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3 @c 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @node Text, Programs, Indentation, Top | |
6 @chapter Commands for Human Languages | |
7 @cindex text | |
8 @cindex manipulating text | |
9 | |
10 The term @dfn{text} has two widespread meanings in our area of the | |
11 computer field. One is data that is a sequence of characters. Any file | |
12 that you edit with Emacs is text, in this sense of the word. The other | |
13 meaning is more restrictive: a sequence of characters in a human language | |
14 for humans to read (possibly after processing by a text formatter), as | |
15 opposed to a program or commands for a program. | |
16 | |
17 Human languages have syntactic/stylistic conventions that can be | |
18 supported or used to advantage by editor commands: conventions involving | |
19 words, sentences, paragraphs, and capital letters. This chapter | |
20 describes Emacs commands for all of these things. There are also | |
21 commands for @dfn{filling}, which means rearranging the lines of a | |
22 paragraph to be approximately equal in length. The commands for moving | |
23 over and killing words, sentences and paragraphs, while intended | |
24 primarily for editing text, are also often useful for editing programs. | |
25 | |
26 Emacs has several major modes for editing human-language text. If the | |
27 file contains text pure and simple, use Text mode, which customizes | |
28 Emacs in small ways for the syntactic conventions of text. Outline mode | |
29 provides special commands for operating on text with an outline | |
30 structure. | |
31 @iftex | |
32 @xref{Outline Mode}. | |
33 @end iftex | |
34 | |
35 For text which contains embedded commands for text formatters, Emacs | |
36 has other major modes, each for a particular text formatter. Thus, for | |
37 input to @TeX{}, you would use @TeX{} | |
38 @iftex | |
39 mode (@pxref{TeX Mode}). | |
40 @end iftex | |
41 @ifinfo | |
42 mode. | |
43 @end ifinfo | |
44 For input to nroff, use Nroff mode. | |
45 | |
46 Instead of using a text formatter, you can edit formatted text in | |
47 WYSIWYG style (``what you see is what you get''), with Enriched mode. | |
48 Then the formatting appears on the screen in Emacs while you edit. | |
49 @iftex | |
50 @xref{Formatted Text}. | |
51 @end iftex | |
52 | |
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57 The ``automatic typing'' features may be useful when writing text. |
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58 @inforef{Top,, autotype}. |
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25829 | 60 @menu |
61 * Words:: Moving over and killing words. | |
62 * Sentences:: Moving over and killing sentences. | |
63 * Paragraphs:: Moving over paragraphs. | |
64 * Pages:: Moving over pages. | |
65 * Filling:: Filling or justifying text. | |
66 * Case:: Changing the case of text. | |
67 * Text Mode:: The major modes for editing text files. | |
68 * Outline Mode:: Editing outlines. | |
69 * TeX Mode:: Editing input to the formatter TeX. | |
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70 * HTML Mode:: Editing HTML, SGML, and XML files. |
25829 | 71 * Nroff Mode:: Editing input to the formatter nroff. |
72 * Formatted Text:: Editing formatted text directly in WYSIWYG fashion. | |
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73 * Text Based Tables:: Editing text-based tables in WYSIWYG fashion. |
25829 | 74 @end menu |
75 | |
76 @node Words | |
77 @section Words | |
78 @cindex words | |
79 @cindex Meta commands and words | |
80 | |
81 Emacs has commands for moving over or operating on words. By convention, | |
82 the keys for them are all Meta characters. | |
83 | |
84 @table @kbd | |
85 @item M-f | |
86 Move forward over a word (@code{forward-word}). | |
87 @item M-b | |
88 Move backward over a word (@code{backward-word}). | |
89 @item M-d | |
90 Kill up to the end of a word (@code{kill-word}). | |
91 @item M-@key{DEL} | |
92 Kill back to the beginning of a word (@code{backward-kill-word}). | |
93 @item M-@@ | |
94 Mark the end of the next word (@code{mark-word}). | |
95 @item M-t | |
96 Transpose two words or drag a word across other words | |
97 (@code{transpose-words}). | |
98 @end table | |
99 | |
100 Notice how these keys form a series that parallels the character-based | |
101 @kbd{C-f}, @kbd{C-b}, @kbd{C-d}, @key{DEL} and @kbd{C-t}. @kbd{M-@@} is | |
102 cognate to @kbd{C-@@}, which is an alias for @kbd{C-@key{SPC}}. | |
103 | |
104 @kindex M-f | |
105 @kindex M-b | |
106 @findex forward-word | |
107 @findex backward-word | |
108 The commands @kbd{M-f} (@code{forward-word}) and @kbd{M-b} | |
109 (@code{backward-word}) move forward and backward over words. These | |
110 Meta characters are thus analogous to the corresponding control | |
111 characters, @kbd{C-f} and @kbd{C-b}, which move over single characters | |
112 in the text. The analogy extends to numeric arguments, which serve as | |
113 repeat counts. @kbd{M-f} with a negative argument moves backward, and | |
114 @kbd{M-b} with a negative argument moves forward. Forward motion | |
115 stops right after the last letter of the word, while backward motion | |
116 stops right before the first letter.@refill | |
117 | |
118 @kindex M-d | |
119 @findex kill-word | |
120 @kbd{M-d} (@code{kill-word}) kills the word after point. To be | |
121 precise, it kills everything from point to the place @kbd{M-f} would | |
122 move to. Thus, if point is in the middle of a word, @kbd{M-d} kills | |
123 just the part after point. If some punctuation comes between point and the | |
124 next word, it is killed along with the word. (If you wish to kill only the | |
125 next word but not the punctuation before it, simply do @kbd{M-f} to get | |
126 the end, and kill the word backwards with @kbd{M-@key{DEL}}.) | |
127 @kbd{M-d} takes arguments just like @kbd{M-f}. | |
128 | |
129 @findex backward-kill-word | |
130 @kindex M-DEL | |
131 @kbd{M-@key{DEL}} (@code{backward-kill-word}) kills the word before | |
132 point. It kills everything from point back to where @kbd{M-b} would | |
133 move to. If point is after the space in @w{@samp{FOO, BAR}}, then | |
134 @w{@samp{FOO, }} is killed. (If you wish to kill just @samp{FOO}, and | |
135 not the comma and the space, use @kbd{M-b M-d} instead of | |
136 @kbd{M-@key{DEL}}.) | |
137 | |
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141 @c @findex transpose-words |
25829 | 142 @kbd{M-t} (@code{transpose-words}) exchanges the word before or |
143 containing point with the following word. The delimiter characters between | |
144 the words do not move. For example, @w{@samp{FOO, BAR}} transposes into | |
145 @w{@samp{BAR, FOO}} rather than @samp{@w{BAR FOO,}}. @xref{Transpose}, for | |
146 more on transposition and on arguments to transposition commands. | |
147 | |
148 @kindex M-@@ | |
149 @findex mark-word | |
150 To operate on the next @var{n} words with an operation which applies | |
151 between point and mark, you can either set the mark at point and then move | |
152 over the words, or you can use the command @kbd{M-@@} (@code{mark-word}) | |
153 which does not move point, but sets the mark where @kbd{M-f} would move | |
154 to. @kbd{M-@@} accepts a numeric argument that says how many words to | |
155 scan for the place to put the mark. In Transient Mark mode, this command | |
156 activates the mark. | |
157 | |
158 The word commands' understanding of syntax is completely controlled by | |
159 the syntax table. Any character can, for example, be declared to be a word | |
160 delimiter. @xref{Syntax}. | |
161 | |
162 @node Sentences | |
163 @section Sentences | |
164 @cindex sentences | |
165 @cindex manipulating sentences | |
166 | |
167 The Emacs commands for manipulating sentences and paragraphs are mostly | |
168 on Meta keys, so as to be like the word-handling commands. | |
169 | |
170 @table @kbd | |
171 @item M-a | |
172 Move back to the beginning of the sentence (@code{backward-sentence}). | |
173 @item M-e | |
174 Move forward to the end of the sentence (@code{forward-sentence}). | |
175 @item M-k | |
176 Kill forward to the end of the sentence (@code{kill-sentence}). | |
177 @item C-x @key{DEL} | |
178 Kill back to the beginning of the sentence (@code{backward-kill-sentence}). | |
179 @end table | |
180 | |
181 @kindex M-a | |
182 @kindex M-e | |
183 @findex backward-sentence | |
184 @findex forward-sentence | |
185 The commands @kbd{M-a} and @kbd{M-e} (@code{backward-sentence} and | |
186 @code{forward-sentence}) move to the beginning and end of the current | |
187 sentence, respectively. They were chosen to resemble @kbd{C-a} and | |
59889 | 188 @kbd{C-e}, which move to the beginning and end of a line. Unlike |
189 them, @kbd{M-a} and @kbd{M-e} move over successive sentences if | |
190 repeated. | |
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192 Moving backward over a sentence places point just before the first | |
193 character of the sentence; moving forward places point right after the | |
194 punctuation that ends the sentence. Neither one moves over the | |
195 whitespace at the sentence boundary. | |
196 | |
197 @kindex M-k | |
198 @kindex C-x DEL | |
199 @findex kill-sentence | |
200 @findex backward-kill-sentence | |
201 Just as @kbd{C-a} and @kbd{C-e} have a kill command, @kbd{C-k}, to go | |
202 with them, so @kbd{M-a} and @kbd{M-e} have a corresponding kill command | |
203 @kbd{M-k} (@code{kill-sentence}) which kills from point to the end of | |
204 the sentence. With minus one as an argument it kills back to the | |
205 beginning of the sentence. Larger arguments serve as a repeat count. | |
206 There is also a command, @kbd{C-x @key{DEL}} | |
207 (@code{backward-kill-sentence}), for killing back to the beginning of a | |
208 sentence. This command is useful when you change your mind in the | |
209 middle of composing text.@refill | |
210 | |
211 The sentence commands assume that you follow the American typist's | |
212 convention of putting two spaces at the end of a sentence; they consider | |
213 a sentence to end wherever there is a @samp{.}, @samp{?} or @samp{!} | |
214 followed by the end of a line or two spaces, with any number of | |
215 @samp{)}, @samp{]}, @samp{'}, or @samp{"} characters allowed in between. | |
216 A sentence also begins or ends wherever a paragraph begins or ends. | |
217 | |
218 @vindex sentence-end | |
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223 computes the regexp according to various criteria. The result is |
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224 normally similar to the following regexp: |
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226 @example | |
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227 "[.?!][]\"')]*\\($\\| $\\|\t\\| \\)[ \t\n]*" |
25829 | 228 @end example |
229 | |
230 @noindent | |
64968 | 231 This example is explained in the section on regexps. @xref{Regexp Example}. |
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233 If you want to use just one space between sentences, you should | |
234 set @code{sentence-end} to this value: | |
235 | |
236 @example | |
237 "[.?!][]\"')]*\\($\\|\t\\| \\)[ \t\n]*" | |
238 @end example | |
239 | |
240 @noindent | |
59889 | 241 This is what setting the variable @code{sentence-end-double-space} to |
242 @code{nil} automatically does. But note that this makes it impossible | |
243 to distinguish between periods that end sentences and those that | |
244 indicate abbreviations. | |
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246 @node Paragraphs | |
247 @section Paragraphs | |
248 @cindex paragraphs | |
249 @cindex manipulating paragraphs | |
250 @kindex M-@{ | |
251 @kindex M-@} | |
252 @findex backward-paragraph | |
253 @findex forward-paragraph | |
254 | |
255 The Emacs commands for manipulating paragraphs are also Meta keys. | |
256 | |
257 @table @kbd | |
258 @item M-@{ | |
259 Move back to previous paragraph beginning (@code{backward-paragraph}). | |
260 @item M-@} | |
261 Move forward to next paragraph end (@code{forward-paragraph}). | |
262 @item M-h | |
263 Put point and mark around this or next paragraph (@code{mark-paragraph}). | |
264 @end table | |
265 | |
266 @kbd{M-@{} moves to the beginning of the current or previous | |
267 paragraph, while @kbd{M-@}} moves to the end of the current or next | |
268 paragraph. Blank lines and text-formatter command lines separate | |
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275 In major modes for programs, paragraphs begin and end only at blank | |
276 lines. This makes the paragraph commands continue to be useful even | |
277 though there are no paragraphs per se. | |
278 | |
279 When there is a fill prefix, then paragraphs are delimited by all lines | |
280 which don't start with the fill prefix. @xref{Filling}. | |
281 | |
282 @kindex M-h | |
283 @findex mark-paragraph | |
284 When you wish to operate on a paragraph, you can use the command | |
285 @kbd{M-h} (@code{mark-paragraph}) to set the region around it. Thus, | |
286 for example, @kbd{M-h C-w} kills the paragraph around or after point. | |
287 The @kbd{M-h} command puts point at the beginning and mark at the end of | |
288 the paragraph point was in. In Transient Mark mode, it activates the | |
289 mark. If point is between paragraphs (in a run of blank lines, or at a | |
290 boundary), the paragraph following point is surrounded by point and | |
291 mark. If there are blank lines preceding the first line of the | |
292 paragraph, one of these blank lines is included in the region. | |
293 | |
294 @vindex paragraph-start | |
295 @vindex paragraph-separate | |
296 The precise definition of a paragraph boundary is controlled by the | |
297 variables @code{paragraph-separate} and @code{paragraph-start}. The | |
298 value of @code{paragraph-start} is a regexp that should match any line | |
299 that either starts or separates paragraphs. The value of | |
300 @code{paragraph-separate} is another regexp that should match only lines | |
301 that separate paragraphs without being part of any paragraph (for | |
302 example, blank lines). Lines that start a new paragraph and are | |
303 contained in it must match only @code{paragraph-start}, not | |
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305 left margin. For example, in Fundamental mode, @code{paragraph-start} |
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306 is @w{@code{"\f\\|[ \t]*$"}}, and @code{paragraph-separate} is |
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307 @w{@code{"[ \t\f]*$"}}. |
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309 Normally it is desirable for page boundaries to separate paragraphs. | |
310 The default values of these variables recognize the usual separator for | |
311 pages. | |
312 | |
313 @node Pages | |
314 @section Pages | |
315 | |
316 @cindex pages | |
317 @cindex formfeed | |
318 Files are often thought of as divided into @dfn{pages} by the | |
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319 @dfn{formfeed} character (@acronym{ASCII} control-L, octal code 014). |
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320 When you print hardcopy for a file, this character forces a page break; |
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321 thus, each page of the file goes on a separate page on paper. Most Emacs |
25829 | 322 commands treat the page-separator character just like any other |
323 character: you can insert it with @kbd{C-q C-l}, and delete it with | |
324 @key{DEL}. Thus, you are free to paginate your file or not. However, | |
325 since pages are often meaningful divisions of the file, Emacs provides | |
326 commands to move over them and operate on them. | |
327 | |
328 @table @kbd | |
329 @item C-x [ | |
330 Move point to previous page boundary (@code{backward-page}). | |
331 @item C-x ] | |
332 Move point to next page boundary (@code{forward-page}). | |
333 @item C-x C-p | |
334 Put point and mark around this page (or another page) (@code{mark-page}). | |
335 @item C-x l | |
336 Count the lines in this page (@code{count-lines-page}). | |
337 @end table | |
338 | |
339 @kindex C-x [ | |
340 @kindex C-x ] | |
341 @findex forward-page | |
342 @findex backward-page | |
343 The @kbd{C-x [} (@code{backward-page}) command moves point to immediately | |
344 after the previous page delimiter. If point is already right after a page | |
345 delimiter, it skips that one and stops at the previous one. A numeric | |
346 argument serves as a repeat count. The @kbd{C-x ]} (@code{forward-page}) | |
347 command moves forward past the next page delimiter. | |
348 | |
349 @kindex C-x C-p | |
350 @findex mark-page | |
351 The @kbd{C-x C-p} command (@code{mark-page}) puts point at the | |
352 beginning of the current page and the mark at the end. The page | |
353 delimiter at the end is included (the mark follows it). The page | |
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363 A numeric argument to @kbd{C-x C-p} is used to specify which page to go | |
364 to, relative to the current one. Zero means the current page. One means | |
365 the next page, and @minus{}1 means the previous one. | |
366 | |
367 @kindex C-x l | |
368 @findex count-lines-page | |
369 The @kbd{C-x l} command (@code{count-lines-page}) is good for deciding | |
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25829 | 371 of lines in the current page, and then divides it up into those preceding |
372 the current line and those following, as in | |
373 | |
374 @example | |
375 Page has 96 (72+25) lines | |
376 @end example | |
377 | |
378 @noindent | |
379 Notice that the sum is off by one; this is correct if point is not at the | |
380 beginning of a line. | |
381 | |
382 @vindex page-delimiter | |
383 The variable @code{page-delimiter} controls where pages begin. Its | |
384 value is a regexp that matches the beginning of a line that separates | |
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25829 | 386 matches a formfeed character at the beginning of a line. |
387 | |
388 @node Filling | |
389 @section Filling Text | |
390 @cindex filling text | |
391 | |
392 @dfn{Filling} text means breaking it up into lines that fit a | |
393 specified width. Emacs does filling in two ways. In Auto Fill mode, | |
394 inserting text with self-inserting characters also automatically fills | |
395 it. There are also explicit fill commands that you can use when editing | |
396 text leaves it unfilled. When you edit formatted text, you can specify | |
397 a style of filling for each portion of the text (@pxref{Formatted | |
398 Text}). | |
399 | |
400 @menu | |
401 * Auto Fill:: Auto Fill mode breaks long lines automatically. | |
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25829 | 403 * Fill Commands:: Commands to refill paragraphs and center lines. |
404 * Fill Prefix:: Filling paragraphs that are indented | |
405 or in a comment, etc. | |
406 * Adaptive Fill:: How Emacs can determine the fill prefix automatically. | |
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25829 | 408 @end menu |
409 | |
410 @node Auto Fill | |
411 @subsection Auto Fill Mode | |
412 @cindex Auto Fill mode | |
413 @cindex mode, Auto Fill | |
414 | |
415 @dfn{Auto Fill} mode is a minor mode in which lines are broken | |
416 automatically when they become too wide. Breaking happens only when | |
417 you type a @key{SPC} or @key{RET}. | |
418 | |
419 @table @kbd | |
420 @item M-x auto-fill-mode | |
421 Enable or disable Auto Fill mode. | |
422 @item @key{SPC} | |
423 @itemx @key{RET} | |
424 In Auto Fill mode, break lines when appropriate. | |
425 @end table | |
426 | |
427 @findex auto-fill-mode | |
428 @kbd{M-x auto-fill-mode} turns Auto Fill mode on if it was off, or off | |
429 if it was on. With a positive numeric argument it always turns Auto | |
430 Fill mode on, and with a negative argument always turns it off. You can | |
431 see when Auto Fill mode is in effect by the presence of the word | |
432 @samp{Fill} in the mode line, inside the parentheses. Auto Fill mode is | |
433 a minor mode which is enabled or disabled for each buffer individually. | |
434 @xref{Minor Modes}. | |
435 | |
436 In Auto Fill mode, lines are broken automatically at spaces when they | |
437 get longer than the desired width. Line breaking and rearrangement | |
438 takes place only when you type @key{SPC} or @key{RET}. If you wish to | |
439 insert a space or newline without permitting line-breaking, type | |
440 @kbd{C-q @key{SPC}} or @kbd{C-q C-j} (recall that a newline is really a | |
441 control-J). Also, @kbd{C-o} inserts a newline without line breaking. | |
442 | |
443 Auto Fill mode works well with programming-language modes, because it | |
444 indents new lines with @key{TAB}. If a line ending in a comment gets | |
445 too long, the text of the comment is split into two comment lines. | |
446 Optionally, new comment delimiters are inserted at the end of the first | |
447 line and the beginning of the second so that each line is a separate | |
448 comment; the variable @code{comment-multi-line} controls the choice | |
449 (@pxref{Comments}). | |
450 | |
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451 Adaptive filling (@pxref{Adaptive Fill}) works for Auto Filling as |
25829 | 452 well as for explicit fill commands. It takes a fill prefix |
453 automatically from the second or first line of a paragraph. | |
