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25829 | 1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
26106 | 2 @c Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,97,1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 3 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
4 @node Programs, Building, Text, Top | |
5 @chapter Editing Programs | |
6 @cindex Lisp editing | |
7 @cindex C editing | |
8 @cindex program editing | |
9 | |
10 Emacs has many commands designed to understand the syntax of programming | |
11 languages such as Lisp and C. These commands can | |
12 | |
13 @itemize @bullet | |
14 @item | |
15 Move over or kill balanced expressions or @dfn{sexps} (@pxref{Lists}). | |
16 @item | |
17 Move over or mark top-level expressions---@dfn{defuns}, in Lisp; | |
18 functions, in C (@pxref{Defuns}). | |
19 @item | |
20 Show how parentheses balance (@pxref{Matching}). | |
21 @item | |
22 Insert, kill or align comments (@pxref{Comments}). | |
23 @item | |
24 Follow the usual indentation conventions of the language | |
25 (@pxref{Program Indent}). | |
26 @end itemize | |
27 | |
28 The commands for words, sentences and paragraphs are very useful in | |
29 editing code even though their canonical application is for editing | |
30 human language text. Most symbols contain words (@pxref{Words}); | |
31 sentences can be found in strings and comments (@pxref{Sentences}). | |
32 Paragraphs per se don't exist in code, but the paragraph commands are | |
33 useful anyway, because programming language major modes define | |
34 paragraphs to begin and end at blank lines (@pxref{Paragraphs}). | |
35 Judicious use of blank lines to make the program clearer will also | |
36 provide useful chunks of text for the paragraph commands to work | |
37 on. | |
38 | |
39 The selective display feature is useful for looking at the overall | |
40 structure of a function (@pxref{Selective Display}). This feature causes | |
41 only the lines that are indented less than a specified amount to appear | |
42 on the screen. | |
43 | |
44 @menu | |
45 * Program Modes:: Major modes for editing programs. | |
46 * Lists:: Expressions with balanced parentheses. | |
47 * List Commands:: The commands for working with list and sexps. | |
48 * Defuns:: Each program is made up of separate functions. | |
49 There are editing commands to operate on them. | |
50 * Program Indent:: Adjusting indentation to show the nesting. | |
51 * Matching:: Insertion of a close-delimiter flashes matching open. | |
52 * Comments:: Inserting, killing, and aligning comments. | |
53 * Balanced Editing:: Inserting two matching parentheses at once, etc. | |
54 * Symbol Completion:: Completion on symbol names of your program or language. | |
55 * Which Function:: Which Function mode shows which function you are in. | |
56 * Documentation:: Getting documentation of functions you plan to call. | |
57 * Change Log:: Maintaining a change history for your program. | |
58 * Tags:: Go direct to any function in your program in one | |
59 command. Tags remembers which file it is in. | |
60 * Emerge:: A convenient way of merging two versions of a program. | |
26264 | 61 * C Modes:: Special commands of C, C++, Objective-C, |
25829 | 62 Java, and Pike modes. |
63 * Fortran:: Fortran mode and its special features. | |
64 * Asm Mode:: Asm mode and its special features. | |
65 @end menu | |
66 | |
67 @node Program Modes | |
68 @section Major Modes for Programming Languages | |
69 | |
70 @cindex modes for programming languages | |
71 @cindex Perl mode | |
72 @cindex Icon mode | |
73 @cindex Awk mode | |
74 @cindex Makefile mode | |
75 @cindex Tcl mode | |
76 @cindex CPerl mode | |
26106 | 77 @cindex DSSSL mode |
78 @cindex Octave mode | |
79 @cindex Metafont mode | |
80 @cindex Modula2 mode | |
81 @cindex Prolog mode | |
82 @cindex Simula mode | |
83 @cindex VHDL mode | |
84 @cindex M4 mode | |
85 @cindex Shell-script mode | |
25829 | 86 Emacs also has major modes for the programming languages Lisp, Scheme |
26106 | 87 (a variant of Lisp) and the Scheme-based DSSSL expression language, Awk, |
88 C, C++, Fortran (free and fixed format), Icon, Java, Metafont (@TeX{}'s | |
89 +companion for font creation), Modula2, Objective-C, Octave, Pascal, | |
90 Perl, Pike, Prolog, Simula, VHDL, CORBA IDL, and Tcl. There is also a | |
91 major mode for makefiles, called Makefile mode. An alternative mode for | |
92 Perl is called CPerl mode. | |
25829 | 93 |
94 Ideally, a major mode should be implemented for each programming | |
95 language that you might want to edit with Emacs; but often the mode for | |
96 one language can serve for other syntactically similar languages. The | |
97 language modes that exist are those that someone decided to take the | |
98 trouble to write. | |
99 | |
100 There are several forms of Lisp mode, which differ in the way they | |
101 interface to Lisp execution. @xref{Executing Lisp}. | |
102 | |
103 Each of the programming language major modes defines the @key{TAB} key | |
104 to run an indentation function that knows the indentation conventions of | |
105 that language and updates the current line's indentation accordingly. | |
106 For example, in C mode @key{TAB} is bound to @code{c-indent-line}. | |
107 @kbd{C-j} is normally defined to do @key{RET} followed by @key{TAB}; | |
108 thus, it too indents in a mode-specific fashion. | |
109 | |
110 @kindex DEL @r{(programming modes)} | |
111 @findex backward-delete-char-untabify | |
112 In most programming languages, indentation is likely to vary from line to | |
113 line. So the major modes for those languages rebind @key{DEL} to treat a | |
114 tab as if it were the equivalent number of spaces (using the command | |
115 @code{backward-delete-char-untabify}). This makes it possible to rub out | |
116 indentation one column at a time without worrying whether it is made up of | |
117 spaces or tabs. Use @kbd{C-b C-d} to delete a tab character before point, | |
118 in these modes. | |
119 | |
120 Programming language modes define paragraphs to be separated only by | |
121 blank lines, so that the paragraph commands remain useful. Auto Fill mode, | |
122 if enabled in a programming language major mode, indents the new lines | |
123 which it creates. | |
124 | |
125 @cindex mode hook | |
126 @vindex c-mode-hook | |
127 @vindex lisp-mode-hook | |
128 @vindex emacs-lisp-mode-hook | |
129 @vindex lisp-interaction-mode-hook | |
130 @vindex scheme-mode-hook | |
131 @vindex muddle-mode-hook | |
132 Turning on a major mode runs a normal hook called the @dfn{mode hook}, | |
133 which is the value of a Lisp variable. Each major mode has a mode hook, | |
134 and the hook's name is always made from the mode command's name by | |
135 adding @samp{-hook}. For example, turning on C mode runs the hook | |
136 @code{c-mode-hook}, while turning on Lisp mode runs the hook | |
137 @code{lisp-mode-hook}. @xref{Hooks}. | |
138 | |
139 @node Lists | |
140 @section Lists and Sexps | |
141 | |
142 @cindex Control-Meta | |
143 By convention, Emacs keys for dealing with balanced expressions are | |
144 usually Control-Meta characters. They tend to be analogous in | |
145 function to their Control and Meta equivalents. These commands are | |
146 usually thought of as pertaining to expressions in programming | |
147 languages, but can be useful with any language in which some sort of | |
148 parentheses exist (including human languages). | |
149 | |
150 @cindex list | |
151 @cindex sexp | |
152 @cindex expression | |
153 @cindex parentheses, moving across | |
154 @cindex matching parenthesis, moving to | |
155 These commands fall into two classes. Some deal only with @dfn{lists} | |
156 (parenthetical groupings). They see nothing except parentheses, brackets, | |
157 braces (whichever ones must balance in the language you are working with), | |
158 and escape characters that might be used to quote those. | |
159 | |
160 The other commands deal with expressions or @dfn{sexps}. The word `sexp' | |
161 is derived from @dfn{s-expression}, the ancient term for an expression in | |
162 Lisp. But in Emacs, the notion of `sexp' is not limited to Lisp. It | |
163 refers to an expression in whatever language your program is written in. | |
164 Each programming language has its own major mode, which customizes the | |
165 syntax tables so that expressions in that language count as sexps. | |
166 | |
167 Sexps typically include symbols, numbers, and string constants, as well | |
168 as anything contained in parentheses, brackets or braces. | |
169 | |
170 In languages that use prefix and infix operators, such as C, it is not | |
171 possible for all expressions to be sexps. For example, C mode does not | |
172 recognize @samp{foo + bar} as a sexp, even though it @emph{is} a C expression; | |
173 it recognizes @samp{foo} as one sexp and @samp{bar} as another, with the | |
174 @samp{+} as punctuation between them. This is a fundamental ambiguity: | |
175 both @samp{foo + bar} and @samp{foo} are legitimate choices for the sexp to | |
176 move over if point is at the @samp{f}. Note that @samp{(foo + bar)} is a | |
177 single sexp in C mode. | |
178 | |
179 Some languages have obscure forms of expression syntax that nobody | |
180 has bothered to make Emacs understand properly. | |
181 | |
182 @node List Commands | |
183 @section List And Sexp Commands | |
184 | |
185 @c doublewidecommands | |
186 @table @kbd | |
187 @item C-M-f | |
188 Move forward over a sexp (@code{forward-sexp}). | |
189 @item C-M-b | |
190 Move backward over a sexp (@code{backward-sexp}). | |
191 @item C-M-k | |
192 Kill sexp forward (@code{kill-sexp}). | |
193 @item C-M-@key{DEL} | |
194 Kill sexp backward (@code{backward-kill-sexp}). | |
195 @item C-M-u | |
196 Move up and backward in list structure (@code{backward-up-list}). | |
197 @item C-M-d | |
198 Move down and forward in list structure (@code{down-list}). | |
199 @item C-M-n | |
200 Move forward over a list (@code{forward-list}). | |
201 @item C-M-p | |
202 Move backward over a list (@code{backward-list}). | |
203 @item C-M-t | |
204 Transpose expressions (@code{transpose-sexps}). | |
205 @item C-M-@@ | |
206 Put mark after following expression (@code{mark-sexp}). | |
207 @end table | |
208 | |
209 @kindex C-M-f | |
210 @kindex C-M-b | |
211 @findex forward-sexp | |
212 @findex backward-sexp | |
213 To move forward over a sexp, use @kbd{C-M-f} (@code{forward-sexp}). If | |
214 the first significant character after point is an opening delimiter | |
215 (@samp{(} in Lisp; @samp{(}, @samp{[} or @samp{@{} in C), @kbd{C-M-f} | |
216 moves past the matching closing delimiter. If the character begins a | |
217 symbol, string, or number, @kbd{C-M-f} moves over that. | |
218 | |
219 The command @kbd{C-M-b} (@code{backward-sexp}) moves backward over a | |
220 sexp. The detailed rules are like those above for @kbd{C-M-f}, but with | |
221 directions reversed. If there are any prefix characters (single-quote, | |
222 backquote and comma, in Lisp) preceding the sexp, @kbd{C-M-b} moves back | |
223 over them as well. The sexp commands move across comments as if they | |
224 were whitespace in most modes. | |
225 | |
226 @kbd{C-M-f} or @kbd{C-M-b} with an argument repeats that operation the | |
227 specified number of times; with a negative argument, it moves in the | |
228 opposite direction. | |
229 | |
230 @kindex C-M-k | |
231 @findex kill-sexp | |
232 @kindex C-M-DEL | |
233 @findex backward-kill-sexp | |
234 Killing a whole sexp can be done with @kbd{C-M-k} (@code{kill-sexp}) | |
235 or @kbd{C-M-@key{DEL}} (@code{backward-kill-sexp}). @kbd{C-M-k} kills | |
236 the characters that @kbd{C-M-f} would move over, and @kbd{C-M-@key{DEL}} | |
237 kills the characters that @kbd{C-M-b} would move over. | |
238 | |
239 @kindex C-M-n | |
240 @kindex C-M-p | |
241 @findex forward-list | |
242 @findex backward-list | |
243 The @dfn{list commands} move over lists, as the sexp commands do, but skip | |
244 blithely over any number of other kinds of sexps (symbols, strings, etc.). | |
245 They are @kbd{C-M-n} (@code{forward-list}) and @kbd{C-M-p} | |
246 (@code{backward-list}). The main reason they are useful is that they | |
247 usually ignore comments (since the comments usually do not contain any | |
248 lists).@refill | |
249 | |
250 @kindex C-M-u | |
251 @kindex C-M-d | |
252 @findex backward-up-list | |
253 @findex down-list | |
254 @kbd{C-M-n} and @kbd{C-M-p} stay at the same level in parentheses, when | |
255 that's possible. To move @emph{up} one (or @var{n}) levels, use @kbd{C-M-u} | |
256 (@code{backward-up-list}). | |
257 @kbd{C-M-u} moves backward up past one unmatched opening delimiter. A | |
258 positive argument serves as a repeat count; a negative argument reverses | |
259 direction of motion and also requests repetition, so it moves forward and | |
260 up one or more levels.@refill | |
261 | |
262 To move @emph{down} in list structure, use @kbd{C-M-d} | |
263 (@code{down-list}). In Lisp mode, where @samp{(} is the only opening | |
264 delimiter, this is nearly the same as searching for a @samp{(}. An | |
265 argument specifies the number of levels of parentheses to go down. | |
266 | |
267 @cindex transposition | |
268 @kindex C-M-t | |
269 @findex transpose-sexps | |
270 A somewhat random-sounding command which is nevertheless handy is | |
271 @kbd{C-M-t} (@code{transpose-sexps}), which drags the previous sexp | |
272 across the next one. An argument serves as a repeat count, and a | |
273 negative argument drags backwards (thus canceling out the effect of | |
274 @kbd{C-M-t} with a positive argument). An argument of zero, rather than | |
275 doing nothing, transposes the sexps ending after point and the mark. | |
276 | |
277 @kindex C-M-@@ | |
278 @findex mark-sexp | |
279 To set the region around the next sexp in the buffer, use @kbd{C-M-@@} | |
280 (@code{mark-sexp}), which sets mark at the same place that @kbd{C-M-f} | |
281 would move to. @kbd{C-M-@@} takes arguments like @kbd{C-M-f}. In | |
282 particular, a negative argument is useful for putting the mark at the | |
283 beginning of the previous sexp. | |
284 | |
285 The list and sexp commands' understanding of syntax is completely | |
286 controlled by the syntax table. Any character can, for example, be | |
287 declared to be an opening delimiter and act like an open parenthesis. | |
288 @xref{Syntax}. | |
289 | |
290 @node Defuns | |
291 @section Defuns | |
292 @cindex defuns | |
293 | |
294 In Emacs, a parenthetical grouping at the top level in the buffer is | |
295 called a @dfn{defun}. The name derives from the fact that most top-level | |
296 lists in a Lisp file are instances of the special form @code{defun}, but | |
297 any top-level parenthetical grouping counts as a defun in Emacs parlance | |
298 regardless of what its contents are, and regardless of the programming | |
299 language in use. For example, in C, the body of a function definition is a | |
300 defun. | |
301 | |
302 @c doublewidecommands | |
303 @table @kbd | |
304 @item C-M-a | |
305 Move to beginning of current or preceding defun | |
306 (@code{beginning-of-defun}). | |
307 @item C-M-e | |
308 Move to end of current or following defun (@code{end-of-defun}). | |
309 @item C-M-h | |
310 Put region around whole current or following defun (@code{mark-defun}). | |
311 @end table | |
312 | |
313 @kindex C-M-a | |
314 @kindex C-M-e | |
315 @kindex C-M-h | |
316 @findex beginning-of-defun | |
317 @findex end-of-defun | |
318 @findex mark-defun | |
319 The commands to move to the beginning and end of the current defun are | |
320 @kbd{C-M-a} (@code{beginning-of-defun}) and @kbd{C-M-e} (@code{end-of-defun}). | |
321 | |
322 @findex c-mark-function | |
323 If you wish to operate on the current defun, use @kbd{C-M-h} | |
324 (@code{mark-defun}) which puts point at the beginning and mark at the end | |
325 of the current or next defun. For example, this is the easiest way to get | |
326 ready to move the defun to a different place in the text. In C mode, | |
327 @kbd{C-M-h} runs the function @code{c-mark-function}, which is almost the | |
328 same as @code{mark-defun}; the difference is that it backs up over the | |
329 argument declarations, function name and returned data type so that the | |
330 entire C function is inside the region. @xref{Marking Objects}. | |
331 | |
332 Emacs assumes that any open-parenthesis found in the leftmost column | |
333 is the start of a defun. Therefore, @strong{never put an | |
334 open-parenthesis at the left margin in a Lisp file unless it is the | |
335 start of a top-level list. Never put an open-brace or other opening | |
336 delimiter at the beginning of a line of C code unless it starts the body | |
337 of a function.} The most likely problem case is when you want an | |
338 opening delimiter at the start of a line inside a string. To avoid | |
339 trouble, put an escape character (@samp{\}, in C and Emacs Lisp, | |
340 @samp{/} in some other Lisp dialects) before the opening delimiter. It | |
341 will not affect the contents of the string. | |
342 | |
343 In the remotest past, the original Emacs found defuns by moving upward a | |
344 level of parentheses until there were no more levels to go up. This always | |
345 required scanning all the way back to the beginning of the buffer, even for | |
346 a small function. To speed up the operation, Emacs was changed to assume | |
347 that any @samp{(} (or other character assigned the syntactic class of | |
348 opening-delimiter) at the left margin is the start of a defun. This | |
349 heuristic is nearly always right and avoids the costly scan; however, | |
350 it mandates the convention described above. | |
351 | |
352 @node Program Indent | |
353 @section Indentation for Programs | |
354 @cindex indentation for programs | |
355 | |
356 The best way to keep a program properly indented is to use Emacs to | |
357 reindent it as you change it. Emacs has commands to indent properly | |
358 either a single line, a specified number of lines, or all of the lines | |
359 inside a single parenthetical grouping. | |
360 | |
361 @menu | |
362 * Basic Indent:: Indenting a single line. | |
363 * Multi-line Indent:: Commands to reindent many lines at once. | |
364 * Lisp Indent:: Specifying how each Lisp function should be indented. | |
365 * C Indent:: Extra features for indenting C and related modes. | |
366 * Custom C Indent:: Controlling indentation style for C and related modes. | |
367 @end menu | |
368 | |
369 Emacs also provides a Lisp pretty-printer in the library @code{pp}. | |
370 This program reformats a Lisp object with indentation chosen to look nice. | |
371 | |
372 @node Basic Indent | |
373 @subsection Basic Program Indentation Commands | |
374 | |
375 @c WideCommands | |
376 @table @kbd | |
377 @item @key{TAB} | |
378 Adjust indentation of current line. | |
379 @item C-j | |
380 Equivalent to @key{RET} followed by @key{TAB} (@code{newline-and-indent}). | |
381 @end table | |
382 | |
383 @kindex TAB @r{(programming modes)} | |
384 @findex c-indent-line | |
385 @findex lisp-indent-line | |
386 The basic indentation command is @key{TAB}, which gives the current line | |
387 the correct indentation as determined from the previous lines. The | |
388 function that @key{TAB} runs depends on the major mode; it is @code{lisp-indent-line} | |
389 in Lisp mode, @code{c-indent-line} in C mode, etc. These functions | |
390 understand different syntaxes for different languages, but they all do | |
391 about the same thing. @key{TAB} in any programming-language major mode | |
392 inserts or deletes whitespace at the beginning of the current line, | |
393 independent of where point is in the line. If point is inside the | |
394 whitespace at the beginning of the line, @key{TAB} leaves it at the end of | |
395 that whitespace; otherwise, @key{TAB} leaves point fixed with respect to | |
396 the characters around it. | |
397 | |
398 Use @kbd{C-q @key{TAB}} to insert a tab at point. | |
399 | |
400 @kindex C-j | |
401 @findex newline-and-indent | |
402 When entering lines of new code, use @kbd{C-j} (@code{newline-and-indent}), | |
403 which is equivalent to a @key{RET} followed by a @key{TAB}. @kbd{C-j} creates | |
404 a blank line and then gives it the appropriate indentation. | |
405 | |
406 @key{TAB} indents the second and following lines of the body of a | |
