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1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 1997, 2000, 2001 |
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3 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @node Display, Search, Registers, Top | |
6 @chapter Controlling the Display | |
7 | |
8 Since only part of a large buffer fits in the window, Emacs tries to | |
9 show a part that is likely to be interesting. Display-control commands | |
10 allow you to specify which part of the text you want to see, and how to | |
11 display it. | |
12 | |
13 @menu | |
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14 * Faces:: How to change the display style using faces. |
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15 * Font Lock:: Minor mode for syntactic highlighting using faces. |
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16 * Highlight Changes:: Using colors to show where you changed the buffer. |
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17 * Highlight Interactively:: Tell Emacs what text to highlight. |
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18 * Trailing Whitespace:: Showing possibly-spurious trailing whitespace. |
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20 * Horizontal Scrolling:: Moving text left and right in a window. | |
21 * Follow Mode:: Follow mode lets two windows scroll as one. | |
22 * Selective Display:: Hiding lines with lots of indentation. | |
23 * Optional Mode Line:: Optional mode line display features. | |
24 * Text Display:: How text characters are normally displayed. | |
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25 * Display Custom:: Information on variables for customizing display. |
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26 * Cursor Display:: Features for displaying the cursor. |
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28 | |
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29 @node Faces |
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30 @section Using Multiple Typefaces |
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31 @cindex faces |
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33 Emacs supports using multiple styles of displaying characters. Each |
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34 style is called a @dfn{face}. Each face can specify various @dfn{face |
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35 attributes}, such as the font family, the height, weight and slant of |
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36 the characters, the foreground and background color, and underlining |
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37 or overlining. A face does not have to specify all of these |
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38 attributes; often it inherits many of them from another face. |
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40 On a window system, all the Emacs face attributes are meaningful. |
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41 On a character terminal, only some of them work. Some character |
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42 terminals support inverse video, bold, and underline attributes; some |
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43 support colors. Character terminals generally do not support changing |
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44 the height and width or the font family. |
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46 Features which rely on text in multiple faces (such as Font Lock mode) |
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47 will also work on non-windowed terminals that can display more than one |
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48 face, whether by colors or underlining and emboldening. This includes |
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49 the console on GNU/Linux, an @code{xterm} which supports colors, the |
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50 MS-DOS display (@pxref{MS-DOS}), and the MS-Windows version invoked with |
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51 the @option{-nw} option. Emacs determines automatically whether the |
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52 terminal has this capability. |
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54 You control the appearance of a part of the text in the buffer by |
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55 specifying the face or faces to use for it. The style of display used |
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56 for any given character is determined by combining the attributes of |
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57 all the applicable faces specified for that character. Any attribute |
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61 Enriched mode, the mode for editing formatted text, includes several |
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62 commands and menus for specifying faces for text in the buffer. |
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63 @xref{Format Faces}, for how to specify the font for text in the |
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64 buffer. @xref{Format Colors}, for how to specify the foreground and |
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65 background color. |
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67 @cindex face colors, setting |
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68 @findex set-face-foreground |
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69 @findex set-face-background |
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70 To alter the appearance of a face, use the customization buffer. |
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71 @xref{Face Customization}. You can also use X resources to specify |
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72 attributes of particular faces (@pxref{Resources}). Alternatively, |
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73 you can change the foreground and background colors of a specific face |
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74 with @kbd{M-x set-face-foreground} and @kbd{M-x set-face-background}. |
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75 These commands prompt in the minibuffer for a face name and a color |
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76 name, with completion, and then set that face to use the specified |
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77 color. Changing the colors of the @code{default} face also changes |