454 | |
455 Auto Fill mode does not refill entire paragraphs; it can break lines but | |
456 cannot merge lines. So editing in the middle of a paragraph can result in | |
457 a paragraph that is not correctly filled. The easiest way to make the | |
458 paragraph properly filled again is usually with the explicit fill commands. | |
459 @ifinfo | |
460 @xref{Fill Commands}. | |
461 @end ifinfo | |
462 | |
463 Many users like Auto Fill mode and want to use it in all text files. | |
464 The section on init files says how to arrange this permanently for yourself. | |
465 @xref{Init File}. | |
466 | |
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469 @cindex refilling text, word processor style |
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470 @cindex modes, Refill |
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471 @cindex Refill minor mode |
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493 @subsection Explicit Fill Commands | |
494 | |
495 @table @kbd | |
496 @item M-q | |
497 Fill current paragraph (@code{fill-paragraph}). | |
498 @item C-x f | |
499 Set the fill column (@code{set-fill-column}). | |
500 @item M-x fill-region | |
501 Fill each paragraph in the region (@code{fill-region}). | |
502 @item M-x fill-region-as-paragraph | |
503 Fill the region, considering it as one paragraph. | |
504 @item M-s | |
505 Center a line. | |
506 @end table | |
507 | |
508 @kindex M-q | |
509 @findex fill-paragraph | |
510 To refill a paragraph, use the command @kbd{M-q} | |
511 (@code{fill-paragraph}). This operates on the paragraph that point is | |
512 inside, or the one after point if point is between paragraphs. | |
513 Refilling works by removing all the line-breaks, then inserting new ones | |
514 where necessary. | |
515 | |
516 @findex fill-region | |
517 To refill many paragraphs, use @kbd{M-x fill-region}, which | |
518 divides the region into paragraphs and fills each of them. | |
519 | |
520 @findex fill-region-as-paragraph | |
521 @kbd{M-q} and @code{fill-region} use the same criteria as @kbd{M-h} | |
522 for finding paragraph boundaries (@pxref{Paragraphs}). For more | |
523 control, you can use @kbd{M-x fill-region-as-paragraph}, which refills | |
524 everything between point and mark. This command deletes any blank lines | |
525 within the region, so separate blocks of text end up combined into one | |
526 block.@refill | |
527 | |
528 @cindex justification | |
529 A numeric argument to @kbd{M-q} causes it to @dfn{justify} the text as | |
530 well as filling it. This means that extra spaces are inserted to make | |
531 the right margin line up exactly at the fill column. To remove the | |
532 extra spaces, use @kbd{M-q} with no argument. (Likewise for | |
533 @code{fill-region}.) Another way to control justification, and choose | |
534 other styles of filling, is with the @code{justification} text property; | |
535 see @ref{Format Justification}. | |
536 | |
537 @kindex M-s @r{(Text mode)} | |
538 @cindex centering | |
539 @findex center-line | |
540 The command @kbd{M-s} (@code{center-line}) centers the current line | |
541 within the current fill column. With an argument @var{n}, it centers | |
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546 @vindex fill-column | |
547 @kindex C-x f | |
548 @findex set-fill-column | |
549 The maximum line width for filling is in the variable | |
550 @code{fill-column}. Altering the value of @code{fill-column} makes it | |
551 local to the current buffer; until that time, the default value is in | |
552 effect. The default is initially 70. @xref{Locals}. The easiest way | |
553 to set @code{fill-column} is to use the command @kbd{C-x f} | |
554 (@code{set-fill-column}). With a numeric argument, it uses that as the | |
555 new fill column. With just @kbd{C-u} as argument, it sets | |
556 @code{fill-column} to the current horizontal position of point. | |
557 | |
558 Emacs commands normally consider a period followed by two spaces or by | |
559 a newline as the end of a sentence; a period followed by just one space | |
560 indicates an abbreviation and not the end of a sentence. To preserve | |
561 the distinction between these two ways of using a period, the fill | |
562 commands do not break a line after a period followed by just one space. | |
563 | |
564 @vindex sentence-end-double-space | |
565 If the variable @code{sentence-end-double-space} is @code{nil}, the | |
566 fill commands expect and leave just one space at the end of a sentence. | |
567 Ordinarily this variable is @code{t}, so the fill commands insist on | |
568 two spaces for the end of a sentence, as explained above. @xref{Sentences}. | |
569 | |
570 @vindex colon-double-space | |
571 If the variable @code{colon-double-space} is non-@code{nil}, the | |
572 fill commands put two spaces after a colon. | |
573 | |
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591 @subsection The Fill Prefix | |
592 | |
593 @cindex fill prefix | |
594 To fill a paragraph in which each line starts with a special marker | |
595 (which might be a few spaces, giving an indented paragraph), you can use | |
596 the @dfn{fill prefix} feature. The fill prefix is a string that Emacs | |
597 expects every line to start with, and which is not included in filling. | |
598 You can specify a fill prefix explicitly; Emacs can also deduce the | |
599 fill prefix automatically (@pxref{Adaptive Fill}). | |
600 | |
601 @table @kbd | |
602 @item C-x . | |
603 Set the fill prefix (@code{set-fill-prefix}). | |
604 @item M-q | |
605 Fill a paragraph using current fill prefix (@code{fill-paragraph}). | |
606 @item M-x fill-individual-paragraphs | |
607 Fill the region, considering each change of indentation as starting a | |
608 new paragraph. | |
609 @item M-x fill-nonuniform-paragraphs | |
610 Fill the region, considering only paragraph-separator lines as starting | |
611 a new paragraph. | |
612 @end table | |
613 | |
614 @kindex C-x . | |
615 @findex set-fill-prefix | |
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623 When a fill prefix is in effect, the fill commands remove the fill | |
624 prefix from each line before filling and insert it on each line after | |
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633 For example, if @code{fill-column} is 40 and you set the fill prefix | |
634 to @samp{;; }, then @kbd{M-q} in the following text | |
635 | |
636 @example | |
637 ;; This is an | |
638 ;; example of a paragraph | |
639 ;; inside a Lisp-style comment. | |
640 @end example | |
641 | |
642 @noindent | |
643 produces this: | |
644 | |
645 @example | |
646 ;; This is an example of a paragraph | |
647 ;; inside a Lisp-style comment. | |
648 @end example | |
649 | |
650 Lines that do not start with the fill prefix are considered to start | |
651 paragraphs, both in @kbd{M-q} and the paragraph commands; this gives | |
652 good results for paragraphs with hanging indentation (every line | |
653 indented except the first one). Lines which are blank or indented once | |
654 the prefix is removed also separate or start paragraphs; this is what | |
655 you want if you are writing multi-paragraph comments with a comment | |
656 delimiter on each line. | |
657 | |
658 @findex fill-individual-paragraphs | |
659 You can use @kbd{M-x fill-individual-paragraphs} to set the fill | |
660 prefix for each paragraph automatically. This command divides the | |
661 region into paragraphs, treating every change in the amount of | |
662 indentation as the start of a new paragraph, and fills each of these | |
663 paragraphs. Thus, all the lines in one ``paragraph'' have the same | |
664 amount of indentation. That indentation serves as the fill prefix for | |
665 that paragraph. | |
666 | |
667 @findex fill-nonuniform-paragraphs | |
668 @kbd{M-x fill-nonuniform-paragraphs} is a similar command that divides | |
669 the region into paragraphs in a different way. It considers only | |
670 paragraph-separating lines (as defined by @code{paragraph-separate}) as | |
671 starting a new paragraph. Since this means that the lines of one | |
672 paragraph may have different amounts of indentation, the fill prefix | |
673 used is the smallest amount of indentation of any of the lines of the | |
674 paragraph. This gives good results with styles that indent a paragraph's | |
675 first line more or less that the rest of the paragraph. | |
676 | |
677 @vindex fill-prefix | |
678 The fill prefix is stored in the variable @code{fill-prefix}. Its value | |
679 is a string, or @code{nil} when there is no fill prefix. This is a | |
680 per-buffer variable; altering the variable affects only the current buffer, | |
681 but there is a default value which you can change as well. @xref{Locals}. | |
682 | |
683 The @code{indentation} text property provides another way to control | |
684 the amount of indentation paragraphs receive. @xref{Format Indentation}. | |
685 | |
686 @node Adaptive Fill | |
687 @subsection Adaptive Filling | |
688 | |
689 @cindex adaptive filling | |
690 The fill commands can deduce the proper fill prefix for a paragraph | |
691 automatically in certain cases: either whitespace or certain punctuation | |
692 characters at the beginning of a line are propagated to all lines of the | |
693 paragraph. | |
694 | |
695 If the paragraph has two or more lines, the fill prefix is taken from | |
696 the paragraph's second line, but only if it appears on the first line as | |
697 well. | |
698 | |
699 If a paragraph has just one line, fill commands @emph{may} take a | |
700 prefix from that line. The decision is complicated because there are | |
701 three reasonable things to do in such a case: | |
702 | |
703 @itemize @bullet | |
704 @item | |
705 Use the first line's prefix on all the lines of the paragraph. | |
706 | |
707 @item | |
708 Indent subsequent lines with whitespace, so that they line up under the | |
709 text that follows the prefix on the first line, but don't actually copy | |
710 the prefix from the first line. | |
711 | |
712 @item | |
713 Don't do anything special with the second and following lines. | |
714 @end itemize | |
715 | |
716 All three of these styles of formatting are commonly used. So the | |
717 fill commands try to determine what you would like, based on the prefix | |
718 that appears and on the major mode. Here is how. | |
719 | |
720 @vindex adaptive-fill-first-line-regexp | |
721 If the prefix found on the first line matches | |
722 @code{adaptive-fill-first-line-regexp}, or if it appears to be a | |
723 comment-starting sequence (this depends on the major mode), then the | |
724 prefix found is used for filling the paragraph, provided it would not | |
725 act as a paragraph starter on subsequent lines. | |
726 | |
727 Otherwise, the prefix found is converted to an equivalent number of | |
728 spaces, and those spaces are used as the fill prefix for the rest of the | |
729 lines, provided they would not act as a paragraph starter on subsequent | |
730 lines. | |
731 | |
732 In Text mode, and other modes where only blank lines and page | |
733 delimiters separate paragraphs, the prefix chosen by adaptive filling | |
734 never acts as a paragraph starter, so it can always be used for filling. | |
735 | |
736 @vindex adaptive-fill-mode | |
737 @vindex adaptive-fill-regexp | |
738 The variable @code{adaptive-fill-regexp} determines what kinds of line | |
739 beginnings can serve as a fill prefix: any characters at the start of | |
740 the line that match this regular expression are used. If you set the | |
741 variable @code{adaptive-fill-mode} to @code{nil}, the fill prefix is | |
742 never chosen automatically. | |
743 | |
744 @vindex adaptive-fill-function | |
745 You can specify more complex ways of choosing a fill prefix | |
746 automatically by setting the variable @code{adaptive-fill-function} to a | |
747 function. This function is called with point after the left margin of a | |
748 line, and it should return the appropriate fill prefix based on that | |
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753 @subsection Long Lines Mode |
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754 @cindex refilling text, word processor style |
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755 @cindex modes, Long Lines |
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756 @cindex word wrap |
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757 @cindex Long Lines minor mode |
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759 Long Lines mode is a minor mode for @dfn{word wrapping}; it lets you |
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760 edit ``unfilled'' text files, which Emacs would normally display as a |
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761 bunch of extremely long lines. Many text editors, such as those built |
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762 into many web browsers, normally do word wrapping. |
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764 @findex longlines-mode |
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765 To enable Long Lines mode, type @kbd{M-x longlines-mode}. If the |
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767 immediately---i.e., break up to fit in the window. As you edit the |
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768 text, Long Lines mode automatically re-wraps lines by inserting or |
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771 buffer into a file, or when you copy the text into the kill ring, |
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772 clipboard, or a register. |
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774 @findex longlines-auto-wrap |
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775 Word wrapping is @emph{not} the same as ordinary filling |
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776 (@pxref{Fill Commands}). It does not contract multiple spaces into a |
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777 single space, recognize fill prefixes (@pxref{Fill Prefix}), or |
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779 is that a wrapped line is still, conceptually, a single line. Each |
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780 soft newline is equivalent to exactly one space in that long line, and |
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781 vice versa. However, you can still call filling functions such as |
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782 @kbd{M-q}, and these will work as expected, inserting soft newlines |
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797 Before Long Lines can do anything, you need to transform each |
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803 @section Case Conversion Commands | |
804 @cindex case conversion | |
805 | |
806 Emacs has commands for converting either a single word or any arbitrary | |
807 range of text to upper case or to lower case. | |
808 | |
809 @table @kbd | |
810 @item M-l | |
811 Convert following word to lower case (@code{downcase-word}). | |
812 @item M-u | |
813 Convert following word to upper case (@code{upcase-word}). | |
814 @item M-c | |
815 Capitalize the following word (@code{capitalize-word}). | |
816 @item C-x C-l | |
817 Convert region to lower case (@code{downcase-region}). | |
818 @item C-x C-u | |
819 Convert region to upper case (@code{upcase-region}). | |
820 @end table | |
821 | |
822 @kindex M-l | |
823 @kindex M-u | |
824 @kindex M-c | |
825 @cindex words, case conversion | |
826 @cindex converting text to upper or lower case | |
827 @cindex capitalizing words | |
828 @findex downcase-word | |
829 @findex upcase-word | |
830 @findex capitalize-word | |
831 The word conversion commands are the most useful. @kbd{M-l} | |
832 (@code{downcase-word}) converts the word after point to lower case, moving | |
833 past it. Thus, repeating @kbd{M-l} converts successive words. | |
834 @kbd{M-u} (@code{upcase-word}) converts to all capitals instead, while | |
835 @kbd{M-c} (@code{capitalize-word}) puts the first letter of the word | |
836 into upper case and the rest into lower case. All these commands convert | |
837 several words at once if given an argument. They are especially convenient | |
838 for converting a large amount of text from all upper case to mixed case, | |
839 because you can move through the text using @kbd{M-l}, @kbd{M-u} or | |
840 @kbd{M-c} on each word as appropriate, occasionally using @kbd{M-f} instead | |
841 to skip a word. | |
842 | |
843 When given a negative argument, the word case conversion commands apply | |
844 to the appropriate number of words before point, but do not move point. | |
845 This is convenient when you have just typed a word in the wrong case: you | |
846 can give the case conversion command and continue typing. | |
847 | |
848 If a word case conversion command is given in the middle of a word, it | |
849 applies only to the part of the word which follows point. This is just | |
850 like what @kbd{M-d} (@code{kill-word}) does. With a negative argument, | |
851 case conversion applies only to the part of the word before point. | |
852 | |
853 @kindex C-x C-l | |
854 @kindex C-x C-u | |
855 @findex downcase-region | |
856 @findex upcase-region | |
857 The other case conversion commands are @kbd{C-x C-u} | |
858 (@code{upcase-region}) and @kbd{C-x C-l} (@code{downcase-region}), which | |
859 convert everything between point and mark to the specified case. Point and | |
860 mark do not move. | |
861 | |
862 The region case conversion commands @code{upcase-region} and | |
863 @code{downcase-region} are normally disabled. This means that they ask | |
864 for confirmation if you try to use them. When you confirm, you may | |
865 enable the command, which means it will not ask for confirmation again. | |
866 @xref{Disabling}. | |
867 | |
868 @node Text Mode | |
869 @section Text Mode | |
870 @cindex Text mode | |
871 @cindex mode, Text | |
872 @findex text-mode | |
873 | |
874 When you edit files of text in a human language, it's more convenient | |
875 to use Text mode rather than Fundamental mode. To enter Text mode, type | |
876 @kbd{M-x text-mode}. | |
877 | |
878 In Text mode, only blank lines and page delimiters separate | |
879 paragraphs. As a result, paragraphs can be indented, and adaptive | |
880 filling determines what indentation to use when filling a paragraph. | |
881 @xref{Adaptive Fill}. | |
882 | |
883 @kindex TAB @r{(Text mode)} | |
884 Text mode defines @key{TAB} to run @code{indent-relative} | |
885 (@pxref{Indentation}), so that you can conveniently indent a line like | |
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888 Text mode turns off the features concerned with comments except when | |
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895 @cindex Paragraph-Indent Text mode | |
896 @cindex mode, Paragraph-Indent Text | |
897 @findex paragraph-indent-text-mode | |
27207 | 898 @findex paragraph-indent-minor-mode |
25829 | 899 If you indent the first lines of paragraphs, then you should use |
900 Paragraph-Indent Text mode rather than Text mode. In this mode, you do | |
901 not need to have blank lines between paragraphs, because the first-line | |
902 indentation is sufficient to start a paragraph; however paragraphs in | |
903 which every line is indented are not supported. Use @kbd{M-x | |
27207 | 904 paragraph-indent-text-mode} to enter this mode. Use @kbd{M-x |
905 paragraph-indent-minor-mode} to enter an equivalent minor mode, for | |
906 instance during mail composition. | |
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908 @kindex M-TAB @r{(Text mode)} | |
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916 @vindex text-mode-hook | |
917 Entering Text mode runs the hook @code{text-mode-hook}. Other major | |
918 modes related to Text mode also run this hook, followed by hooks of | |
919 their own; this includes Paragraph-Indent Text mode, Nroff mode, @TeX{} | |
920 mode, Outline mode, and Mail mode. Hook functions on | |
921 @code{text-mode-hook} can look at the value of @code{major-mode} to see | |
922 which of these modes is actually being entered. @xref{Hooks}. | |
923 | |
924 @ifinfo | |
925 Emacs provides two other modes for editing text that is to be passed | |
926 through a text formatter to produce fancy formatted printed output. | |
927 @xref{Nroff Mode}, for editing input to the formatter nroff. | |
928 @xref{TeX Mode}, for editing input to the formatter TeX. | |
929 | |
930 Another mode is used for editing outlines. It allows you to view the | |
931 text at various levels of detail. You can view either the outline | |
932 headings alone or both headings and text; you can also hide some of the | |
933 headings at lower levels from view to make the high level structure more | |
934 visible. @xref{Outline Mode}. | |
935 @end ifinfo | |
936 | |
937 @node Outline Mode | |
938 @section Outline Mode | |
939 @cindex Outline mode | |
940 @cindex mode, Outline | |
941 @cindex invisible lines | |
942 | |
943 @findex outline-mode | |
944 @findex outline-minor-mode | |
945 @vindex outline-minor-mode-prefix | |
946 Outline mode is a major mode much like Text mode but intended for | |
947 editing outlines. It allows you to make parts of the text temporarily | |
948 invisible so that you can see the outline structure. Type @kbd{M-x | |
949 outline-mode} to switch to Outline mode as the major mode of the current | |
