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25829 | 1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
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3 @c 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @node Customization, Quitting, Amusements, Top | |
6 @chapter Customization | |
7 @cindex customization | |
8 | |
9 This chapter talks about various topics relevant to adapting the | |
10 behavior of Emacs in minor ways. See @cite{The Emacs Lisp Reference | |
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11 Manual} for how to make more far-reaching changes. @xref{X Resources}, |
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12 for information on using X resources to customize Emacs. |
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15 particular Emacs session that you do it in---it does not persist |
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16 between sessions unless you save the customization in a file such as |
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18 @xref{Init File}. In the customization buffer, when you save |
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20 @file{.emacs} for you. |
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22 Another means of customization is the keyboard macro, which is a |
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23 sequence of keystrokes to be replayed with a single command. |
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24 @xref{Keyboard Macros}, for full instruction how to record, manage, and |
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25829 | 27 @menu |
28 * Minor Modes:: Each minor mode is one feature you can turn on | |
29 independently of any others. | |
62475 | 30 * Easy Customization:: Convenient way to browse and change user options. |
25829 | 31 * Variables:: Many Emacs commands examine Emacs variables |
32 to decide what to do; by setting variables, | |
33 you can control their functioning. | |
34 * Key Bindings:: The keymaps say what command each key runs. | |
35 By changing them, you can "redefine keys". | |
36 * Syntax:: The syntax table controls how words and | |
62475 | 37 expressions are parsed. |
25829 | 38 * Init File:: How to write common customizations in the |
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25829 | 40 @end menu |
41 | |
42 @node Minor Modes | |
43 @section Minor Modes | |
44 @cindex minor modes | |
45 @cindex mode, minor | |
46 | |
47 Minor modes are optional features which you can turn on or off. For | |
48 example, Auto Fill mode is a minor mode in which @key{SPC} breaks lines | |
49 between words as you type. All the minor modes are independent of each | |
50 other and of the selected major mode. Most minor modes say in the mode | |
51 line when they are on; for example, @samp{Fill} in the mode line means | |
52 that Auto Fill mode is on. | |
53 | |
54 Append @code{-mode} to the name of a minor mode to get the name of a | |
55 command function that turns the mode on or off. Thus, the command to | |
56 enable or disable Auto Fill mode is called @kbd{M-x auto-fill-mode}. These | |
57 commands are usually invoked with @kbd{M-x}, but you can bind keys to them | |
58 if you wish. With no argument, the function turns the mode on if it was | |
59 off and off if it was on. This is known as @dfn{toggling}. A positive | |
60 argument always turns the mode on, and an explicit zero argument or a | |
61 negative argument always turns it off. | |
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64 you do in the Emacs session, in all buffers. Other minor modes are |
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65 buffer-local; they apply only to the current buffer, so you can enable |
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66 the mode in certain buffers and not others. |
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68 For most minor modes, the command name is also the name of a |
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69 variable which directly controls the mode. The mode is enabled |
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70 whenever this variable's value is non-@code{nil}, and the minor-mode |
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71 command works by setting the variable. For example, the command |
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72 @code{outline-minor-mode} works by setting the value of |
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75 given minor mode works this way, use @kbd{C-h v} to ask for |
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76 documentation on the variable name. |
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79 turn minor modes on and off; they are also useful in a file's local |
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82 minor modes are a matter of user preference---other users editing the |
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85 The most useful buffer-local minor modes include Abbrev mode, Auto |
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86 Fill mode, Auto Save mode, Font-Lock mode, Glasses mode, ISO Accents |
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87 mode, Outline minor mode, Overwrite mode, and Binary Overwrite mode. |
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89 Abbrev mode allows you to define abbreviations that automatically expand | |
90 as you type them. For example, @samp{amd} might expand to @samp{abbrev | |
91 mode}. @xref{Abbrevs}, for full information. | |
92 | |
93 Auto Fill mode allows you to enter filled text without breaking lines | |
94 explicitly. Emacs inserts newlines as necessary to prevent lines from | |
95 becoming too long. @xref{Filling}. | |
96 | |
97 Auto Save mode causes the contents of a buffer to be saved | |
98 periodically to reduce the amount of work you can lose in case of a | |
99 system crash. @xref{Auto Save}. | |
100 | |
101 Enriched mode enables editing and saving of formatted text. | |
102 @xref{Formatted Text}. | |
103 | |
104 Flyspell mode automatically highlights misspelled words. | |
105 @xref{Spelling}. | |
106 | |
107 Font-Lock mode automatically highlights certain textual units found in | |
108 programs, such as comments, strings, and function names being defined. | |
109 This requires a window system that can display multiple fonts. | |
110 @xref{Faces}. | |
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112 ISO Accents mode makes the characters @samp{`}, @samp{'}, @samp{"}, | |
113 @samp{^}, @samp{/} and @samp{~} combine with the following letter, to | |
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116 supersedes ISO Accents mode. @xref{Single-Byte Character Support}. |