407 parenthetical grouping each under the preceding one; therefore, if you | |
408 alter one line's indentation to be nonstandard, the lines below will | |
409 tend to follow it. This behavior is convenient in cases where you have | |
410 overridden the standard result of @key{TAB} because you find it | |
411 unaesthetic for a particular line. | |
412 | |
413 Remember that an open-parenthesis, open-brace or other opening delimiter | |
414 at the left margin is assumed by Emacs (including the indentation routines) | |
415 to be the start of a function. Therefore, you must never have an opening | |
416 delimiter in column zero that is not the beginning of a function, not even | |
417 inside a string. This restriction is vital for making the indentation | |
418 commands fast; you must simply accept it. @xref{Defuns}, for more | |
419 information on this. | |
420 | |
421 @node Multi-line Indent | |
422 @subsection Indenting Several Lines | |
423 | |
424 When you wish to reindent several lines of code which have been altered | |
425 or moved to a different level in the list structure, you have several | |
426 commands available. | |
427 | |
428 @table @kbd | |
429 @item C-M-q | |
430 Reindent all the lines within one list (@code{indent-sexp}). | |
431 @item C-u @key{TAB} | |
432 Shift an entire list rigidly sideways so that its first line | |
433 is properly indented. | |
434 @item C-M-\ | |
435 Reindent all lines in the region (@code{indent-region}). | |
436 @end table | |
437 | |
438 @kindex C-M-q | |
439 @findex indent-sexp | |
440 You can reindent the contents of a single list by positioning point | |
441 before the beginning of it and typing @kbd{C-M-q} (@code{indent-sexp} in | |
442 Lisp mode, @code{c-indent-exp} in C mode; also bound to other suitable | |
443 commands in other modes). The indentation of the line the sexp starts on | |
444 is not changed; therefore, only the relative indentation within the list, | |
445 and not its position, is changed. To correct the position as well, type a | |
446 @key{TAB} before the @kbd{C-M-q}. | |
447 | |
448 @kindex C-u TAB | |
449 If the relative indentation within a list is correct but the | |
450 indentation of its first line is not, go to that line and type @kbd{C-u | |
451 @key{TAB}}. @key{TAB} with a numeric argument reindents the current | |
452 line as usual, then reindents by the same amount all the lines in the | |
453 grouping starting on the current line. In other words, it reindents the | |
454 whole grouping rigidly as a unit. It is clever, though, and does not | |
455 alter lines that start inside strings, or C preprocessor lines when in C | |
456 mode. | |
457 | |
458 Another way to specify the range to be reindented is with the region. | |
459 The command @kbd{C-M-\} (@code{indent-region}) applies @key{TAB} to | |
460 every line whose first character is between point and mark. | |
461 | |
462 @node Lisp Indent | |
463 @subsection Customizing Lisp Indentation | |
464 @cindex customizing Lisp indentation | |
465 | |
466 The indentation pattern for a Lisp expression can depend on the function | |
467 called by the expression. For each Lisp function, you can choose among | |
468 several predefined patterns of indentation, or define an arbitrary one with | |
469 a Lisp program. | |
470 | |
471 The standard pattern of indentation is as follows: the second line of the | |
472 expression is indented under the first argument, if that is on the same | |
473 line as the beginning of the expression; otherwise, the second line is | |
474 indented underneath the function name. Each following line is indented | |
475 under the previous line whose nesting depth is the same. | |
476 | |
477 @vindex lisp-indent-offset | |
478 If the variable @code{lisp-indent-offset} is non-@code{nil}, it overrides | |
479 the usual indentation pattern for the second line of an expression, so that | |
480 such lines are always indented @code{lisp-indent-offset} more columns than | |
481 the containing list. | |
482 | |
483 @vindex lisp-body-indent | |
484 The standard pattern is overridden for certain functions. Functions | |
485 whose names start with @code{def} always indent the second line by | |
486 @code{lisp-body-indent} extra columns beyond the open-parenthesis | |
487 starting the expression. | |
488 | |
489 The standard pattern can be overridden in various ways for individual | |
490 functions, according to the @code{lisp-indent-function} property of the | |
491 function name. There are four possibilities for this property: | |
492 | |
493 @table @asis | |
494 @item @code{nil} | |
495 This is the same as no property; the standard indentation pattern is used. | |
496 @item @code{defun} | |
497 The pattern used for function names that start with @code{def} is used for | |
498 this function also. | |
499 @item a number, @var{number} | |
500 The first @var{number} arguments of the function are | |
501 @dfn{distinguished} arguments; the rest are considered the @dfn{body} | |
502 of the expression. A line in the expression is indented according to | |
503 whether the first argument on it is distinguished or not. If the | |
504 argument is part of the body, the line is indented @code{lisp-body-indent} | |
505 more columns than the open-parenthesis starting the containing | |
506 expression. If the argument is distinguished and is either the first | |
507 or second argument, it is indented @emph{twice} that many extra columns. | |
508 If the argument is distinguished and not the first or second argument, | |
509 the standard pattern is followed for that line. | |
510 @item a symbol, @var{symbol} | |
511 @var{symbol} should be a function name; that function is called to | |
512 calculate the indentation of a line within this expression. The | |
513 function receives two arguments: | |
514 @table @asis | |
515 @item @var{state} | |
516 The value returned by @code{parse-partial-sexp} (a Lisp primitive for | |
517 indentation and nesting computation) when it parses up to the | |
518 beginning of this line. | |
519 @item @var{pos} | |
520 The position at which the line being indented begins. | |
521 @end table | |
522 @noindent | |
523 It should return either a number, which is the number of columns of | |
524 indentation for that line, or a list whose car is such a number. The | |
525 difference between returning a number and returning a list is that a | |
526 number says that all following lines at the same nesting level should | |
527 be indented just like this one; a list says that following lines might | |
528 call for different indentations. This makes a difference when the | |
529 indentation is being computed by @kbd{C-M-q}; if the value is a | |
530 number, @kbd{C-M-q} need not recalculate indentation for the following | |
531 lines until the end of the list. | |
532 @end table | |
533 | |
534 @node C Indent | |
535 @subsection Commands for C Indentation | |
536 | |
537 Here are the commands for indentation in C mode and related modes: | |
538 | |
539 @table @code | |
540 @item C-c C-q | |
541 @kindex C-c C-q @r{(C mode)} | |
542 @findex c-indent-defun | |
543 Reindent the current top-level function definition or aggregate type | |
544 declaration (@code{c-indent-defun}). | |
545 | |
546 @item C-M-q | |
547 @kindex C-M-q @r{(C mode)} | |
548 @findex c-indent-exp | |
549 Reindent each line in the balanced expression that follows point | |
550 (@code{c-indent-exp}). A prefix argument inhibits error checking and | |
551 warning messages about invalid syntax. | |
552 | |
553 @item @key{TAB} | |
554 @findex c-indent-command | |
555 Reindent the current line, and/or in some cases insert a tab character | |
556 (@code{c-indent-command}). | |
557 | |
558 If @code{c-tab-always-indent} is @code{t}, this command always reindents | |
559 the current line and does nothing else. This is the default. | |
560 | |
561 If that variable is @code{nil}, this command reindents the current line | |
562 only if point is at the left margin or in the line's indentation; | |
563 otherwise, it inserts a tab (or the equivalent number of spaces, | |
564 if @code{indent-tabs-mode} is @code{nil}). | |
565 | |
566 Any other value (not @code{nil} or @code{t}) means always reindent the | |
567 line, and also insert a tab if within a comment, a string, or a | |
568 preprocessor directive. | |
569 | |
570 @item C-u @key{TAB} | |
571 Reindent the current line according to its syntax; also rigidly reindent | |
572 any other lines of the expression that starts on the current line. | |
573 @xref{Multi-line Indent}. | |
574 @end table | |
575 | |
576 To reindent the whole current buffer, type @kbd{C-x h C-M-\}. This | |
577 first selects the whole buffer as the region, then reindents that | |
578 region. | |
579 | |
580 To reindent the current block, use @kbd{C-M-u C-M-q}. This moves | |
581 to the front of the block and then reindents it all. | |
582 | |
583 @node Custom C Indent | |
584 @subsection Customizing C Indentation | |
585 | |
586 C mode and related modes use a simple yet flexible mechanism for | |
587 customizing indentation. The mechanism works in two steps: first it | |
588 classifies the line syntactically according to its contents and context; | |
589 second, it associates each kind of syntactic construct with an | |
590 indentation offset which you can customize. | |
591 | |
592 @menu | |
593 * Syntactic Analysis:: | |
594 * Indentation Calculation:: | |
595 * Changing Indent Style:: | |
596 * Syntactic Symbols:: | |
597 * Variables for C Indent:: | |
598 * C Indent Styles:: | |
599 @end menu | |
600 | |
601 @node Syntactic Analysis | |
602 @subsubsection Step 1---Syntactic Analysis | |
603 @cindex syntactic analysis | |
604 | |
605 In the first step, the C indentation mechanism looks at the line | |
606 before the one you are currently indenting and determines the syntactic | |
607 components of the construct on that line. It builds a list of these | |
608 syntactic components, each of which contains a @dfn{syntactic symbol} | |
609 and sometimes also a buffer position. Some syntactic symbols describe | |
610 grammatical elements, for example @code{statement} and | |
611 @code{substatement}; others describe locations amidst grammatical | |
612 elements, for example @code{class-open} and @code{knr-argdecl}. | |
613 | |
614 Conceptually, a line of C code is always indented relative to the | |
615 indentation of some line higher up in the buffer. This is represented | |
616 by the buffer positions in the syntactic component list. | |
617 | |
618 Here is an example. Suppose we have the following code in a C++ mode | |
619 buffer (the line numbers don't actually appear in the buffer): | |
620 | |
621 @example | |
622 1: void swap (int& a, int& b) | |
623 2: @{ | |
624 3: int tmp = a; | |
625 4: a = b; | |
626 5: b = tmp; | |
627 6: @} | |
628 @end example | |
629 | |
630 If you type @kbd{C-c C-s} (which runs the command | |
631 @code{c-show-syntactic-information}) on line 4, it shows the result of | |
632 the indentation mechanism for that line: | |
633 | |
634 @example | |
635 ((statement . 32)) | |
636 @end example | |
637 | |
638 This indicates that the line is a statement and it is indented | |
639 relative to buffer position 32, which happens to be the @samp{i} in | |
640 @code{int} on line 3. If you move the cursor to line 3 and type | |
641 @kbd{C-c C-s}, it displays this: | |
642 | |
643 @example | |
644 ((defun-block-intro . 28)) | |
645 @end example | |
646 | |
647 This indicates that the @code{int} line is the first statement in a | |
648 block, and is indented relative to buffer position 28, which is the | |
649 brace just after the function header. | |
650 | |
651 @noindent | |
652 Here is another example: | |
653 | |
654 @example | |
655 1: int add (int val, int incr, int doit) | |
656 2: @{ | |
657 3: if (doit) | |
658 4: @{ | |
659 5: return (val + incr); | |
660 6: @} | |
661 7: return (val); | |
662 8: @} | |
663 @end example | |
664 | |
665 @noindent | |
666 Typing @kbd{C-c C-s} on line 4 displays this: | |
667 | |
668 @example | |
669 ((substatement-open . 43)) | |
670 @end example | |
671 | |
672 This says that the brace @emph{opens} a substatement block. By the | |
673 way, a @dfn{substatement} indicates the line after an @code{if}, | |
674 @code{else}, @code{while}, @code{do}, @code{switch}, @code{for}, | |
675 @code{try}, @code{catch}, @code{finally}, or @code{synchronized} | |
676 statement. | |
677 | |
678 @cindex syntactic component | |
679 @cindex syntactic symbol | |
680 @vindex c-syntactic-context | |
681 Within the C indentation commands, after a line has been analyzed | |
682 syntactically for indentation, the variable @code{c-syntactic-context} | |
683 contains a list that describes the results. Each element in this list | |
684 is a @dfn{syntactic component}: a cons cell containing a syntactic | |
685 symbol and (optionally) its corresponding buffer position. There may be | |
686 several elements in a component list; typically only one element has a | |
687 buffer position. | |
688 | |
689 @node Indentation Calculation | |
690 @subsubsection Step 2---Indentation Calculation | |
691 @cindex Indentation Calculation | |
692 | |
693 The C indentation mechanism calculates the indentation for the current | |
694 line using the list of syntactic components, @code{c-syntactic-context}, | |
695 derived from syntactic analysis. Each component is a cons cell that | |
696 contains a syntactic symbol and may also contain a buffer position. | |
697 | |
698 Each component contributes to the final total indentation of the line | |
699 in two ways. First, the syntactic symbol identifies an element of | |
700 @code{c-offsets-alist}, which is an association list mapping syntactic | |
701 symbols into indentation offsets. Each syntactic symbol's offset adds | |
702 to the total indentation. Second, if the component includes a buffer | |
703 position, the column number of that position adds to the indentation. | |
704 All these offsets and column numbers, added together, give the total | |
705 indentation. | |
706 | |
707 The following examples demonstrate the workings of the C indentation | |
708 mechanism: | |
709 | |
710 @example | |
711 1: void swap (int& a, int& b) | |
712 2: @{ | |
713 3: int tmp = a; | |
714 4: a = b; | |
715 5: b = tmp; | |
716 6: @} | |
717 @end example | |
718 | |
719 Suppose that point is on line 3 and you type @key{TAB} to reindent the | |
720 line. As explained above (@pxref{Syntactic Analysis}), the syntactic | |
721 component list for that line is: | |
722 | |
723 @example | |
724 ((defun-block-intro . 28)) | |
725 @end example | |
726 | |
727 In this case, the indentation calculation first looks up | |
728 @code{defun-block-intro} in the @code{c-offsets-alist} alist. Suppose | |
729 that it finds the integer 2; it adds this to the running total | |
730 (initialized to zero), yielding a updated total indentation of 2 spaces. | |
731 | |
732 The next step is to find the column number of buffer position 28. | |
733 Since the brace at buffer position 28 is in column zero, this adds 0 to | |
734 the running total. Since this line has only one syntactic component, | |
735 the total indentation for the line is 2 spaces. | |
736 | |
737 @example | |
738 1: int add (int val, int incr, int doit) | |
739 2: @{ | |
740 3: if (doit) | |
741 4: @{ | |
742 5: return(val + incr); | |
743 6: @} | |
744 7: return(val); | |
745 8: @} | |
746 @end example | |
747 | |
748 If you type @key{TAB} on line 4, the same process is performed, but | |
749 with different data. The syntactic component list for this line is: | |
750 | |
751 @example | |
752 ((substatement-open . 43)) | |
753 @end example | |
754 | |
755 Here, the indentation calculation's first job is to look up the | |
756 symbol @code{substatement-open} in @code{c-offsets-alist}. Let's assume | |
757 that the offset for this symbol is 2. At this point the running total | |
758 is 2 (0 + 2 = 2). Then it adds the column number of buffer position 43, | |
759 which is the @samp{i} in @code{if} on line 3. This character is in | |
760 column 2 on that line. Adding this yields a total indentation of 4 | |
761 spaces. | |
762 | |
763 @vindex c-strict-syntax-p | |
764 If a syntactic symbol in the analysis of a line does not appear in | |
765 @code{c-offsets-alist}, it is ignored; if in addition the variable | |
766 @code{c-strict-syntax-p} is non-@code{nil}, it is an error. | |
767 | |
768 @node Changing Indent Style | |
769 @subsubsection Changing Indentation Style | |
770 | |
771 There are two ways to customize the indentation style for the C-like | |
772 modes. First, you can select one of several predefined styles, each of | |
773 which specifies offsets for all the syntactic symbols. For more | |
774 flexibility, you can customize the handling of individual syntactic | |
775 symbols. @xref{Syntactic Symbols}, for a list of all defined syntactic | |
776 symbols. | |
777 | |
778 @table @kbd | |
779 @item M-x c-set-style @key{RET} @var{style} @key{RET} | |
780 Select predefined indentation style @var{style}. Type @kbd{?} when | |
781 entering @var{style} to see a list of supported styles; to find out what | |
782 a style looks like, select it and reindent some C code. | |
783 | |
784 @item C-c C-o @var{symbol} @key{RET} @var{offset} @key{RET} | |
785 Set the indentation offset for syntactic symbol @var{symbol} | |
786 (@code{c-set-offset}). The second argument @var{offset} specifies the | |
787 new indentation offset. | |
788 @end table | |
789 | |
790 The @code{c-offsets-alist} variable controls the amount of | |
791 indentation to give to each syntactic symbol. Its value is an | |
792 association list, and each element of the list has the form | |
793 @code{(@var{syntactic-symbol} . @var{offset})}. By changing the offsets | |
794 for various syntactic symbols, you can customize indentation in fine | |
795 detail. To change this alist, use @code{c-set-offset} (see below). | |
796 | |
797 Each offset value in @code{c-offsets-alist} can be an integer, a | |
798 function or variable name, a list, or one of the following symbols: @code{+}, | |
799 @code{-}, @code{++}, @code{--}, @code{*}, or @code{/}, indicating positive or negative | |
800 multiples of the variable @code{c-basic-offset}. Thus, if you want to | |
801 change the levels of indentation to be 3 spaces instead of 2 spaces, set | |
802 @code{c-basic-offset} to 3. | |
803 | |
804 Using a function as the offset value provides the ultimate flexibility | |
805 in customizing indentation. The function is called with a single | |
806 argument containing the @code{cons} of the syntactic symbol and | |
807 the buffer position, if any. The function should return an integer | |
808 offset. | |
26264 | 809 |
25829 | 810 If the offset value is a list, its elements are processed according |
811 to the rules above until a non-@code{nil} value is found. That value is | |
812 then added to the total indentation in the normal manner. The primary | |
813 use for this is to combine the results of several functions. | |
814 | |
815 @kindex C-c C-o @r{(C mode)} | |
816 @findex c-set-offset | |
817 The command @kbd{C-c C-o} (@code{c-set-offset}) is the easiest way to | |
818 set offsets, both interactively or in your @file{~/.emacs} file. First | |
819 specify the syntactic symbol, then the offset you want. @xref{Syntactic | |
820 Symbols}, for a list of valid syntactic symbols and their meanings. | |
821 | |
822 @node Syntactic Symbols | |
823 @subsubsection Syntactic Symbols | |
824 | |
825 Here is a table of valid syntactic symbols for indentation in C and | |
826 related modes, with their syntactic meanings. Normally, most of these | |
827 symbols are assigned offsets in @code{c-offsets-alist}. | |
828 | |
829 @table @code | |
830 @item string | |
831 Inside a multi-line string. | |
832 | |
833 @item c | |
834 Inside a multi-line C style block comment. | |
835 | |
836 @item defun-open | |
837 On a brace that opens a function definition. | |
838 | |
839 @item defun-close | |
840 On a brace that closes a function definition. | |
841 | |
842 @item defun-block-intro | |
843 In the first line in a top-level defun. | |
844 | |
845 @item class-open | |
846 On a brace that opens a class definition. | |
847 | |
848 @item class-close | |
849 On a brace that closes a class definition. | |
850 | |
851 @item inline-open | |
852 On a brace that opens an in-class inline method. | |