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78 the foreground and background colors on all frames, both existing and |
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79 those to be created in the future. (You can also set foreground and |
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80 background colors for the current frame only; see @ref{Frame |
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83 Emacs 21 can correctly display variable-width fonts, but Emacs |
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84 commands that calculate width and indentation do not know how to |
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85 calculate variable widths. This can sometimes lead to incorrect |
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86 results when you use variable-width fonts. In particular, indentation |
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87 commands can give inconsistent results, so we recommend you avoid |
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88 variable-width fonts for editing program source code. Filling will |
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89 sometimes make lines too long or too short. We plan to address these |
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92 @findex list-faces-display |
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93 To see what faces are currently defined, and what they look like, type |
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94 @kbd{M-x list-faces-display}. It's possible for a given face to look |
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96 frame in which you type it. Here's a list of the standard defined |
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99 @table @code |
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100 @item default |
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101 This face is used for ordinary text that doesn't specify any other face. |
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102 @item mode-line |
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103 This face is used for mode lines. By default, it's drawn with shadows |
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104 for a ``raised'' effect on window systems, and drawn as the inverse of |
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105 the default face on non-windowed terminals. @xref{Display Custom}. |
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106 @item header-line |
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107 Similar to @code{mode-line} for a window's header line. Most modes |
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109 @item highlight |
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110 This face is used for highlighting portions of text, in various modes. |
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111 For example, mouse-sensitive text is highlighted using this face. |
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112 @item isearch |
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113 This face is used for highlighting Isearch matches. |
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115 This face is used for lazy highlighting of Isearch matches other than |
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116 the current one. |
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117 @item region |
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118 This face is used for displaying a selected region (when Transient Mark |
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120 @item secondary-selection |
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121 This face is used for displaying a secondary X selection (@pxref{Secondary |
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122 Selection}). |
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123 @item bold |
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124 This face uses a bold variant of the default font, if it has one. |
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125 @item italic |
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126 This face uses an italic variant of the default font, if it has one. |
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129 @item underline |
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134 @cindex fringe |
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142 @item cursor |
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145 This face determines the color of the mouse pointer. |
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147 This is the basic tool-bar face. No text appears in the tool bar, but the |
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149 @item tooltip |
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150 This face is used for tooltips. |
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151 @item menu |
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152 This face determines the colors and font of Emacs's menus. Setting the |
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153 font of LessTif/Motif menus is currently not supported; attempts to set |
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154 the font are ignored in this case. |
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158 @item variable-pitch |
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159 The basic variable-pitch face. |
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162 @cindex @code{region} face |
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163 When Transient Mark mode is enabled, the text of the region is |
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164 highlighted when the mark is active. This uses the face named |
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165 @code{region}; you can control the style of highlighting by changing the |
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166 style of this face (@pxref{Face Customization}). @xref{Transient Mark}, |
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167 for more information about Transient Mark mode and activation and |
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168 deactivation of the mark. |
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169 |
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170 One easy way to use faces is to turn on Font Lock mode. This minor |
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171 mode, which is always local to a particular buffer, arranges to |
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172 choose faces according to the syntax of the text you are editing. It |