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118 Outline minor mode provides the same facilities as the major mode | |
119 called Outline mode; but since it is a minor mode instead, you can | |
120 combine it with any major mode. @xref{Outline Mode}. | |
121 | |
122 @cindex Overwrite mode | |
123 @cindex mode, Overwrite | |
124 Overwrite mode causes ordinary printing characters to replace existing | |
125 text instead of shoving it to the right. For example, if point is in | |
126 front of the @samp{B} in @samp{FOOBAR}, then in Overwrite mode typing a | |
127 @kbd{G} changes it to @samp{FOOGAR}, instead of producing @samp{FOOGBAR} | |
128 as usual. In Overwrite mode, the command @kbd{C-q} inserts the next | |
129 character whatever it may be, even if it is a digit---this gives you a | |
130 way to insert a character instead of replacing an existing character. | |
131 | |
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135 commands which toggle minor modes are normally not bound to keys: it is |
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25829 | 140 Binary Overwrite mode is a variant of Overwrite mode for editing |
141 binary files; it treats newlines and tabs like other characters, so that | |
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150 buffers. @xref{Locals}. |
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152 Icomplete mode displays an indication of available completions when | |
153 you are in the minibuffer and completion is active. @xref{Completion | |
154 Options}. | |
155 | |
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28126 | 158 column number. @xref{Mode Line}. |
25829 | 159 |
160 Scroll Bar mode gives each window a scroll bar (@pxref{Scroll Bars}). | |
161 Menu Bar mode gives each frame a menu bar (@pxref{Menu Bars}). Both of | |
162 these modes are enabled by default when you use the X Window System. | |
163 | |
164 In Transient Mark mode, every change in the buffer contents | |
165 ``deactivates'' the mark, so that commands that operate on the region | |
166 will get an error. This means you must either set the mark, or | |
167 explicitly ``reactivate'' it, before each command that uses the region. | |
168 The advantage of Transient Mark mode is that Emacs can display the | |
28126 | 169 region highlighted (currently only when using X). @xref{Mark}. |
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174 @cindex user option |
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175 Emacs has many @dfn{user options} which have values that you can set |
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176 in order to customize various commands. Many user options are |
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178 variables (@pxref{Variables}), so their names appear in the Variable |
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180 attributes (@pxref{Faces}). |
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182 @findex customize | |
183 @cindex customization buffer | |
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185 some of them using @kbd{M-x customize}. This command creates a |
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186 @dfn{customization buffer}, which offers commands to navigate through |
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187 a logically organized structure of the Emacs user options; you can |
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188 also use it to edit and set their values, and to save settings |
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200 * Specific Customization:: Making a customization buffer for specific | |
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25829 | 202 @end menu |
203 | |
204 @node Customization Groups | |
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205 @subsection Customization Groups |
25829 | 206 @cindex customization groups |
207 | |
208 For customization purposes, user options are organized into | |
209 @dfn{groups} to help you find them. Groups are collected into bigger | |
210 groups, all the way up to a master group called @code{Emacs}. | |
211 | |
212 @kbd{M-x customize} creates a customization buffer that shows the | |
213 top-level @code{Emacs} group and the second-level groups immediately | |
214 under it. It looks like this, in part: | |
215 | |
216 @smallexample | |
217 /- Emacs group: ---------------------------------------------------\ | |
218 [State]: visible group members are all at standard settings. | |
219 Customization of the One True Editor. | |
220 See also [Manual]. | |
221 | |
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227 | |
228 @var{more second-level groups} | |
229 | |
230 \- Emacs group end ------------------------------------------------/ | |
231 | |
232 @end smallexample | |
233 | |
234 @noindent | |
235 This says that the buffer displays the contents of the @code{Emacs} | |
236 group. The other groups are listed because they are its contents. But | |
237 they are listed differently, without indentation and dashes, because | |
238 @emph{their} contents are not included. Each group has a single-line | |
239 documentation string; the @code{Emacs} group also has a @samp{[State]} | |
240 line. | |
241 | |
242 @cindex editable fields (customization buffer) | |
243 @cindex active fields (customization buffer) | |
244 Most of the text in the customization buffer is read-only, but it | |
245 typically includes some @dfn{editable fields} that you can edit. There | |
246 are also @dfn{active fields}; this means a field that does something | |
247 when you @dfn{invoke} it. To invoke an active field, either click on it | |
248 with @kbd{Mouse-1}, or move point to it and type @key{RET}. | |
249 | |
250 For example, the phrase @samp{[Go to Group]} that appears in a | |
251 second-level group is an active field. Invoking the @samp{[Go to | |
252 Group]} field for a group creates a new customization buffer, which | |
253 shows that group and its contents. This field is a kind of hypertext | |
254 link to another group. | |
255 | |
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256 The @code{Emacs} group includes a few user options itself, but |
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257 mainly it contains other groups, which contain more groups, which |
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258 contain the user options. By browsing the hierarchy of groups, you |
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259 will eventually find the feature you are interested in customizing. |
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260 Then you can use the customization buffer to set the options |