853 | |
854 @item inline-close | |
855 On a brace that closes an in-class inline method. | |
856 | |
857 @item extern-lang-open | |
858 On a brace that opens an external language block. | |
859 | |
860 @item extern-lang-close | |
861 On a brace that closes an external language block. | |
862 | |
863 @item func-decl-cont | |
864 The region between a function definition's argument list and the defun | |
865 opening brace (excluding K&R function definitions). In C, you cannot | |
866 put anything but whitespace and comments between them; in C++ and Java, | |
867 @code{throws} declarations and other things can appear in this context. | |
868 | |
869 @item knr-argdecl-intro | |
870 On the first line of a K&R C argument declaration. | |
871 | |
872 @item knr-argdecl | |
873 In one of the subsequent lines in a K&R C argument declaration. | |
874 | |
875 @item topmost-intro | |
876 On the first line in a topmost construct definition. | |
877 | |
878 @item topmost-intro-cont | |
879 On the topmost definition continuation lines. | |
880 | |
881 @item member-init-intro | |
882 On the first line in a member initialization list. | |
883 | |
884 @item member-init-cont | |
885 On one of the subsequent member initialization list lines. | |
886 | |
887 @item inher-intro | |
888 On the first line of a multiple inheritance list. | |
889 | |
890 @item inher-cont | |
891 On one of the subsequent multiple inheritance lines. | |
892 | |
893 @item block-open | |
894 On a statement block open brace. | |
895 | |
896 @item block-close | |
897 On a statement block close brace. | |
898 | |
899 @item brace-list-open | |
900 On the opening brace of an @code{enum} or @code{static} array list. | |
901 | |
902 @item brace-list-close | |
903 On the closing brace of an @code{enum} or @code{static} array list. | |
904 | |
905 @item brace-list-intro | |
906 On the first line in an @code{enum} or @code{static} array list. | |
907 | |
908 @item brace-list-entry | |
909 On one of the subsequent lines in an @code{enum} or @code{static} array | |
910 list. | |
911 | |
912 @item brace-entry-open | |
913 On one of the subsequent lines in an @code{enum} or @code{static} array | |
914 list, when the line begins with an open brace. | |
915 | |
916 @item statement | |
917 On an ordinary statement. | |
918 | |
919 @item statement-cont | |
920 On a continuation line of a statement. | |
921 | |
922 @item statement-block-intro | |
923 On the first line in a new statement block. | |
924 | |
925 @item statement-case-intro | |
926 On the first line in a @code{case} ``block.'' | |
927 | |
928 @item statement-case-open | |
929 On the first line in a @code{case} block starting with brace. | |
930 | |
931 @item inexpr-statement | |
932 On a statement block inside an expression. This is used for a GNU | |
933 extension to the C language, and for Pike special functions that take a | |
934 statement block as an argument. | |
935 | |
936 @item inexpr-class | |
937 On a class definition inside an expression. This is used for anonymous | |
938 classes and anonymous array initializers in Java. | |
939 | |
940 @item substatement | |
941 On the first line after an @code{if}, @code{while}, @code{for}, | |
942 @code{do}, or @code{else}. | |
943 | |
944 @item substatement-open | |
945 On the brace that opens a substatement block. | |
946 | |
947 @item case-label | |
948 On a @code{case} or @code{default} label. | |
949 | |
950 @item access-label | |
951 On a C++ @code{private}, @code{protected}, or @code{public} access label. | |
952 | |
953 @item label | |
954 On any ordinary label. | |
955 | |
956 @item do-while-closure | |
957 On the @code{while} that ends a @code{do}-@code{while} construct. | |
958 | |
959 @item else-clause | |
960 On the @code{else} of an @code{if}-@code{else} construct. | |
961 | |
962 @item catch-clause | |
963 On the @code{catch} and @code{finally} lines in | |
964 @code{try}@dots{}@code{catch} constructs in C++ and Java. | |
965 | |
966 @item comment-intro | |
967 On a line containing only a comment introduction. | |
968 | |
969 @item arglist-intro | |
970 On the first line in an argument list. | |
971 | |
972 @item arglist-cont | |
973 On one of the subsequent argument list lines when no arguments follow on | |
974 the same line as the arglist opening parenthesis. | |
975 | |
976 @item arglist-cont-nonempty | |
977 On one of the subsequent argument list lines when at least one argument | |
978 follows on the same line as the arglist opening parenthesis. | |
979 | |
980 @item arglist-close | |
981 On the closing parenthesis of an argument list. | |
982 | |
983 @item stream-op | |
984 On one of the lines continuing a stream operator construct. | |
985 | |
986 @item inclass | |
987 On a construct that is nested inside a class definition. The | |
988 indentation is relative to the open brace of the class definition. | |
989 | |
990 @item inextern-lang | |
991 On a construct that is nested inside an external language block. | |
992 | |
993 @item inexpr-statement | |
994 On the first line of statement block inside an expression. This is used | |
995 for the GCC extension to C that uses the syntax @code{(@{ @dots{} @})}. | |
996 It is also used for the special functions that takes a statement block | |
997 as an argument in Pike. | |
998 | |
999 @item inexpr-class | |
1000 On the first line of a class definition inside an expression. This is | |
1001 used for anonymous classes and anonymous array initializers in Java. | |
1002 | |
1003 @item cpp-macro | |
1004 On the start of a cpp macro. | |
1005 | |
1006 @item friend | |
1007 On a C++ @code{friend} declaration. | |
1008 | |
1009 @item objc-method-intro | |
1010 On the first line of an Objective-C method definition. | |
1011 | |
1012 @item objc-method-args-cont | |
1013 On one of the lines continuing an Objective-C method definition. | |
1014 | |
1015 @item objc-method-call-cont | |
1016 On one of the lines continuing an Objective-C method call. | |
1017 | |
1018 @item inlambda | |
1019 Like @code{inclass}, but used inside lambda (i.e. anonymous) functions. Only | |
1020 used in Pike. | |
1021 | |
1022 @item lambda-intro-cont | |
1023 On a line continuing the header of a lambda function, between the | |
1024 @code{lambda} keyword and the function body. Only used in Pike. | |
1025 @end table | |
1026 | |
1027 @node Variables for C Indent | |
1028 @subsubsection Variables for C Indentation | |
1029 | |
1030 This section describes additional variables which control the | |
1031 indentation behavior of C mode and related mode. | |
1032 | |
1033 @table @code | |
1034 @item c-offsets-alist | |
1035 @vindex c-offsets-alist | |
1036 Association list of syntactic symbols and their indentation offsets. | |
1037 You should not set this directly, only with @code{c-set-offset}. | |
1038 @xref{Changing Indent Style}, for details. | |
1039 | |
1040 @item c-style-alist | |
1041 @vindex c-style-alist | |
1042 Variable for defining indentation styles; see below. | |
1043 | |
1044 @item c-basic-offset | |
1045 @vindex c-basic-offset | |
1046 Amount of basic offset used by @code{+} and @code{-} symbols in | |
26264 | 1047 @code{c-offsets-alist}.@refill |
25829 | 1048 |
1049 @item c-special-indent-hook | |
1050 @vindex c-special-indent-hook | |
1051 Hook for user-defined special indentation adjustments. This hook is | |
1052 called after a line is indented by C mode and related modes. | |
1053 @end table | |
1054 | |
1055 The variable @code{c-style-alist} specifies the predefined indentation | |
1056 styles. Each element has form @code{(@var{name} | |
1057 @var{variable-setting}@dots{})}, where @var{name} is the name of the | |
1058 style. Each @var{variable-setting} has the form @code{(@var{variable} | |
1059 . @var{value})}; @var{variable} is one of the customization variables | |
1060 used by C mode, and @var{value} is the value for that variable when | |
1061 using the selected style. | |
1062 | |
1063 When @var{variable} is @code{c-offsets-alist}, that is a special case: | |
1064 @var{value} is appended to the front of the value of @code{c-offsets-alist} | |
1065 instead of replacing that value outright. Therefore, it is not necessary | |
1066 for @var{value} to specify each and every syntactic symbol---only those | |
1067 for which the style differs from the default. | |
1068 | |
1069 The indentation of lines containing only comments is also affected by | |
1070 the variable @code{c-comment-only-line-offset} (@pxref{Comments in C}). | |
1071 | |
1072 @node C Indent Styles | |
1073 @subsubsection C Indentation Styles | |
1074 @cindex c indentation styles | |
1075 | |
1076 A @dfn{C style} is a collection of indentation style customizations. | |
1077 Emacs comes with several predefined indentation styles for C and related | |
1078 modes, including @code{gnu}, @code{k&r}, @code{bsd}, @code{stroustrup}, | |
1079 @code{linux}, @code{python}, @code{java}, @code{whitesmith}, | |
1080 @code{ellemtel}, and @code{cc-mode}. The default style is @code{gnu}. | |
1081 | |
1082 @findex c-set-style | |
1083 @vindex c-default-style | |
1084 To choose the style you want, use the command @kbd{M-x c-set-style}. | |
1085 Specify a style name as an argument (case is not significant in C style | |
1086 names). The chosen style only affects newly visited buffers, not those | |
1087 you are already editing. You can also set the variable | |
1088 @code{c-default-style} to specify the style for various major modes. | |
1089 Its value should be an alist, in which each element specifies one major | |
1090 mode and which indentation style to use for it. For example, | |
1091 | |
1092 @example | |
1093 (setq c-default-style | |
1094 '((java-mode . "java") (other . "gnu"))) | |
1095 @end example | |
1096 | |
1097 @noindent | |
1098 specifies an explicit choice for Java mode, and the default @samp{gnu} | |
1099 style for the other C-like modes. | |
1100 | |
1101 @findex c-add-style | |
1102 To define a new C indentation style, call the function | |
1103 @code{c-add-style}: | |
1104 | |
1105 @example | |
1106 (c-add-style @var{name} @var{values} @var{use-now}) | |
1107 @end example | |
1108 | |
1109 @noindent | |
1110 Here @var{name} is the name of the new style (a string), and | |
1111 @var{values} is an alist whose elements have the form | |
1112 @code{(@var{variable} . @var{value})}. The variables you specify should | |
1113 be among those documented in @ref{Variables for C Indent}. | |
1114 | |
1115 If @var{use-now} is non-@code{nil}, @code{c-add-style} switches to the | |
1116 new style after defining it. | |
1117 | |
1118 @node Matching | |
1119 @section Automatic Display Of Matching Parentheses | |
1120 @cindex matching parentheses | |
1121 @cindex parentheses, displaying matches | |
1122 | |
1123 The Emacs parenthesis-matching feature is designed to show | |
1124 automatically how parentheses match in the text. Whenever you type a | |
1125 self-inserting character that is a closing delimiter, the cursor moves | |
1126 momentarily to the location of the matching opening delimiter, provided | |
1127 that is on the screen. If it is not on the screen, some text near it is | |
1128 displayed in the echo area. Either way, you can tell what grouping is | |
1129 being closed off. | |
1130 | |
1131 In Lisp, automatic matching applies only to parentheses. In C, it | |
1132 applies to braces and brackets too. Emacs knows which characters to regard | |
1133 as matching delimiters based on the syntax table, which is set by the major | |
1134 mode. @xref{Syntax}. | |
1135 | |
1136 If the opening delimiter and closing delimiter are mismatched---such as | |
1137 in @samp{[x)}---a warning message is displayed in the echo area. The | |
1138 correct matches are specified in the syntax table. | |
1139 | |
1140 @vindex blink-matching-paren | |
1141 @vindex blink-matching-paren-distance | |
1142 @vindex blink-matching-delay | |
1143 Three variables control parenthesis match display. | |
1144 @code{blink-matching-paren} turns the feature on or off; @code{nil} | |
1145 turns it off, but the default is @code{t} to turn match display on. | |
1146 @code{blink-matching-delay} says how many seconds to wait; the default | |
1147 is 1, but on some systems it is useful to specify a fraction of a | |
1148 second. @code{blink-matching-paren-distance} specifies how many | |
1149 characters back to search to find the matching opening delimiter. If | |
1150 the match is not found in that far, scanning stops, and nothing is | |
1151 displayed. This is to prevent scanning for the matching delimiter from | |
1152 wasting lots of time when there is no match. The default is 12,000. | |
1153 | |
1154 @cindex Show Paren mode | |
1155 @findex show-paren-mode | |
1156 When using X Windows, you can request a more powerful alternative kind | |
1157 of automatic parenthesis matching by enabling Show Paren mode. This | |
1158 mode turns off the usual kind of matching parenthesis display and | |
1159 instead uses highlighting to show what matches. Whenever point is after | |
1160 a close parenthesis, the close parenthesis and its matching open | |
1161 parenthesis are both highlighted; otherwise, if point is before an open | |
1162 parenthesis, the matching close parenthesis is highlighted. (There is | |
1163 no need to highlight the open parenthesis after point because the cursor | |
1164 appears on top of that character.) Use the command @kbd{M-x | |
1165 show-paren-mode} to enable or disable this mode. | |
1166 | |
1167 @node Comments | |
1168 @section Manipulating Comments | |
1169 @cindex comments | |
1170 | |
1171 Because comments are such an important part of programming, Emacs | |
1172 provides special commands for editing and inserting comments. | |
1173 | |
1174 @menu | |
1175 * Comment Commands:: | |
1176 * Multi-Line Comments:: | |
1177 * Options for Comments:: | |
1178 @end menu | |
1179 | |
1180 @node Comment Commands | |
1181 @subsection Comment Commands | |
1182 | |
1183 @kindex M-; | |
1184 @cindex indentation for comments | |
1185 @findex indent-for-comment | |
1186 | |
1187 The comment commands insert, kill and align comments. | |
1188 | |
1189 @c WideCommands | |
1190 @table @kbd | |
1191 @item M-; | |
1192 Insert or align comment (@code{indent-for-comment}). | |
1193 @item C-x ; | |
1194 Set comment column (@code{set-comment-column}). | |
1195 @item C-u - C-x ; | |
1196 Kill comment on current line (@code{kill-comment}). | |
1197 @item C-M-j | |
1198 Like @key{RET} followed by inserting and aligning a comment | |
1199 (@code{indent-new-comment-line}). | |
1200 @item M-x comment-region | |
1201 Add or remove comment delimiters on all the lines in the region. | |
1202 @end table | |
1203 | |
1204 The command that creates a comment is @kbd{M-;} (@code{indent-for-comment}). | |
1205 If there is no comment already on the line, a new comment is created, | |
1206 aligned at a specific column called the @dfn{comment column}. The comment | |
1207 is created by inserting the string Emacs thinks comments should start with | |
1208 (the value of @code{comment-start}; see below). Point is left after that | |
1209 string. If the text of the line extends past the comment column, then the | |
1210 indentation is done to a suitable boundary (usually, at least one space is | |
1211 inserted). If the major mode has specified a string to terminate comments, | |
1212 that is inserted after point, to keep the syntax valid. | |
1213 | |
1214 @kbd{M-;} can also be used to align an existing comment. If a line | |
1215 already contains the string that starts comments, then @kbd{M-;} just moves | |
1216 point after it and reindents it to the conventional place. Exception: | |
1217 comments starting in column 0 are not moved. | |
1218 | |
1219 Some major modes have special rules for indenting certain kinds of | |
1220 comments in certain contexts. For example, in Lisp code, comments which | |
1221 start with two semicolons are indented as if they were lines of code, | |
1222 instead of at the comment column. Comments which start with three | |
1223 semicolons are supposed to start at the left margin. Emacs understands | |
1224 these conventions by indenting a double-semicolon comment using @key{TAB}, | |
1225 and by not changing the indentation of a triple-semicolon comment at all. | |
1226 | |
1227 @example | |
1228 ;; This function is just an example | |
1229 ;;; Here either two or three semicolons are appropriate. | |
1230 (defun foo (x) | |
1231 ;;; And now, the first part of the function: | |
1232 ;; The following line adds one. | |
1233 (1+ x)) ; This line adds one. | |
1234 @end example | |
1235 | |
1236 In C code, a comment preceded on its line by nothing but whitespace | |
1237 is indented like a line of code. | |
1238 | |
1239 Even when an existing comment is properly aligned, @kbd{M-;} is still | |
1240 useful for moving directly to the start of the comment. | |
1241 | |
1242 @kindex C-u - C-x ; | |
1243 @findex kill-comment | |
1244 @kbd{C-u - C-x ;} (@code{kill-comment}) kills the comment on the current line, | |
1245 if there is one. The indentation before the start of the comment is killed | |
1246 as well. If there does not appear to be a comment in the line, nothing is | |
1247 done. To reinsert the comment on another line, move to the end of that | |
1248 line, do @kbd{C-y}, and then do @kbd{M-;} to realign it. Note that | |
1249 @kbd{C-u - C-x ;} is not a distinct key; it is @kbd{C-x ;} (@code{set-comment-column}) | |
1250 with a negative argument. That command is programmed so that when it | |
1251 receives a negative argument it calls @code{kill-comment}. However, | |
1252 @code{kill-comment} is a valid command which you could bind directly to a | |
1253 key if you wanted to. | |
1254 | |
1255 @node Multi-Line Comments | |
1256 @subsection Multiple Lines of Comments | |
1257 | |
1258 @kindex C-M-j | |
1259 @cindex blank lines in programs | |
1260 @findex indent-new-comment-line | |
1261 If you are typing a comment and wish to continue it on another line, | |
1262 you can use the command @kbd{C-M-j} (@code{indent-new-comment-line}). | |
1263 This terminates the comment you are typing, creates a new blank line | |
1264 afterward, and begins a new comment indented under the old one. When | |
1265 Auto Fill mode is on, going past the fill column while typing a comment | |
1266 causes the comment to be continued in just this fashion. If point is | |
1267 not at the end of the line when @kbd{C-M-j} is typed, the text on | |
1268 the rest of the line becomes part of the new comment line. | |
1269 | |
1270 @findex comment-region | |
1271 To turn existing lines into comment lines, use the @kbd{M-x | |
1272 comment-region} command. It adds comment delimiters to the lines that start | |
1273 in the region, thus commenting them out. With a negative argument, it | |
1274 does the opposite---it deletes comment delimiters from the lines in the | |
1275 region. | |
1276 | |
1277 With a positive argument, @code{comment-region} duplicates the last | |
1278 character of the comment start sequence it adds; the argument specifies | |
1279 how many copies of the character to insert. Thus, in Lisp mode, | |
1280 @kbd{C-u 2 M-x comment-region} adds @samp{;;} to each line. Duplicating | |
1281 the comment delimiter is a way of calling attention to the comment. It | |
1282 can also affect how the comment is indented. In Lisp, for proper | |
1283 indentation, you should use an argument of two, if between defuns, and | |
1284 three, if within a defun. | |
1285 | |
1286 @vindex comment-padding | |
1287 The variable @code{comment-padding} specifies how many spaces | |
1288 @code{comment-region} should insert on each line between the | |
1289 comment delimiter and the line's original text. The default is 1. | |
1290 | |
1291 @node Options for Comments | |
1292 @subsection Options Controlling Comments | |
1293 | |
1294 @vindex comment-column | |
1295 @kindex C-x ; | |
1296 @findex set-comment-column | |
1297 The comment column is stored in the variable @code{comment-column}. You | |
1298 can set it to a number explicitly. Alternatively, the command @kbd{C-x ;} | |
1299 (@code{set-comment-column}) sets the comment column to the column point is | |
1300 at. @kbd{C-u C-x ;} sets the comment column to match the last comment | |
1301 before point in the buffer, and then does a @kbd{M-;} to align the | |
1302 current line's comment under the previous one. Note that @kbd{C-u - C-x ;} | |