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173 can recognize comments and strings in most languages; in several |
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175 important constructs. @xref{Font Lock}, for more information about |
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176 Font Lock mode and syntactic highlighting. |
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178 You can print out the buffer with the highlighting that appears |
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179 on your screen using the command @code{ps-print-buffer-with-faces}. |
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180 @xref{PostScript}. |
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181 |
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182 @node Font Lock |
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183 @section Font Lock mode |
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184 @cindex Font Lock mode |
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185 @cindex mode, Font Lock |
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186 @cindex syntax highlighting and coloring |
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187 |
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188 Font Lock mode is a minor mode, always local to a particular |
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189 buffer, which highlights (or ``fontifies'') using various faces |
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190 according to the syntax of the text you are editing. It can |
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191 recognize comments and strings in most languages; in several |
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193 important constructs---for example, names of functions being defined |
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194 or reserved keywords. |
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195 |
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196 @findex font-lock-mode |
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197 @findex turn-on-font-lock |
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198 The command @kbd{M-x font-lock-mode} turns Font Lock mode on or off |
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199 according to the argument, and toggles the mode when it has no argument. |
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200 The function @code{turn-on-font-lock} unconditionally enables Font Lock |
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201 mode. This is useful in mode-hook functions. For example, to enable |
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202 Font Lock mode whenever you edit a C file, you can do this: |
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204 @example |
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205 (add-hook 'c-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock) |
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206 @end example |
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208 @findex global-font-lock-mode |
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209 @vindex global-font-lock-mode |
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210 To turn on Font Lock mode automatically in all modes which support |
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211 it, customize the user option @code{global-font-lock-mode} or use the |
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212 function @code{global-font-lock-mode} in your @file{.emacs} file, like |
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213 this: |
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215 @example |
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216 (global-font-lock-mode 1) |
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217 @end example |
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218 |
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219 Font Lock mode uses several specifically named faces to do its job, |
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220 including @code{font-lock-string-face}, @code{font-lock-comment-face}, |
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221 and others. The easiest way to find them all is to use completion |
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222 on the face name in @code{set-face-foreground}. |
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224 To change the colors or the fonts used by Font Lock mode to fontify |
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225 different parts of text, just change these faces. There are |
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226 two ways to do it: |
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227 |
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228 @itemize @bullet |
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229 @item |
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230 Invoke @kbd{M-x set-face-foreground} or @kbd{M-x set-face-background} |
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231 to change the colors of a particular face used by Font Lock. |
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232 @xref{Faces}. The command @kbd{M-x list-faces-display} displays all |
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233 the faces currently known to Emacs, including those used by Font Lock. |
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235 @item |
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236 Customize the faces interactively with @kbd{M-x customize-face}, as |
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237 described in @ref{Face Customization}. |
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238 @end itemize |
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240 To get the full benefit of Font Lock mode, you need to choose a |
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241 default font which has bold, italic, and bold-italic variants; or else |
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242 you need to have a color or gray-scale screen. |
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244 @vindex font-lock-maximum-decoration |
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245 The variable @code{font-lock-maximum-decoration} specifies the |
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246 preferred level of fontification, for modes that provide multiple |
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247 levels. Level 1 is the least amount of fontification; some modes |