950 buffer. | |
951 | |
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953 on the screen. The screen appears exactly as if the invisible line | |
954 were deleted, except that an ellipsis (three periods in a row) appears | |
955 at the end of the previous visible line. (Multiple consecutive | |
956 invisible lines produce just one ellipsis.) | |
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958 Editing commands that operate on lines, such as @kbd{C-n} and | |
959 @kbd{C-p}, treat the text of the invisible line as part of the previous | |
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963 Outline minor mode provides the same commands as the major mode, | |
964 Outline mode, but you can use it in conjunction with other major modes. | |
965 Type @kbd{M-x outline-minor-mode} to enable the Outline minor mode in | |
966 the current buffer. You can also specify this in the text of a file, | |
967 with a file local variable of the form @samp{mode: outline-minor} | |
968 (@pxref{File Variables}). | |
969 | |
970 @kindex C-c @@ @r{(Outline minor mode)} | |
971 The major mode, Outline mode, provides special key bindings on the | |
972 @kbd{C-c} prefix. Outline minor mode provides similar bindings with | |
973 @kbd{C-c @@} as the prefix; this is to reduce the conflicts with the | |
974 major mode's special commands. (The variable | |
975 @code{outline-minor-mode-prefix} controls the prefix used.) | |
976 | |
977 @vindex outline-mode-hook | |
978 Entering Outline mode runs the hook @code{text-mode-hook} followed by | |
979 the hook @code{outline-mode-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}). | |
980 | |
981 @menu | |
982 * Format: Outline Format. What the text of an outline looks like. | |
983 * Motion: Outline Motion. Special commands for moving through | |
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25829 | 985 * Visibility: Outline Visibility. Commands to control what is visible. |
986 * Views: Outline Views. Outlines and multiple views. | |
59889 | 987 * Foldout:: Folding means zooming in on outlines. |
25829 | 988 @end menu |
989 | |
990 @node Outline Format | |
991 @subsection Format of Outlines | |
992 | |
993 @cindex heading lines (Outline mode) | |
994 @cindex body lines (Outline mode) | |
995 Outline mode assumes that the lines in the buffer are of two types: | |
996 @dfn{heading lines} and @dfn{body lines}. A heading line represents a | |
997 topic in the outline. Heading lines start with one or more stars; the | |
998 number of stars determines the depth of the heading in the outline | |
999 structure. Thus, a heading line with one star is a major topic; all the | |
1000 heading lines with two stars between it and the next one-star heading | |
1001 are its subtopics; and so on. Any line that is not a heading line is a | |
1002 body line. Body lines belong with the preceding heading line. Here is | |
1003 an example: | |
1004 | |
1005 @example | |
1006 * Food | |
1007 This is the body, | |
1008 which says something about the topic of food. | |
1009 | |
1010 ** Delicious Food | |
1011 This is the body of the second-level header. | |
1012 | |
1013 ** Distasteful Food | |
1014 This could have | |
1015 a body too, with | |
1016 several lines. | |
1017 | |
1018 *** Dormitory Food | |
1019 | |
1020 * Shelter | |
1021 Another first-level topic with its header line. | |
1022 @end example | |
1023 | |
1024 A heading line together with all following body lines is called | |
1025 collectively an @dfn{entry}. A heading line together with all following | |
1026 deeper heading lines and their body lines is called a @dfn{subtree}. | |
1027 | |
1028 @vindex outline-regexp | |
1029 You can customize the criterion for distinguishing heading lines | |
1030 by setting the variable @code{outline-regexp}. Any line whose | |
1031 beginning has a match for this regexp is considered a heading line. | |
1032 Matches that start within a line (not at the left margin) do not count. | |
1033 The length of the matching text determines the level of the heading; | |
1034 longer matches make a more deeply nested level. Thus, for example, | |
1035 if a text formatter has commands @samp{@@chapter}, @samp{@@section} | |
1036 and @samp{@@subsection} to divide the document into chapters and | |
1037 sections, you could make those lines count as heading lines by | |
1038 setting @code{outline-regexp} to @samp{"@@chap\\|@@\\(sub\\)*section"}. | |
1039 Note the trick: the two words @samp{chapter} and @samp{section} are equally | |
1040 long, but by defining the regexp to match only @samp{chap} we ensure | |
1041 that the length of the text matched on a chapter heading is shorter, | |
1042 so that Outline mode will know that sections are contained in chapters. | |
1043 This works as long as no other command starts with @samp{@@chap}. | |
1044 | |
1045 @vindex outline-level | |
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1049 returns the level of the current heading. Some major modes such as C, | |
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1053 @node Outline Motion | |
1054 @subsection Outline Motion Commands | |
1055 | |
1056 Outline mode provides special motion commands that move backward and | |
1057 forward to heading lines. | |
1058 | |
1059 @table @kbd | |
1060 @item C-c C-n | |
1061 Move point to the next visible heading line | |
1062 (@code{outline-next-visible-heading}). | |
1063 @item C-c C-p | |
1064 Move point to the previous visible heading line | |
1065 (@code{outline-previous-visible-heading}). | |
1066 @item C-c C-f | |
1067 Move point to the next visible heading line at the same level | |
1068 as the one point is on (@code{outline-forward-same-level}). | |
1069 @item C-c C-b | |
1070 Move point to the previous visible heading line at the same level | |
1071 (@code{outline-backward-same-level}). | |
1072 @item C-c C-u | |
1073 Move point up to a lower-level (more inclusive) visible heading line | |
1074 (@code{outline-up-heading}). | |
1075 @end table | |
1076 | |
1077 @findex outline-next-visible-heading | |
1078 @findex outline-previous-visible-heading | |
1079 @kindex C-c C-n @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1080 @kindex C-c C-p @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1081 @kbd{C-c C-n} (@code{outline-next-visible-heading}) moves down to the next | |
1082 heading line. @kbd{C-c C-p} (@code{outline-previous-visible-heading}) moves | |
1083 similarly backward. Both accept numeric arguments as repeat counts. The | |
1084 names emphasize that invisible headings are skipped, but this is not really | |
1085 a special feature. All editing commands that look for lines ignore the | |
1086 invisible lines automatically.@refill | |
1087 | |
1088 @findex outline-up-heading | |
1089 @findex outline-forward-same-level | |
1090 @findex outline-backward-same-level | |
1091 @kindex C-c C-f @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1092 @kindex C-c C-b @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1093 @kindex C-c C-u @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1094 More powerful motion commands understand the level structure of headings. | |
1095 @kbd{C-c C-f} (@code{outline-forward-same-level}) and | |
1096 @kbd{C-c C-b} (@code{outline-backward-same-level}) move from one | |
1097 heading line to another visible heading at the same depth in | |
1098 the outline. @kbd{C-c C-u} (@code{outline-up-heading}) moves | |
1099 backward to another heading that is less deeply nested. | |
1100 | |
1101 @node Outline Visibility | |
1102 @subsection Outline Visibility Commands | |
1103 | |
1104 The other special commands of outline mode are used to make lines visible | |
1105 or invisible. Their names all start with @code{hide} or @code{show}. | |
1106 Most of them fall into pairs of opposites. They are not undoable; instead, | |
1107 you can undo right past them. Making lines visible or invisible is simply | |
1108 not recorded by the undo mechanism. | |
1109 | |
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1119 Make the current heading line's body visible (@code{show-entry}). |
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1136 Make all body lines in the buffer invisible (@code{hide-body}). | |
1137 @item C-c C-a | |
1138 Make all lines in the buffer visible (@code{show-all}). | |
1139 @item C-c C-q | |
1140 Hide everything except the top @var{n} levels of heading lines | |
1141 (@code{hide-sublevels}). | |
1142 @item C-c C-o | |
1143 Hide everything except for the heading or body that point is in, plus | |
1144 the headings leading up from there to the top level of the outline | |
1145 (@code{hide-other}). | |
1146 @end table | |
1147 | |
1148 @findex hide-entry | |
1149 @findex show-entry | |
1150 @kindex C-c C-c @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1151 @kindex C-c C-e @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1152 Two commands that are exact opposites are @kbd{C-c C-c} | |
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1157 @findex hide-subtree | |
1158 @findex show-subtree | |
1159 @kindex C-c C-s @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1160 @kindex C-c C-d @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1161 @cindex subtree (Outline mode) | |
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1169 @findex hide-leaves | |
1170 @findex show-branches | |
1171 @kindex C-c C-l @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1172 @kindex C-c C-k @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1173 Intermediate between a visible subtree and an invisible one is having | |
1174 all the subheadings visible but none of the body. There are two | |
1175 commands for doing this, depending on whether you want to hide the | |
1176 bodies or make the subheadings visible. They are @kbd{C-c C-l} | |
1177 (@code{hide-leaves}) and @kbd{C-c C-k} (@code{show-branches}). | |
1178 | |
1179 @kindex C-c C-i @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1180 @findex show-children | |
1181 A little weaker than @code{show-branches} is @kbd{C-c C-i} | |
1182 (@code{show-children}). It makes just the direct subheadings | |
1183 visible---those one level down. Deeper subheadings remain invisible, if | |
1184 they were invisible.@refill | |
1185 | |
1186 @findex hide-body | |
1187 @findex show-all | |
1188 @kindex C-c C-t @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1189 @kindex C-c C-a @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1190 Two commands have a blanket effect on the whole file. @kbd{C-c C-t} | |
1191 (@code{hide-body}) makes all body lines invisible, so that you see just | |
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1199 @findex hide-sublevels | |
1200 @kindex C-c C-q @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1201 The command @kbd{C-c C-q} (@code{hide-sublevels}) hides all but the | |
1202 top level headings. With a numeric argument @var{n}, it hides everything | |
1203 except the top @var{n} levels of heading lines. | |
1204 | |
1205 @findex hide-other | |
1206 @kindex C-c C-o @r{(Outline mode)} | |
1207 The command @kbd{C-c C-o} (@code{hide-other}) hides everything except | |
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1214 it makes that part of the buffer visible. If you exit the search | |
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1219 @node Outline Views | |
1220 @subsection Viewing One Outline in Multiple Views | |
1221 | |
1222 @cindex multiple views of outline | |
1223 @cindex views of an outline | |
1224 @cindex outline with multiple views | |
1225 @cindex indirect buffers and outlines | |
1226 You can display two views of a single outline at the same time, in | |
1227 different windows. To do this, you must create an indirect buffer using | |
1228 @kbd{M-x make-indirect-buffer}. The first argument of this command is | |
1229 the existing outline buffer name, and its second argument is the name to | |
1230 use for the new indirect buffer. @xref{Indirect Buffers}. | |
1231 | |
1232 Once the indirect buffer exists, you can display it in a window in the | |
1233 normal fashion, with @kbd{C-x 4 b} or other Emacs commands. The Outline | |
1234 mode commands to show and hide parts of the text operate on each buffer | |
1235 independently; as a result, each buffer can have its own view. If you | |
1236 want more than two views on the same outline, create additional indirect | |
1237 buffers. | |
1238 | |
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1242 @cindex folding editing | |
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28328 | 1249 level-1 headings hidden. To look at what is hidden under one of these |
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1251 the body, or @kbd{C-c C-i} to expose the child (level-2) headings. |
28328 | 1252 |
1253 @kindex C-c C-z | |
1254 @findex foldout-zoom-subtree | |
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1255 With Foldout, you use @kbd{C-c C-z} (@kbd{M-x foldout-zoom-subtree}). |
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1256 This exposes the body and child subheadings, and narrows the buffer so |
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1257 that only the @w{level-1} heading, the body and the level-2 headings are |
28328 | 1258 visible. Now to look under one of the level-2 headings, position the |
1259 cursor on it and use @kbd{C-c C-z} again. This exposes the level-2 body | |
1260 and its level-3 child subheadings and narrows the buffer again. Zooming | |
1261 in on successive subheadings can be done as much as you like. A string | |
39267 | 1262 in the mode line shows how deep you've gone. |
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1264 When zooming in on a heading, to see only the child subheadings specify |
28328 | 1265 a numeric argument: @kbd{C-u C-c C-z}. The number of levels of children |
1266 can be specified too (compare @kbd{M-x show-children}), e.g.@: @kbd{M-2 | |
1267 C-c C-z} exposes two levels of child subheadings. Alternatively, the | |
39267 | 1268 body can be specified with a negative argument: @kbd{M-- C-c C-z}. The |
28328 | 1269 whole subtree can be expanded, similarly to @kbd{C-c C-s} (@kbd{M-x |
1270 show-subtree}), by specifying a zero argument: @kbd{M-0 C-c C-z}. | |
1271 | |
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1272 While you're zoomed in, you can still use Outline mode's exposure and |
28328 | 1273 hiding functions without disturbing Foldout. Also, since the buffer is |
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1274 narrowed, ``global'' editing actions will only affect text under the |
28328 | 1275 zoomed-in heading. This is useful for restricting changes to a |
1276 particular chapter or section of your document. | |
1277 | |
1278 @kindex C-c C-x | |
1279 @findex foldout-exit-fold | |
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1280 To unzoom (exit) a fold, use @kbd{C-c C-x} (@kbd{M-x foldout-exit-fold}). |
28328 | 1281 This hides all the text and subheadings under the top-level heading and |
1282 returns you to the previous view of the buffer. Specifying a numeric | |
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1284 exits all folds. |
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1286 To cancel the narrowing of a fold without hiding the text and |
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1287 subheadings, specify a negative argument. For example, @kbd{M--2 C-c |
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1288 C-x} exits two folds and leaves the text and subheadings exposed. |
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1290 Foldout mode also provides mouse commands for entering and exiting |
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28328 | 1293 @table @asis |
40651 | 1294 @item @kbd{C-M-Mouse-1} zooms in on the heading clicked on |
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1295 @itemize @asis |
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1296 @item |
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1297 single click: expose body. |
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1298 @item |
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1299 double click: expose subheadings. |
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1300 @item |
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1301 triple click: expose body and subheadings. |
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1303 quad click: expose entire subtree. |
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1304 @end itemize |
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1315 @end itemize |
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1317 @itemize @asis |
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1319 single click: hide subtree. |
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1321 double click: exit fold and hide text. |
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1323 triple click: exit fold without hiding text. |
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1326 @end itemize |
28328 | 1327 @end table |
1328 | |
1329 @vindex foldout-mouse-modifiers | |
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1332 you have already loaded the @file{foldout.el} library, you must reload |
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1333 it in order for this to take effect. |
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1335 To use the Foldout package, you can type @kbd{M-x load-library |
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1336 @key{RET} foldout @key{RET}}; or you can arrange for to do that |
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1337 automatically by putting this in your @file{.emacs} file: |
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1339 @example |
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1343 @node TeX Mode |
25829 | 1344 @section @TeX{} Mode |
1345 @cindex @TeX{} mode | |
1346 @cindex La@TeX{} mode | |
1347 @cindex Sli@TeX{} mode | |
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1348 @cindex Doc@TeX{} mode |
25829 | 1349 @cindex mode, @TeX{} |
1350 @cindex mode, La@TeX{} | |
1351 @cindex mode, Sli@TeX{} | |
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1352 @cindex mode, Doc@TeX{} |
25829 | 1353 @findex tex-mode |
1354 @findex plain-tex-mode | |
1355 @findex latex-mode | |
1356 @findex slitex-mode | |
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1357 @findex doctex-mode |
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1359 @TeX{} is a powerful text formatter written by Donald Knuth; it is also | |
1360 free, like GNU Emacs. La@TeX{} is a simplified input format for @TeX{}, | |
1361 implemented by @TeX{} macros; it comes with @TeX{}. Sli@TeX{} is a special | |
30867 | 1362 form of La@TeX{}.@footnote{Sli@TeX{} is obsoleted by the @samp{slides} |
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1363 document class in recent La@TeX{} versions.} Doc@TeX{} (@file{.dtx}) |
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1364 is a special file format in which the La@TeX{} sources are written, |
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1365 combining sources with documentation. |
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1367 Emacs has a special @TeX{} mode for editing @TeX{} input files. | |
1368 It provides facilities for checking the balance of delimiters and for | |
1369 invoking @TeX{} on all or part of the file. | |
1370 | |
1371 @vindex tex-default-mode | |
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1372 @TeX{} mode has four variants: Plain @TeX{} mode, La@TeX{} mode, |
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1373 Sli@TeX{} mode, and Doc@TeX{} mode (these distinct major modes differ |
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1374 only slightly). They are designed for editing the four different |
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1375 formats. The command @kbd{M-x tex-mode} looks at the contents of the |
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1376 buffer to determine whether the contents appear to be either La@TeX{} |
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1377 input, Sli@TeX{}, or Doc@TeX{} input; if so, it selects the |
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1378 appropriate mode. If the file contents do not appear to be La@TeX{}, |
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1379 Sli@TeX{} or Doc@TeX{}, it selects Plain @TeX{} mode. If the contents |
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1380 are insufficient to determine this, the variable |
25829 | 1381 @code{tex-default-mode} controls which mode is used. |
1382 | |
1383 When @kbd{M-x tex-mode} does not guess right, you can use the commands | |
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1384 @kbd{M-x plain-tex-mode}, @kbd{M-x latex-mode}, @kbd{M-x slitex-mode}, |
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1385 and @kbd{doctex-mode} to select explicitly the particular variants of |
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1386 @TeX{} mode. |
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1388 @menu | |
1389 * Editing: TeX Editing. Special commands for editing in TeX mode. | |
1390 * LaTeX: LaTeX Editing. Additional commands for LaTeX input files. | |
1391 * Printing: TeX Print. Commands for printing part of a file with TeX. | |