1303 runs the function @code{kill-comment} as described above. | |
1304 | |
1305 The variable @code{comment-column} is per-buffer: setting the variable | |
1306 in the normal fashion affects only the current buffer, but there is a | |
1307 default value which you can change with @code{setq-default}. | |
1308 @xref{Locals}. Many major modes initialize this variable for the | |
1309 current buffer. | |
1310 | |
1311 @vindex comment-start-skip | |
1312 The comment commands recognize comments based on the regular | |
1313 expression that is the value of the variable @code{comment-start-skip}. | |
1314 Make sure this regexp does not match the null string. It may match more | |
1315 than the comment starting delimiter in the strictest sense of the word; | |
1316 for example, in C mode the value of the variable is @code{@t{"/\\*+ | |
1317 *"}}, which matches extra stars and spaces after the @samp{/*} itself. | |
1318 (Note that @samp{\\} is needed in Lisp syntax to include a @samp{\} in | |
1319 the string, which is needed to deny the first star its special meaning | |
1320 in regexp syntax. @xref{Regexps}.) | |
1321 | |
1322 @vindex comment-start | |
1323 @vindex comment-end | |
1324 When a comment command makes a new comment, it inserts the value of | |
1325 @code{comment-start} to begin it. The value of @code{comment-end} is | |
1326 inserted after point, so that it will follow the text that you will insert | |
1327 into the comment. In C mode, @code{comment-start} has the value | |
1328 @w{@code{"/* "}} and @code{comment-end} has the value @w{@code{" */"}}. | |
1329 | |
1330 @vindex comment-multi-line | |
1331 The variable @code{comment-multi-line} controls how @kbd{C-M-j} | |
1332 (@code{indent-new-comment-line}) behaves when used inside a comment. If | |
1333 @code{comment-multi-line} is @code{nil}, as it normally is, then the | |
1334 comment on the starting line is terminated and a new comment is started | |
1335 on the new following line. If @code{comment-multi-line} is not | |
1336 @code{nil}, then the new following line is set up as part of the same | |
1337 comment that was found on the starting line. This is done by not | |
1338 inserting a terminator on the old line, and not inserting a starter on | |
1339 the new line. In languages where multi-line comments work, the choice | |
1340 of value for this variable is a matter of taste. | |
1341 | |
1342 @vindex comment-indent-function | |
1343 The variable @code{comment-indent-function} should contain a function | |
1344 that will be called to compute the indentation for a newly inserted | |
1345 comment or for aligning an existing comment. It is set differently by | |
1346 various major modes. The function is called with no arguments, but with | |
1347 point at the beginning of the comment, or at the end of a line if a new | |
1348 comment is to be inserted. It should return the column in which the | |
1349 comment ought to start. For example, in Lisp mode, the indent hook | |
1350 function bases its decision on how many semicolons begin an existing | |
1351 comment, and on the code in the preceding lines. | |
1352 | |
1353 @node Balanced Editing | |
1354 @section Editing Without Unbalanced Parentheses | |
1355 | |
1356 @table @kbd | |
1357 @item M-( | |
1358 Put parentheses around next sexp(s) (@code{insert-parentheses}). | |
1359 @item M-) | |
1360 Move past next close parenthesis and reindent | |
1361 (@code{move-past-close-and-reindent}). | |
1362 @end table | |
1363 | |
1364 @kindex M-( | |
1365 @kindex M-) | |
1366 @findex insert-parentheses | |
1367 @findex move-past-close-and-reindent | |
1368 The commands @kbd{M-(} (@code{insert-parentheses}) and @kbd{M-)} | |
1369 (@code{move-past-close-and-reindent}) are designed to facilitate a style | |
1370 of editing which keeps parentheses balanced at all times. @kbd{M-(} | |
1371 inserts a pair of parentheses, either together as in @samp{()}, or, if | |
1372 given an argument, around the next several sexps. It leaves point after | |
1373 the open parenthesis. The command @kbd{M-)} moves past the close | |
1374 parenthesis, deleting any indentation preceding it, and indenting with | |
1375 @kbd{C-j} after it. | |
1376 | |
1377 For example, instead of typing @kbd{( F O O )}, you can type @kbd{M-( | |
1378 F O O}, which has the same effect except for leaving the cursor before | |
1379 the close parenthesis. | |
1380 | |
1381 @vindex parens-require-spaces | |
1382 @kbd{M-(} may insert a space before the open parenthesis, depending on | |
1383 the syntax class of the preceding character. Set | |
1384 @code{parens-require-spaces} to @code{nil} value if you wish to inhibit | |
1385 this. | |
1386 | |
1387 @node Symbol Completion | |
1388 @section Completion for Symbol Names | |
1389 @cindex completion (symbol names) | |
1390 | |
1391 Usually completion happens in the minibuffer. But one kind of completion | |
1392 is available in all buffers: completion for symbol names. | |
1393 | |
1394 @kindex M-TAB | |
1395 The character @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} runs a command to complete the partial | |
1396 symbol before point against the set of meaningful symbol names. Any | |
1397 additional characters determined by the partial name are inserted at | |
1398 point. | |
1399 | |
1400 If the partial name in the buffer has more than one possible completion | |
1401 and they have no additional characters in common, a list of all possible | |
1402 completions is displayed in another window. | |
1403 | |
1404 @cindex completion using tags | |
1405 @cindex tags completion | |
1406 @cindex Info index completion | |
1407 @findex complete-symbol | |
1408 In most programming language major modes, @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} runs the | |
1409 command @code{complete-symbol}, which provides two kinds of completion. | |
1410 Normally it does completion based on a tags table (@pxref{Tags}); with a | |
1411 numeric argument (regardless of the value), it does completion based on | |
1412 the names listed in the Info file indexes for your language. Thus, to | |
1413 complete the name of a symbol defined in your own program, use | |
1414 @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} with no argument; to complete the name of a standard | |
1415 library function, use @kbd{C-u M-@key{TAB}}. Of course, Info-based | |
1416 completion works only if there is an Info file for the standard library | |
1417 functions of your language, and only if it is installed at your site. | |
1418 | |
1419 @cindex Lisp symbol completion | |
1420 @cindex completion in Lisp | |
1421 @findex lisp-complete-symbol | |
1422 In Emacs-Lisp mode, the name space for completion normally consists of | |
1423 nontrivial symbols present in Emacs---those that have function | |
1424 definitions, values or properties. However, if there is an | |
1425 open-parenthesis immediately before the beginning of the partial symbol, | |
1426 only symbols with function definitions are considered as completions. | |
1427 The command which implements this is @code{lisp-complete-symbol}. | |
1428 | |
1429 In Text mode and related modes, @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} completes words | |
1430 based on the spell-checker's dictionary. @xref{Spelling}. | |
1431 | |
1432 @node Which Function | |
1433 @section Which Function Mode | |
1434 | |
1435 Which Function mode is a minor mode that displays the current function | |
1436 name in the mode line, as you move around in a buffer. | |
1437 | |
1438 @findex which-function-mode | |
1439 @vindex which-func-modes | |
1440 To enable (or disable) Which Function mode, use the command @kbd{M-x | |
1441 which-function-mode}. This command is global; it applies to all | |
1442 buffers, both existing ones and those yet to be created. However, this | |
1443 only affects certain major modes, those listed in the value of | |
1444 @code{which-func-modes}. (If the value is @code{t}, then Which Function | |
1445 mode applies to all major modes that know how to support it---which are | |
1446 the major modes that support Imenu.) | |
1447 | |
1448 @node Documentation | |
1449 @section Documentation Commands | |
1450 | |
1451 As you edit Lisp code to be run in Emacs, the commands @kbd{C-h f} | |
1452 (@code{describe-function}) and @kbd{C-h v} (@code{describe-variable}) can | |
1453 be used to print documentation of functions and variables that you want to | |
1454 call. These commands use the minibuffer to read the name of a function or | |
1455 variable to document, and display the documentation in a window. | |
1456 | |
1457 For extra convenience, these commands provide default arguments based on | |
1458 the code in the neighborhood of point. @kbd{C-h f} sets the default to the | |
1459 function called in the innermost list containing point. @kbd{C-h v} uses | |
1460 the symbol name around or adjacent to point as its default. | |
1461 | |
1462 @cindex Eldoc mode | |
1463 @findex eldoc-mode | |
1464 For Emacs Lisp code, you can also use Eldoc mode. This minor mode | |
1465 constantly displays in the echo area the argument list for the function | |
1466 being called at point. (In other words, it finds the function call that | |
1467 point is contained in, and displays the argument list of that function.) | |
1468 Eldoc mode applies in Emacs Lisp and Lisp Interaction modes only. Use | |
1469 the command @kbd{M-x eldoc-mode} to enable or disable this feature. | |
1470 | |
1471 @findex info-lookup-symbol | |
1472 @findex info-lookup-file | |
1473 @kindex C-h C-i | |
1474 For C, Lisp, and other languages, you can use @kbd{C-h C-i} | |
1475 (@code{info-lookup-symbol}) to view the Info documentation for a symbol. | |
1476 You specify the symbol with the minibuffer; by default, it uses the | |
1477 symbol that appears in the buffer at point. The major mode determines | |
1478 where to look for documentation for the symbol---which Info files and | |
1479 which indices. You can also use @kbd{M-x info-lookup-file} to look for | |
1480 documentation for a file name. | |
1481 | |
1482 @findex manual-entry | |
1483 You can read the ``man page'' for an operating system command, library | |
1484 function, or system call, with the @kbd{M-x manual-entry} command. It | |
1485 runs the @code{man} program to format the man page, and runs it | |
1486 asynchronously if your system permits, so that you can keep on editing | |
1487 while the page is being formatted. (MS-DOS and MS-Windows 3 do not | |
1488 permit asynchronous subprocesses, so on these systems you cannot edit | |
1489 while Emacs waits for @code{man} to exit.) The result goes in a buffer | |
1490 named @samp{*Man @var{topic}*}. These buffers use a special major mode, | |
1491 Man mode, that facilitates scrolling and examining other manual pages. | |
1492 For details, type @kbd{C-h m} while in a man page buffer. | |
1493 | |
1494 @vindex Man-fontify-manpage-flag | |
1495 For a long man page, setting the faces properly can take substantial | |
1496 time. By default, Emacs uses faces in man pages if Emacs can display | |
1497 different fonts or colors. You can turn off use of faces in man pages | |
1498 by setting the variable @code{Man-fontify-manpage-flag} to @code{nil}. | |
1499 | |
1500 @findex Man-fontify-manpage | |
1501 If you insert the text of a man page into an Emacs buffer in some | |
1502 other fashion, you can use the command @kbd{M-x Man-fontify-manpage} to | |
1503 perform the same conversions that @kbd{M-x manual-entry} does. | |
1504 | |
1505 Eventually the GNU project hopes to replace most man pages with | |
1506 better-organized manuals that you can browse with Info. @xref{Misc | |
1507 Help}. Since this process is only partially completed, it is still | |
1508 useful to read manual pages. | |
1509 | |
1510 @node Change Log | |
1511 @section Change Logs | |
1512 | |
1513 @cindex change log | |
1514 @kindex C-x 4 a | |
1515 @findex add-change-log-entry-other-window | |
1516 The Emacs command @kbd{C-x 4 a} adds a new entry to the change log | |
1517 file for the file you are editing | |
1518 (@code{add-change-log-entry-other-window}). | |
1519 | |
1520 A change log file contains a chronological record of when and why you | |
1521 have changed a program, consisting of a sequence of entries describing | |
1522 individual changes. Normally it is kept in a file called | |
1523 @file{ChangeLog} in the same directory as the file you are editing, or | |
1524 one of its parent directories. A single @file{ChangeLog} file can | |
1525 record changes for all the files in its directory and all its | |
1526 subdirectories. | |
1527 | |
1528 A change log entry starts with a header line that contains your name, | |
1529 your email address (taken from the variable @code{user-mail-address}), | |
1530 and the current date and time. Aside from these header lines, every | |
1531 line in the change log starts with a space or a tab. The bulk of the | |
1532 entry consists of @dfn{items}, each of which starts with a line starting | |
1533 with whitespace and a star. Here are two entries, both dated in May | |
1534 1993, each with two items: | |
1535 | |
1536 @iftex | |
1537 @medbreak | |
1538 @end iftex | |
1539 @smallexample | |
1540 1993-05-25 Richard Stallman <rms@@gnu.org> | |
1541 | |
1542 * man.el: Rename symbols `man-*' to `Man-*'. | |
1543 (manual-entry): Make prompt string clearer. | |
1544 | |
1545 * simple.el (blink-matching-paren-distance): | |
1546 Change default to 12,000. | |
1547 | |
1548 1993-05-24 Richard Stallman <rms@@gnu.org> | |
1549 | |
1550 * vc.el (minor-mode-map-alist): Don't use it if it's void. | |
1551 (vc-cancel-version): Doc fix. | |
1552 @end smallexample | |
1553 | |
1554 @noindent | |
1555 (Previous Emacs versions used a different format for the date.) | |
1556 | |
1557 One entry can describe several changes; each change should have its | |
1558 own item. Normally there should be a blank line between items. When | |
1559 items are related (parts of the same change, in different places), group | |
1560 them by leaving no blank line between them. The second entry above | |
1561 contains two items grouped in this way. | |
1562 | |
1563 @kbd{C-x 4 a} visits the change log file and creates a new entry | |
1564 unless the most recent entry is for today's date and your name. It also | |
1565 creates a new item for the current file. For many languages, it can | |
1566 even guess the name of the function or other object that was changed. | |
1567 | |
1568 @cindex Change Log mode | |
1569 @findex change-log-mode | |
1570 The change log file is visited in Change Log mode. In this major | |
1571 mode, each bunch of grouped items counts as one paragraph, and each | |
1572 entry is considered a page. This facilitates editing the entries. | |
1573 @kbd{C-j} and auto-fill indent each new line like the previous line; | |
1574 this is convenient for entering the contents of an entry. | |
1575 | |
1576 Version control systems are another way to keep track of changes in your | |
1577 program and keep a change log. @xref{Log Buffer}. | |
1578 | |
1579 @node Tags | |
1580 @section Tags Tables | |
1581 @cindex tags table | |
1582 | |
1583 A @dfn{tags table} is a description of how a multi-file program is | |
1584 broken up into files. It lists the names of the component files and the | |
1585 names and positions of the functions (or other named subunits) in each | |
1586 file. Grouping the related files makes it possible to search or replace | |
1587 through all the files with one command. Recording the function names | |
1588 and positions makes possible the @kbd{M-.} command which finds the | |
1589 definition of a function by looking up which of the files it is in. | |
1590 | |
1591 Tags tables are stored in files called @dfn{tags table files}. The | |
1592 conventional name for a tags table file is @file{TAGS}. | |
1593 | |
1594 Each entry in the tags table records the name of one tag, the name of the | |
1595 file that the tag is defined in (implicitly), and the position in that file | |
1596 of the tag's definition. | |
1597 | |
1598 Just what names from the described files are recorded in the tags table | |
1599 depends on the programming language of the described file. They | |
1600 normally include all functions and subroutines, and may also include | |
1601 global variables, data types, and anything else convenient. Each name | |
1602 recorded is called a @dfn{tag}. | |
1603 | |
1604 @menu | |
26264 | 1605 * Tag Syntax:: Tag syntax for various types of code and text files. |
25829 | 1606 * Create Tags Table:: Creating a tags table with @code{etags}. |
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1607 * Etags Regexps:: Create arbitrary tags using regular expressions. |
25829 | 1608 * Select Tags Table:: How to visit a tags table. |
26264 | 1609 * Find Tag:: Commands to find the definition of a specific tag. |
25829 | 1610 * Tags Search:: Using a tags table for searching and replacing. |
1611 * List Tags:: Listing and finding tags defined in a file. | |
1612 @end menu | |
1613 | |
1614 @node Tag Syntax | |
1615 @subsection Source File Tag Syntax | |
1616 | |
1617 Here is how tag syntax is defined for the most popular languages: | |
1618 | |
1619 @itemize @bullet | |
1620 @item | |
1621 In C code, any C function or typedef is a tag, and so are definitions of | |
26264 | 1622 @code{struct}, @code{union} and @code{enum}. You can tag function |
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25829 | 1630 |
1631 @item | |
1632 In C++ code, in addition to all the tag constructs of C code, member | |
1633 functions are also recognized, and optionally member variables if you | |
1634 use the @samp{--members} option. Tags for variables and functions in | |
1635 classes are named @samp{@var{class}::@var{variable}} and | |
26264 | 1636 @samp{@var{class}::@var{function}}. @code{operator} functions tags are |
1637 named, for example @samp{operator+}. | |
25829 | 1638 |
1639 @item | |
1640 In Java code, tags include all the constructs recognized in C++, plus | |
26264 | 1641 the @code{interface}, @code{extends} and @code{implements} constructs. |
1642 Tags for variables and functions in classes are named | |
1643 @samp{@var{class}.@var{variable}} and @samp{@var{class}.@var{function}}. | |
25829 | 1644 |
1645 @item | |
1646 In La@TeX{} text, the argument of any of the commands @code{\chapter}, | |
1647 @code{\section}, @code{\subsection}, @code{\subsubsection}, | |
1648 @code{\eqno}, @code{\label}, @code{\ref}, @code{\cite}, @code{\bibitem}, | |
1649 @code{\part}, @code{\appendix}, @code{\entry}, or @code{\index}, is a | |
1650 tag.@refill | |
1651 | |
1652 Other commands can make tags as well, if you specify them in the | |
1653 environment variable @code{TEXTAGS} before invoking @code{etags}. The | |
1654 value of this environment variable should be a colon-separated list of | |
1655 command names. For example, | |
1656 | |
1657 @example | |
1658 TEXTAGS="def:newcommand:newenvironment" | |
1659 export TEXTAGS | |
1660 @end example | |
1661 | |
1662 @noindent | |
1663 specifies (using Bourne shell syntax) that the commands @samp{\def}, | |
1664 @samp{\newcommand} and @samp{\newenvironment} also define tags. | |
1665 | |
1666 @item | |
1667 In Lisp code, any function defined with @code{defun}, any variable | |
1668 defined with @code{defvar} or @code{defconst}, and in general the first | |
1669 argument of any expression that starts with @samp{(def} in column zero, is | |
1670 a tag. | |
1671 | |
1672 @item | |
1673 In Scheme code, tags include anything defined with @code{def} or with a | |
1674 construct whose name starts with @samp{def}. They also include variables | |
1675 set with @code{set!} at top level in the file. | |
1676 @end itemize | |
1677 | |
1678 Several other languages are also supported: | |
1679 | |
1680 @itemize @bullet | |
26264 | 1681 |
1682 @item | |
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26264 | 1686 |
25829 | 1687 @item |
1688 In assembler code, labels appearing at the beginning of a line, | |
1689 followed by a colon, are tags. | |
1690 | |
1691 @item | |
1692 In Bison or Yacc input files, each rule defines as a tag the nonterminal | |
1693 it constructs. The portions of the file that contain C code are parsed | |
1694 as C code. | |
1695 | |
1696 @item | |
1697 In Cobol code, tags are paragraph names; that is, any word starting in | |