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262 group by name, using the command @kbd{M-x customize-group}. |
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264 @findex customize-browse | |
265 You can view the structure of customization groups on a larger scale | |
266 with @kbd{M-x customize-browse}. This command creates a special kind of | |
267 customization buffer which shows only the names of the groups (and | |
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268 variables and faces), and their structure. |
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270 In this buffer, you can show the contents of a group by invoking | |
271 @samp{[+]}. When the group contents are visible, this button changes to | |
272 @samp{[-]}; invoking that hides the group contents. | |
273 | |
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274 Each group, variable, or face name in this buffer has an active field |
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275 which says @samp{[Group]}, @samp{[Variable]} or @samp{[Face]}. Invoking |
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277 that group and its contents, just that variable, or just that face. |
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279 | |
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283 Here is an example of what a variable looks like in the |
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285 | |
286 @smallexample | |
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287 Kill Ring Max: [Hide] 60 |
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288 [State]: this variable is unchanged from its standard setting. |
25829 | 289 Maximum length of kill ring before oldest elements are thrown away. |
290 @end smallexample | |
291 | |
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293 the current value of the variable. If you see @samp{[Show]} instead of |
25829 | 294 @samp{[Hide]}, it means that the value is hidden; the customization |
295 buffer initially hides values that take up several lines. Invoke | |
296 @samp{[Show]} to show the value. | |
297 | |
298 The line after the option name indicates the @dfn{customization state} | |
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299 of the variable: in the example above, it says you have not changed the |
25829 | 300 option yet. The word @samp{[State]} at the beginning of this line is |
301 active; you can get a menu of various operations by invoking it with | |
302 @kbd{Mouse-1} or @key{RET}. These operations are essential for | |
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303 customizing the variable. |
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305 The line after the @samp{[State]} line displays the beginning of the | |
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306 variable's documentation string. If there are more lines of |
25829 | 307 documentation, this line ends with @samp{[More]}; invoke this to show |
308 the full documentation string. | |
309 | |
310 To enter a new value for @samp{Kill Ring Max}, move point to the value | |
311 and edit it textually. For example, you can type @kbd{M-d}, then insert | |
312 another number. | |
313 | |
314 When you begin to alter the text, you will see the @samp{[State]} line | |
315 change to say that you have edited the value: | |
316 | |
317 @smallexample | |
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318 [State]: you have edited the value as text, but not set the variable. |
25829 | 319 @end smallexample |
320 | |
321 @cindex setting option value | |
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322 Editing the value does not actually set the variable. To do |
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323 that, you must @dfn{set} it. To do this, invoke the word |
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325 | |
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326 The state of the variable changes visibly when you set it: |
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328 @smallexample | |
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329 [State]: you have set this variable, but not saved it for future sessions. |
25829 | 330 @end smallexample |
331 | |
332 You don't have to worry about specifying a value that is not valid; | |
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333 setting the variable checks for validity and will not really install an |
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335 | |
336 @kindex M-TAB @r{(customization buffer)} | |
337 @findex widget-complete | |
338 While editing a value or field that is a file name, directory name, | |
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341 (@kbd{@key{ESC} @key{TAB}} and @kbd{C-M-i} do the same thing.) |
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343 Some variables have a small fixed set of possible legitimate values. |
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344 These variables don't let you edit the value textually. Instead, an |
25829 | 345 active field @samp{[Value Menu]} appears before the value; invoke this |
346 field to edit the value. For a boolean ``on or off'' value, the active | |
347 field says @samp{[Toggle]}, and it changes to the other value. | |
348 @samp{[Value Menu]} and @samp{[Toggle]} edit the buffer; the changes | |
349 take effect when you use the @samp{Set for Current Session} operation. | |
350 | |
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352 value of @code{file-coding-system-alist} is an association list. Here |
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355 @smallexample | |
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356 File Coding System Alist: [Hide] |
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357 [INS] [DEL] File regexp: \.elc\' |
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359 Decoding: emacs-mule |
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361 [INS] [DEL] File regexp: \(\`\|/\)loaddefs.el\' |
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365 [INS] [DEL] File regexp: \.tar\' |
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369 [INS] [DEL] File regexp: |
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378 @r{[@dots{}more lines of documentation@dots{}]} |
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381 @noindent | |
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383 editable or ``active'' fields. You can edit the regexps and coding |
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385 @samp{[Value Menu]} to switch to a kind of value---for instance, to |