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1392 * Misc: TeX Misc. Customization of TeX mode, and related features. |
25829 | 1393 @end menu |
1394 | |
1395 @node TeX Editing | |
1396 @subsection @TeX{} Editing Commands | |
1397 | |
1398 Here are the special commands provided in @TeX{} mode for editing the | |
1399 text of the file. | |
1400 | |
1401 @table @kbd | |
1402 @item " | |
1403 Insert, according to context, either @samp{``} or @samp{"} or | |
1404 @samp{''} (@code{tex-insert-quote}). | |
1405 @item C-j | |
1406 Insert a paragraph break (two newlines) and check the previous | |
1407 paragraph for unbalanced braces or dollar signs | |
1408 (@code{tex-terminate-paragraph}). | |
1409 @item M-x tex-validate-region | |
1410 Check each paragraph in the region for unbalanced braces or dollar signs. | |
1411 @item C-c @{ | |
1412 Insert @samp{@{@}} and position point between them (@code{tex-insert-braces}). | |
1413 @item C-c @} | |
1414 Move forward past the next unmatched close brace (@code{up-list}). | |
1415 @end table | |
1416 | |
1417 @findex tex-insert-quote | |
1418 @kindex " @r{(@TeX{} mode)} | |
1419 In @TeX{}, the character @samp{"} is not normally used; we use | |
1420 @samp{``} to start a quotation and @samp{''} to end one. To make | |
1421 editing easier under this formatting convention, @TeX{} mode overrides | |
1422 the normal meaning of the key @kbd{"} with a command that inserts a pair | |
1423 of single-quotes or backquotes (@code{tex-insert-quote}). To be | |
1424 precise, this command inserts @samp{``} after whitespace or an open | |
1425 brace, @samp{"} after a backslash, and @samp{''} after any other | |
1426 character. | |
1427 | |
1428 If you need the character @samp{"} itself in unusual contexts, use | |
1429 @kbd{C-q} to insert it. Also, @kbd{"} with a numeric argument always | |
1430 inserts that number of @samp{"} characters. You can turn off the | |
1431 feature of @kbd{"} expansion by eliminating that binding in the local | |
1432 map (@pxref{Key Bindings}). | |
1433 | |
1434 In @TeX{} mode, @samp{$} has a special syntax code which attempts to | |
1435 understand the way @TeX{} math mode delimiters match. When you insert a | |
1436 @samp{$} that is meant to exit math mode, the position of the matching | |
1437 @samp{$} that entered math mode is displayed for a second. This is the | |
1438 same feature that displays the open brace that matches a close brace that | |
1439 is inserted. However, there is no way to tell whether a @samp{$} enters | |
1440 math mode or leaves it; so when you insert a @samp{$} that enters math | |
1441 mode, the previous @samp{$} position is shown as if it were a match, even | |
1442 though they are actually unrelated. | |
1443 | |
1444 @findex tex-insert-braces | |
1445 @kindex C-c @{ @r{(@TeX{} mode)} | |
1446 @findex up-list | |
1447 @kindex C-c @} @r{(@TeX{} mode)} | |
1448 @TeX{} uses braces as delimiters that must match. Some users prefer | |
1449 to keep braces balanced at all times, rather than inserting them | |
1450 singly. Use @kbd{C-c @{} (@code{tex-insert-braces}) to insert a pair of | |
1451 braces. It leaves point between the two braces so you can insert the | |
1452 text that belongs inside. Afterward, use the command @kbd{C-c @}} | |
1453 (@code{up-list}) to move forward past the close brace. | |
1454 | |
1455 @findex tex-validate-region | |
1456 @findex tex-terminate-paragraph | |
1457 @kindex C-j @r{(@TeX{} mode)} | |
1458 There are two commands for checking the matching of braces. @kbd{C-j} | |
1459 (@code{tex-terminate-paragraph}) checks the paragraph before point, and | |
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25829 | 1461 the echo area if any mismatch is found. @kbd{M-x tex-validate-region} |
1462 checks a region, paragraph by paragraph. The errors are listed in the | |
1463 @samp{*Occur*} buffer, and you can use @kbd{C-c C-c} or @kbd{Mouse-2} in | |
1464 that buffer to go to a particular mismatch. | |
1465 | |
1466 Note that Emacs commands count square brackets and parentheses in | |
1467 @TeX{} mode, not just braces. This is not strictly correct for the | |
1468 purpose of checking @TeX{} syntax. However, parentheses and square | |
1469 brackets are likely to be used in text as matching delimiters and it is | |
1470 useful for the various motion commands and automatic match display to | |
1471 work with them. | |
1472 | |
1473 @node LaTeX Editing | |
1474 @subsection La@TeX{} Editing Commands | |
1475 | |
1476 La@TeX{} mode, and its variant, Sli@TeX{} mode, provide a few extra | |
1477 features not applicable to plain @TeX{}. | |
1478 | |
1479 @table @kbd | |
1480 @item C-c C-o | |
1481 Insert @samp{\begin} and @samp{\end} for La@TeX{} block and position | |
1482 point on a line between them (@code{tex-latex-block}). | |
1483 @item C-c C-e | |
1484 Close the innermost La@TeX{} block not yet closed | |
1485 (@code{tex-close-latex-block}). | |
1486 @end table | |
1487 | |
1488 @findex tex-latex-block | |
1489 @kindex C-c C-o @r{(La@TeX{} mode)} | |
1490 @vindex latex-block-names | |
1491 In La@TeX{} input, @samp{\begin} and @samp{\end} commands are used to | |
1492 group blocks of text. To insert a @samp{\begin} and a matching | |
1493 @samp{\end} (on a new line following the @samp{\begin}), use @kbd{C-c | |
1494 C-o} (@code{tex-latex-block}). A blank line is inserted between the | |
1495 two, and point is left there. You can use completion when you enter the | |
1496 block type; to specify additional block type names beyond the standard | |
1497 list, set the variable @code{latex-block-names}. For example, here's | |
1498 how to add @samp{theorem}, @samp{corollary}, and @samp{proof}: | |
1499 | |
1500 @example | |
1501 (setq latex-block-names '("theorem" "corollary" "proof")) | |
1502 @end example | |
1503 | |
1504 @findex tex-close-latex-block | |
1505 @kindex C-c C-e @r{(La@TeX{} mode)} | |
1506 In La@TeX{} input, @samp{\begin} and @samp{\end} commands must | |
1507 balance. You can use @kbd{C-c C-e} (@code{tex-close-latex-block}) to | |
1508 insert automatically a matching @samp{\end} to match the last unmatched | |
1509 @samp{\begin}. It indents the @samp{\end} to match the corresponding | |
1510 @samp{\begin}. It inserts a newline after @samp{\end} if point is at | |
1511 the beginning of a line. | |
1512 | |
1513 @node TeX Print | |
1514 @subsection @TeX{} Printing Commands | |
1515 | |
1516 You can invoke @TeX{} as an inferior of Emacs on either the entire | |
1517 contents of the buffer or just a region at a time. Running @TeX{} in | |
1518 this way on just one chapter is a good way to see what your changes | |
1519 look like without taking the time to format the entire file. | |
1520 | |
1521 @table @kbd | |
1522 @item C-c C-r | |
1523 Invoke @TeX{} on the current region, together with the buffer's header | |
1524 (@code{tex-region}). | |
1525 @item C-c C-b | |
1526 Invoke @TeX{} on the entire current buffer (@code{tex-buffer}). | |
1527 @item C-c @key{TAB} | |
1528 Invoke Bib@TeX{} on the current file (@code{tex-bibtex-file}). | |
1529 @item C-c C-f | |
1530 Invoke @TeX{} on the current file (@code{tex-file}). | |
1531 @item C-c C-l | |
1532 Recenter the window showing output from the inferior @TeX{} so that | |
1533 the last line can be seen (@code{tex-recenter-output-buffer}). | |
1534 @item C-c C-k | |
1535 Kill the @TeX{} subprocess (@code{tex-kill-job}). | |
1536 @item C-c C-p | |
1537 Print the output from the last @kbd{C-c C-r}, @kbd{C-c C-b}, or @kbd{C-c | |
1538 C-f} command (@code{tex-print}). | |
1539 @item C-c C-v | |
1540 Preview the output from the last @kbd{C-c C-r}, @kbd{C-c C-b}, or @kbd{C-c | |
1541 C-f} command (@code{tex-view}). | |
1542 @item C-c C-q | |
1543 Show the printer queue (@code{tex-show-print-queue}). | |
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1545 Invoke some other compilation command on the entire current buffer |
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1546 (@code{tex-compile}). |
25829 | 1547 @end table |
1548 | |
1549 @findex tex-buffer | |
1550 @kindex C-c C-b @r{(@TeX{} mode)} | |
1551 @findex tex-print | |
1552 @kindex C-c C-p @r{(@TeX{} mode)} | |
1553 @findex tex-view | |
1554 @kindex C-c C-v @r{(@TeX{} mode)} | |
1555 @findex tex-show-print-queue | |
1556 @kindex C-c C-q @r{(@TeX{} mode)} | |
1557 You can pass the current buffer through an inferior @TeX{} by means of | |
1558 @kbd{C-c C-b} (@code{tex-buffer}). The formatted output appears in a | |
1559 temporary file; to print it, type @kbd{C-c C-p} (@code{tex-print}). | |
1560 Afterward, you can use @kbd{C-c C-q} (@code{tex-show-print-queue}) to | |
1561 view the progress of your output towards being printed. If your terminal | |
1562 has the ability to display @TeX{} output files, you can preview the | |
1563 output on the terminal with @kbd{C-c C-v} (@code{tex-view}). | |
1564 | |
29107 | 1565 @cindex @env{TEXINPUTS} environment variable |
25829 | 1566 @vindex tex-directory |
1567 You can specify the directory to use for running @TeX{} by setting the | |
1568 variable @code{tex-directory}. @code{"."} is the default value. If | |
29107 | 1569 your environment variable @env{TEXINPUTS} contains relative directory |
25829 | 1570 names, or if your files contains @samp{\input} commands with relative |
1571 file names, then @code{tex-directory} @emph{must} be @code{"."} or you | |
1572 will get the wrong results. Otherwise, it is safe to specify some other | |
1573 directory, such as @code{"/tmp"}. | |
1574 | |
1575 @vindex tex-run-command | |
1576 @vindex latex-run-command | |
1577 @vindex slitex-run-command | |
1578 @vindex tex-dvi-print-command | |
1579 @vindex tex-dvi-view-command | |
1580 @vindex tex-show-queue-command | |
1581 If you want to specify which shell commands are used in the inferior @TeX{}, | |
1582 you can do so by setting the values of the variables @code{tex-run-command}, | |
1583 @code{latex-run-command}, @code{slitex-run-command}, | |
1584 @code{tex-dvi-print-command}, @code{tex-dvi-view-command}, and | |
1585 @code{tex-show-queue-command}. You @emph{must} set the value of | |
1586 @code{tex-dvi-view-command} for your particular terminal; this variable | |
1587 has no default value. The other variables have default values that may | |
1588 (or may not) be appropriate for your system. | |
1589 | |
1590 Normally, the file name given to these commands comes at the end of | |
1591 the command string; for example, @samp{latex @var{filename}}. In some | |
1592 cases, however, the file name needs to be embedded in the command; an | |
1593 example is when you need to provide the file name as an argument to one | |
1594 command whose output is piped to another. You can specify where to put | |
1595 the file name with @samp{*} in the command string. For example, | |
1596 | |
1597 @example | |
1598 (setq tex-dvi-print-command "dvips -f * | lpr") | |
1599 @end example | |
1600 | |
1601 @findex tex-kill-job | |
1602 @kindex C-c C-k @r{(@TeX{} mode)} | |
1603 @findex tex-recenter-output-buffer | |
1604 @kindex C-c C-l @r{(@TeX{} mode)} | |
1605 The terminal output from @TeX{}, including any error messages, appears | |
1606 in a buffer called @samp{*tex-shell*}. If @TeX{} gets an error, you can | |
1607 switch to this buffer and feed it input (this works as in Shell mode; | |
1608 @pxref{Interactive Shell}). Without switching to this buffer you can | |
1609 scroll it so that its last line is visible by typing @kbd{C-c | |
1610 C-l}. | |
1611 | |
1612 Type @kbd{C-c C-k} (@code{tex-kill-job}) to kill the @TeX{} process if | |
1613 you see that its output is no longer useful. Using @kbd{C-c C-b} or | |
1614 @kbd{C-c C-r} also kills any @TeX{} process still running.@refill | |
1615 | |
1616 @findex tex-region | |
1617 @kindex C-c C-r @r{(@TeX{} mode)} | |
1618 You can also pass an arbitrary region through an inferior @TeX{} by typing | |
1619 @kbd{C-c C-r} (@code{tex-region}). This is tricky, however, because most files | |
1620 of @TeX{} input contain commands at the beginning to set parameters and | |
1621 define macros, without which no later part of the file will format | |
1622 correctly. To solve this problem, @kbd{C-c C-r} allows you to designate a | |
1623 part of the file as containing essential commands; it is included before | |
1624 the specified region as part of the input to @TeX{}. The designated part | |
1625 of the file is called the @dfn{header}. | |
1626 | |
1627 @cindex header (@TeX{} mode) | |
1628 To indicate the bounds of the header in Plain @TeX{} mode, you insert two | |
1629 special strings in the file. Insert @samp{%**start of header} before the | |
1630 header, and @samp{%**end of header} after it. Each string must appear | |
1631 entirely on one line, but there may be other text on the line before or | |
1632 after. The lines containing the two strings are included in the header. | |
1633 If @samp{%**start of header} does not appear within the first 100 lines of | |
1634 the buffer, @kbd{C-c C-r} assumes that there is no header. | |
1635 | |
1636 In La@TeX{} mode, the header begins with @samp{\documentclass} or | |
1637 @samp{\documentstyle} and ends with @samp{\begin@{document@}}. These | |
1638 are commands that La@TeX{} requires you to use in any case, so nothing | |
1639 special needs to be done to identify the header. | |
1640 | |
1641 @findex tex-file | |
1642 @kindex C-c C-f @r{(@TeX{} mode)} | |
1643 The commands (@code{tex-buffer}) and (@code{tex-region}) do all of their | |
1644 work in a temporary directory, and do not have available any of the auxiliary | |
1645 files needed by @TeX{} for cross-references; these commands are generally | |
1646 not suitable for running the final copy in which all of the cross-references | |
1647 need to be correct. | |
1648 | |
1649 When you want the auxiliary files for cross references, use @kbd{C-c | |
1650 C-f} (@code{tex-file}) which runs @TeX{} on the current buffer's file, | |
1651 in that file's directory. Before running @TeX{}, it offers to save any | |
1652 modified buffers. Generally, you need to use (@code{tex-file}) twice to | |
1653 get the cross-references right. | |
1654 | |
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1656 The value of the variable @code{tex-start-options} specifies |
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1657 options for the @TeX{} run. |
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1660 The value of the variable @code{tex-start-commands} specifies @TeX{} |
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1661 commands for starting @TeX{}. The default value causes @TeX{} to run |
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1662 in nonstop mode. To run @TeX{} interactively, set the variable to |
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1663 @code{""}. |
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1665 @vindex tex-main-file | |
1666 Large @TeX{} documents are often split into several files---one main | |
1667 file, plus subfiles. Running @TeX{} on a subfile typically does not | |
1668 work; you have to run it on the main file. In order to make | |
1669 @code{tex-file} useful when you are editing a subfile, you can set the | |
1670 variable @code{tex-main-file} to the name of the main file. Then | |
1671 @code{tex-file} runs @TeX{} on that file. | |
1672 | |
1673 The most convenient way to use @code{tex-main-file} is to specify it | |
1674 in a local variable list in each of the subfiles. @xref{File | |
1675 Variables}. | |
1676 | |
1677 @findex tex-bibtex-file | |
1678 @kindex C-c TAB @r{(@TeX{} mode)} | |
1679 @vindex tex-bibtex-command | |
1680 For La@TeX{} files, you can use Bib@TeX{} to process the auxiliary | |
1681 file for the current buffer's file. Bib@TeX{} looks up bibliographic | |
1682 citations in a data base and prepares the cited references for the | |
1683 bibliography section. The command @kbd{C-c TAB} | |
1684 (@code{tex-bibtex-file}) runs the shell command | |
1685 (@code{tex-bibtex-command}) to produce a @samp{.bbl} file for the | |
1686 current buffer's file. Generally, you need to do @kbd{C-c C-f} | |
1687 (@code{tex-file}) once to generate the @samp{.aux} file, then do | |
1688 @kbd{C-c TAB} (@code{tex-bibtex-file}), and then repeat @kbd{C-c C-f} | |
1689 (@code{tex-file}) twice more to get the cross-references correct. | |
1690 | |
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1692 @kindex C-c C-c @r{(@TeX{} mode)} |
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1693 To invoke some other compilation program on the current @TeX{} |
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1694 buffer, type @kbd{C-c C-c} (@code{tex-compile}). This command knows |
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1695 how to pass arguments to many common programs, including |
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1696 @file{pdflatex}, @file{yap}, @file{xdvi}, and @file{dvips}. You can |
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1697 select your desired compilation program using the standard completion |
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1698 keys (@pxref{Completion}). |
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1700 @node TeX Misc |
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1701 @subsection @TeX{} Mode Miscellany |
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1703 @vindex tex-shell-hook |
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1706 @vindex slitex-mode-hook |
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1707 @vindex plain-tex-mode-hook |
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1708 Entering any variant of @TeX{} mode runs the hooks |
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1709 @code{text-mode-hook} and @code{tex-mode-hook}. Then it runs either |
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1710 @code{plain-tex-mode-hook}, @code{latex-mode-hook}, or |
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1711 @code{slitex-mode-hook}, whichever is appropriate. Starting the |
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1712 @TeX{} shell runs the hook @code{tex-shell-hook}. @xref{Hooks}. |
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1714 @findex iso-iso2tex |
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1720 The commands @kbd{M-x iso-iso2tex}, @kbd{M-x iso-tex2iso}, @kbd{M-x |
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1721 iso-iso2gtex} and @kbd{M-x iso-gtex2iso} can be used to convert |
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1722 between Latin-1 encoded files and @TeX{}-encoded equivalents. |
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1724 @c Too cryptic to be useful, too cryptic for me to make it better -- rms. |
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1731 @findex tildify-buffer |
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1732 @findex tildify-region |
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1733 @cindex ties, @TeX{}, inserting |
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1735 The commands @kbd{M-x tildify-buffer} and @kbd{M-x tildify-region} |
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1736 insert @samp{~} (@dfn{tie}) characters where they are conventionally |
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1737 required. This is set up for Czech---customize the group |
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1738 @samp{tildify} for other languages or for other sorts of markup. |
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1739 @end ignore |
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1740 |
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1741 @cindex Ref@TeX{} package |
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1742 @cindex references, La@TeX{} |
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1743 @cindex La@TeX{} references |
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1744 For managing all kinds of references for La@TeX{}, you can use |
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1745 Ref@TeX{}. @inforef{Top,, reftex}. |
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1746 |
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1747 @node HTML Mode |
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1748 @section SGML, XML, and HTML Modes |
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1749 |
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1750 The major modes for SGML and HTML include indentation support and |
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1751 commands to operate on tags. This section describes the special |
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1752 commands of these modes. (HTML mode is a slightly customized variant |
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1753 of SGML mode.) |
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1754 |
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1755 @table @kbd |
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1756 @item C-c C-n |
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1757 @kindex C-c C-n @r{(SGML mode)} |
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1758 @findex sgml-name-char |
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1759 Interactively specify a special character and insert the SGML |
