" . "w"))) |
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1632 @end example |
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1634 The @code{imenu-generic-expression} patterns can then use @samp{\\sw+} |
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1641 @end defvar |
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1644 variables @code{imenu-prev-index-position-function} and |
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1645 @code{imenu-extract-index-name-function}: |
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1649 finds the next ``definition'' to put in the buffer index, scanning | |
1650 backward in the buffer from point. It should return @code{nil} if it | |
1651 doesn't find another ``definition'' before point. Otherwise it shuould | |
1652 leave point at the place it finds a ``definition,'' and return any | |
1653 non-@code{nil} value. | |
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1658 @defvar imenu-extract-index-name-function |
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1661 as the @code{imenu-prev-index-position-function} function would leave |
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1662 it. |
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1664 Setting this variable makes it buffer-local in the current buffer. |
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1665 @end defvar |
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1667 The last way to customize Imenu for a major mode is to set the |
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1670 @defvar imenu-create-index-function |
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1671 This variable specifies the function to use for creating a buffer index. |
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1672 The function should take no arguments, and return an index for the |
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1673 current buffer. It is called within @code{save-excursion}, so where it |
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1677 @code{imenu-generic-expression} to produce the index alist. If you |
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1678 specify a different function, then @code{imenu-generic-expression} is |
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1679 not used. |
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1681 Setting this variable makes it buffer-local in the current buffer. |
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1682 @end defvar |
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1684 @defvar imenu-index-alist |
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1685 This variable holds the index alist for the current buffer. |
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1686 Setting it makes it buffer-local in the current buffer. |
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1688 Simple elements in the alist look like @code{(@var{index-name} |
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1689 . @var{index-position})}. Selecting a simple element has the effect of |
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1690 moving to position @var{index-position} in the buffer. |
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1692 Special elements look like @code{(@var{index-name} @var{position} |
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1693 @var{function} @var{arguments}@dots{})}. Selecting a special element |
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1694 performs |
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1696 @example |
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1697 (funcall @var{function} @var{index-name} @var{position} @var{arguments}@dots{}) |
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1698 @end example |
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1700 A nested sub-alist element looks like @code{(@var{index-name} |
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1701 @var{sub-alist})}. |
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1702 @end defvar |
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1704 @node Font Lock Mode |
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1705 @section Font Lock Mode |
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1706 @cindex Font Lock Mode |
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1708 @dfn{Font Lock mode} is a feature that automatically attaches |
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1709 @code{face} properties to certain parts of the buffer based on their |
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1710 syntactic role. How it parses the buffer depends on the major mode; |
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1712 which contexts. This section explains how to customize Font Lock for a |
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1715 Font Lock mode finds text to highlight in two ways: through syntactic |
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1716 parsing based on the syntax table, and through searching (usually for |
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1717 regular expressions). Syntactic fontification happens first; it finds |
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1718 comments and string constants, and highlights them using |
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1719 @code{font-lock-comment-face} and @code{font-lock-string-face} |
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1721 |
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1722 @menu |
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1723 * Font Lock Basics:: |
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1724 * Search-based Fontification:: |
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1725 * Other Font Lock Variables:: |
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1726 * Levels of Font Lock:: |
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1727 * Faces for Font Lock:: |
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1728 * Syntactic Font Lock:: |
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1729 @end menu |
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1730 |
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1731 @node Font Lock Basics |
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1732 @subsection Font Lock Basics |
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1733 |
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1734 There are several variables that control how Font Lock mode highlights |
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1735 text. But major modes should not set any of these variables directly. |
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1737 variable. The value assigned to this variable is used, if and when Font |
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1738 Lock mode is enabled, to set all the other variables. |
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1739 |
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1740 @defvar font-lock-defaults |
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1741 This variable is set by major modes, as a buffer-local variable, to |
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1742 specify how to fontify text in that mode. The value should look like |
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1743 this: |
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1745 @example |
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1746 (@var{keywords} @var{keywords-only} @var{case-fold} |
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1747 @var{syntax-alist} @var{syntax-begin} @var{other-vars}@dots{}) |
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1748 @end example |
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1750 The first element, @var{keywords}, indirectly specifies the value of |
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1751 @code{font-lock-keywords}. It can be a symbol, a variable whose value |
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1753 several such symbols, one for each possible level of fontification. The |
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1754 first symbol specifies how to do level 1 fontification, the second |
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1755 symbol how to do level 2, and so on. |