1698 column 8 and followed by a period. | |
1699 | |
1700 @item | |
1701 In Erlang code, the tags are the functions, records, and macros defined | |
1702 in the file. | |
1703 | |
1704 @item | |
1705 In Fortran code, functions, subroutines and blockdata are tags. | |
1706 | |
1707 @item | |
1708 In Objective C code, tags include Objective C definitions for classes, | |
1709 class categories, methods, and protocols. | |
1710 | |
1711 @item | |
1712 In Pascal code, the tags are the functions and procedures defined in | |
1713 the file. | |
1714 | |
1715 @item | |
26264 | 1716 In Perl code, the tags are the procedures defined by the @code{sub}, |
1717 @code{my} and @code{local} keywords. Use @samp{--globals} if you want | |
1718 to tag global variables. | |
25829 | 1719 |
1720 @item | |
1721 In Postscript code, the tags are the functions. | |
1722 | |
1723 @item | |
1724 In Prolog code, a tag name appears at the left margin. | |
1725 | |
26264 | 1726 @item |
1727 In Python code, @code{def} or @code{class} at the beginning of a line | |
1728 generate a tag. | |
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26264 | 1730 |
26462 | 1731 You can also generate tags based on regexp matching (@pxref{Etags |
26264 | 1732 Regexps}) to handle other formats and languages. |
25829 | 1733 |
1734 @node Create Tags Table | |
1735 @subsection Creating Tags Tables | |
1736 @cindex @code{etags} program | |
1737 | |
1738 The @code{etags} program is used to create a tags table file. It knows | |
1739 the syntax of several languages, as described in | |
1740 @iftex | |
1741 the previous section. | |
1742 @end iftex | |
1743 @ifinfo | |
1744 @ref{Tag Syntax}. | |
1745 @end ifinfo | |
1746 Here is how to run @code{etags}: | |
1747 | |
1748 @example | |
1749 etags @var{inputfiles}@dots{} | |
1750 @end example | |
1751 | |
1752 @noindent | |
26264 | 1753 The @code{etags} program reads the specified files, and writes a tags |
1754 table named @file{TAGS} in the current working directory. You can | |
1755 intermix compressed and plain text source file names. @code{etags} | |
1756 knows about the most common compression formats, and does the right | |
1757 thing. So you can compress all your source files and have @code{etags} | |
1758 look for compressed versions of its file name arguments, if it does not | |
1759 find uncompressed versions. Under MS-DOS, @code{etags} also looks for | |
1760 file names like @samp{mycode.cgz} if it is given @samp{mycode.c} on the | |
1761 command line and @samp{mycode.c} does not exist. | |
1762 | |
1763 @code{etags} recognizes the language used in an input file based on | |
1764 its file name and contents. You can specify the language with the | |
25829 | 1765 @samp{--language=@var{name}} option, described below. |
1766 | |
1767 If the tags table data become outdated due to changes in the files | |
1768 described in the table, the way to update the tags table is the same way it | |
1769 was made in the first place. It is not necessary to do this often. | |
1770 | |
1771 If the tags table fails to record a tag, or records it for the wrong | |
1772 file, then Emacs cannot possibly find its definition. However, if the | |
1773 position recorded in the tags table becomes a little bit wrong (due to | |
1774 some editing in the file that the tag definition is in), the only | |
1775 consequence is a slight delay in finding the tag. Even if the stored | |
1776 position is very wrong, Emacs will still find the tag, but it must | |
1777 search the entire file for it. | |
1778 | |
1779 So you should update a tags table when you define new tags that you want | |
1780 to have listed, or when you move tag definitions from one file to another, | |
1781 or when changes become substantial. Normally there is no need to update | |
1782 the tags table after each edit, or even every day. | |
1783 | |
1784 One tags table can effectively include another. Specify the included | |
1785 tags file name with the @samp{--include=@var{file}} option when creating | |
1786 the file that is to include it. The latter file then acts as if it | |
1787 contained all the files specified in the included file, as well as the | |
1788 files it directly contains. | |
1789 | |
1790 If you specify the source files with relative file names when you run | |
1791 @code{etags}, the tags file will contain file names relative to the | |
1792 directory where the tags file was initially written. This way, you can | |
1793 move an entire directory tree containing both the tags file and the | |
1794 source files, and the tags file will still refer correctly to the source | |
1795 files. | |
1796 | |
1797 If you specify absolute file names as arguments to @code{etags}, then | |
1798 the tags file will contain absolute file names. This way, the tags file | |
1799 will still refer to the same files even if you move it, as long as the | |
1800 source files remain in the same place. Absolute file names start with | |
1801 @samp{/}, or with @samp{@var{device}:/} on MS-DOS and MS-Windows. | |
1802 | |
1803 When you want to make a tags table from a great number of files, you | |
1804 may have problems listing them on the command line, because some systems | |
1805 have a limit on its length. The simplest way to circumvent this limit | |
1806 is to tell @code{etags} to read the file names from its standard input, | |
1807 by typing a dash in place of the file names, like this: | |
1808 | |
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1813 Use the option @samp{--language=@var{name}} to specify the language | |
1814 explicitly. You can intermix these options with file names; each one | |
1815 applies to the file names that follow it. Specify | |
1816 @samp{--language=auto} to tell @code{etags} to resume guessing the | |
1817 language from the file names and file contents. Specify | |
1818 @samp{--language=none} to turn off language-specific processing | |
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1830 The @samp{--regex} option provides a general way of recognizing tags | |
1831 based on regexp matching. You can freely intermix it with file names. | |
1832 Each @samp{--regex} option adds to the preceding ones, and applies only | |
1833 to the following files. The syntax is: | |
1834 | |
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25829 | 1847 |
1848 @cindex interval operator (in regexps) | |
1849 The syntax of regular expressions in @code{etags} is the same as in | |
1850 Emacs, augmented with the @dfn{interval operator}, which works as in | |
1851 @code{grep} and @code{ed}. The syntax of an interval operator is | |
1852 @samp{\@{@var{m},@var{n}\@}}, and its meaning is to match the preceding | |
1853 expression at least @var{m} times and up to @var{n} times. | |
1854 | |
1855 You should not match more characters with @var{tagregexp} than that | |
1856 needed to recognize what you want to tag. If the match is such that | |
26106 | 1857 more characters than needed are unavoidably matched by @var{tagregexp} |
1858 (as will usually be the case), you should add a @var{nameregexp}, to | |
1859 pick out just the tag. This will enable Emacs to find tags more | |
1860 accurately and to do completion on tag names more reliably. You can | |
1861 find some examples below. | |
1862 | |
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1868 The @samp{-R} option deletes all the regexps defined with | |
1869 @samp{--regex} options. It applies to the file names following it, as | |
1870 you can see from the following example: | |
1871 | |
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25829 | 1873 etags --regex=/@var{reg1}/ voo.doo --regex=/@var{reg2}/ \ |
1874 bar.ber -R --lang=lisp los.er | |
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1877 @noindent | |
1878 Here @code{etags} chooses the parsing language for @file{voo.doo} and | |
1879 @file{bar.ber} according to their contents. @code{etags} also uses | |
1880 @var{reg1} to recognize additional tags in @file{voo.doo}, and both | |
1881 @var{reg1} and @var{reg2} to recognize additional tags in | |
1882 @file{bar.ber}. @code{etags} uses the Lisp tags rules, and no regexp | |
1883 matching, to recognize tags in @file{los.er}. | |
1884 | |
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1930 from shell interpretation. | |
1931 | |
1932 @itemize @bullet | |
1933 | |
1934 @item | |
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1937 @smallexample | |
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1956 | |
1957 @item | |
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1964 \( BODY\)?\|PROCEDURE\|PROCESS\|TYPE\)[ \t]+\([^ \t(]+\)/\3/' |
25829 | 1965 @end smallexample |
1966 @end itemize | |
1967 | |
1968 @node Select Tags Table | |
1969 @subsection Selecting a Tags Table | |
1970 | |
1971 @vindex tags-file-name | |
1972 @findex visit-tags-table | |
1973 Emacs has at any time one @dfn{selected} tags table, and all the commands | |
1974 for working with tags tables use the selected one. To select a tags table, | |
1975 type @kbd{M-x visit-tags-table}, which reads the tags table file name as an | |
1976 argument. The name @file{TAGS} in the default directory is used as the | |
1977 default file name. | |
1978 | |
1979 All this command does is store the file name in the variable | |
1980 @code{tags-file-name}. Emacs does not actually read in the tags table | |
1981 contents until you try to use them. Setting this variable yourself is just | |
1982 as good as using @code{visit-tags-table}. The variable's initial value is | |
1983 @code{nil}; that value tells all the commands for working with tags tables | |
1984 that they must ask for a tags table file name to use. | |
1985 | |
1986 Using @code{visit-tags-table} when a tags table is already loaded | |
1987 gives you a choice: you can add the new tags table to the current list | |
1988 of tags tables, or start a new list. The tags commands use all the tags | |
1989 tables in the current list. If you start a new list, the new tags table | |
1990 is used @emph{instead} of others. If you add the new table to the | |
1991 current list, it is used @emph{as well as} the others. When the tags | |
1992 commands scan the list of tags tables, they don't always start at the | |
1993 beginning of the list; they start with the first tags table (if any) | |
1994 that describes the current file, proceed from there to the end of the | |
1995 list, and then scan from the beginning of the list until they have | |
1996 covered all the tables in the list. | |
1997 | |
1998 @vindex tags-table-list | |
1999 You can specify a precise list of tags tables by setting the variable | |
2000 @code{tags-table-list} to a list of strings, like this: | |
2001 | |
2002 @c keep this on two lines for formatting in smallbook | |
2003 @example | |
2004 @group | |
2005 (setq tags-table-list | |
2006 '("~/emacs" "/usr/local/lib/emacs/src")) | |
2007 @end group | |
2008 @end example | |
2009 | |
2010 @noindent | |
2011 This tells the tags commands to look at the @file{TAGS} files in your | |
2012 @file{~/emacs} directory and in the @file{/usr/local/lib/emacs/src} | |
2013 directory. The order depends on which file you are in and which tags | |
2014 table mentions that file, as explained above. | |
2015 | |
2016 Do not set both @code{tags-file-name} and @code{tags-table-list}. | |
2017 | |
2018 @node Find Tag | |
2019 @subsection Finding a Tag | |
2020 | |
2021 The most important thing that a tags table enables you to do is to find | |
2022 the definition of a specific tag. | |
2023 | |
2024 @table @kbd | |
2025 @item M-.@: @var{tag} @key{RET} | |
2026 Find first definition of @var{tag} (@code{find-tag}). | |
2027 @item C-u M-. | |
2028 Find next alternate definition of last tag specified. | |
2029 @item C-u - M-. | |
2030 Go back to previous tag found. | |
2031 @item C-M-. @var{pattern} @key{RET} | |
2032 Find a tag whose name matches @var{pattern} (@code{find-tag-regexp}). | |
2033 @item C-u C-M-. | |
2034 Find the next tag whose name matches the last pattern used. | |
2035 @item C-x 4 .@: @var{tag} @key{RET} | |
2036 Find first definition of @var{tag}, but display it in another window | |
2037 (@code{find-tag-other-window}). | |
2038 @item C-x 5 .@: @var{tag} @key{RET} | |
2039 Find first definition of @var{tag}, and create a new frame to select the | |
2040 buffer (@code{find-tag-other-frame}). | |
2041 @item M-* | |
2042 Pop back to where you previously invoked @kbd{M-.} and friends. | |
2043 @end table | |
2044 | |
2045 @kindex M-. | |
2046 @findex find-tag | |
2047 @kbd{M-.}@: (@code{find-tag}) is the command to find the definition of | |
2048 a specified tag. It searches through the tags table for that tag, as a | |
2049 string, and then uses the tags table info to determine the file that the | |
2050 definition is in and the approximate character position in the file of | |
2051 the definition. Then @code{find-tag} visits that file, moves point to | |
2052 the approximate character position, and searches ever-increasing | |
2053 distances away to find the tag definition. | |
2054 | |
2055 If an empty argument is given (just type @key{RET}), the sexp in the | |
2056 buffer before or around point is used as the @var{tag} argument. | |
2057 @xref{Lists}, for info on sexps. | |
2058 | |
2059 You don't need to give @kbd{M-.} the full name of the tag; a part | |
2060 will do. This is because @kbd{M-.} finds tags in the table which | |
2061 contain @var{tag} as a substring. However, it prefers an exact match | |
2062 to a substring match. To find other tags that match the same | |
2063 substring, give @code{find-tag} a numeric argument, as in @kbd{C-u | |
2064 M-.}; this does not read a tag name, but continues searching the tags | |
2065 table's text for another tag containing the same substring last used. | |
2066 If you have a real @key{META} key, @kbd{M-0 M-.}@: is an easier | |
2067 alternative to @kbd{C-u M-.}. | |
2068 | |
2069 @kindex C-x 4 . | |
2070 @findex find-tag-other-window | |
2071 @kindex C-x 5 . | |
2072 @findex find-tag-other-frame | |
2073 Like most commands that can switch buffers, @code{find-tag} has a | |
2074 variant that displays the new buffer in another window, and one that | |
2075 makes a new frame for it. The former is @kbd{C-x 4 .}, which invokes | |
2076 the command @code{find-tag-other-window}. The latter is @kbd{C-x 5 .}, | |
2077 which invokes @code{find-tag-other-frame}. | |
2078 | |
2079 To move back to places you've found tags recently, use @kbd{C-u - | |
2080 M-.}; more generally, @kbd{M-.} with a negative numeric argument. This | |
2081 command can take you to another buffer. @kbd{C-x 4 .} with a negative | |
2082 argument finds the previous tag location in another window. | |
2083 | |
2084 @kindex M-* | |
2085 @findex pop-tag-mark | |
2086 @vindex find-tag-marker-ring-length | |
2087 As well as going back to places you've found tags recently, you can go | |
2088 back to places @emph{from where} you found them. Use @kbd{M-*}, which | |
2089 invokes the command @code{pop-tag-mark}, for this. Typically you would | |
2090 find and study the definition of something with @kbd{M-.} and then | |
2091 return to where you were with @kbd{M-*}. | |
2092 | |
2093 Both @kbd{C-u - M-.} and @kbd{M-*} allow you to retrace your steps to | |
2094 a depth determined by the variable @code{find-tag-marker-ring-length}. | |
2095 | |
2096 @findex find-tag-regexp | |
2097 @kindex C-M-. | |
2098 The command @kbd{C-M-.} (@code{find-tag-regexp}) visits the tags that | |
2099 match a specified regular expression. It is just like @kbd{M-.} except | |
2100 that it does regexp matching instead of substring matching. | |
2101 | |
2102 @node Tags Search | |
2103 @subsection Searching and Replacing with Tags Tables | |
2104 | |
2105 The commands in this section visit and search all the files listed in the | |
2106 selected tags table, one by one. For these commands, the tags table serves | |
2107 only to specify a sequence of files to search. | |
2108 | |
2109 @table @kbd | |
2110 @item M-x tags-search @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET} | |
2111 Search for @var{regexp} through the files in the selected tags | |
2112 table. | |
2113 @item M-x tags-query-replace @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET} @var{replacement} @key{RET} | |
2114 Perform a @code{query-replace-regexp} on each file in the selected tags table. | |
2115 @item M-, | |
2116 Restart one of the commands above, from the current location of point | |
2117 (@code{tags-loop-continue}). | |
2118 @end table | |
2119 | |
2120 @findex tags-search | |
2121 @kbd{M-x tags-search} reads a regexp using the minibuffer, then | |
2122 searches for matches in all the files in the selected tags table, one | |
2123 file at a time. It displays the name of the file being searched so you | |
2124 can follow its progress. As soon as it finds an occurrence, | |
2125 @code{tags-search} returns. | |
2126 | |
2127 @kindex M-, | |
2128 @findex tags-loop-continue | |
2129 Having found one match, you probably want to find all the rest. To find | |
2130 one more match, type @kbd{M-,} (@code{tags-loop-continue}) to resume the | |
2131 @code{tags-search}. This searches the rest of the current buffer, followed | |
2132 by the remaining files of the tags table.@refill | |
2133 | |
2134 @findex tags-query-replace | |
2135 @kbd{M-x tags-query-replace} performs a single | |
2136 @code{query-replace-regexp} through all the files in the tags table. It | |
2137 reads a regexp to search for and a string to replace with, just like | |
2138 ordinary @kbd{M-x query-replace-regexp}. It searches much like @kbd{M-x | |
2139 tags-search}, but repeatedly, processing matches according to your | |
2140 input. @xref{Replace}, for more information on query replace. | |
2141 | |
2142 It is possible to get through all the files in the tags table with a | |
2143 single invocation of @kbd{M-x tags-query-replace}. But often it is | |
2144 useful to exit temporarily, which you can do with any input event that | |
2145 has no special query replace meaning. You can resume the query replace | |
2146 subsequently by typing @kbd{M-,}; this command resumes the last tags | |
2147 search or replace command that you did. | |
2148 | |
2149 The commands in this section carry out much broader searches than the | |
2150 @code{find-tag} family. The @code{find-tag} commands search only for | |
2151 definitions of tags that match your substring or regexp. The commands | |
2152 @code{tags-search} and @code{tags-query-replace} find every occurrence | |
2153 of the regexp, as ordinary search commands and replace commands do in | |
2154 the current buffer. | |
2155 | |
2156 These commands create buffers only temporarily for the files that they | |
2157 have to search (those which are not already visited in Emacs buffers). | |
2158 Buffers in which no match is found are quickly killed; the others | |
2159 continue to exist. | |
2160 | |
2161 It may have struck you that @code{tags-search} is a lot like | |
2162 @code{grep}. You can also run @code{grep} itself as an inferior of | |
2163 Emacs and have Emacs show you the matching lines one by one. This works | |
2164 much like running a compilation; finding the source locations of the | |
2165 @code{grep} matches works like finding the compilation errors. | |
2166 @xref{Compilation}. | |
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2169 @subsection Tags Table Inquiries | |
2170 | |
2171 @table @kbd | |
2172 @item M-x list-tags @key{RET} @var{file} @key{RET} | |
2173 Display a list of the tags defined in the program file @var{file}. | |
2174 @item M-x tags-apropos @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET} | |
2175 Display a list of all tags matching @var{regexp}. | |
2176 @end table | |
2177 | |
2178 @findex list-tags | |
2179 @kbd{M-x list-tags} reads the name of one of the files described by | |
2180 the selected tags table, and displays a list of all the tags defined in | |
2181 that file. The ``file name'' argument is really just a string to | |
2182 compare against the file names recorded in the tags table; it is read as | |
2183 a string rather than as a file name. Therefore, completion and | |
2184 defaulting are not available, and you must enter the file name the same | |
2185 way it appears in the tags table. Do not include a directory as part of | |