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1760 @samp{&}-command for that character. |
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1761 |
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1762 @item C-c C-t |
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1763 @kindex C-c C-t @r{(SGML mode)} |
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1764 @findex sgml-tag |
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1765 Interactively specify a tag and its attributes (@code{sgml-tag}). |
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1766 This command asks you for a tag name and for the attribute values, |
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1767 then inserts both the opening tag and the closing tag, leaving point |
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1768 between them. |
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1769 |
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1770 With a prefix argument @var{n}, the command puts the tag around the |
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1771 @var{n} words already present in the buffer after point. With |
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1772 @minus{}1 as argument, it puts the tag around the region. (In |
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1773 Transient Mark mode, it does this whenever a region is active.) |
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1774 |
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1775 @item C-c C-a |
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1776 @kindex C-c C-a @r{(SGML mode)} |
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1777 @findex sgml-attributes |
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1778 Interactively insert attribute values for the current tag |
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1779 (@code{sgml-attributes}). |
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1780 |
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1781 @item C-c C-f |
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1782 @kindex C-c C-f @r{(SGML mode)} |
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1783 @findex sgml-skip-tag-forward |
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1784 Skip across a balanced tag group (which extends from an opening tag |
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1785 through its corresponding closing tag) (@code{sgml-skip-tag-forward}). |
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1786 A numeric argument acts as a repeat count. |
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1787 |
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1788 @item C-c C-b |
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1789 @kindex C-c C-b @r{(SGML mode)} |
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1790 @findex sgml-skip-tag-backward |
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1791 Skip backward across a balanced tag group (which extends from an |
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1792 opening tag through its corresponding closing tag) |
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1793 (@code{sgml-skip-tag-forward}). A numeric argument acts as a repeat |
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1794 count. |
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1795 |
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1796 @item C-c C-d |
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1797 @kindex C-c C-d @r{(SGML mode)} |
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1798 @findex sgml-delete-tag |
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1799 Delete the tag at or after point, and delete the matching tag too |
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1800 (@code{sgml-delete-tag}). If the tag at or after point is an opening |
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1801 tag, delete the closing tag too; if it is a closing tag, delete the |
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1802 opening tag too. |
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1803 |
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1804 @item C-c ? @var{tag} @key{RET} |
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1805 @kindex C-c ? @r{(SGML mode)} |
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1806 @findex sgml-tag-help |
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1807 Display a description of the meaning of tag @var{tag} |
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1808 (@code{sgml-tag-help}). If the argument @var{tag} is empty, describe |
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1809 the tag at point. |
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1810 |
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1811 @item C-c / |
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1812 @kindex C-c / @r{(SGML mode)} |
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1813 @findex sgml-close-tag |
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1814 Insert a close tag for the innermost unterminated tag |
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1815 (@code{sgml-close-tag}). If called from within a tag or a comment, |
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1816 close this element instead of inserting a close tag. |
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1817 |
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1818 @item C-c 8 |
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1819 @kindex C-c 8 @r{(SGML mode)} |
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1820 @findex sgml-name-8bit-mode |
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1821 Toggle a minor mode in which Latin-1 characters insert the |
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1822 corresponding SGML commands that stand for them, instead of the |
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1823 characters themselves (@code{sgml-name-8bit-mode}). |
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1824 |
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1825 @item C-c C-v |
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1826 @kindex C-c C-v @r{(SGML mode)} |
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1827 @findex sgml-validate |
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1828 Run a shell command (which you must specify) to validate the current |
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1829 buffer as SGML (@code{sgml-validate}). |
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1830 |
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1831 @item C-x TAB |
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1832 @kindex C-c TAB @r{(SGML mode)} |
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1833 @findex sgml-tags-invisible |
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1834 Toggle the visibility of existing tags in the buffer. This can be |
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1835 used as a cheap preview. |
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1836 @end table |
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1837 |
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1838 @vindex sgml-xml-mode |
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1839 SGML mode and HTML mode support XML also. In XML, every opening tag |
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1840 must have an explicit closing tag. When @code{sgml-xml-mode} is |
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1841 non-@code{nil}, SGML mode (and HTML mode) always insert explicit |
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1842 closing tags. When you visit a file, these modes determine from the |
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1843 file contents whether it is XML or not, and set @code{sgml-xml-mode} |
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1844 accordingly, so that they do the right thing for the file in either |
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1845 case. |
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1846 |
25829 | 1847 @node Nroff Mode |
1848 @section Nroff Mode | |
1849 | |
1850 @cindex nroff | |
1851 @findex nroff-mode | |
1852 Nroff mode is a mode like Text mode but modified to handle nroff commands | |
1853 present in the text. Invoke @kbd{M-x nroff-mode} to enter this mode. It | |
1854 differs from Text mode in only a few ways. All nroff command lines are | |
1855 considered paragraph separators, so that filling will never garble the | |
1856 nroff commands. Pages are separated by @samp{.bp} commands. Comments | |
1857 start with backslash-doublequote. Also, three special commands are | |
1858 provided that are not in Text mode: | |
1859 | |
1860 @findex forward-text-line | |
1861 @findex backward-text-line | |
1862 @findex count-text-lines | |
1863 @kindex M-n @r{(Nroff mode)} | |
1864 @kindex M-p @r{(Nroff mode)} | |
1865 @kindex M-? @r{(Nroff mode)} | |
1866 @table @kbd | |
1867 @item M-n | |
1868 Move to the beginning of the next line that isn't an nroff command | |
1869 (@code{forward-text-line}). An argument is a repeat count. | |
1870 @item M-p | |
1871 Like @kbd{M-n} but move up (@code{backward-text-line}). | |
1872 @item M-? | |
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25829 | 1874 nroff commands) in the region (@code{count-text-lines}). |
1875 @end table | |
1876 | |
1877 @findex electric-nroff-mode | |
1878 The other feature of Nroff mode is that you can turn on Electric Nroff | |
1879 mode. This is a minor mode that you can turn on or off with @kbd{M-x | |
1880 electric-nroff-mode} (@pxref{Minor Modes}). When the mode is on, each | |
1881 time you use @key{RET} to end a line that contains an nroff command that | |
1882 opens a kind of grouping, the matching nroff command to close that | |
1883 grouping is automatically inserted on the following line. For example, | |
1884 if you are at the beginning of a line and type @kbd{.@: ( b @key{RET}}, | |
1885 this inserts the matching command @samp{.)b} on a new line following | |
1886 point. | |
1887 | |
1888 If you use Outline minor mode with Nroff mode (@pxref{Outline Mode}), | |
1889 heading lines are lines of the form @samp{.H} followed by a number (the | |
1890 header level). | |
1891 | |
1892 @vindex nroff-mode-hook | |
1893 Entering Nroff mode runs the hook @code{text-mode-hook}, followed by | |
1894 the hook @code{nroff-mode-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}). | |
1895 | |
1896 @node Formatted Text | |
1897 @section Editing Formatted Text | |
1898 | |
1899 @cindex Enriched mode | |
1900 @cindex mode, Enriched | |
1901 @cindex formatted text | |
1902 @cindex WYSIWYG | |
1903 @cindex word processing | |
1904 @dfn{Enriched mode} is a minor mode for editing files that contain | |
1905 formatted text in WYSIWYG fashion, as in a word processor. Currently, | |
1906 formatted text in Enriched mode can specify fonts, colors, underlining, | |
1907 margins, and types of filling and justification. In the future, we plan | |
1908 to implement other formatting features as well. | |
1909 | |
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1912 you can also use it with other major modes such as Outline mode and |
25829 | 1913 Paragraph-Indent Text mode. |
1914 | |
30867 | 1915 @cindex text/enriched MIME format |
25829 | 1916 Potentially, Emacs can store formatted text files in various file |
1917 formats. Currently, only one format is implemented: @dfn{text/enriched} | |
1918 format, which is defined by the MIME protocol. @xref{Format | |
1919 Conversion,, Format Conversion, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}, | |
1920 for details of how Emacs recognizes and converts file formats. | |
1921 | |
1922 The Emacs distribution contains a formatted text file that can serve as | |
1923 an example. Its name is @file{etc/enriched.doc}. It contains samples | |
1924 illustrating all the features described in this section. It also | |
1925 contains a list of ideas for future enhancements. | |
1926 | |
1927 @menu | |
1928 * Requesting Formatted Text:: Entering and exiting Enriched mode. | |
1929 * Hard and Soft Newlines:: There are two different kinds of newlines. | |
1930 * Editing Format Info:: How to edit text properties. | |
1931 * Faces: Format Faces. Bold, italic, underline, etc. | |
1932 * Color: Format Colors. Changing the color of text. | |
1933 * Indent: Format Indentation. Changing the left and right margins. | |
1934 * Justification: Format Justification. | |
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1937 * Other: Format Properties. The "special" text properties submenu. | |
1938 * Forcing Enriched Mode:: How to force use of Enriched mode. | |
1939 @end menu | |
1940 | |
1941 @node Requesting Formatted Text | |
1942 @subsection Requesting to Edit Formatted Text | |
1943 | |
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25829 | 1948 |
1949 @findex enriched-mode | |
1950 To create a new file of formatted text, first visit the nonexistent | |
1951 file, then type @kbd{M-x enriched-mode} before you start inserting text. | |
1952 This command turns on Enriched mode. Do this before you begin inserting | |
1953 text, to ensure that the text you insert is handled properly. | |
1954 | |
1955 More generally, the command @code{enriched-mode} turns Enriched mode | |
1956 on if it was off, and off if it was on. With a prefix argument, this | |
1957 command turns Enriched mode on if the argument is positive, and turns | |
1958 the mode off otherwise. | |
1959 | |
1960 When you save a buffer while Enriched mode is enabled in it, Emacs | |
1961 automatically converts the text to text/enriched format while writing it | |
1962 into the file. When you visit the file again, Emacs will automatically | |
1963 recognize the format, reconvert the text, and turn on Enriched mode | |
1964 again. | |
1965 | |
1966 @vindex enriched-translations | |
1967 You can add annotations for saving additional text properties, which | |
1968 Emacs normally does not save, by adding to @code{enriched-translations}. | |
1969 Note that the text/enriched standard requires any non-standard | |
1970 annotations to have names starting with @samp{x-}, as in | |
1971 @samp{x-read-only}. This ensures that they will not conflict with | |
1972 standard annotations that may be added later. | |
1973 | |
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25829 | 1977 @node Hard and Soft Newlines |
1978 @subsection Hard and Soft Newlines | |
1979 @cindex hard newline | |
1980 @cindex soft newline | |
1981 @cindex newlines, hard and soft | |
1982 | |
59889 | 1983 @cindex use-hard-newlines |
25829 | 1984 In formatted text, Emacs distinguishes between two different kinds of |
59889 | 1985 newlines, @dfn{hard} newlines and @dfn{soft} newlines. (You can enable |
1986 or disable this feature separately in any buffer with the command | |
1987 @code{use-hard-newlines}.) | |
25829 | 1988 |
1989 Hard newlines are used to separate paragraphs, or items in a list, or | |
1990 anywhere that there should always be a line break regardless of the | |
1991 margins. The @key{RET} command (@code{newline}) and @kbd{C-o} | |
1992 (@code{open-line}) insert hard newlines. | |
1993 | |
1994 Soft newlines are used to make text fit between the margins. All the | |
1995 fill commands, including Auto Fill, insert soft newlines---and they | |
1996 delete only soft newlines. | |
1997 | |
1998 Although hard and soft newlines look the same, it is important to bear | |
1999 the difference in mind. Do not use @key{RET} to break lines in the | |
2000 middle of filled paragraphs, or else you will get hard newlines that are | |
2001 barriers to further filling. Instead, let Auto Fill mode break lines, | |
2002 so that if the text or the margins change, Emacs can refill the lines | |
2003 properly. @xref{Auto Fill}. | |
2004 | |
2005 On the other hand, in tables and lists, where the lines should always | |
2006 remain as you type them, you can use @key{RET} to end lines. For these | |
2007 lines, you may also want to set the justification style to | |
2008 @code{unfilled}. @xref{Format Justification}. | |
2009 | |
2010 @node Editing Format Info | |
2011 @subsection Editing Format Information | |
2012 | |
2013 There are two ways to alter the formatting information for a formatted | |
2014 text file: with keyboard commands, and with the mouse. | |
2015 | |
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25829 | 2017 Properties menu. You can get to this menu in two ways: from the Edit |
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2021 following section. |
25829 | 2022 |
2023 Most of the items in the Text Properties menu lead to other submenus. | |
2024 These are described in the sections that follow. Some items run | |
2025 commands directly: | |
2026 | |
2027 @table @code | |
40778 | 2028 @findex facemenu-remove-face-props |
2029 @item Remove Face Properties | |
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2030 Delete from the region all face and color text properties |
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2031 (@code{facemenu-remove-face-props}). |
25829 | 2032 |
2033 @findex facemenu-remove-all | |
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2034 @item Remove Text Properties |
25829 | 2035 Delete @emph{all} text properties from the region |
2036 (@code{facemenu-remove-all}). | |
2037 | |
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2043 @item Describe Properties |
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2044 List all the text properties, widgets, buttons, and overlays of the |
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2045 character following point (@code{describe-text-properties}). |
25829 | 2046 |
2047 @item Display Faces | |
40778 | 2048 Display a list of all the defined faces (@code{list-faces-display}). |
25829 | 2049 |
2050 @item Display Colors | |
40778 | 2051 Display a list of all the defined colors (@code{list-colors-display}). |
25829 | 2052 @end table |
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25829 | 2054 @node Format Faces |
2055 @subsection Faces in Formatted Text | |
2056 | |
2057 The Faces submenu lists various Emacs faces including @code{bold}, | |
2058 @code{italic}, and @code{underline}. Selecting one of these adds the | |
2059 chosen face to the region. @xref{Faces}. You can also specify a face | |
2060 with these keyboard commands: | |
2061 | |
2062 @table @kbd | |
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2063 @kindex M-o d @r{(Enriched mode)} |
25829 | 2064 @findex facemenu-set-default |
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25829 | 2066 Set the region, or the next inserted character, to the @code{default} face |
2067 (@code{facemenu-set-default}). | |
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2068 @kindex M-o b @r{(Enriched mode)} |
25829 | 2069 @findex facemenu-set-bold |
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2070 @item M-o b |
25829 | 2071 Set the region, or the next inserted character, to the @code{bold} face |
2072 (@code{facemenu-set-bold}). | |
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2073 @kindex M-o i @r{(Enriched mode)} |
25829 | 2074 @findex facemenu-set-italic |
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25829 | 2076 Set the region, or the next inserted character, to the @code{italic} face |
2077 (@code{facemenu-set-italic}). | |
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2078 @kindex M-o l @r{(Enriched mode)} |
25829 | 2079 @findex facemenu-set-bold-italic |
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25829 | 2081 Set the region, or the next inserted character, to the @code{bold-italic} face |
2082 (@code{facemenu-set-bold-italic}). | |
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2083 @kindex M-o u @r{(Enriched mode)} |
25829 | 2084 @findex facemenu-set-underline |
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25829 | 2086 Set the region, or the next inserted character, to the @code{underline} face |
2087 (@code{facemenu-set-underline}). | |
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2088 @kindex M-o o @r{(Enriched mode)} |
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2090 @item M-o o @var{face} @key{RET} |
25829 | 2091 Set the region, or the next inserted character, to the face @var{face} |
2092 (@code{facemenu-set-face}). | |
2093 @end table | |
2094 | |
2095 If you use these commands with a prefix argument---or, in Transient Mark | |
2096 mode, if the region is not active---then these commands specify a face | |
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2105 properties (as well as most other text properties) of the preceding |
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2107 background color, for your next self-inserting character will prevent |
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2112 Enriched mode defines two additional faces: @code{excerpt} and | |
2113 @code{fixed}. These correspond to codes used in the text/enriched file | |
2114 format. | |
2115 | |
2116 The @code{excerpt} face is intended for quotations. This face is the | |
2117 same as @code{italic} unless you customize it (@pxref{Face Customization}). | |
2118 | |
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2130 @xref{Face Customization}. |