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293 Font Lock highlighting patterns already exist for many modes, but you |
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295 @code{font-lock-add-keywords}, to add your own highlighting patterns for |
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329 @node Highlight Interactively |
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330 @section Interactive Highlighting by Matching |
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338 cliches stand out in an article. |
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348 @item C-x w h @var{regexp} @key{RET} @var{face} @key{RET} |
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367 @cindex lines, highlighting |
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373 @kindex C-x w b |
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374 @findex hi-lock-write-interactive-patterns |
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376 at point, with comment delimiters to prevent them from changing your |
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377 program. This key binding runs the |
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378 @code{hi-lock-write-interactive-patterns} command. |
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380 These patterns will be read the next time you visit the file while |
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381 Hi-lock mode is enabled, or whenever you use the @kbd{M-x |
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382 hi-lock-find-patterns} command. |
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384 @item C-x w i |
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385 @kindex C-x w i |
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387 @vindex hi-lock-exclude-modes |
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388 Re-read regexp/face pairs in the current buffer |
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392 This command does nothing if the major mode is a member of the list |
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393 @code{hi-lock-exclude-modes}. |
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394 @end table |
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396 @node Trailing Whitespace |
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397 @section Trailing Whitespace |
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399 @cindex trailing whitespace |
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400 @cindex whitespace, trailing |
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402 It is easy to leave unnecessary spaces at the end of a line without |
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404 effect, but there are special circumstances where it matters. |
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406 You can make trailing whitespace visible on the screen by setting the |
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407 buffer-local variable @code{show-trailing-whitespace} to @code{t}. Then |
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408 Emacs displays trailing whitespace in the face |
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409 @code{trailing-whitespace}. |
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412 line. But trailing whitespace is not displayed specially if point is |
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413 at the end of the line containing the whitespace. (Doing that looks |
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414 ugly while you are typing in new text, and the location of point is |
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415 enough in that case to show you that the spaces are present.) |
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418 To delete all trailing whitespace within the current buffer's |
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419 restriction (@pxref{Narrowing}), type @kbd{M-x |
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420 delete-trailing-whitespace @key{RET}}. (This command does not remove |
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421 the form-feed characters.) |
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423 @vindex indicate-empty-lines |
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424 @vindex default-indicate-empty-lines |
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425 @cindex empty lines |
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426 Emacs can indicate empty lines at the end of the buffer with a |
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427 special bitmap on the left fringe of the window. To enable this |
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428 feature, set the buffer-local variable @code{indicate-empty-lines} to |
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429 a non-@code{nil} value. The default value of this variable is |
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430 controlled by the variable @code{default-indicate-empty-lines}; |
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431 by setting that variable, you can enable or disable this feature |
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435 @section Scrolling | |
436 | |
437 If a buffer contains text that is too large to fit entirely within a | |
438 window that is displaying the buffer, Emacs shows a contiguous portion of | |
439 the text. The portion shown always contains point. | |
440 | |
441 @cindex scrolling | |
442 @dfn{Scrolling} means moving text up or down in the window so that | |
443 different parts of the text are visible. Scrolling forward means that text | |
444 moves up, and new text appears at the bottom. Scrolling backward moves | |
445 text down and new text appears at the top. | |
446 | |
447 Scrolling happens automatically if you move point past the bottom or top | |
448 of the window. You can also explicitly request scrolling with the commands | |
449 in this section. | |
450 | |
451 @table @kbd | |
452 @item C-l | |
453 Clear screen and redisplay, scrolling the selected window to center | |
454 point vertically within it (@code{recenter}). | |
455 @item C-v | |
456 Scroll forward (a windowful or a specified number of lines) (@code{scroll-up}). | |
457 @item @key{NEXT} | |
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458 @itemx @key{PAGEDOWN} |
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460 @item M-v | |
461 Scroll backward (@code{scroll-down}). | |
462 @item @key{PRIOR} | |
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463 @itemx @key{PAGEUP} |