2186 the file name unless the file name recorded in the tags table includes a | |
2187 directory. | |
2188 | |
2189 @findex tags-apropos | |
2190 @kbd{M-x tags-apropos} is like @code{apropos} for tags | |
2191 (@pxref{Apropos}). It reads a regexp, then finds all the tags in the | |
2192 selected tags table whose entries match that regexp, and displays the | |
2193 tag names found. | |
2194 | |
2195 You can also perform completion in the buffer on the name space of tag | |
2196 names in the current tags tables. @xref{Symbol Completion}. | |
2197 | |
2198 @node Emerge | |
2199 @section Merging Files with Emerge | |
2200 @cindex Emerge | |
2201 @cindex merging files | |
2202 | |
2203 It's not unusual for programmers to get their signals crossed and modify | |
2204 the same program in two different directions. To recover from this | |
2205 confusion, you need to merge the two versions. Emerge makes this | |
2206 easier. See also @ref{Comparing Files}, for commands to compare | |
2207 in a more manual fashion, and @ref{Emerge,,, ediff, The Ediff Manual}. | |
2208 | |
2209 @menu | |
2210 * Overview of Emerge:: How to start Emerge. Basic concepts. | |
2211 * Submodes of Emerge:: Fast mode vs. Edit mode. | |
2212 Skip Prefers mode and Auto Advance mode. | |
2213 * State of Difference:: You do the merge by specifying state A or B | |
2214 for each difference. | |
2215 * Merge Commands:: Commands for selecting a difference, | |
2216 changing states of differences, etc. | |
2217 * Exiting Emerge:: What to do when you've finished the merge. | |
2218 * Combining in Emerge:: How to keep both alternatives for a difference. | |
2219 * Fine Points of Emerge:: Misc. | |
2220 @end menu | |
2221 | |
2222 @node Overview of Emerge | |
2223 @subsection Overview of Emerge | |
2224 | |
2225 To start Emerge, run one of these four commands: | |
2226 | |
2227 @table @kbd | |
2228 @item M-x emerge-files | |
2229 @findex emerge-files | |
2230 Merge two specified files. | |
2231 | |
2232 @item M-x emerge-files-with-ancestor | |
2233 @findex emerge-files-with-ancestor | |
2234 Merge two specified files, with reference to a common ancestor. | |
2235 | |
2236 @item M-x emerge-buffers | |
2237 @findex emerge-buffers | |
2238 Merge two buffers. | |
2239 | |
2240 @item M-x emerge-buffers-with-ancestor | |
2241 @findex emerge-buffers-with-ancestor | |
2242 Merge two buffers with reference to a common ancestor in a third | |
2243 buffer. | |
2244 @end table | |
2245 | |
2246 @cindex merge buffer (Emerge) | |
2247 @cindex A and B buffers (Emerge) | |
2248 The Emerge commands compare two files or buffers, and display the | |
2249 comparison in three buffers: one for each input text (the @dfn{A buffer} | |
2250 and the @dfn{B buffer}), and one (the @dfn{merge buffer}) where merging | |
2251 takes place. The merge buffer shows the full merged text, not just the | |
2252 differences. Wherever the two input texts differ, you can choose which | |
2253 one of them to include in the merge buffer. | |
2254 | |
2255 The Emerge commands that take input from existing buffers use only the | |
2256 accessible portions of those buffers, if they are narrowed | |
2257 (@pxref{Narrowing}). | |
2258 | |
2259 If a common ancestor version is available, from which the two texts to | |
2260 be merged were both derived, Emerge can use it to guess which | |
2261 alternative is right. Wherever one current version agrees with the | |
2262 ancestor, Emerge presumes that the other current version is a deliberate | |
2263 change which should be kept in the merged version. Use the | |
2264 @samp{with-ancestor} commands if you want to specify a common ancestor | |
2265 text. These commands read three file or buffer names---variant A, | |
2266 variant B, and the common ancestor. | |
2267 | |
2268 After the comparison is done and the buffers are prepared, the | |
2269 interactive merging starts. You control the merging by typing special | |
2270 @dfn{merge commands} in the merge buffer. The merge buffer shows you a | |
2271 full merged text, not just differences. For each run of differences | |
2272 between the input texts, you can choose which one of them to keep, or | |
2273 edit them both together. | |
2274 | |
2275 The merge buffer uses a special major mode, Emerge mode, with commands | |
2276 for making these choices. But you can also edit the buffer with | |
2277 ordinary Emacs commands. | |
2278 | |
2279 At any given time, the attention of Emerge is focused on one | |
2280 particular difference, called the @dfn{selected} difference. This | |
2281 difference is marked off in the three buffers like this: | |
2282 | |
2283 @example | |
2284 vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv | |
2285 @var{text that differs} | |
2286 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | |
2287 @end example | |
2288 | |
2289 @noindent | |
2290 Emerge numbers all the differences sequentially and the mode | |
2291 line always shows the number of the selected difference. | |
2292 | |
2293 Normally, the merge buffer starts out with the A version of the text. | |
2294 But when the A version of a difference agrees with the common ancestor, | |
2295 then the B version is initially preferred for that difference. | |
2296 | |
2297 Emerge leaves the merged text in the merge buffer when you exit. At | |
2298 that point, you can save it in a file with @kbd{C-x C-w}. If you give a | |
2299 numeric argument to @code{emerge-files} or | |
2300 @code{emerge-files-with-ancestor}, it reads the name of the output file | |
2301 using the minibuffer. (This is the last file name those commands read.) | |
2302 Then exiting from Emerge saves the merged text in the output file. | |
2303 | |
2304 Normally, Emerge commands save the output buffer in its file when you | |
2305 exit. If you abort Emerge with @kbd{C-]}, the Emerge command does not | |
2306 save the output buffer, but you can save it yourself if you wish. | |
2307 | |
2308 @node Submodes of Emerge | |
2309 @subsection Submodes of Emerge | |
2310 | |
2311 You can choose between two modes for giving merge commands: Fast mode | |
2312 and Edit mode. In Fast mode, basic merge commands are single | |
2313 characters, but ordinary Emacs commands are disabled. This is | |
2314 convenient if you use only merge commands. In Edit mode, all merge | |
2315 commands start with the prefix key @kbd{C-c C-c}, and the normal Emacs | |
2316 commands are also available. This allows editing the merge buffer, but | |
2317 slows down Emerge operations. | |
2318 | |
2319 Use @kbd{e} to switch to Edit mode, and @kbd{C-c C-c f} to switch to | |
2320 Fast mode. The mode line indicates Edit and Fast modes with @samp{E} | |
2321 and @samp{F}. | |
2322 | |
2323 Emerge has two additional submodes that affect how particular merge | |
2324 commands work: Auto Advance mode and Skip Prefers mode. | |
2325 | |
2326 If Auto Advance mode is in effect, the @kbd{a} and @kbd{b} commands | |
2327 advance to the next difference. This lets you go through the merge | |
2328 faster as long as you simply choose one of the alternatives from the | |
2329 input. The mode line indicates Auto Advance mode with @samp{A}. | |
2330 | |
2331 If Skip Prefers mode is in effect, the @kbd{n} and @kbd{p} commands | |
2332 skip over differences in states prefer-A and prefer-B (@pxref{State of | |
2333 Difference}). Thus you see only differences for which neither version | |
2334 is presumed ``correct.'' The mode line indicates Skip Prefers mode with | |
2335 @samp{S}. | |
2336 | |
2337 @findex emerge-auto-advance-mode | |
2338 @findex emerge-skip-prefers-mode | |
2339 Use the command @kbd{s a} (@code{emerge-auto-advance-mode}) to set or | |
2340 clear Auto Advance mode. Use @kbd{s s} | |
2341 (@code{emerge-skip-prefers-mode}) to set or clear Skip Prefers mode. | |
2342 These commands turn on the mode with a positive argument, turns it off | |
2343 with a negative or zero argument, and toggle the mode with no argument. | |
2344 | |
2345 @node State of Difference | |
2346 @subsection State of a Difference | |
2347 | |
2348 In the merge buffer, a difference is marked with lines of @samp{v} and | |
2349 @samp{^} characters. Each difference has one of these seven states: | |
2350 | |
2351 @table @asis | |
2352 @item A | |
2353 The difference is showing the A version. The @kbd{a} command always | |
2354 produces this state; the mode line indicates it with @samp{A}. | |
2355 | |
2356 @item B | |
2357 The difference is showing the B version. The @kbd{b} command always | |
2358 produces this state; the mode line indicates it with @samp{B}. | |
2359 | |
2360 @item default-A | |
2361 @itemx default-B | |
2362 The difference is showing the A or the B state by default, because you | |
2363 haven't made a choice. All differences start in the default-A state | |
2364 (and thus the merge buffer is a copy of the A buffer), except those for | |
2365 which one alternative is ``preferred'' (see below). | |
2366 | |
2367 When you select a difference, its state changes from default-A or | |
2368 default-B to plain A or B. Thus, the selected difference never has | |
2369 state default-A or default-B, and these states are never displayed in | |
2370 the mode line. | |
2371 | |
2372 The command @kbd{d a} chooses default-A as the default state, and @kbd{d | |
2373 b} chooses default-B. This chosen default applies to all differences | |
2374 which you haven't ever selected and for which no alternative is preferred. | |
2375 If you are moving through the merge sequentially, the differences you | |
2376 haven't selected are those following the selected one. Thus, while | |
2377 moving sequentially, you can effectively make the A version the default | |
2378 for some sections of the merge buffer and the B version the default for | |
2379 others by using @kbd{d a} and @kbd{d b} between sections. | |
2380 | |
2381 @item prefer-A | |
2382 @itemx prefer-B | |
2383 The difference is showing the A or B state because it is | |
2384 @dfn{preferred}. This means that you haven't made an explicit choice, | |
2385 but one alternative seems likely to be right because the other | |
2386 alternative agrees with the common ancestor. Thus, where the A buffer | |
2387 agrees with the common ancestor, the B version is preferred, because | |
2388 chances are it is the one that was actually changed. | |
2389 | |
2390 These two states are displayed in the mode line as @samp{A*} and @samp{B*}. | |
2391 | |
2392 @item combined | |
2393 The difference is showing a combination of the A and B states, as a | |
2394 result of the @kbd{x c} or @kbd{x C} commands. | |
2395 | |
2396 Once a difference is in this state, the @kbd{a} and @kbd{b} commands | |
2397 don't do anything to it unless you give them a numeric argument. | |
2398 | |
2399 The mode line displays this state as @samp{comb}. | |
2400 @end table | |
2401 | |
2402 @node Merge Commands | |
2403 @subsection Merge Commands | |
2404 | |
2405 Here are the Merge commands for Fast mode; in Edit mode, precede them | |
2406 with @kbd{C-c C-c}: | |
2407 | |
2408 @table @kbd | |
2409 @item p | |
2410 Select the previous difference. | |
2411 | |
2412 @item n | |
2413 Select the next difference. | |
2414 | |
2415 @item a | |
2416 Choose the A version of this difference. | |
2417 | |
2418 @item b | |
2419 Choose the B version of this difference. | |
2420 | |
2421 @item C-u @var{n} j | |
2422 Select difference number @var{n}. | |
2423 | |
2424 @item . | |
2425 Select the difference containing point. You can use this command in the | |
2426 merge buffer or in the A or B buffer. | |
2427 | |
2428 @item q | |
2429 Quit---finish the merge. | |
2430 | |
2431 @item C-] | |
2432 Abort---exit merging and do not save the output. | |
2433 | |
2434 @item f | |
2435 Go into Fast mode. (In Edit mode, this is actually @kbd{C-c C-c f}.) | |
2436 | |
2437 @item e | |
2438 Go into Edit mode. | |
2439 | |
2440 @item l | |
2441 Recenter (like @kbd{C-l}) all three windows. | |
2442 | |
26264 | 2443 @item - |
25829 | 2444 Specify part of a prefix numeric argument. |
2445 | |
2446 @item @var{digit} | |
2447 Also specify part of a prefix numeric argument. | |
2448 | |
2449 @item d a | |
2450 Choose the A version as the default from here down in | |
2451 the merge buffer. | |
2452 | |
2453 @item d b | |
2454 Choose the B version as the default from here down in | |
2455 the merge buffer. | |
2456 | |
2457 @item c a | |
2458 Copy the A version of this difference into the kill ring. | |
2459 | |
2460 @item c b | |
2461 Copy the B version of this difference into the kill ring. | |
2462 | |
2463 @item i a | |
2464 Insert the A version of this difference at point. | |
2465 | |
2466 @item i b | |
2467 Insert the B version of this difference at point. | |
2468 | |
2469 @item m | |
2470 Put point and mark around the difference. | |
2471 | |
2472 @item ^ | |
2473 Scroll all three windows down (like @kbd{M-v}). | |
2474 | |
2475 @item v | |
2476 Scroll all three windows up (like @kbd{C-v}). | |
2477 | |
2478 @item < | |
2479 Scroll all three windows left (like @kbd{C-x <}). | |
2480 | |
2481 @item > | |
2482 Scroll all three windows right (like @kbd{C-x >}). | |
2483 | |
2484 @item | | |
2485 Reset horizontal scroll on all three windows. | |
2486 | |
2487 @item x 1 | |
2488 Shrink the merge window to one line. (Use @kbd{C-u l} to restore it | |
2489 to full size.) | |
2490 | |
2491 @item x c | |
2492 Combine the two versions of this difference (@pxref{Combining in | |
2493 Emerge}). | |
2494 | |
2495 @item x f | |
2496 Show the names of the files/buffers Emerge is operating on, in a Help | |
2497 window. (Use @kbd{C-u l} to restore windows.) | |
2498 | |
2499 @item x j | |
2500 Join this difference with the following one. | |
2501 (@kbd{C-u x j} joins this difference with the previous one.) | |
2502 | |
2503 @item x s | |
2504 Split this difference into two differences. Before you use this | |
2505 command, position point in each of the three buffers at the place where | |
2506 you want to split the difference. | |
2507 | |
2508 @item x t | |
2509 Trim identical lines off the top and bottom of the difference. | |
2510 Such lines occur when the A and B versions are | |
2511 identical but differ from the ancestor version. | |
2512 @end table | |
2513 | |
2514 @node Exiting Emerge | |
2515 @subsection Exiting Emerge | |
2516 | |
2517 The @kbd{q} command (@code{emerge-quit}) finishes the merge, storing | |
2518 the results into the output file if you specified one. It restores the | |
2519 A and B buffers to their proper contents, or kills them if they were | |
2520 created by Emerge and you haven't changed them. It also disables the | |
2521 Emerge commands in the merge buffer, since executing them later could | |
2522 damage the contents of the various buffers. | |
2523 | |
2524 @kbd{C-]} aborts the merge. This means exiting without writing the | |
2525 output file. If you didn't specify an output file, then there is no | |
2526 real difference between aborting and finishing the merge. | |
2527 | |
2528 If the Emerge command was called from another Lisp program, then its | |
2529 return value is @code{t} for successful completion, or @code{nil} if you | |
2530 abort. | |
2531 | |
2532 @node Combining in Emerge | |
2533 @subsection Combining the Two Versions | |
2534 | |
2535 Sometimes you want to keep @emph{both} alternatives for a particular | |
2536 difference. To do this, use @kbd{x c}, which edits the merge buffer | |
2537 like this: | |
2538 | |
2539 @example | |
2540 @group | |
2541 #ifdef NEW | |
2542 @var{version from A buffer} | |
2543 #else /* not NEW */ | |
2544 @var{version from B buffer} | |
2545 #endif /* not NEW */ | |
2546 @end group | |
2547 @end example | |
2548 | |
2549 @noindent | |
2550 @vindex emerge-combine-versions-template | |
2551 While this example shows C preprocessor conditionals delimiting the two | |
2552 alternative versions, you can specify the strings to use by setting | |
2553 the variable @code{emerge-combine-versions-template} to a string of your | |
2554 choice. In the string, @samp{%a} says where to put version A, and | |
2555 @samp{%b} says where to put version B. The default setting, which | |
2556 produces the results shown above, looks like this: | |
2557 | |
2558 @example | |
2559 @group | |
2560 "#ifdef NEW\n%a#else /* not NEW */\n%b#endif /* not NEW */\n" | |
2561 @end group | |
2562 @end example | |
2563 | |
2564 @node Fine Points of Emerge | |
2565 @subsection Fine Points of Emerge | |
2566 | |
2567 During the merge, you mustn't try to edit the A and B buffers yourself. | |
2568 Emerge modifies them temporarily, but ultimately puts them back the way | |
2569 they were. | |
2570 | |
2571 You can have any number of merges going at once---just don't use any one | |
2572 buffer as input to more than one merge at once, since the temporary | |
2573 changes made in these buffers would get in each other's way. | |
2574 | |
2575 Starting Emerge can take a long time because it needs to compare the | |
2576 files fully. Emacs can't do anything else until @code{diff} finishes. | |
2577 Perhaps in the future someone will change Emerge to do the comparison in | |
2578 the background when the input files are large---then you could keep on | |
2579 doing other things with Emacs until Emerge is ready to accept | |
2580 commands. | |
2581 | |
2582 @vindex emerge-startup-hook | |
2583 After setting up the merge, Emerge runs the hook | |
2584 @code{emerge-startup-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}). | |
2585 | |
2586 @node C Modes | |
2587 @section C and Related Modes | |
2588 @cindex C mode | |
2589 @cindex Java mode | |
2590 @cindex Pike mode | |
2591 @cindex IDL mode | |
2592 @cindex CORBA IDL mode | |
2593 @cindex Objective C mode | |
2594 @cindex C++ mode | |
2595 @cindex mode, Java | |
2596 @cindex mode, C | |
2597 @cindex mode, Objective C | |
2598 @cindex mode, CORBA IDL | |
2599 @cindex mode, Pike | |
2600 | |
2601 This section describes special features available in C, C++, | |
2602 Objective-C, Java, CORBA IDL, and Pike modes. When we say ``C mode and | |
2603 related modes,'' those are the modes we mean. | |
2604 | |
2605 @menu | |
2606 * Motion in C:: | |
2607 * Electric C:: | |
2608 * Hungry Delete:: | |
2609 * Other C Commands:: | |
2610 * Comments in C:: | |
2611 @end menu | |
2612 | |
2613 @node Motion in C | |
2614 @subsection C Mode Motion Commands | |
2615 | |
2616 This section describes commands for moving point, in C mode and | |
2617 related modes. | |
2618 | |
2619 @table @code | |
2620 @item C-c C-u | |
2621 @kindex C-c C-u @r{(C mode)} | |
2622 @findex c-up-conditional | |
2623 Move point back to the containing preprocessor conditional, leaving the | |
2624 mark behind. A prefix argument acts as a repeat count. With a negative | |
2625 argument, move point forward to the end of the containing | |
2626 preprocessor conditional. When going backwards, @code{#elif} is treated | |
2627 like @code{#else} followed by @code{#if}. When going forwards, | |
2628 @code{#elif} is ignored.@refill | |
2629 | |
2630 @item C-c C-p | |
2631 @kindex C-c C-p @r{(C mode)} | |
2632 @findex c-backward-conditional | |
2633 Move point back over a preprocessor conditional, leaving the mark | |
2634 behind. A prefix argument acts as a repeat count. With a negative | |
2635 argument, move forward. | |
2636 | |
2637 @item C-c C-n | |
2638 @kindex C-c C-n @r{(C mode)} | |
2639 @findex c-forward-conditional | |
2640 Move point forward across a preprocessor conditional, leaving the mark | |
2641 behind. A prefix argument acts as a repeat count. With a negative | |
2642 argument, move backward. | |
2643 | |
2644 @item M-a | |
2645 @kindex ESC a | |
2646 @findex c-beginning-of-statement | |
2647 Move point to the beginning of the innermost C statement | |
2648 (@code{c-beginning-of-statement}). If point is already at the beginning | |
2649 of a statement, move to the beginning of the preceding statement. With | |
2650 prefix argument @var{n}, move back @var{n} @minus{} 1 statements. | |
2651 | |
2652 If point is within a string or comment, or next to a comment (only | |
2653 whitespace between them), this command moves by sentences instead of | |
2654 statements. | |
2655 | |
2656 When called from a program, this function takes three optional | |
2657 arguments: the numeric prefix argument, a buffer position limit | |
2658 (don't move back before that place), and a flag that controls whether | |