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2132 If your terminal cannot display different faces, you will not be |
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2133 able to see them, but you can still edit documents containing faces, |
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2134 and even add faces and colors to documents. The faces you specify |
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2135 will be visible when the file is viewed on a terminal that can display |
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2136 them. |
25829 | 2137 |
2138 @node Format Colors | |
2139 @subsection Colors in Formatted Text | |
2140 | |
2141 You can specify foreground and background colors for portions of the | |
2142 text. There is a menu for specifying the foreground color and a menu | |
2143 for specifying the background color. Each color menu lists all the | |
2144 colors that you have used in Enriched mode in the current Emacs session. | |
2145 | |
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2146 If you specify a color with a prefix argument---or, in Transient |
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2147 Mark mode, if the region is not active---then it applies to any |
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2148 immediately following self-inserting input. @xref{Transient Mark}. |
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2149 Otherwise, the command applies to the region. |
25829 | 2150 |
2151 Each color menu contains one additional item: @samp{Other}. You can use | |
2152 this item to specify a color that is not listed in the menu; it reads | |
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2153 the color name with the minibuffer. To display a list of available colors |
25829 | 2154 and their names, use the @samp{Display Colors} menu item in the Text |
2155 Properties menu (@pxref{Editing Format Info}). | |
2156 | |
2157 Any color that you specify in this way, or that is mentioned in a | |
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2158 formatted text file that you read in, is added to the corresponding |
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2159 color menu for the duration of the Emacs session. |
25829 | 2160 |
2161 @findex facemenu-set-foreground | |
2162 @findex facemenu-set-background | |
2163 There are no key bindings for specifying colors, but you can do so | |
2164 with the extended commands @kbd{M-x facemenu-set-foreground} and | |
2165 @kbd{M-x facemenu-set-background}. Both of these commands read the name | |
2166 of the color with the minibuffer. | |
2167 | |
2168 @node Format Indentation | |
2169 @subsection Indentation in Formatted Text | |
2170 | |
2171 When editing formatted text, you can specify different amounts of | |
2172 indentation for the right or left margin of an entire paragraph or a | |
2173 part of a paragraph. The margins you specify automatically affect the | |
2174 Emacs fill commands (@pxref{Filling}) and line-breaking commands. | |
2175 | |
2176 The Indentation submenu provides a convenient interface for specifying | |
2177 these properties. The submenu contains four items: | |
2178 | |
2179 @table @code | |
2180 @kindex C-x TAB @r{(Enriched mode)} | |
2181 @findex increase-left-margin | |
2182 @item Indent More | |
2183 Indent the region by 4 columns (@code{increase-left-margin}). In | |
2184 Enriched mode, this command is also available on @kbd{C-x @key{TAB}}; if | |
2185 you supply a numeric argument, that says how many columns to add to the | |
2186 margin (a negative argument reduces the number of columns). | |
2187 | |
2188 @item Indent Less | |
2189 Remove 4 columns of indentation from the region. | |
2190 | |
2191 @item Indent Right More | |
2192 Make the text narrower by indenting 4 columns at the right margin. | |
2193 | |
2194 @item Indent Right Less | |
2195 Remove 4 columns of indentation from the right margin. | |
2196 @end table | |
2197 | |
2198 You can use these commands repeatedly to increase or decrease the | |
2199 indentation. | |
2200 | |
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2201 The most common way to use them is to change the indentation of an |
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2202 entire paragraph. For other uses, the effects of refilling can be |
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2203 hard to predict, except in some special cases like the one described |
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2204 next. |
25829 | 2205 |
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2206 The most common other use is to format paragraphs with @dfn{hanging |
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2207 indents}, which means that the first line is indented less than |
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2208 subsequent lines. To set up a hanging indent, increase the |
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2209 indentation of the region starting after the first word of the |
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2210 paragraph and running until the end of the paragraph. |
25829 | 2211 |
2212 Indenting the first line of a paragraph is easier. Set the margin for | |
2213 the whole paragraph where you want it to be for the body of the | |
2214 paragraph, then indent the first line by inserting extra spaces or tabs. | |
2215 | |
2216 @vindex standard-indent | |
2217 The variable @code{standard-indent} specifies how many columns these | |
2218 commands should add to or subtract from the indentation. The default | |
2219 value is 4. The overall default right margin for Enriched mode is | |
2220 controlled by the variable @code{fill-column}, as usual. | |
2221 | |
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2222 @kindex C-c [ @r{(Enriched mode)} |
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2223 @kindex C-c ] @r{(Enriched mode)} |
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2224 @findex set-left-margin |
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2225 @findex set-right-margin |
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2226 There are also two commands for setting the left or right margin of |
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2227 the region absolutely: @code{set-left-margin} and |
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2228 @code{set-right-margin}. Enriched mode binds these commands to |
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2229 @kbd{C-c [} and @kbd{C-c ]}, respectively. You can specify the |
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2230 margin width either with a numeric argument or in the minibuffer. |
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2231 |
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2232 Sometimes, as a result of editing, the filling of a paragraph becomes |
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2233 messed up---parts of the paragraph may extend past the left or right |
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2234 margins. When this happens, use @kbd{M-q} (@code{fill-paragraph}) to |
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2235 refill the paragraph. |
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2236 |
25829 | 2237 The fill prefix, if any, works in addition to the specified paragraph |
2238 indentation: @kbd{C-x .} does not include the specified indentation's | |
2239 whitespace in the new value for the fill prefix, and the fill commands | |
2240 look for the fill prefix after the indentation on each line. @xref{Fill | |
2241 Prefix}. | |
2242 | |
2243 @node Format Justification | |
2244 @subsection Justification in Formatted Text | |
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2245 |
25829 | 2246 When editing formatted text, you can specify various styles of |
2247 justification for a paragraph. The style you specify automatically | |
2248 affects the Emacs fill commands. | |
2249 | |
2250 The Justification submenu provides a convenient interface for specifying | |
2251 the style. The submenu contains five items: | |
2252 | |
2253 @table @code | |
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2254 @item Left |
25829 | 2255 This is the most common style of justification (at least for English). |
2256 Lines are aligned at the left margin but left uneven at the right. | |
2257 | |
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2258 @item Right |
25829 | 2259 This aligns each line with the right margin. Spaces and tabs are added |
2260 on the left, if necessary, to make lines line up on the right. | |
2261 | |
2262 @item Full | |
2263 This justifies the text, aligning both edges of each line. Justified | |
2264 text looks very nice in a printed book, where the spaces can all be | |
2265 adjusted equally, but it does not look as nice with a fixed-width font | |
2266 on the screen. Perhaps a future version of Emacs will be able to adjust | |
2267 the width of spaces in a line to achieve elegant justification. | |
2268 | |
2269 @item Center | |
2270 This centers every line between the current margins. | |
2271 | |
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2272 @item Unfilled |
25829 | 2273 This turns off filling entirely. Each line will remain as you wrote it; |
2274 the fill and auto-fill functions will have no effect on text which has | |
2275 this setting. You can, however, still indent the left margin. In | |
2276 unfilled regions, all newlines are treated as hard newlines (@pxref{Hard | |
2277 and Soft Newlines}) . | |
2278 @end table | |
2279 | |
2280 In Enriched mode, you can also specify justification from the keyboard | |
2281 using the @kbd{M-j} prefix character: | |
2282 | |
2283 @table @kbd | |
2284 @kindex M-j l @r{(Enriched mode)} | |
2285 @findex set-justification-left | |
2286 @item M-j l | |
2287 Make the region left-filled (@code{set-justification-left}). | |
2288 @kindex M-j r @r{(Enriched mode)} | |
2289 @findex set-justification-right | |
2290 @item M-j r | |
2291 Make the region right-filled (@code{set-justification-right}). | |
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2292 @kindex M-j b @r{(Enriched mode)} |
25829 | 2293 @findex set-justification-full |
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2294 @item M-j b |
54477 | 2295 Make the region fully justified (@code{set-justification-full}). |
25829 | 2296 @kindex M-j c @r{(Enriched mode)} |
2297 @kindex M-S @r{(Enriched mode)} | |
2298 @findex set-justification-center | |
2299 @item M-j c | |
2300 @itemx M-S | |
2301 Make the region centered (@code{set-justification-center}). | |
2302 @kindex M-j u @r{(Enriched mode)} | |
2303 @findex set-justification-none | |
2304 @item M-j u | |
2305 Make the region unfilled (@code{set-justification-none}). | |
2306 @end table | |
2307 | |
2308 Justification styles apply to entire paragraphs. All the | |
2309 justification-changing commands operate on the paragraph containing | |
2310 point, or, if the region is active, on all paragraphs which overlap the | |
2311 region. | |
2312 | |
2313 @vindex default-justification | |
2314 The default justification style is specified by the variable | |
2315 @code{default-justification}. Its value should be one of the symbols | |
2316 @code{left}, @code{right}, @code{full}, @code{center}, or @code{none}. | |
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2317 This is a per-buffer variable. Setting the variable directly affects |
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2318 only the current buffer. However, customizing it in a Custom buffer |
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2319 sets (as always) the default value for buffers that do not override it. |
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2320 @xref{Locals}, and @ref{Easy Customization}. |
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25829 | 2322 @node Format Properties |
2323 @subsection Setting Other Text Properties | |
2324 | |
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2325 The Special Properties menu lets you add or remove three other useful text |
25829 | 2326 properties: @code{read-only}, @code{invisible} and @code{intangible}. |
2327 The @code{intangible} property disallows moving point within the text, | |
2328 the @code{invisible} text property hides text from display, and the | |
2329 @code{read-only} property disallows alteration of the text. | |
2330 | |
2331 Each of these special properties has a menu item to add it to the | |
2332 region. The last menu item, @samp{Remove Special}, removes all of these | |
2333 special properties from the text in the region. | |
2334 | |
2335 Currently, the @code{invisible} and @code{intangible} properties are | |
2336 @emph{not} saved in the text/enriched format. The @code{read-only} | |
2337 property is saved, but it is not a standard part of the text/enriched | |
2338 format, so other editors may not respect it. | |
2339 | |
2340 @node Forcing Enriched Mode | |
2341 @subsection Forcing Enriched Mode | |
2342 | |
2343 Normally, Emacs knows when you are editing formatted text because it | |
2344 recognizes the special annotations used in the file that you visited. | |
2345 However, there are situations in which you must take special actions | |
2346 to convert file contents or turn on Enriched mode: | |
2347 | |
2348 @itemize @bullet | |
2349 @item | |
2350 When you visit a file that was created with some other editor, Emacs may | |
2351 not recognize the file as being in the text/enriched format. In this | |
2352 case, when you visit the file you will see the formatting commands | |
2353 rather than the formatted text. Type @kbd{M-x format-decode-buffer} to | |
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2354 translate it. This also automatically turns on Enriched mode. |
25829 | 2355 |
2356 @item | |
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2357 When you @emph{insert} a file into a buffer, rather than visiting it, |
25829 | 2358 Emacs does the necessary conversions on the text which you insert, but |
2359 it does not enable Enriched mode. If you wish to do that, type @kbd{M-x | |
2360 enriched-mode}. | |
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2361 @end itemize |
25829 | 2362 |
2363 The command @code{format-decode-buffer} translates text in various | |
2364 formats into Emacs's internal format. It asks you to specify the format | |
2365 to translate from; however, normally you can type just @key{RET}, which | |
2366 tells Emacs to guess the format. | |
2367 | |
2368 @findex format-find-file | |
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2369 If you wish to look at a text/enriched file in its raw form, as a |
25829 | 2370 sequence of characters rather than as formatted text, use the @kbd{M-x |
2371 find-file-literally} command. This visits a file, like | |
2372 @code{find-file}, but does not do format conversion. It also inhibits | |
2373 character code conversion (@pxref{Coding Systems}) and automatic | |
2374 uncompression (@pxref{Compressed Files}). To disable format conversion | |
2375 but allow character code conversion and/or automatic uncompression if | |
2376 appropriate, use @code{format-find-file} with suitable arguments. | |
2377 | |
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2378 @node Text Based Tables |
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2379 @section Editing Text-based Tables |
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2380 @cindex table mode |
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2381 @cindex text-based tables |
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2383 Table Mode provides an easy and intuitive way to create and edit WYSIWYG |
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2384 text-based tables. Here is an example of such a table: |
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2386 @smallexample |
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2387 +-----------------+--------------------------------+-----------------+ |
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2388 | Command | Description | Key Binding | |
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2389 +-----------------+--------------------------------+-----------------+ |
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2390 | forward-char |Move point right N characters | C-f | |
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2391 | |(left if N is negative). | | |
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2393 | |On reaching end of buffer, stop | | |
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2394 | |and signal error. | | |
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2395 +-----------------+--------------------------------+-----------------+ |
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2396 | backward-char |Move point left N characters | C-b | |
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2397 | |(right if N is negative). | | |
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2399 | |On attempt to pass beginning or | | |
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2400 | |end of buffer, stop and signal | | |
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2401 | |error. | | |
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2402 +-----------------+--------------------------------+-----------------+ |
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2403 @end smallexample |
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2404 |
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2405 Table Mode allows the contents of the table such as this one to be |
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2406 easily manipulated by inserting or deleting characters inside a cell. |
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2407 A cell is effectively a localized rectangular edit region and edits to |
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2409 contents do not fit into a cell, then the cell is automatically |
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2410 expanded in the vertical and/or horizontal directions and the rest of |
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2411 the table is restructured and reformatted in accordance with the |
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2412 growth of the cell. |
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2413 |
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2414 @menu |
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2415 * Table Definition:: What is a text based table. |
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2416 * Table Creation:: How to create a table. |
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2417 * Table Recognition:: How to activate and deactivate tables. |
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2418 * Cell Commands:: Cell-oriented commands in a table. |
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2419 * Cell Justification:: Justifying cell contents. |
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2420 * Row Commands:: Manipulating rows of table cell. |
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2421 * Column Commands:: Manipulating columns of table cell. |
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2422 * Fixed Width Mode:: Fixing cell width. |
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2423 * Table Conversion:: Converting between plain text and tables. |
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2424 * Measuring Tables:: Analyzing table dimension. |
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2425 * Table Misc:: Table miscellany. |
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2426 @end menu |
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2427 |
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2428 @node Table Definition |
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2429 @subsection What is a Text-based Table? |
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2430 |
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2431 Look at the following examples of valid tables as a reference while |
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2432 you read this section: |
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2433 |
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2434 @example |
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2435 +--+----+---+ +-+ +--+-----+ |
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2436 | | | | | | | | | |
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2437 +--+----+---+ +-+ | +--+--+ |
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2438 | | | | | | | | |
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2439 +--+----+---+ +--+--+ | |
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2440 | | | |
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2441 +-----+--+ |
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2442 @end example |
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2443 |
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2444 A table consists of a rectangular frame and the contents inside the |
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2445 frame. A table's cells must be at least one character wide and one |