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465 @item @var{arg} C-l | |
466 Scroll so point is on line @var{arg} (@code{recenter}). | |
467 @item C-M-l | |
468 Scroll heuristically to bring useful information onto the screen | |
469 (@code{reposition-window}). | |
470 @end table | |
471 | |
472 @kindex C-l | |
473 @findex recenter | |
474 The most basic scrolling command is @kbd{C-l} (@code{recenter}) with | |
475 no argument. It clears the entire screen and redisplays all windows. | |
476 In addition, it scrolls the selected window so that point is halfway | |
477 down from the top of the window. | |
478 | |
479 @kindex C-v | |
480 @kindex M-v | |
481 @kindex NEXT | |
482 @kindex PRIOR | |
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483 @kindex PAGEDOWN |
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484 @kindex PAGEUP |
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486 @findex scroll-down | |
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487 @vindex next-screen-context-lines |
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488 To read the buffer a windowful at a time, use @kbd{C-v} |
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489 (@code{scroll-up}) with no argument. This scrolls forward by nearly |
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490 the whole window height. The effect is to take the two lines at the |
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491 bottom of the window and put them at the top, followed by nearly a |
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492 whole windowful of lines that were not previously visible. If point |
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493 was in the text that scrolled off the top, it ends up at the new top |
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494 of the window. |
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497 a similar way, also with overlap. The number of lines of overlap | |
498 across a @kbd{C-v} or @kbd{M-v} is controlled by the variable | |
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499 @code{next-screen-context-lines}; by default, it is 2. The function |
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500 keys @key{NEXT} and @key{PRIOR}, or @key{PAGEDOWN} and @key{PAGEUP}, |
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501 are equivalent to @kbd{C-v} and @kbd{M-v}. |
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503 The commands @kbd{C-v} and @kbd{M-v} with a numeric argument scroll |
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504 the text in the selected window up or down a few lines. @kbd{C-v} |
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505 with an argument moves the text and point up, together, that many |
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506 lines; it brings the same number of new lines into view at the bottom |
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507 of the window. @kbd{M-v} with numeric argument scrolls the text |
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508 downward, bringing that many new lines into view at the top of the |
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509 window. @kbd{C-v} with a negative argument is like @kbd{M-v} and vice |
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510 versa. |
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512 The names of scroll commands are based on the direction that the |
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513 text moves in the window. Thus, the command to scroll forward is |
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514 called @code{scroll-up} because it moves the text upward on the |
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515 screen. The keys @key{PAGEDOWN} and @key{PAGEUP} derive their names |
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516 and customary meanings from a different convention that developed |
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517 elsewhere; hence the strange result that @key{PAGEDOWN} runs |
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520 @vindex scroll-preserve-screen-position | |
521 Some users like the full-screen scroll commands to keep point at the | |
522 same screen line. To enable this behavior, set the variable | |
523 @code{scroll-preserve-screen-position} to a non-@code{nil} value. This | |
524 mode is convenient for browsing through a file by scrolling by | |
525 screenfuls; if you come back to the screen where you started, point goes | |
526 back to the line where it started. However, this mode is inconvenient | |
527 when you move to the next screen in order to move point to the text | |
528 there. | |
529 | |
530 Another way to do scrolling is with @kbd{C-l} with a numeric argument. | |
531 @kbd{C-l} does not clear the screen when given an argument; it only scrolls | |
532 the selected window. With a positive argument @var{n}, it repositions text | |
533 to put point @var{n} lines down from the top. An argument of zero puts | |
534 point on the very top line. Point does not move with respect to the text; | |
535 rather, the text and point move rigidly on the screen. @kbd{C-l} with a | |
536 negative argument puts point that many lines from the bottom of the window. | |
537 For example, @kbd{C-u - 1 C-l} puts point on the bottom line, and @kbd{C-u | |
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541 @kindex C-M-l | |
542 @findex reposition-window | |
543 The @kbd{C-M-l} command (@code{reposition-window}) scrolls the current | |
544 window heuristically in a way designed to get useful information onto | |
545 the screen. For example, in a Lisp file, this command tries to get the | |
546 entire current defun onto the screen if possible. | |
547 | |
548 @vindex scroll-conservatively | |
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560 When the window does scroll by a longer distance, you can control |
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563 The value of @code{scroll-up-aggressively} should be either |
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564 @code{nil}, or a fraction @var{f} between 0 and 1. A fraction |
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566 More precisely, when a window scrolls up because point is above the |
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568 part of the window height from the top. The larger @var{f}, the more |
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574 Likewise, @code{scroll-down-aggressively} is used for scrolling |