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1756 |
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1757 The second element, @var{keywords-only}, specifies the value of the |
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1758 variable @code{font-lock-keywords-only}. If this is non-@code{nil}, |
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1759 syntactic fontification (of strings and comments) is not performed. |
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1761 The third element, @var{case-fold}, specifies the value of |
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1762 @code{font-lock-case-fold-search}. If it is non-@code{nil}, Font Lock |
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1763 mode ignores case when searching as directed by |
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1764 @code{font-lock-keywords}. |
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1766 If the fourth element, @var{syntax-alist}, is non-@code{nil}, it should be |
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1767 a list of cons cells of the form @code{(@var{char-or-string} |
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1768 . @var{string})}. These are used to set up a syntax table for |
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1769 fontification (@pxref{Syntax Table Functions}). The resulting syntax |
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1770 table is stored in @code{font-lock-syntax-table}. |
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1772 The fifth element, @var{syntax-begin}, specifies the value of |
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1773 @code{font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function} (see below). |
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1776 @var{other-vars}. Each of these elements should have the form | |
1777 @code{(@var{variable} . @var{value})}---which means, make @var{variable} | |
1778 buffer-local and then set it to @var{value}. You can use these | |
1779 @var{other-vars} to set other variables that affect fontification, | |
1780 aside from those you can control with the first five elements. | |
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1781 @end defvar |
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1783 @node Search-based Fontification |
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1784 @subsection Search-based Fontification |
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1786 The most important variable for customizing Font Lock mode is |
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1787 @code{font-lock-keywords}. It specifies the search criteria for |
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1788 search-based fontification. |
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1790 @defvar font-lock-keywords |
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1809 Highlight all matches for @var{regexp} using |
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1819 calculating optimal regular expressions to match a number of different |
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1823 Find text by calling @var{function}, and highlight the matches |
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1824 it finds using @code{font-lock-keyword-face}. |
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1827 the search. It should return non-@code{nil} if it succeeds, and set the |
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1828 match data to describe the match that was found. |
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1833 @var{match}, specifies which subexpression of @var{matcher} should be |
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1839 ("fu\\(bar\\)" . 1) |
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1850 @example |
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1852 ;; @r{using the face which is the value of @code{fubar-face}.} |
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1853 ("fubar" . fubar-face) |
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1858 which specifies how to highlight matches found by @var{matcher}. |
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1874 If it is @code{prepend}, the face @var{facename} is added to the |
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1876 @var{facename} is added to the end of the @code{face} property. |
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2038 chosen level's symbol value is used to initialize |
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2039 @code{font-lock-keywords}. |
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2041 Here are the conventions for how to define the levels of |
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2044 @itemize @bullet |
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2045 @item |
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2046 Level 1: highlight function declarations, file directives (such as include or |
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2047 import directives), strings and comments. The idea is speed, so only |
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2048 the most important and top-level components are fontified. |
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2050 @item |
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2051 Level 2: in addition to level 1, highlight all language keywords, |
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2052 including type names that act like keywords, as well as named constant |
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2053 values. The idea is that all keywords (either syntactic or semantic) |
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2054 should be fontified appropriately. |
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2055 |
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2056 @item |
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2057 Level 3: in addition to level 2, highlight the symbols being defined in |
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2058 function and variable declarations, and all builtin function names, |
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2059 wherever they appear. |
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2060 @end itemize |
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2062 @node Faces for Font Lock |
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2063 @subsection Faces for Font Lock |
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2065 You can make Font Lock mode use any face, but several faces are |
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2066 defined specifically for Font Lock mode. Each of these symbols is both |
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2067 a face name, and a variable whose default value is the symbol itself. |
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2068 Thus, the default value of @code{font-lock-comment-face} is |
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2069 @code{font-lock-comment-face}. This means you can write |
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2070 @code{font-lock-comment-face} in a context such as |
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2071 @code{font-lock-keywords} where a face-name-valued expression is used. |
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2073 @table @code |
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2074 @item font-lock-comment-face |
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2075 @vindex font-lock-comment-face |
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2076 Used (typically) for comments. |
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2077 |
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2078 @item font-lock-string-face |
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2079 @vindex font-lock-string-face |
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2080 Used (typically) for string constants. |
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2081 |
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2082 @item font-lock-keyword-face |
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2083 @vindex font-lock-keyword-face |