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2446 character high with two adjacent cells sharing a boarder line. A cell |
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2447 can be subdivided into multiple rectangular cells but cannot nest or |
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2448 overlap. |
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2449 |
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2450 Both the table frame and cell border lines must consist of one of |
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2451 three special characters. The variables that hold these characters |
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2452 are described below: |
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2453 |
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2454 @table @code |
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2455 @vindex table-cell-vertical-char |
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2456 @item table-cell-vertical-char |
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2457 Holds the character used for vertical lines. The default value is |
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2458 @samp{|}. |
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2459 |
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2460 @vindex table-cell-horizontal-char |
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2461 @item table-cell-horizontal-char |
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2462 Holds the character used for horizontal lines. The default value is |
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2463 @samp{-}. |
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2464 |
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2465 @vindex table-cell-intersection-char |
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2466 @item table-cell-intersection-char |
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2467 Holds the character used at where horizontal line and vertical line |
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2468 meet. The default value is @samp{+}. |
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2469 @end table |
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2470 |
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2471 @noindent |
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2472 Based on this definition, the following five tables are examples of invalid |
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2473 tables: |
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2474 |
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2475 @example |
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2476 +-----+ +-----+ +--+ +-++--+ ++ |
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2477 | | | | | | | || | ++ |
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2478 | +-+ | | | | | | || | |
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2479 | | | | +--+ | +--+--+ +-++--+ |
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2480 | +-+ | | | | | | | +-++--+ |
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2481 | | | | | | | | | || | |
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2482 +-----+ +--+--+ +--+--+ +-++--+ |
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2483 a b c d e |
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2484 @end example |
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2485 |
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2486 From left to right: |
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2487 |
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2488 @enumerate a |
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2489 @item |
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2490 Nested cells are not allowed. |
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2491 @item |
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2493 @item |
57659 | 2494 The border must be rectangular. |
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2495 @item |
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2496 Cells must have a minimum width/height of one character. |
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2497 @item |
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2498 Same as d. |
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2499 @end enumerate |
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2500 |
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2501 @node Table Creation |
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2502 @subsection How to Create a Table? |
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2503 @cindex create a text-based table |
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2504 @cindex table creation |
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2505 |
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2506 @findex table-insert |
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2507 The command to create a table is @code{table-insert}. When called |
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2508 interactively, it asks for the number of columns, number of rows, cell |
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2509 width and cell height. The number of columns is a number of cells |
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2510 within the table's width. The number of rows is the number of cells |
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2511 within the table's height. The cell width is a number of characters |
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2512 that fit within a cell width. The cell height is a number of lines |
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2513 within cell height. While the number of columns and number of rows |
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2514 must be an integer number, the cell width and the cell height can be |
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2515 either an integer number (when the value is constant across the table) |
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2516 or a series of integer numbers, separated by spaces or commas, where |
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2517 each number corresponds to each cell width within a row from left to |
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2518 right or each cell height within a column from top to bottom. |
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2519 |
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2520 @node Table Recognition |
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2521 @subsection Table Recognition |
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2522 @cindex table recognition |
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2523 |
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2524 @findex table-recognize |
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2525 @findex table-unrecognize |
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2526 Table Mode maintains special text properties in the buffer to allow |
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2527 editing in a convenient fashion. When a buffer with tables is saved |
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2528 to its file, these text properties are lost, so when you visit this |
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2529 file again later, Emacs does not see a table, but just formatted text. |
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2530 To resurrect the table text properties, issue the @kbd{M-x |
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2531 table-recognize} command. It scans the current buffer, recognizes |
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2532 valid table cells, and attaches appropriate text properties to allow |
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2533 for table editing. The converse command, @code{table-unrecognize}, is |
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2534 used to remove the special text properties and revert the buffer back |
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2535 to plain text. |
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2536 |
57659 | 2537 An optional numeric prefix argument can precede the |
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2538 @code{table-recognize} command. If the argument is negative, tables |
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2539 in the buffer become inactive. This is equivalent to invoking |
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2540 @code{table-unrecognize}. |
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2541 |
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2542 Similar functions exist to enable or disable tables within a region, |
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2543 enable or disable individual tables, and enable/disable individual |
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2544 cells. These commands are: |
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2545 |
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2546 @table @kbd |
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2547 @findex table-recognize-region |
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2548 @item M-x table-recognize-region |
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2549 Recognize tables within the current region and activate them. |
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2550 @findex table-unrecognize-region |
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2551 @item M-x table-unrecognize-region |
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2552 Deactivate tables within the current region. |
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2553 @findex table-recognize-table |
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2554 @item M-x table-recognize-table |
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2555 Recognize the table under point and activate it. |
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2556 @findex table-unrecognize-table |
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2557 @item M-x table-unrecognize-table |
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2558 Deactivate the table under point. |
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2559 @findex table-recognize-cell |
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2560 @item M-x table-recognize-cell |
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2561 Recognize the cell under point and activate it. |
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2562 @findex table-unrecognize-cell |
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2563 @item M-x table-unrecognize-cell |
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2564 Deactivate the cell under point. |
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2565 @end table |
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2566 |
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2567 For another way of converting text into tables, see @ref{Table |
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2568 Conversion}. |
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2569 |
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2570 @node Cell Commands |
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2571 @subsection Commands for Table Cells |
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2572 |
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2573 @findex table-forward-cell |
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2574 @findex table-backward-cell |
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2575 The commands @code{table-forward-cell} and |
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2576 @code{table-backward-cell} move point from the current cell to an |
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2577 adjacent cell forward and backward respectively. The order of the |
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2578 cell is wrapped. When point is positioned in the last cell of a |
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2579 table, typing @kbd{M-x table-forward-cell} moves point to the first |
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2580 cell in the table. Likewise @kbd{M-x table-backward-cell} from the |
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2581 first cell in a table moves point to the last cell in the table. |
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2582 |
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2583 @findex table-span-cell |
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2584 The command @code{table-span-cell} spans the current cell into one |
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2585 of the four directions---right, left, above or below---and merges the |
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2586 current cell with the adjacent cell. It does not allow directions to |
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2587 which spanning does not produce a legitimate cell. |
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2588 |
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2589 @findex table-split-cell |
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2590 @cindex text-based tables, split a cell |
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2591 @cindex split table cell |
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2592 The command @code{table-split-cell} splits the current cell |
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2593 vertically or horizontally. This command is a wrapper to the |
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2594 direction specific commands @code{table-split-cell-vertically} and |
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2595 @code{table-split-cell-horizontally}. |
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2596 |
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2597 @findex table-split-cell-vertically |
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2598 The command @code{table-split-cell-vertically} splits the current |
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2599 cell vertically and creates a pair of cells above and below where |
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2600 point is located. The content in the original cell is split as well. |
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2601 |
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2602 @findex table-split-cell-horizontally |
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2603 The command @code{table-split-cell-horizontally} splits the current |
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2604 cell horizontally and creates a pair of cells right and left of where |
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2605 point is located. If the subject cell to split is not empty the user |
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2606 is asked how to handle the cell contents. The three options are: |
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2607 @code{split}, @code{left}, or @code{right}. @code{split} splits the |
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2608 contents at point literally while the @code{left} and @code{right} |
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2609 options move the entire contents into the left or right cell |
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2610 respectively. |
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2611 |
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2612 @cindex enlarge a table cell |
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2613 @cindex shrink a table cell |
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2614 The next four commands enlarge or shrink a cell. These commands |
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2615 accept numeric arguments (@pxref{Arguments}) to specify how many |
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2616 columns or rows to enlarge or shrink a particular table. |
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2617 |
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2618 @table @kbd |
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2619 @findex table-heighten-cell |
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2620 @item M-x table-heighten-cell |
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2621 Enlarge the current cell vertically. |
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2622 @findex table-shorten-cell |
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2623 @item M-x table-shorten-cell |
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2624 Shrink the current cell vertically. |
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2625 @findex table-widen-cell |
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2626 @item M-x table-widen-cell |
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2627 Enlarge the current cell horizontally. |
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2628 @findex table-narrow-cell |
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2629 @item M-x table-narrow-cell |
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2630 Shrink the current cell horizontally. |
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2631 @end table |
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2632 |
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2633 @node Cell Justification |
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2634 @subsection Cell Justification |
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2635 @cindex cell text justification |
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2636 |
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2637 You can specify text justification for each cell. The justification |
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2638 is remembered independently for each cell and the subsequent editing |
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2639 of cell contents is subject to the specified justification. |
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2641 @findex table-justify |
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2642 The command @code{table-justify} requests the user to specify what |
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2643 to justify: a cell,a column, or a row. If you select cell |
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2644 justification, this command sets the justification only to the current |
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2645 cell. Selecting column or row justification set the justification to |
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2646 all the cells within a column or row respectively. The command then |
57659 | 2647 requests the user to enter which justification to apply: @code{left}, |
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2648 @code{center}, @code{right}, @code{top}, @code{middle}, @code{bottom}, |
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2649 or @code{none}. The options @code{left}, @code{center}, and |
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2650 @code{right} specify horizontal justification while the options |
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2651 @code{top}, @code{middle}, @code{bottom}, and @code{none} specify |
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2652 vertical justification. The vertical justification @code{none} |
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2653 effectively removes vertical justification while horizontal |
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2654 justification must be one of @code{left}, @code{center}, or |
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2655 @code{right}. Horizontal justification and vertical justification are |
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2656 specified independently. |
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2657 |
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2658 @vindex table-detect-cell-alignment |
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2659 Justification information is stored in the buffer as a part of text |
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2660 property. Therefore, this information is ephemeral and does not |
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2661 survive through the loss of the buffer (closing the buffer and |
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2662 revisiting the buffer erase any previous text properties). To |
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2663 countermand for this, the command @code{table-recognize} and other |
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2664 recognition commands (@pxref{Table Recognition}) are equipped with a |
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2665 convenience feature (turned on by default). During table recognition, |
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2666 the contents of a cell are examined to determine which justification |