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580 The variable @code{scroll-margin} restricts how close point can come | |
581 to the top or bottom of a window. Its value is a number of screen | |
582 lines; if point comes within that many lines of the top or bottom of the | |
583 window, Emacs recenters the window. By default, @code{scroll-margin} is | |
584 0. | |
585 | |
586 @node Horizontal Scrolling | |
587 @section Horizontal Scrolling | |
588 @cindex horizontal scrolling | |
589 | |
590 @dfn{Horizontal scrolling} means shifting all the lines sideways | |
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604 @table @kbd | |
605 @item C-x < | |
606 Scroll text in current window to the left (@code{scroll-left}). | |
607 @item C-x > | |
608 Scroll to the right (@code{scroll-right}). | |
609 @end table | |
610 | |
611 @kindex C-x < | |
612 @kindex C-x > | |
613 @findex scroll-left | |
614 @findex scroll-right | |
615 The command @kbd{C-x <} (@code{scroll-left}) scrolls the selected | |
616 window to the left by @var{n} columns with argument @var{n}. This moves | |
617 part of the beginning of each line off the left edge of the window. | |
618 With no argument, it scrolls by almost the full width of the window (two | |
619 columns less, to be precise). | |
620 | |
621 @kbd{C-x >} (@code{scroll-right}) scrolls similarly to the right. The | |
622 window cannot be scrolled any farther to the right once it is displayed | |
623 normally (with each line starting at the window's left margin); | |
624 attempting to do so has no effect. This means that you don't have to | |
625 calculate the argument precisely for @w{@kbd{C-x >}}; any sufficiently large | |
626 argument will restore the normal display. | |
627 | |
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635 @code{automatic-hscrolling} to @code{nil}. |
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638 @section Follow Mode | |
639 @cindex Follow mode | |
640 @cindex mode, Follow | |
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645 @dfn{Follow mode} is a minor mode that makes two windows showing the | |
646 same buffer scroll as one tall ``virtual window.'' To use Follow mode, | |
647 go to a frame with just one window, split it into two side-by-side | |
648 windows using @kbd{C-x 3}, and then type @kbd{M-x follow-mode}. From | |
649 then on, you can edit the buffer in either of the two windows, or scroll | |
650 either one; the other window follows it. | |
651 | |
36245 | 652 In Follow mode, if you move point outside the portion visible in one |
653 window and into the portion visible in the other window, that selects | |
654 the other window---again, treating the two as if they were parts of | |
655 one large window. | |
656 | |
25829 | 657 To turn off Follow mode, type @kbd{M-x follow-mode} a second time. |
658 | |
659 @node Selective Display | |
660 @section Selective Display | |
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663 @kindex C-x $ | |
664 | |
665 Emacs has the ability to hide lines indented more than a certain number | |
666 of columns (you specify how many columns). You can use this to get an | |
667 overview of a part of a program. | |
668 | |
669 To hide lines, type @kbd{C-x $} (@code{set-selective-display}) with a | |
670 numeric argument @var{n}. Then lines with at least @var{n} columns of | |
671 indentation disappear from the screen. The only indication of their | |
672 presence is that three dots (@samp{@dots{}}) appear at the end of each | |
673 visible line that is followed by one or more hidden ones. | |
674 | |
675 The commands @kbd{C-n} and @kbd{C-p} move across the hidden lines as | |
676 if they were not there. | |
677 | |
678 The hidden lines are still present in the buffer, and most editing | |
679 commands see them as usual, so you may find point in the middle of the | |
680 hidden text. When this happens, the cursor appears at the end of the | |
681 previous line, after the three dots. If point is at the end of the | |
682 visible line, before the newline that ends it, the cursor appears before | |
683 the three dots. | |
684 | |
685 To make all lines visible again, type @kbd{C-x $} with no argument. | |
686 | |
687 @vindex selective-display-ellipses | |
688 If you set the variable @code{selective-display-ellipses} to | |
689 @code{nil}, the three dots do not appear at the end of a line that | |
690 precedes hidden lines. Then there is no visible indication of the | |
691 hidden lines. This variable becomes local automatically when set. | |
692 | |
693 @node Optional Mode Line | |
694 @section Optional Mode Line Features | |
695 | |
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697 @cindex display of line number |
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699 The current line number of point appears in the mode line when Line | |
700 Number mode is enabled. Use the command @kbd{M-x line-number-mode} to | |
701 turn this mode on and off; normally it is on. The line number appears | |
702 before the buffer percentage @var{pos}, with the letter @samp{L} to | |
703 indicate what it is. @xref{Minor Modes}, for more information about | |
704 minor modes and about how to use this command. | |
705 | |
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711 If the buffer is very large (larger than the value of | |
712 @code{line-number-display-limit}), then the line number doesn't appear. | |
713 Emacs doesn't compute the line number when the buffer is large, because | |
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714 that would be too slow. Set it to @code{nil} to remove the limit. |
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724 @cindex Column Number mode | |
725 @cindex mode, Column Number | |
726 @findex column-number-mode | |
727 You can also display the current column number by turning on Column | |
728 Number mode. It displays the current column number preceded by the | |
729 letter @samp{C}. Type @kbd{M-x column-number-mode} to toggle this mode. | |
730 | |
731 @findex display-time | |
732 @cindex time (on mode line) | |
733 Emacs can optionally display the time and system load in all mode | |
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735 the option @code{display-time-mode}. The information added to the mode | |
736 line usually appears after the buffer name, before the mode names and | |
737 their parentheses. It looks like this: | |
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739 @example | |
740 @var{hh}:@var{mm}pm @var{l.ll} | |
741 @end example | |
742 | |
743 @noindent | |
744 @vindex display-time-24hr-format | |
745 Here @var{hh} and @var{mm} are the hour and minute, followed always by | |