2659 to do sentence motion when inside of a comment. | |
2660 | |
2661 @item M-e | |
2662 @kindex ESC e | |
2663 @findex c-end-of-statement | |
2664 Move point to the end of the innermost C statement; like @kbd{M-a} | |
2665 except that it moves in the other direction (@code{c-end-of-statement}). | |
2666 | |
2667 @item M-x c-backward-into-nomenclature | |
2668 @findex c-backward-into-nomenclature | |
2669 Move point backward to beginning of a C++ nomenclature section or word. | |
2670 With prefix argument @var{n}, move @var{n} times. If @var{n} is | |
2671 negative, move forward. C++ nomenclature means a symbol name in the | |
2672 style of NamingSymbolsWithMixedCaseAndNoUnderlines; each capital letter | |
2673 begins a section or word. | |
2674 | |
2675 In the GNU project, we recommend using underscores to separate words | |
2676 within an identifier in C or C++, rather than using case distinctions. | |
2677 | |
2678 @item M-x c-forward-into-nomenclature | |
2679 @findex c-forward-into-nomenclature | |
2680 Move point forward to end of a C++ nomenclature section or word. | |
2681 With prefix argument @var{n}, move @var{n} times. | |
2682 @end table | |
2683 | |
2684 @node Electric C | |
2685 @subsection Electric C Characters | |
2686 | |
2687 In C mode and related modes, certain printing characters are | |
2688 ``electric''---in addition to inserting themselves, they also reindent | |
2689 the current line and may insert newlines. This feature is controlled by | |
2690 the variable @code{c-auto-newline}. The ``electric'' characters are | |
2691 @kbd{@{}, @kbd{@}}, @kbd{:}, @kbd{#}, @kbd{;}, @kbd{,}, @kbd{<}, | |
2692 @kbd{>}, @kbd{/}, @kbd{*}, @kbd{(}, and @kbd{)}. | |
2693 | |
2694 Electric characters insert newlines only when the @dfn{auto-newline} | |
2695 feature is enabled (indicated by @samp{/a} in the mode line after the | |
2696 mode name). This feature is controlled by the variable | |
2697 @code{c-auto-newline}. You can turn this feature on or off with the | |
2698 command @kbd{C-c C-a}: | |
2699 | |
2700 @table @kbd | |
2701 @item C-c C-a | |
2702 @kindex C-c C-a @r{(C mode)} | |
2703 @findex c-toggle-auto-state | |
2704 Toggle the auto-newline feature (@code{c-toggle-auto-state}). With a | |
2705 prefix argument, this command turns the auto-newline feature on if the | |
2706 argument is positive, and off if it is negative. | |
2707 @end table | |
2708 | |
2709 The colon character is electric because that is appropriate for a | |
2710 single colon. But when you want to insert a double colon in C++, the | |
2711 electric behavior of colon is inconvenient. You can insert a double | |
2712 colon with no reindentation or newlines by typing @kbd{C-c :}: | |
2713 | |
2714 @table @kbd | |
2715 @item C-c : | |
2716 @kindex C-c : @r{(C mode)} | |
2717 @findex c-scope-operator | |
2718 Insert a double colon scope operator at point, without reindenting the | |
2719 line or adding any newlines (@code{c-scope-operator}). | |
2720 @end table | |
2721 | |
2722 The electric @kbd{#} key reindents the line if it appears to be the | |
2723 beginning of a preprocessor directive. This happens when the value of | |
2724 @code{c-electric-pound-behavior} is @code{(alignleft)}. You can turn | |
2725 this feature off by setting @code{c-electric-pound-behavior} to | |
2726 @code{nil}. | |
2727 | |
2728 The variable @code{c-hanging-braces-alist} controls the insertion of | |
2729 newlines before and after inserted braces. It is an association list | |
2730 with elements of the following form: @code{(@var{syntactic-symbol} | |
2731 . @var{nl-list})}. Most of the syntactic symbols that appear in | |
2732 @code{c-offsets-alist} are meaningful here as well. | |
2733 | |
2734 The list @var{nl-list} may contain either of the symbols | |
2735 @code{before} or @code{after}, or both; or it may be @code{nil}. When a | |
2736 brace is inserted, the syntactic context it defines is looked up in | |
2737 @code{c-hanging-braces-alist}; if it is found, the @var{nl-list} is used | |
2738 to determine where newlines are inserted: either before the brace, | |
2739 after, or both. If not found, the default is to insert a newline both | |
2740 before and after braces. | |
2741 | |
2742 The variable @code{c-hanging-colons-alist} controls the insertion of | |
2743 newlines before and after inserted colons. It is an association list | |
2744 with elements of the following form: @code{(@var{syntactic-symbol} | |
2745 . @var{nl-list})}. The list @var{nl-list} may contain either of the | |
2746 symbols @code{before} or @code{after}, or both; or it may be @code{nil}. | |
2747 | |
2748 When a colon is inserted, the syntactic symbol it defines is looked | |
2749 up in this list, and if found, the @var{nl-list} is used to determine | |
2750 where newlines are inserted: either before the brace, after, or both. | |
2751 If the syntactic symbol is not found in this list, no newlines are | |
2752 inserted. | |
2753 | |
2754 Electric characters can also delete newlines automatically when the | |
2755 auto-newline feature is enabled. This feature makes auto-newline more | |
2756 acceptable, by deleting the newlines in the most common cases where you | |
2757 do not want them. Emacs can recognize several cases in which deleting a | |
2758 newline might be desirable; by setting the variable | |
2759 @code{c-cleanup-list}, you can specify @emph{which} of these cases that | |
2760 should happen. The variable's value is a list of symbols, each | |
2761 describing one case for possible deletion of a newline. Here are the | |
2762 meaningful symbols, and their meanings: | |
2763 | |
2764 @table @code | |
2765 @item brace-catch-brace | |
2766 Clean up @samp{@} catch (@var{condition}) @{} constructs by placing the | |
2767 entire construct on a single line. The clean-up occurs when you type | |
2768 the @samp{@{}, if there is nothing between the braces aside from | |
2769 @code{catch} and @var{condition}. | |
2770 | |
2771 @item brace-else-brace | |
2772 Clean up @samp{@} else @{} constructs by placing the entire construct on | |
2773 a single line. The clean-up occurs when you type the @samp{@{} after | |
2774 the @code{else}, but only if there is nothing but white space between | |
2775 the braces and the @code{else}. | |
2776 | |
2777 @item brace-elseif-brace | |
2778 Clean up @samp{@} else if (@dots{}) @{} constructs by placing the entire | |
2779 construct on a single line. The clean-up occurs when you type the | |
2780 @samp{@{}, if there is nothing but white space between the @samp{@}} and | |
2781 @samp{@{} aside from the keywords and the @code{if}-condition. | |
2782 | |
2783 @item empty-defun-braces | |
2784 Clean up empty defun braces by placing the braces on the same | |
2785 line. Clean-up occurs when you type the closing brace. | |
2786 | |
2787 @item defun-close-semi | |
2788 Clean up the semicolon after a @code{struct} or similar type | |
2789 declaration, by placing the semicolon on the same line as the closing | |
2790 brace. Clean-up occurs when you type the semicolon. | |
2791 | |
2792 @item list-close-comma | |
2793 Clean up commas following braces in array and aggregate | |
2794 initializers. Clean-up occurs when you type the comma. | |
2795 | |
2796 @item scope-operator | |
2797 Clean up double colons which may designate a C++ scope operator, by | |
2798 placing the colons together. Clean-up occurs when you type the second | |
2799 colon, but only when the two colons are separated by nothing but | |
2800 whitespace. | |
2801 @end table | |
2802 | |
2803 @node Hungry Delete | |
2804 @subsection Hungry Delete Feature in C | |
2805 | |
2806 When the @dfn{hungry-delete} feature is enabled (indicated by | |
2807 @samp{/h} or @samp{/ah} in the mode line after the mode name), a single | |
2808 @key{DEL} command deletes all preceding whitespace, not just one space. | |
2809 To turn this feature on or off, use @kbd{C-c C-d}: | |
2810 | |
2811 @table @kbd | |
2812 @item C-c C-d | |
2813 @kindex C-c C-d @r{(C mode)} | |
2814 @findex c-toggle-hungry-state | |
2815 Toggle the hungry-delete feature (@code{c-toggle-hungry-state}). With a | |
2816 prefix argument, this command turns the hungry-delete feature on if the | |
2817 argument is positive, and off if it is negative. | |
2818 | |
2819 @item C-c C-t | |
2820 @kindex C-c C-t @r{(C mode)} | |
2821 @findex c-toggle-auto-hungry-state | |
2822 Toggle the auto-newline and hungry-delete features, both at once | |
2823 (@code{c-toggle-auto-hungry-state}). | |
2824 @end table | |
2825 | |
2826 @vindex c-hungry-delete-key | |
2827 The variable @code{c-hungry-delete-key} controls whether the | |
2828 hungry-delete feature is enabled. | |
2829 | |
2830 @node Other C Commands | |
2831 @subsection Other Commands for C Mode | |
2832 | |
2833 @table @kbd | |
2834 @item C-M-h | |
2835 @findex c-mark-function | |
2836 @kindex C-M-h @r{(C mode)} | |
2837 Put mark at the end of a function definition, and put point at the | |
2838 beginning (@code{c-mark-function}). | |
2839 | |
2840 @item M-q | |
2841 @kindex M-q @r{(C mode)} | |
2842 @findex c-fill-paragraph | |
2843 Fill a paragraph, handling C and C++ comments (@code{c-fill-paragraph}). | |
2844 If any part of the current line is a comment or within a comment, this | |
2845 command fills the comment or the paragraph of it that point is in, | |
2846 preserving the comment indentation and comment delimiters. | |
2847 | |
2848 @item C-c C-e | |
2849 @cindex macro expansion in C | |
2850 @cindex expansion of C macros | |
2851 @findex c-macro-expand | |
2852 @kindex C-c C-e @r{(C mode)} | |
2853 Run the C preprocessor on the text in the region, and show the result, | |
2854 which includes the expansion of all the macro calls | |
2855 (@code{c-macro-expand}). The buffer text before the region is also | |
2856 included in preprocessing, for the sake of macros defined there, but the | |
2857 output from this part isn't shown. | |
2858 | |
2859 When you are debugging C code that uses macros, sometimes it is hard to | |
2860 figure out precisely how the macros expand. With this command, you | |
2861 don't have to figure it out; you can see the expansions. | |
2862 | |
2863 @item C-c C-\ | |
2864 @findex c-backslash-region | |
2865 @kindex C-c C-\ @r{(C mode)} | |
2866 Insert or align @samp{\} characters at the ends of the lines of the | |
2867 region (@code{c-backslash-region}). This is useful after writing or | |
2868 editing a C macro definition. | |
2869 | |
2870 If a line already ends in @samp{\}, this command adjusts the amount of | |
2871 whitespace before it. Otherwise, it inserts a new @samp{\}. However, | |
2872 the last line in the region is treated specially; no @samp{\} is | |
2873 inserted on that line, and any @samp{\} there is deleted. | |
2874 | |
2875 @item M-x cpp-highlight-buffer | |
2876 @cindex preprocessor highlighting | |
2877 @findex cpp-highlight-buffer | |
2878 Highlight parts of the text according to its preprocessor conditionals. | |
2879 This command displays another buffer named @samp{*CPP Edit*}, which | |
2880 serves as a graphic menu for selecting how to display particular kinds | |
2881 of conditionals and their contents. After changing various settings, | |
2882 click on @samp{[A]pply these settings} (or go to that buffer and type | |
2883 @kbd{a}) to rehighlight the C mode buffer accordingly. | |
2884 | |
2885 @item C-c C-s | |
2886 @findex c-show-syntactic-information | |
2887 @kindex C-c C-s @r{(C mode)} | |
2888 Display the syntactic information about the current source line | |
2889 (@code{c-show-syntactic-information}). This is the information that | |
2890 directs how the line is indented. | |
2891 @end table | |
2892 | |
2893 @node Comments in C | |
2894 @subsection Comments in C Modes | |
2895 | |
2896 C mode and related modes use a number of variables for controlling | |
2897 comment format. | |
2898 | |
2899 @table @code | |
2900 @item c-comment-only-line-offset | |
2901 @vindex c-comment-only-line-offset | |
2902 Extra offset for line which contains only the start of a comment. It | |
2903 can be either an integer or a cons cell of the form | |
2904 @code{(@var{non-anchored-offset} . @var{anchored-offset})}, where | |
2905 @var{non-anchored-offset} is the amount of offset given to | |
2906 non-column-zero anchored comment-only lines, and @var{anchored-offset} | |
2907 is the amount of offset to give column-zero anchored comment-only lines. | |
2908 Just an integer as value is equivalent to @code{(@var{val} . 0)}. | |
2909 | |
2910 @item c-comment-start-regexp | |
2911 @vindex c-comment-start-regexp | |
2912 This buffer-local variable specifies how to recognize the start of a comment. | |
2913 | |
2914 @item c-hanging-comment-ender-p | |
2915 @vindex c-hanging-comment-ender-p | |
2916 If this variable is @code{nil}, @code{c-fill-paragraph} leaves the | |
2917 comment terminator of a block comment on a line by itself. The default | |
2918 value is @code{t}, which puts the comment-end delimiter @samp{*/} at the | |
2919 end of the last line of the comment text. | |
2920 | |
2921 @item c-hanging-comment-starter-p | |
2922 @vindex c-hanging-comment-starter-p | |
2923 If this variable is @code{nil}, @code{c-fill-paragraph} leaves the | |
2924 starting delimiter of a block comment on a line by itself. The default | |
2925 value is @code{t}, which puts the comment-start delimiter @samp{/*} at | |
2926 the beginning of the first line of the comment text. | |
2927 @end table | |
2928 | |
2929 @node Fortran | |
2930 @section Fortran Mode | |
2931 @cindex Fortran mode | |
2932 @cindex mode, Fortran | |
2933 | |
2934 Fortran mode provides special motion commands for Fortran statements and | |
2935 subprograms, and indentation commands that understand Fortran conventions | |
2936 of nesting, line numbers and continuation statements. Fortran mode has | |
2937 its own Auto Fill mode that breaks long lines into proper Fortran | |
2938 continuation lines. | |
2939 | |
2940 Special commands for comments are provided because Fortran comments | |
2941 are unlike those of other languages. Built-in abbrevs optionally save | |
2942 typing when you insert Fortran keywords. | |
2943 | |
2944 @findex fortran-mode | |
2945 Use @kbd{M-x fortran-mode} to switch to this major mode. This command | |
2946 runs the hook @code{fortran-mode-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}). | |
2947 | |
26106 | 2948 @cindex Fortran77 |
2949 @cindex Fortran90 | |
2950 @findex f90-mode | |
2951 @findex fortran-mode | |
2952 Note that Fortan mode described here (obtained with the | |
2953 @code{fortran-mode} command) is for editing the old Fortran77 | |
2954 idiosyncratic `fixed format' source form. For editing the modern | |
2955 Fortran90 `free format' source form (which is supported by the GNU | |
2956 Fortran compiler) use @code{f90-mode}. | |
2957 | |
2958 By default @code{fortran-mode} is invoked on files with extension | |
2959 @samp{.f}, @samp{.F} or @samp{.for} and @code{f90-mode} is invoked for | |
2960 the extension @samp{.f90}. | |
2961 | |
25829 | 2962 @menu |
2963 * Motion: Fortran Motion. Moving point by statements or subprograms. | |
2964 * Indent: Fortran Indent. Indentation commands for Fortran. | |
2965 * Comments: Fortran Comments. Inserting and aligning comments. | |
2966 * Autofill: Fortran Autofill. Auto fill minor mode for Fortran. | |
2967 * Columns: Fortran Columns. Measuring columns for valid Fortran. | |
2968 * Abbrev: Fortran Abbrev. Built-in abbrevs for Fortran keywords. | |
2969 * Misc: Fortran Misc. Other Fortran mode features. | |
2970 @end menu | |
2971 | |
2972 @node Fortran Motion | |
2973 @subsection Motion Commands | |
2974 | |
2975 Fortran mode provides special commands to move by subprograms (functions | |
2976 and subroutines) and by statements. There is also a command to put the | |
2977 region around one subprogram, convenient for killing it or moving it. | |
2978 | |
2979 @kindex C-M-a @r{(Fortran mode)} | |
2980 @kindex C-M-e @r{(Fortran mode)} | |
2981 @kindex C-M-h @r{(Fortran mode)} | |
2982 @kindex C-c C-p @r{(Fortran mode)} | |
2983 @kindex C-c C-n @r{(Fortran mode)} | |
26106 | 2984 @kindex C-x n d @r{(Fortran mode)} |
25829 | 2985 @findex beginning-of-fortran-subprogram |
2986 @findex end-of-fortran-subprogram | |
2987 @findex mark-fortran-subprogram | |
2988 @findex fortran-previous-statement | |
2989 @findex fortran-next-statement | |
26106 | 2990 @findex fortran-narrow-to-subprogram |
25829 | 2991 |
2992 @table @kbd | |
2993 @item C-M-a | |
2994 Move to beginning of subprogram | |
2995 (@code{beginning-of-fortran-subprogram}). | |
2996 @item C-M-e | |
2997 Move to end of subprogram (@code{end-of-fortran-subprogram}). | |
2998 @item C-M-h | |
2999 Put point at beginning of subprogram and mark at end | |
3000 (@code{mark-fortran-subprogram}). | |
3001 @item C-c C-n | |
3002 Move to beginning of current or next statement | |
3003 (@code{fortran-next-statement}). | |
3004 @item C-c C-p | |
3005 Move to beginning of current or previous statement | |
3006 (@code{fortran-previous-statement}). | |
26106 | 3007 @item C-x n d |
3008 Narrow to the current subprogram, i.e.@: only it is visible | |
3009 (@code{fortran-narrow-to-subprogram}). | |
3010 Undo the effect of this with @kbd{C-x n w} (@code{widen}). | |
25829 | 3011 @end table |
3012 | |
3013 @node Fortran Indent | |
3014 @subsection Fortran Indentation | |
3015 | |
3016 Special commands and features are needed for indenting Fortran code in | |
3017 order to make sure various syntactic entities (line numbers, comment line | |
3018 indicators and continuation line flags) appear in the columns that are | |
3019 required for standard Fortran. | |
3020 | |
3021 @menu | |
3022 * Commands: ForIndent Commands. Commands for indenting Fortran. | |
3023 * Contline: ForIndent Cont. How continuation lines indent. | |
3024 * Numbers: ForIndent Num. How line numbers auto-indent. | |
3025 * Conv: ForIndent Conv. Conventions you must obey to avoid trouble. | |
3026 * Vars: ForIndent Vars. Variables controlling Fortran indent style. | |
3027 @end menu | |
3028 | |
3029 @node ForIndent Commands | |
3030 @subsubsection Fortran Indentation Commands | |
3031 | |
3032 @table @kbd | |
3033 @item @key{TAB} | |
3034 Indent the current line (@code{fortran-indent-line}). | |
3035 @item C-j | |
3036 Indent the current and start a new indented line | |
3037 (@code{fortran-indent-new-line}). | |
3038 @item C-M-j | |
3039 Break the current line and set up a continuation line. | |
3040 @item M-^ | |
3041 Join this line to the previous line. | |
3042 @item C-M-q | |
3043 Indent all the lines of the subprogram point is in | |
3044 (@code{fortran-indent-subprogram}). | |
3045 @end table | |
3046 | |
3047 @findex fortran-indent-line | |
3048 Fortran mode redefines @key{TAB} to reindent the current line for | |
3049 Fortran (@code{fortran-indent-line}). This command indents line numbers | |
3050 and continuation markers to their required columns, and independently | |
3051 indents the body of the statement based on its nesting in the program. | |
3052 | |
3053 @kindex C-j @r{(Fortran mode)} | |
3054 @findex fortran-indent-new-line | |
3055 The key @kbd{C-j} runs the command @code{fortran-indent-new-line}, | |
3056 which reindents the current line then makes and indents a new line. | |
3057 This command is useful to reindent the closing statement of @samp{do} | |
3058 loops and other blocks before starting a new line. | |
3059 | |
3060 @kindex C-M-q @r{(Fortran mode)} | |
3061 @findex fortran-indent-subprogram | |
3062 The key @kbd{C-M-q} runs @code{fortran-indent-subprogram}, a command | |
3063 to reindent all the lines of the Fortran subprogram (function or | |
3064 subroutine) containing point. | |
3065 | |
3066 @kindex C-M-j @r{(Fortran mode)} | |
3067 @findex fortran-split-line | |
3068 The key @kbd{C-M-j} runs @code{fortran-split-line}, which splits | |
3069 a line in the appropriate fashion for Fortran. In a non-comment line, | |
3070 the second half becomes a continuation line and is indented | |
3071 accordingly. In a comment line, both halves become separate comment | |
3072 lines. | |
3073 | |
3074 @kindex M-^ @r{(Fortran mode)} | |
3075 @findex fortran-join-line | |
3076 @kbd{M-^} runs the command @code{fortran-join-line}, which is more or | |
3077 less the inverse of @code{fortran-split-line}. It joins the current | |