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2084 Used (typically) for keywords---names that have special syntactic |
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2085 significance, like @code{for} and @code{if} in C. |
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2086 |
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2087 @item font-lock-builtin-face |
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2088 @vindex font-lock-builtin-face |
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2089 Used (typically) for built-in function names. |
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2090 |
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2091 @item font-lock-function-name-face |
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2092 @vindex font-lock-function-name-face |
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2093 Used (typically) for the name of a function being defined or declared, |
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2094 in a function definition or declaration. |
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2095 |
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2096 @item font-lock-variable-name-face |
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2097 @vindex font-lock-variable-name-face |
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2098 Used (typically) for the name of a variable being defined or declared, |
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2099 in a variable definition or declaration. |
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2101 @item font-lock-type-face |
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2102 @vindex font-lock-type-face |
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2103 Used (typically) for names of user-defined data types, |
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2104 where they are defined and where they are used. |
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2105 |
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2106 @item font-lock-constant-face |
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2107 @vindex font-lock-constant-face |
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2108 Used (typically) for constant names. |
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2109 |
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2110 @item font-lock-warning-face |
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2111 @vindex font-lock-warning-face |
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2112 Used (typically) for constructs that are peculiar, or that greatly |
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2113 change the meaning of other text. For example, this is used for |
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2114 @samp{;;;###autoload} cookies in Emacs Lisp, and for @code{#error} |
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2115 directives in C. |
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2116 @end table |
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2118 @node Syntactic Font Lock |
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2119 @subsection Syntactic Font Lock |
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2120 |
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2121 Font Lock mode can be used to update @code{syntax-table} properties |
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2122 automatically. This is useful in languages for which a single syntax |
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2123 table by itself is not sufficient. |
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2124 |
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2125 @defvar font-lock-syntactic-keywords |
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2126 This variable enables and controls syntactic Font Lock. Its value |
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2127 should be a list of elements of this form: |
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2128 |
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2129 @example |
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2130 (@var{matcher} @var{subexp} @var{syntax} @var{override} @var{laxmatch}) |
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2131 @end example |
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2132 |
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2133 The parts of this element have the same meanings as in the corresponding |
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2134 sort of element of @code{font-lock-keywords}, |
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2136 @example |
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2137 (@var{matcher} @var{subexp} @var{facename} @var{override} @var{laxmatch}) |
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2138 @end example |
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2140 However, instead of specifying the value @var{facename} to use for the |
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2141 @code{face} property, it specifies the value @var{syntax} to use for the |
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2142 @code{syntax-table} property. Here, @var{syntax} can be a variable |
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2143 whose value is a syntax table, a syntax entry of the form |
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2144 @code{(@var{syntax-code} . @var{matching-char})}, or an expression whose |
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2145 value is one of those two types. |
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2146 @end defvar |
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2149 @section Hooks | |
2150 @cindex hooks | |
2151 | |
2152 A @dfn{hook} is a variable where you can store a function or functions | |
2153 to be called on a particular occasion by an existing program. Emacs | |
2154 provides hooks for the sake of customization. Most often, hooks are set | |
25875 | 2155 up in the init file (@pxref{Init File}), but Lisp programs can set them also. |
6451 | 2156 @xref{Standard Hooks}, for a list of standard hook variables. |
2157 | |
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2158 @cindex normal hook |
6451 | 2159 Most of the hooks in Emacs are @dfn{normal hooks}. These variables |
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2165 Every major mode function is supposed to run a normal hook called the |
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2166 @dfn{mode hook} as the last step of initialization. This makes it easy |
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2168 buffer-local variable assignments already made by the mode. But hooks |
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2170 @code{suspend-hook} runs just before Emacs suspends itself |
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2171 (@pxref{Suspending Emacs}). |
6451 | 2172 |
2173 The recommended way to add a hook function to a normal hook is by | |
2174 calling @code{add-hook} (see below). The hook functions may be any of | |
2175 the valid kinds of functions that @code{funcall} accepts (@pxref{What Is | |
2176 a Function}). Most normal hook variables are initially void; | |
2177 @code{add-hook} knows how to deal with this. | |
2178 | |
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2179 @cindex abnormal hook |
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2180 If the hook variable's name does not end with @samp{-hook}, that |
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2182 documentation to see how to use the hook properly. |
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2184 If the variable's name ends in @samp{-functions} or @samp{-hooks}, |
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2185 then the value is a list of functions, but it is abnormal in that either |
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2186 these functions are called with arguments or their values are used in |
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2187 some way. You can use @code{add-hook} to add a function to the list, |
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2188 but you must take care in writing the function. (A few of these |
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2189 variables are actually normal hooks which were named before we |