746 @samp{am} or @samp{pm}. @var{l.ll} is the average number of running | |
747 processes in the whole system recently. (Some fields may be missing if | |
748 your operating system cannot support them.) If you prefer time display | |
749 in 24-hour format, set the variable @code{display-time-24hr-format} | |
750 to @code{t}. | |
751 | |
752 @cindex mail (on mode line) | |
28800 | 753 @vindex display-time-use-mail-icon |
754 @vindex display-time-mail-face | |
25829 | 755 The word @samp{Mail} appears after the load level if there is mail |
28800 | 756 for you that you have not read yet. On a graphical display you can use |
757 an icon instead of @samp{Mail} by customizing | |
758 @code{display-time-use-mail-icon}; this may save some space on the mode | |
759 line. You can customize @code{display-time-mail-face} to make the mail | |
760 indicator prominent. | |
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766 3D-style highlighting, like that of a button when it is not being |
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768 highlighting of the mode line, by customizing the attributes of the |
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769 @code{mode-line} face in your @file{.emacs} init file, like this: |
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773 @end example |
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777 @file{.Xdefaults} file: |
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780 Emacs.mode-line.AttributeBox: off |
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25829 | 783 @node Text Display |
784 @section How Text Is Displayed | |
785 @cindex characters (in text) | |
786 | |
787 ASCII printing characters (octal codes 040 through 0176) in Emacs | |
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25829 | 789 printing characters (octal codes above 0400). |
790 | |
791 Some ASCII control characters are displayed in special ways. The | |
792 newline character (octal code 012) is displayed by starting a new line. | |
793 The tab character (octal code 011) is displayed by moving to the next | |
794 tab stop column (normally every 8 columns). | |
795 | |
796 Other ASCII control characters are normally displayed as a caret | |
797 (@samp{^}) followed by the non-control version of the character; thus, | |
798 control-A is displayed as @samp{^A}. | |
799 | |
33744 | 800 Non-ASCII characters 0200 through 0237 (octal) are displayed with |
801 octal escape sequences; thus, character code 0230 (octal) is displayed | |
802 as @samp{\230}. The display of character codes 0240 through 0377 | |
803 (octal) may be either as escape sequences or as graphics. They do not | |
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804 normally occur in multibyte buffers, but if they do, they are displayed |
33744 | 805 as Latin-1 graphics. In unibyte mode, if you enable European display |
806 they are displayed using their graphics (assuming your terminal supports | |
807 them), otherwise as escape sequences. @xref{Single-Byte Character | |
808 Support}. | |
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811 @section Customization of Display |
25829 | 812 |
813 This section contains information for customization only. Beginning | |
814 users should skip it. | |
815 | |
816 @vindex mode-line-inverse-video | |
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820 @xref{Mode Line}. However, if @code{mode-line-inverse-video} has a |
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821 value of @code{nil}, then the @code{mode-line} face will be ignored, |
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823 @xref{Faces}. |
25829 | 824 |
825 @vindex inverse-video | |
826 If the variable @code{inverse-video} is non-@code{nil}, Emacs attempts | |
827 to invert all the lines of the display from what they normally are. | |
828 | |
829 @vindex visible-bell | |
830 If the variable @code{visible-bell} is non-@code{nil}, Emacs attempts | |
831 to make the whole screen blink when it would normally make an audible bell | |
832 sound. This variable has no effect if your terminal does not have a way | |
833 to make the screen blink.@refill | |
834 | |
835 @vindex no-redraw-on-reenter | |
836 When you reenter Emacs after suspending, Emacs normally clears the | |
837 screen and redraws the entire display. On some terminals with more than | |
838 one page of memory, it is possible to arrange the termcap entry so that | |
839 the @samp{ti} and @samp{te} strings (output to the terminal when Emacs | |
840 is entered and exited, respectively) switch between pages of memory so | |
841 as to use one page for Emacs and another page for other output. Then | |
842 you might want to set the variable @code{no-redraw-on-reenter} | |
843 non-@code{nil}; this tells Emacs to assume, when resumed, that the | |
844 screen page it is using still contains what Emacs last wrote there. | |
845 | |
846 @vindex echo-keystrokes | |
847 The variable @code{echo-keystrokes} controls the echoing of multi-character | |
848 keys; its value is the number of seconds of pause required to cause echoing | |
849 to start, or zero meaning don't echo at all. @xref{Echo Area}. | |
850 | |
851 @vindex ctl-arrow | |
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852 If the variable @code{ctl-arrow} is @code{nil}, all control characters in |
25829 | 853 the buffer are displayed with octal escape sequences, except for newline |
854 and tab. Altering the value of @code{ctl-arrow} makes it local to the | |
855 current buffer; until that time, the default value is in effect. The | |
856 default is initially @code{t}. @xref{Display Tables,, Display Tables, | |
857 elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}. | |
858 | |
859 @vindex tab-width | |
860 Normally, a tab character in the buffer is displayed as whitespace which | |
861 extends to the next display tab stop position, and display tab stops come | |
862 at intervals equal to eight spaces. The number of spaces per tab is | |
863 controlled by the variable @code{tab-width}, which is made local by | |
864 changing it, just like @code{ctl-arrow}. Note that how the tab character | |
865 in the buffer is displayed has nothing to do with the definition of | |
866 @key{TAB} as a command. The variable @code{tab-width} must have an | |
867 integer value between 1 and 1000, inclusive. | |
868 | |
869 @c @vindex truncate-lines @c No index entry here, because we have one | |
870 @c in the continuation section. | |
871 If the variable @code{truncate-lines} is non-@code{nil}, then each | |
872 line of text gets just one screen line for display; if the text line is | |
873 too long, display shows only the part that fits. If | |