3078 line to the previous line in a suitable way for Fortran code. | |
3079 | |
26106 | 3080 @kindex C-c C-d @r{(Fortran mode)} |
3081 @findex fortran-join-line | |
3082 The key sequence @kbd{C-c C-d} runs @code{fortran-join-line}, which | |
3083 joins a continuation line back to the previous line, roughly as the | |
3084 inverse of @code{fortran-split-line}. The point must be on a | |
3085 continuation line when this command is invoked. | |
3086 | |
25829 | 3087 @node ForIndent Cont |
3088 @subsubsection Continuation Lines | |
3089 @cindex Fortran continuation lines | |
3090 | |
3091 @vindex fortran-continuation-string | |
3092 Most modern Fortran compilers allow two ways of writing continuation | |
3093 lines. If the first non-space character on a line is in column 5, then | |
3094 that line is a continuation of the previous line. We call this | |
3095 @dfn{fixed format}. (In GNU Emacs we always count columns from 0.) The | |
3096 variable @code{fortran-continuation-string} specifies what character to | |
3097 put on column 5. A line that starts with a tab character followed by | |
3098 any digit except @samp{0} is also a continuation line. We call this | |
3099 style of continuation @dfn{tab format}. | |
3100 | |
3101 @vindex indent-tabs-mode @r{(Fortran mode)} | |
3102 Fortran mode can make either style of continuation line, but you | |
3103 must specify which one you prefer. The value of the variable | |
3104 @code{indent-tabs-mode} controls the choice: @code{nil} for fixed | |
3105 format, and non-@code{nil} for tab format. You can tell which style | |
3106 is presently in effect by the presence or absence of the string | |
3107 @samp{Tab} in the mode line. | |
3108 | |
3109 If the text on a line starts with the conventional Fortran | |
3110 continuation marker @samp{$}, or if it begins with any non-whitespace | |
3111 character in column 5, Fortran mode treats it as a continuation line. | |
3112 When you indent a continuation line with @key{TAB}, it converts the line | |
3113 to the current continuation style. When you split a Fortran statement | |
3114 with @kbd{C-M-j}, the continuation marker on the newline is created | |
3115 according to the continuation style. | |
3116 | |
3117 The setting of continuation style affects several other aspects of | |
3118 editing in Fortran mode. In fixed format mode, the minimum column | |
3119 number for the body of a statement is 6. Lines inside of Fortran | |
3120 blocks that are indented to larger column numbers always use only the | |
3121 space character for whitespace. In tab format mode, the minimum | |
3122 column number for the statement body is 8, and the whitespace before | |
3123 column 8 must always consist of one tab character. | |
3124 | |
3125 @vindex fortran-tab-mode-default | |
3126 @vindex fortran-analyze-depth | |
3127 When you enter Fortran mode for an existing file, it tries to deduce the | |
3128 proper continuation style automatically from the file contents. The first | |
3129 line that begins with either a tab character or six spaces determines the | |
3130 choice. The variable @code{fortran-analyze-depth} specifies how many lines | |
3131 to consider (at the beginning of the file); if none of those lines | |
3132 indicates a style, then the variable @code{fortran-tab-mode-default} | |
3133 specifies the style. If it is @code{nil}, that specifies fixed format, and | |
3134 non-@code{nil} specifies tab format. | |
3135 | |
3136 @node ForIndent Num | |
3137 @subsubsection Line Numbers | |
3138 | |
3139 If a number is the first non-whitespace in the line, Fortran | |
3140 indentation assumes it is a line number and moves it to columns 0 | |
3141 through 4. (Columns always count from 0 in GNU Emacs.) | |
3142 | |
3143 @vindex fortran-line-number-indent | |
3144 Line numbers of four digits or less are normally indented one space. | |
3145 The variable @code{fortran-line-number-indent} controls this; it | |
3146 specifies the maximum indentation a line number can have. Line numbers | |
3147 are indented to right-justify them to end in column 4 unless that would | |
3148 require more than this maximum indentation. The default value of the | |
3149 variable is 1. | |
3150 | |
3151 @vindex fortran-electric-line-number | |
3152 Simply inserting a line number is enough to indent it according to | |
3153 these rules. As each digit is inserted, the indentation is recomputed. | |
3154 To turn off this feature, set the variable | |
3155 @code{fortran-electric-line-number} to @code{nil}. Then inserting line | |
3156 numbers is like inserting anything else. | |
3157 | |
3158 @node ForIndent Conv | |
3159 @subsubsection Syntactic Conventions | |
3160 | |
3161 Fortran mode assumes that you follow certain conventions that simplify | |
3162 the task of understanding a Fortran program well enough to indent it | |
3163 properly: | |
3164 | |
3165 @itemize @bullet | |
3166 @item | |
3167 Two nested @samp{do} loops never share a @samp{continue} statement. | |
3168 | |
3169 @item | |
3170 Fortran keywords such as @samp{if}, @samp{else}, @samp{then}, @samp{do} | |
3171 and others are written without embedded whitespace or line breaks. | |
3172 | |
3173 Fortran compilers generally ignore whitespace outside of string | |
3174 constants, but Fortran mode does not recognize these keywords if they | |
3175 are not contiguous. Constructs such as @samp{else if} or @samp{end do} | |
3176 are acceptable, but the second word should be on the same line as the | |
3177 first and not on a continuation line. | |
3178 @end itemize | |
3179 | |
3180 @noindent | |
3181 If you fail to follow these conventions, the indentation commands may | |
3182 indent some lines unaesthetically. However, a correct Fortran program | |
3183 retains its meaning when reindented even if the conventions are not | |
3184 followed. | |
3185 | |
3186 @node ForIndent Vars | |
3187 @subsubsection Variables for Fortran Indentation | |
3188 | |
3189 @vindex fortran-do-indent | |
3190 @vindex fortran-if-indent | |
3191 @vindex fortran-structure-indent | |
3192 @vindex fortran-continuation-indent | |
3193 @vindex fortran-check-all-num@dots{} | |
3194 @vindex fortran-minimum-statement-indent@dots{} | |
3195 Several additional variables control how Fortran indentation works: | |
3196 | |
3197 @table @code | |
3198 @item fortran-do-indent | |
3199 Extra indentation within each level of @samp{do} statement (default 3). | |
3200 | |
3201 @item fortran-if-indent | |
3202 Extra indentation within each level of @samp{if} statement (default 3). | |
3203 This value is also used for extra indentation within each level of the | |
3204 Fortran 90 @samp{where} statement. | |
3205 | |
3206 @item fortran-structure-indent | |
3207 Extra indentation within each level of @samp{structure}, @samp{union}, or | |
3208 @samp{map} statements (default 3). | |
3209 | |
3210 @item fortran-continuation-indent | |
3211 Extra indentation for bodies of continuation lines (default 5). | |
3212 | |
3213 @item fortran-check-all-num-for-matching-do | |
3214 If this is @code{nil}, indentation assumes that each @samp{do} statement | |
3215 ends on a @samp{continue} statement. Therefore, when computing | |
3216 indentation for a statement other than @samp{continue}, it can save time | |
3217 by not checking for a @samp{do} statement ending there. If this is | |
3218 non-@code{nil}, indenting any numbered statement must check for a | |
3219 @samp{do} that ends there. The default is @code{nil}. | |
3220 | |
3221 @item fortran-blink-matching-if | |
3222 If this is @code{t}, indenting an @samp{endif} statement moves the | |
3223 cursor momentarily to the matching @samp{if} statement to show where it | |
3224 is. The default is @code{nil}. | |
3225 | |
3226 @item fortran-minimum-statement-indent-fixed | |
3227 Minimum indentation for fortran statements when using fixed format | |
3228 continuation line style. Statement bodies are never indented less than | |
3229 this much. The default is 6. | |
3230 | |
3231 @item fortran-minimum-statement-indent-tab | |
3232 Minimum indentation for fortran statements for tab format continuation line | |
3233 style. Statement bodies are never indented less than this much. The | |
3234 default is 8. | |
3235 @end table | |
3236 | |
3237 @node Fortran Comments | |
3238 @subsection Fortran Comments | |
3239 | |
3240 The usual Emacs comment commands assume that a comment can follow a line | |
3241 of code. In Fortran, the standard comment syntax requires an entire line | |
3242 to be just a comment. Therefore, Fortran mode replaces the standard Emacs | |
3243 comment commands and defines some new variables. | |
3244 | |
3245 Fortran mode can also handle a nonstandard comment syntax where comments | |
3246 start with @samp{!} and can follow other text. Because only some Fortran | |
3247 compilers accept this syntax, Fortran mode will not insert such comments | |
3248 unless you have said in advance to do so. To do this, set the variable | |
3249 @code{comment-start} to @samp{"!"} (@pxref{Variables}). | |
3250 | |
3251 @table @kbd | |
3252 @item M-; | |
3253 Align comment or insert new comment (@code{fortran-comment-indent}). | |
3254 | |
3255 @item C-x ; | |
3256 Applies to nonstandard @samp{!} comments only. | |
3257 | |
3258 @item C-c ; | |
3259 Turn all lines of the region into comments, or (with argument) turn them back | |
3260 into real code (@code{fortran-comment-region}). | |
3261 @end table | |
3262 | |
3263 @kbd{M-;} in Fortran mode is redefined as the command | |
3264 @code{fortran-comment-indent}. Like the usual @kbd{M-;} command, this | |
3265 recognizes any kind of existing comment and aligns its text appropriately; | |
3266 if there is no existing comment, a comment is inserted and aligned. But | |
3267 inserting and aligning comments are not the same in Fortran mode as in | |
3268 other modes. | |
3269 | |
3270 When a new comment must be inserted, if the current line is blank, a | |
3271 full-line comment is inserted. On a non-blank line, a nonstandard @samp{!} | |
3272 comment is inserted if you have said you want to use them. Otherwise a | |
3273 full-line comment is inserted on a new line before the current line. | |
3274 | |
3275 Nonstandard @samp{!} comments are aligned like comments in other | |
3276 languages, but full-line comments are different. In a standard full-line | |
3277 comment, the comment delimiter itself must always appear in column zero. | |
3278 What can be aligned is the text within the comment. You can choose from | |
3279 three styles of alignment by setting the variable | |
3280 @code{fortran-comment-indent-style} to one of these values: | |
3281 | |
3282 @vindex fortran-comment-indent-style | |
3283 @vindex fortran-comment-line-extra-indent | |
3284 @table @code | |
3285 @item fixed | |
3286 Align the text at a fixed column, which is the sum of | |
3287 @code{fortran-comment-line-extra-indent} and the minimum statement | |
3288 indentation. This is the default. | |
3289 | |
3290 The minimum statement indentation is | |
3291 @code{fortran-minimum-statement-indent-fixed} for fixed format | |
3292 continuation line style and @code{fortran-minimum-statement-indent-tab} | |
3293 for tab format style. | |
3294 | |
3295 @item relative | |
3296 Align the text as if it were a line of code, but with an additional | |
3297 @code{fortran-comment-line-extra-indent} columns of indentation. | |
3298 | |
3299 @item nil | |
3300 Don't move text in full-line comments automatically at all. | |
3301 @end table | |
3302 | |
3303 @vindex fortran-comment-indent-char | |
3304 In addition, you can specify the character to be used to indent within | |
3305 full-line comments by setting the variable | |
3306 @code{fortran-comment-indent-char} to the single-character string you want | |
3307 to use. | |
3308 | |
3309 @vindex comment-line-start | |
3310 @vindex comment-line-start-skip | |
3311 Fortran mode introduces two variables @code{comment-line-start} and | |
3312 @code{comment-line-start-skip}, which play for full-line comments the same | |
3313 roles played by @code{comment-start} and @code{comment-start-skip} for | |
3314 ordinary text-following comments. Normally these are set properly by | |
3315 Fortran mode, so you do not need to change them. | |
3316 | |
3317 The normal Emacs comment command @kbd{C-x ;} has not been redefined. If | |
3318 you use @samp{!} comments, this command can be used with them. Otherwise | |
3319 it is useless in Fortran mode. | |
3320 | |
3321 @kindex C-c ; @r{(Fortran mode)} | |
3322 @findex fortran-comment-region | |
3323 @vindex fortran-comment-region | |
3324 The command @kbd{C-c ;} (@code{fortran-comment-region}) turns all the | |
3325 lines of the region into comments by inserting the string @samp{C$$$} at | |
3326 the front of each one. With a numeric argument, it turns the region | |
3327 back into live code by deleting @samp{C$$$} from the front of each line | |
3328 in it. The string used for these comments can be controlled by setting | |
3329 the variable @code{fortran-comment-region}. Note that here we have an | |
3330 example of a command and a variable with the same name; these two uses | |
3331 of the name never conflict because in Lisp and in Emacs it is always | |
3332 clear from the context which one is meant. | |
3333 | |
3334 @node Fortran Autofill | |
3335 @subsection Fortran Auto Fill Mode | |
3336 | |
3337 Fortran Auto Fill mode is a minor mode which automatically splits | |
3338 Fortran statements as you insert them when they become too wide. | |
3339 Splitting a statement involves making continuation lines using | |
3340 @code{fortran-continuation-string} (@pxref{ForIndent Cont}). This | |
3341 splitting happens when you type @key{SPC}, @key{RET}, or @key{TAB}, and | |
3342 also in the Fortran indentation commands. | |
3343 | |
3344 @findex fortran-auto-fill-mode | |
3345 @kbd{M-x fortran-auto-fill-mode} turns Fortran Auto Fill mode on if it | |
3346 was off, or off if it was on. This command works the same as @kbd{M-x | |
3347 auto-fill-mode} does for normal Auto Fill mode (@pxref{Filling}). A | |
3348 positive numeric argument turns Fortran Auto Fill mode on, and a | |
3349 negative argument turns it off. You can see when Fortran Auto Fill mode | |
3350 is in effect by the presence of the word @samp{Fill} in the mode line, | |
3351 inside the parentheses. Fortran Auto Fill mode is a minor mode, turned | |
3352 on or off for each buffer individually. @xref{Minor Modes}. | |
3353 | |
3354 @vindex fortran-break-before-delimiters | |
3355 Fortran Auto Fill mode breaks lines at spaces or delimiters when the | |
3356 lines get longer than the desired width (the value of @code{fill-column}). | |
3357 The delimiters that Fortran Auto Fill mode may break at are @samp{,}, | |
3358 @samp{'}, @samp{+}, @samp{-}, @samp{/}, @samp{*}, @samp{=}, and @samp{)}. | |
3359 The line break comes after the delimiter if the variable | |
3360 @code{fortran-break-before-delimiters} is @code{nil}. Otherwise (and by | |
3361 default), the break comes before the delimiter. | |
3362 | |
3363 By default, Fortran Auto Fill mode is not enabled. If you want this | |
3364 feature turned on permanently, add a hook function to | |
3365 @code{fortran-mode-hook} to execute @code{(fortran-auto-fill-mode 1)}. | |
3366 @xref{Hooks}. | |
3367 | |
3368 @node Fortran Columns | |
3369 @subsection Checking Columns in Fortran | |
3370 | |
3371 @table @kbd | |
3372 @item C-c C-r | |
3373 Display a ``column ruler'' momentarily above the current line | |
3374 (@code{fortran-column-ruler}). | |
3375 @item C-c C-w | |
3376 Split the current window horizontally temporarily so that it is 72 | |
3377 columns wide. This may help you avoid making lines longer than the | |
3378 72-character limit that some Fortran compilers impose | |
3379 (@code{fortran-window-create-momentarily}). | |
3380 @end table | |
3381 | |
3382 @kindex C-c C-r @r{(Fortran mode)} | |
3383 @findex fortran-column-ruler | |
3384 @vindex fortran-column-ruler | |
3385 The command @kbd{C-c C-r} (@code{fortran-column-ruler}) shows a column | |
3386 ruler momentarily above the current line. The comment ruler is two lines | |
3387 of text that show you the locations of columns with special significance in | |
3388 Fortran programs. Square brackets show the limits of the columns for line | |
3389 numbers, and curly brackets show the limits of the columns for the | |
3390 statement body. Column numbers appear above them. | |
3391 | |
3392 Note that the column numbers count from zero, as always in GNU Emacs. | |
3393 As a result, the numbers may be one less than those you are familiar | |
3394 with; but the positions they indicate in the line are standard for | |
3395 Fortran. | |
3396 | |
26264 | 3397 The text used to display the column ruler depends on the value of |
25829 | 3398 the variable @code{indent-tabs-mode}. If @code{indent-tabs-mode} is |
3399 @code{nil}, then the value of the variable | |
3400 @code{fortran-column-ruler-fixed} is used as the column ruler. | |
3401 Otherwise, the variable @code{fortran-column-ruler-tab} is displayed. | |
3402 By changing these variables, you can change the column ruler display. | |
3403 | |
26106 | 3404 @kindex C-u C-c C-w @r{(Fortran mode)} |
25829 | 3405 @findex fortran-window-create |
26106 | 3406 For even more help, use @kbd{M-x fortran-window-create}), a |
25829 | 3407 command which splits the current window horizontally, making a window 72 |
3408 columns wide. By editing in this window you can immediately see when you | |
3409 make a line too wide to be correct Fortran. | |
3410 | |
26106 | 3411 @kindex C-c C-w @r{(Fortran mode)} |
3412 @findex fortran-window-create-momentarily | |
3413 Also, @kbd{C-c C-w} (@code{fortran-window-create-momentarily}) can be | |
3414 used temporarily to split the current window horizontally, making a | |
3415 window 72 columns wide to check column widths rather than to edit in | |
3416 this mode. The normal width is restored when you type a space. | |
3417 | |
25829 | 3418 @node Fortran Abbrev |
3419 @subsection Fortran Keyword Abbrevs | |
3420 | |
3421 Fortran mode provides many built-in abbrevs for common keywords and | |
3422 declarations. These are the same sort of abbrev that you can define | |
3423 yourself. To use them, you must turn on Abbrev mode. @xref{Abbrevs}. | |
3424 | |
3425 The built-in abbrevs are unusual in one way: they all start with a | |
3426 semicolon. You cannot normally use semicolon in an abbrev, but Fortran | |
3427 mode makes this possible by changing the syntax of semicolon to ``word | |
3428 constituent.'' | |
3429 | |
3430 For example, one built-in Fortran abbrev is @samp{;c} for | |
3431 @samp{continue}. If you insert @samp{;c} and then insert a punctuation | |
3432 character such as a space or a newline, the @samp{;c} expands automatically | |
3433 to @samp{continue}, provided Abbrev mode is enabled.@refill | |
3434 | |
3435 Type @samp{;?} or @samp{;C-h} to display a list of all the built-in | |
3436 Fortran abbrevs and what they stand for. | |
3437 | |
3438 @node Fortran Misc | |
3439 @subsection Other Fortran Mode Commands | |
3440 | |
3441 @table @kbd | |
3442 @item C-x n d | |
3443 Narrow to the current Fortran subprogram. | |
3444 @end table | |
3445 | |
3446 @kindex C-x n d @r{(Fortran mode)} | |
3447 @findex fortran-narrow-to-subprogram | |
3448 Fortran mode redefines the key @kbd{C-x n d} to run the command | |
3449 @code{fortran-narrow-to-subprogram}, which is the Fortran analogue | |
3450 of the key's usual definition. It narrows the buffer to the subprogram | |
3451 containing point. | |
3452 | |
3453 @node Asm Mode | |
3454 @section Asm Mode | |
3455 | |
3456 @cindex Asm mode | |
26106 | 3457 @cindex Assembler mode |
25829 | 3458 Asm mode is a major mode for editing files of assembler code. It |
3459 defines these commands: | |
3460 | |
3461 @table @kbd | |
3462 @item @key{TAB} | |
3463 @code{tab-to-tab-stop}. | |
3464 @item C-j | |
3465 Insert a newline and then indent using @code{tab-to-tab-stop}. | |
3466 @item : | |
3467 Insert a colon and then remove the indentation from before the label | |
3468 preceding colon. Then do @code{tab-to-tab-stop}. | |
3469 @item ; | |
3470 Insert or align a comment. | |
3471 @end table | |
3472 | |
3473 The variable @code{asm-comment-char} specifies which character | |
3474 starts comments in assembler syntax. |