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2190 established the convention of using @samp{-hook} for them.) |
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2192 If the variable's name ends in @samp{-function}, then its value |
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2193 is just a single function, not a list of functions. |
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2195 Here's an example that uses a mode hook to turn on Auto Fill mode when |
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2196 in Lisp Interaction mode: |
6451 | 2197 |
2198 @example | |
2199 (add-hook 'lisp-interaction-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill) | |
2200 @end example | |
2201 | |
2202 At the appropriate time, Emacs uses the @code{run-hooks} function to | |
12098 | 2203 run particular hooks. This function calls the hook functions that have |
2204 been added with @code{add-hook}. | |
6451 | 2205 |
25875 | 2206 @defun run-hooks &rest hookvars |
6451 | 2207 This function takes one or more hook variable names as arguments, and |
25875 | 2208 runs each hook in turn. Each argument should be a symbol that is a hook |
2209 variable. These arguments are processed in the order specified. | |
6451 | 2210 |
2211 If a hook variable has a non-@code{nil} value, that value may be a | |
2212 function or a list of functions. If the value is a function (either a | |
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2213 lambda expression or a symbol with a function definition), it is called. |
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2214 If it is a list, the elements are called, in order. The hook functions |
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2215 are called with no arguments. Nowadays, storing a single function in |
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2216 the hook variable is semi-obsolete; you should always use a list of |
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6451 | 2218 |
12098 | 2219 For example, here's how @code{emacs-lisp-mode} runs its mode hook: |
6451 | 2220 |
2221 @example | |
2222 (run-hooks 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook) | |
2223 @end example | |
2224 @end defun | |
2225 | |
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2226 @defun run-hook-with-args hook &rest args |
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2227 This function is the way to run an abnormal hook which passes arguments |
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2228 to the hook functions. It calls each of the hook functions, passing |
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2229 each of them the arguments @var{args}. |
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2230 @end defun |
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2232 @defun run-hook-with-args-until-failure hook &rest args |
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2233 This function is the way to run an abnormal hook which passes arguments |
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2234 to the hook functions, and stops as soon as any hook function fails. It |
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2235 calls each of the hook functions, passing each of them the arguments |
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2236 @var{args}, until some hook function returns @code{nil}. Then it stops, |
25875 | 2237 and returns @code{nil} if some hook function returned @code{nil}. |
2238 Otherwise it returns a non-@code{nil} value. | |
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2239 @end defun |
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2241 @defun run-hook-with-args-until-success hook &rest args |
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2243 to the hook functions, and stops as soon as any hook function succeeds. |
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2244 It calls each of the hook functions, passing each of them the arguments |
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2245 @var{args}, until some hook function returns non-@code{nil}. Then it |
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2246 stops, and returns whatever was returned by the last hook function |
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2247 that was called. |
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2248 @end defun |
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12067 | 2250 @defun add-hook hook function &optional append local |
6451 | 2251 This function is the handy way to add function @var{function} to hook |
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2252 variable @var{hook}. The argument @var{function} may be any valid Lisp |
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2253 function with the proper number of arguments. For example, |
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2255 @example | |
2256 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'my-text-hook-function) | |
2257 @end example | |
2258 | |
2259 @noindent | |
2260 adds @code{my-text-hook-function} to the hook called @code{text-mode-hook}. | |
2261 | |
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2262 You can use @code{add-hook} for abnormal hooks as well as for normal |
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2263 hooks. |
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6451 | 2265 It is best to design your hook functions so that the order in which they |
2266 are executed does not matter. Any dependence on the order is ``asking | |
2267 for trouble.'' However, the order is predictable: normally, | |
2268 @var{function} goes at the front of the hook list, so it will be | |
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2269 executed first (barring another @code{add-hook} call). If the optional |
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2270 argument @var{append} is non-@code{nil}, the new hook function goes at |
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2271 the end of the hook list and will be executed last. |
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12067 | 2273 If @var{local} is non-@code{nil}, that says to make the new hook |
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2274 function buffer-local in the current buffer. Before you can do this, you must |
12067 | 2275 make the hook itself buffer-local by calling @code{make-local-hook} |
2276 (@strong{not} @code{make-local-variable}). If the hook itself is not | |
2277 buffer-local, then the value of @var{local} makes no difference---the | |
2278 hook function is always global. | |
6451 | 2279 @end defun |
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12067 | 2281 @defun remove-hook hook function &optional local |
2282 This function removes @var{function} from the hook variable @var{hook}. | |
2283 | |
2284 If @var{local} is non-@code{nil}, that says to remove @var{function} | |
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2285 from the buffer-local hook list instead of from the global hook list. |
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2286 If the hook variable itself is not buffer-local, then the value of |
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2287 @var{local} makes no difference. |
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2291 This function makes the hook variable @code{hook} buffer-local in the |
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2292 current buffer. When a hook variable is buffer-local, it can have |
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2293 buffer-local and global hook functions, and @code{run-hooks} runs all of |
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2294 them. |
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25875 | 2296 This function works by adding @code{t} as an element of the buffer-local |
2297 value. That serves as a flag to use the hook functions listed in the default | |
2298 value of the hook variable, as well as those listed in the buffer-local value. | |
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2301 hooks---those whose callers have been updated to understand this meaning |
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12067 | 2304 Do not use @code{make-local-variable} directly for hook variables; it is |
2305 not sufficient. | |
2306 @end defun |