874 @code{truncate-lines} is @code{nil}, then long text lines display as | |
875 more than one screen line, enough to show the whole text of the line. | |
876 @xref{Continuation Lines}. Altering the value of @code{truncate-lines} | |
877 makes it local to the current buffer; until that time, the default value | |
878 is in effect. The default is initially @code{nil}. | |
879 | |
880 @c @vindex truncate-partial-width-windows @c Idx entry is in Split Windows. | |
881 If the variable @code{truncate-partial-width-windows} is | |
882 non-@code{nil}, it forces truncation rather than continuation in any | |
883 window less than the full width of the screen or frame, regardless of | |
884 the value of @code{truncate-lines}. For information about side-by-side | |
885 windows, see @ref{Split Window}. See also @ref{Display,, Display, | |
886 elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}. | |
887 | |
888 @vindex baud-rate | |
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889 The variable @code{baud-rate} holds the output speed of the |
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890 terminal, as far as Emacs knows. Setting this variable does not |
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891 change the speed of actual data transmission, but the value is used |
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892 for calculations. On terminals, it affects padding, and decisions |
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893 about whether to scroll part of the screen or redraw it instead. |
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894 It also affects the behavior of incremental search. |
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896 On window-systems, @code{baud-rate} is only used to determine how |
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897 frequently to look for pending input during display updating. A |
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898 higher value of @code{baud-rate} means that check for pending input |
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899 will be done less frequently. |
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901 You can customize the way any particular character code is displayed | |
902 by means of a display table. @xref{Display Tables,, Display Tables, | |
903 elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}. | |
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36260 | 905 @cindex hourglass pointer display |
906 @vindex hourglass-delay | |
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907 On a window system, Emacs can optionally display the mouse pointer |
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908 in a special shape to say that Emacs is busy. To turn this feature on |
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909 or off, customize the group @code{cursor}. You can also control the |
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910 amount of time Emacs must remain busy before the busy indicator is |
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913 @findex tty-suppress-bold-inverse-default-colors |
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914 On some text-only terminals, bold face and inverse video together |
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915 result in text that is hard to read. Call the function |
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916 @code{tty-suppress-bold-inverse-default-colors} with a non-@code{nil} |
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917 argument to suppress the effect of bold-face in this case. |
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919 @node Cursor Display |
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920 @section Displaying the Cursor |
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922 @findex hl-line-mode |
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923 @findex global-hl-line-mode |
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924 @cindex highlight current line |
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925 @findex blink-cursor-mode |
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926 @cindex cursor, locating visually |
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927 @cindex cursor, blinking |
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929 @kbd{M-x hl-line-mode} enables or disables a minor mode which |
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930 highlights the line containing point. @kbd{M-x global-hl-line-mode} |
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931 enables the minor mode globally. On window systems, the command |
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932 @kbd{M-x blink-cursor-mode} turns on or off the blinking of the |
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933 cursor. (On terminals, the terminal itself blinks the cursor, and |
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934 Emacs has no control over it.) |
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936 You can customize the cursor's color, and whether it blinks, using |
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937 the @code{cursor} Custom group (@pxref{Easy Customization}). |
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939 @vindex x-stretch-cursor |
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940 @cindex wide block cursor |
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941 When displaying on a window system, Emacs can optionally draw the |
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942 block cursor as wide as the character under the cursor---for example, |
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943 if the cursor is on a tab character, it would cover the full width |
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944 occupied by that tab character. To enable this feature, set the |
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945 variable @code{x-stretch-cursor} to a non-@code{nil} value. |
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947 @cindex cursor in non-selected windows |
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948 @vindex cursor-in-non-selected-windows |
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949 Normally, the cursor in non-selected windows is shown as a hollow box. |
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950 To turn off cursor display in non-selected windows, customize the option |
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951 @code{cursor-in-non-selected-windows} to assign it a @code{nil} value. |