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2667 was originally applied to the cell and then applies this justification |
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2668 to the cell. This is a speculative algorithm and is therefore not |
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2669 perfect, however, the justification is deduced correctly most of the |
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2670 time. If you desire to disable this feature, customize the variable |
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2671 @code{table-detect-cell-alignment} to set it to @code{nil}. |
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2672 |
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2673 @node Row Commands |
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2674 @subsection Commands for Table Rows |
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2675 @cindex table row commands |
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2676 |
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2677 @cindex insert row in table |
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2678 @findex table-insert-row |
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2679 The command @code{table-insert-row} inserts a row of cells before |
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2680 the current row in a table. The current row where point is located is |
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2681 pushed down after the newly inserted row. A numeric prefix argument |
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2682 specifies the number of rows to insert. Note that in order to insert |
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2683 rows @emph{after} the last row at the bottom of a table, you must |
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2684 place point below the table, i.e.@: outside the table, prior to |
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2685 invoking this command. |
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2686 |
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2687 @cindex delete row in table |
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2688 @findex table-delete-row |
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2689 The command @code{table-delete-row} deletes a row of cells at point. |
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2690 A numeric prefix argument specifies the number of rows to delete. |
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2691 |
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2692 @node Column Commands |
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2693 @subsection Commands for Table Columns |
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2694 @cindex table column commands |
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2695 |
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2696 @cindex insert column in table |
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2697 @findex table-insert-column |
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2698 The command @code{table-insert-column} inserts a column of cells to |
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2699 the left of the current row in a table. The current column where |
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2700 point is located at is pushed right of the newly inserted column. To |
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2701 insert a column to the right side of the right most column, place |
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2702 point to the right of the rightmost column, which is outside of the |
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2703 table, prior to invoking this command. A numeric prefix argument |
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2704 specifies the number of columns to insert. |
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2705 |
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2706 @cindex delete column in table |
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2707 A command @code{table-delete-column} deletes a column of cells at |
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2708 point. A numeric prefix argument specifies the number of columns to |
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2709 delete. |
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2710 |
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2711 @node Fixed Width Mode |
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2712 @subsection Fix Width of Cells |
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2713 @cindex fix width of table cells |
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2714 |
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2715 @findex table-fixed-width-mode |
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2716 The command @code{table-fixed-width-mode} toggles fixed width mode |
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2717 on and off. When the fixed width mode is turned on, editing inside a |
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2718 cell never changes the cell width; when it is off, the cell width |
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2719 expands automatically in order to prevent a word from being folded |
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2720 into multiple lines. By default, the fixed width mode is turned off. |
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2721 |
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2722 |
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2723 @node Table Conversion |
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2724 @subsection Conversion Between Plain Text and Tables |
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2725 @cindex text to table |
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2726 @cindex table to text |
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2727 |
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2728 @findex table-capture |
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2729 The command @code{table-capture} captures plain text in a region and |
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2730 turns it into a table. Unlike @code{table-recognize} (@pxref{Table |
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2731 Recognition}), the original text does not have a table appearance but |
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2732 may hold a logical table structure. For example, some elements |
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2733 separated by known patterns form a two dimensional structure which can |
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2734 be turned into a table. Look at the numbers below. The numbers are |
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2735 horizontally separated by a comma and vertically separated by a |
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2736 newline character. |
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2737 |
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2738 @example |
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2739 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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2740 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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2741 , 9, 10 |
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2742 @end example |
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2743 |
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2744 @noindent |
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2745 When you invoke @kbd{M-x table-capture} on the above three-line |
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2746 region, the region can be turned into the next table: |
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2747 |
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2748 @example |
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2749 +-----+-----+-----+-----+ |
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2750 |1 |2 |3 |4 | |
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2751 +-----+-----+-----+-----+ |
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2752 |5 |6 |7 |8 | |
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2753 +-----+-----+-----+-----+ |
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2754 | |9 |10 | | |
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2755 +-----+-----+-----+-----+ |
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2756 @end example |
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2757 |
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2758 @noindent |
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2759 where @samp{,} is used for a column delimiter regexp, a newline is |
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2761 cell width is 5. |
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2762 |
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2763 @findex table-release |
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2764 The command @code{table-release} does the opposite of |
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2765 @code{table-capture}. It releases a table by removing the table frame |
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2766 and cell borders. This leaves the table contents as plain text. One |
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2767 of the useful applications of @code{table-capture} and |
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2768 @code{table-release} is to edit a text in layout. Look at the |
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2769 following three paragraphs (the latter two are indented with header |
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2770 lines): |
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2771 |
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2772 @example |
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2773 @samp{table-capture} is a powerful command however mastering its power |
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2774 requires some practice. Here is a list of items what it can do. |
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2775 |
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2776 Parse Cell Items By using column delimiter regular |
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2777 expression and raw delimiter regular |
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2778 expression, it parses the specified text |
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2779 area and extracts cell items from |
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2780 non-table text and then forms a table out |
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2781 of them. |
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2782 |
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2783 Capture Text Area When no delimiters are specified it |
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2784 creates a single cell table. The text in |
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2785 the specified region is placed in that |
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2786 cell. |
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2787 @end example |
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2788 |
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2789 @noindent |
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2790 Applying @code{table-capture} to a region containing the above three |
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2791 paragraphs, with empty strings for column delimiter regexp and row |
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2792 delimiter regexp, creates a table with a single cell like the |
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2793 following one. |
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2794 |
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2795 @c The first line's right-hand frame in the following two examples |
57659 | 2796 @c sticks out to accommodate for the removal of @samp in the |
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2797 @c produced output!! |
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2798 @example |
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2799 +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ |
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2800 |@samp{table-capture} is a powerful command however mastering its | |
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2801 |power requires some practice. Here is a list of items what it | |
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2802 |can do. | |
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2803 | | |
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2804 |Parse Cell Items By using column delimiter regular | |
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2805 | expression and raw delimiter regular | |
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2806 | expression, it parses the specified text | |
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2807 | area and extracts cell items from | |
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2808 | non-table text and then forms a table out | |
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2809 | of them. | |
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2810 | | |
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2811 |Capture Text Area When no delimiters are specified it | |
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2812 | creates a single cell table. The text in | |
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2813 | the specified region is placed in that | |
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2814 | cell. | |
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2815 +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ |
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2816 @end example |
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2817 |
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2818 @noindent |
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2819 By splitting the cell appropriately we now have a table consisting of |
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2820 paragraphs occupying its own cell. Each cell can now be edited |
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2821 independently without affecting the layout of other cells. |
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2822 |
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2823 @example |
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2824 +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ |
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2825 |@samp{table-capture} is a powerful command however mastering its | |
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2826 |power requires some practice. Here is a list of items what it | |
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2827 |can do. | |
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2828 +---------------------+-------------------------------------------+ |
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2829 |Parse Cell Items |By using column delimiter regular | |
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2830 | |expression and raw delimiter regular | |
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2831 | |expression, it parses the specified text | |
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2832 | |area and extracts cell items from | |
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2833 | |non-table text and then forms a table out | |
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2834 | |of them. | |
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2835 +---------------------+-------------------------------------------+ |
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2836 |Capture Text Area |When no delimiters are specified it | |
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2837 | |creates a single cell table. The text in | |
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2838 | |the specified region is placed in that | |
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2839 | |cell. | |
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2840 +---------------------+-------------------------------------------+ |
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2841 @end example |
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2842 |
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2843 @noindent |
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2844 By applying @code{table-release}, which does the opposite process, the |
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2845 contents become once again plain text. @code{table-release} works as |
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2846 a companion command to @code{table-capture}. |
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2847 |
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2848 @node Measuring Tables |
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2849 @subsection Analyzing Table Dimensions |
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2850 @cindex table dimensions |
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2851 |
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2852 @findex table-query-dimension |
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2853 The command @code{table-query-dimension} analyzes a table structure |
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2854 and reports information regarding its dimensions. In case of the |
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2855 above example table, the @code{table-query-dimension} command displays |
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2856 in echo area: |
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2857 |
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2858 @smallexample |
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2859 Cell: (21w, 6h), Table: (67w, 16h), Dim: (2c, 3r), Total Cells: 5 |
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2860 @end smallexample |
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2861 |
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2862 @noindent |
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2863 This indicates that the current cell is 21 character wide and 6 lines |
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2864 high, the entire table is 67 characters wide and 16 lines high. The |
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2865 table has 2 columns and 3 rows. It has a total of 5 cells, since the |
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2866 first row has a spanned cell. |
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2867 |
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2868 @node Table Misc |
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2869 @subsection Table Miscellany |
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2870 |
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2871 @cindex insert string into table cells |
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2872 @findex table-insert-sequence |
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2873 The command @code{table-insert-sequence} inserts a string into each |
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2874 cell. Each string is a part of a sequence i.e.@: a series of |
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2875 increasing integer numbers. |
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2876 |
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2877 @cindex table in language format |
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2878 @cindex table for HTML and LaTeX |
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2879 @findex table-generate-source |
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2880 The command @code{table-generate-source} generates a table formatted |
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2881 for a specific markup language. It asks for a language (which must be |
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2882 one of @code{html}, @code{latex}, or @code{cals}), a destination |
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2883 buffer where to put the result, and the table caption (a string), and |
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2884 then inserts the generated table in the proper syntax into the |
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2885 destination buffer. The default destination buffer is |
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2886 @code{table.@var{lang}}, where @var{lang} is the language you |
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2887 specified. |
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52401 | 2889 @ignore |
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2891 @end ignore |