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Use allout invisible-text overlays instead of selective display for concealed text. Also, lots of general cleanup, and improved compatibility code. (allout-version) Incremented, corrected, revised, and refined module commentary. (provide 'allout): Moved to the bottom, added a require of overlay. (allout-encrypt-unencrypted-on-saves): Defaults to t instead of `except-current'. (allout-write-file-hook-handler): Minimize delay. (count-trailing-whitespace-region): New function so auto-encryption of current topic can resituate cursor exactly. PGP/GPG encryption trims trailing whitespace from lines, which must be accounted for across encryption then decryption. (allout-command-prefix): Now defaults to "\C-c<space>" rather than just plain "\C-c", to avoid intruding on user's keybinding space. (allout-toggle-current-subtree-encryption): Pass along fetch-pass parameter, so user request to provide a new password is done. (allout-outside-normal-auto-fill-function, allout-auto-fill): Refined mechanism for auto-filling behavior while in allout mode. (allout-mode): Explicitly specify the mode map in the docstring. Clarify provision for various write-file hook var names. Adjusted for invisible-text overlays instead of selective-display. (allout-depth): Really return 0 if not within any topic. This rectifies `allout-beginning-of-level' and sequence numbering errors that occur when cutting and pasting numbered topics. Changed from a in-line subst to a regular function, as well. (allout-pre-next-prefix): Renamed from allout-pre-next-preface. (allout-end-of-subtree, allout-end-of-subtree) (allout-end-of-entry, allout-end-of-current-heading) (allout-next-visible-heading, allout-open-topic, allout-show-entry) (allout-show-children, allout-show-to-offshoot) (allout-hide-current-entry, allout-show-current-entry): Rectified handling of trailing blank lines between items. (allout-line-boundary-regexp, set-allout-regexp, allout-depth) (allout-current-depth, allout-unprotected, allout-hidden-p) (allout-on-current-heading-p, allout-listify-exposed) (allout-chart-subtree, allout-goto-prefix) (allout-back-to-current-heading, allout-get-body-text) (allout-snug-back, allout-flag-current-subtree, allout-show-all) (allout-hide-region-body, allout-toggle-subtree-encryption) (allout-encrypt-string, allout-encrypted-key-info) (allout-next-topic-pending-encryption, allout-encrypt-decrypted) (allout-file-vars-section-data): Adjusted for use with invisible-text overlays instead of selective-display. (allout-kill-line, allout-kill-topic, allout-yank-processing): Reworked for use with invisible text overlays. (allout-current-topic-collapsed-p): New function. (allout-hide-current-subtree): Use allout-current-topic-collapsed-p to know when to close the containing topic. (allout-pre-command-business, allout-post-command-business): Simplify undo-batching and dynamic isearch exposure. (allout-set-overlay-category): New for invisible-text overlays. Sets properties of allout-overlay-category, used by allout-flag-region to set invisible-text overlay properties. (allout-get-invisibility-overlay): Get the first qualifying invisibility overlay, so we can find the extent of it. (allout-back-to-visible-text): Get to just before the beginnining of the current invisibility overlay, if any. (allout-overlay-insert-in-front-handler) (allout-overlay-interior-modification-handler) (allout-before-change-handler, allout-isearch-end-handler): New functions to handle extraordinary actions affecting concealed text. (allout-flag-region): Use overlays instead of selective-display for invisible text - by inheritence from the properties of allout-overlay-category in mainline emacs, and applied property-by-property in xemacs, some recent versions of which don't inherit the properties from the category. Provisions to respond to concealed-text edits simplified drastically. (allout-isearch-rectification, allout-isearch-was-font-lock) (allout-isearch-expose, allout-enwrap-isearch) (allout-isearch-abort, allout-pre-was-isearching) (allout-isearch-prior-pos, allout-isearch-did-quit) (allout-isearch-dynamic-expose) (allout-hide-current-entry-completely): Functions deleted. (allout-undo-aggregation): Explicit undo aggregation no longer necessary due to transition away from selective-display. (set-allout-regexp, allout-up-current-level) (allout-next-visible-heading, allout-forward-current-level) (allout-open-topic, allout-reindent-body, allout-rebullet-topic) (allout-kill-line, allout-yank-processing, allout-show-children) (allout-expose-topic, allout-old-expose-topic) (allout-listify-exposed, allout-insert-latex-header) (allout-toggle-subtree-encryption, allout-encrypt-string) (remove-from-invisibility-spec, allout-hide-current-subtree): Ditched unused variables.

This directory contains the source of the "Introduction to programming
in Emacs Lisp" written by Robert J. Chassell, [e-mail].  This
manual is an elementary introduction to programming in Emacs Lisp for
people who are not programmers, and who are not necessarily interested
in programming, but who do want to customize or extend their computing
environment.

This second edition of 2001 Nov 20 updates the previous editions to
GNU Emacs 21.

The Texinfo source file `emacs-lisp-intro.texi', formats without
error using TeX version 3.14159, `kpathsea' version 3.3.1,
`texinfo.tex' version 2001-05-24.08, and `makeinfo' version 4.0b.

Also, this tar file contains the following optional Encapsulated Post
Script figures.

    drawers.eps         7129 bytes
    cons-1.eps          12136
    cons-2.eps          12523
    cons-2a.eps         12420
    cons-3.eps          12984
    cons-4.eps          13866
    cons-5.eps          12986
    lambda-1.eps        10252
    lambda-2.eps        10278
    lambda-3.eps        10275

See the beginning of the `emacs-lisp-intro.texi' file for appropriate
settings.  These figures are not necessary; they are merely nice to
look at --- without them you get the same figures printed with ASCII
characters.

Whether and how you print PostScript depends on your site.  You not
only need to set 'print-postscript-figures' before creating the .dvi
file, but then must convert the .dvi file to .ps with a 'dvips' or
equivalent command.

On some systems you will see an error message when `psfig.tex' is
loaded for the last two .eps files:

            ! No room for a new \write .

If this happens, try `epsf.tex' instead of `psfig.tex', or try typing
RET at the error; the formatting may continue successfully.

Or else find the section that says:

 @c !!! Clear print-postscript-figures if the computer formatting this
 @c     document is too small and cannot handle all the diagrams and figures.
 @c clear print-postscript-figures

and change the file so it reads:   @clear print-postscript-figures
This will prevent TeX from attempting to load the last few .eps files.

You will find additional instructions on formatting in the beginning
of the Texinfo file 'emacs-lisp-intro.texi'.  Best Wishes!

2001 Nov  20
Robert J. Chassell, [e-mail]