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388 To delete an association from the list, invoke the @samp{[DEL]} button |
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395 @kindex TAB @r{(customization buffer)} | |
396 @kindex S-TAB @r{(customization buffer)} | |
397 @findex widget-forward | |
398 @findex widget-backward | |
399 Two special commands, @key{TAB} and @kbd{S-@key{TAB}}, are useful for | |
400 moving through the customization buffer. @key{TAB} | |
401 (@code{widget-forward}) moves forward to the next active or editable | |
402 field; @kbd{S-@key{TAB}} (@code{widget-backward}) moves backward to the | |
403 previous active or editable field. | |
404 | |
405 Typing @key{RET} on an editable field also moves forward, just like | |
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423 @table @samp | |
424 @item Reset | |
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427 the actual value. | |
428 | |
429 @item Reset to Saved | |
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432 | |
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25829 | 435 accordingly. This also eliminates any saved value for the option, |
436 so that you will get the standard value in future Emacs sessions. | |
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25829 | 443 @end table |
444 | |
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447 customization. Use the @samp{Add Comment} item from the |
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449 comment you enter will be saved, and displayed again if you again view |
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450 the same variable in a customization buffer, even in another session. |
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25829 | 452 The state of a group indicates whether anything in that group has been |
453 edited, set or saved. You can select @samp{Set for Current Session}, | |
454 @samp{Save for Future Sessions} and the various kinds of @samp{Reset} | |
455 operation for the group; these operations on the group apply to all | |
456 options in the group and its subgroups. | |
457 | |
458 Near the top of the customization buffer there are two lines | |
459 containing several active fields: | |
460 | |
461 @smallexample | |
462 [Set for Current Session] [Save for Future Sessions] | |
27218 | 463 [Reset] [Reset to Saved] [Erase Customization] [Finish] |
25829 | 464 @end smallexample |
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472 reset---on each of the options in the buffer that could meaningfully |
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473 be set, saved or reset. They do not operate on options whose values |
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520 @cindex bold font | |
521 @cindex italic font | |
522 @cindex fonts and faces | |
523 | |
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549 | |
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551 before the attribute name indicates whether the attribute is | |
552 @dfn{enabled}; @samp{X} means that it is. You can enable or disable the | |
553 attribute by invoking that field. When the attribute is enabled, you | |
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564 stipple patterns instead of a color. |
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566 Setting, saving and resetting a face work like the same operations for | |
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567 variables (@pxref{Changing a Variable}). |
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569 A face can specify different appearances for different types of | |
570 display. For example, a face can make text red on a color display, but | |
571 use a bold font on a monochrome display. To specify multiple | |
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572 appearances for a face, select @samp{Show all display specs} in the menu you |
25829 | 573 get from invoking @samp{[State]}. |
574 | |
575 @findex modify-face | |
576 Another more basic way to set the attributes of a specific face is | |
577 with @kbd{M-x modify-face}. This command reads the name of a face, then | |
578 reads the attributes one by one. For the color and stipple attributes, | |
579 the attribute's current value is the default---type just @key{RET} if | |
580 you don't want to change that attribute. Type @samp{none} if you want | |
581 to clear out the attribute. | |
582 | |
583 @node Specific Customization | |
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584 @subsection Customizing Specific Items |
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586 Instead of finding the options you want to change by moving down | |
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587 through the structure of groups, you can specify the particular variable, |
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588 face, or group that you want to customize. |
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590 @table @kbd | |
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591 @item M-x customize-variable @key{RET} @var{variable} @key{RET} |
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592 Set up a customization buffer with just one variable, @var{variable}. |
25829 | 593 @item M-x customize-face @key{RET} @var{face} @key{RET} |
594 Set up a customization buffer with just one face, @var{face}. | |
595 @item M-x customize-group @key{RET} @var{group} @key{RET} | |
596 Set up a customization buffer with just one group, @var{group}. | |
597 @item M-x customize-apropos @key{RET} @var{regexp} @key{RET} | |
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598 Set up a customization buffer with all the variables, faces and groups |
25829 | 599 that match @var{regexp}. |
600 @item M-x customize-changed-options @key{RET} @var{version} @key{RET} | |
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601 Set up a customization buffer with all the variables, faces and groups |
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604 Set up a customization buffer containing all variables and faces that you |
25829 | 605 have saved with customization buffers. |
606 @item M-x customize-customized | |
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607 Set up a customization buffer containing all variables and faces that you |
25829 | 608 have customized but not saved. |
609 @end table | |
610 | |
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611 @findex customize-variable |
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612 If you want to alter a particular variable with the customization |
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613 buffer, and you know its name, you can use the command @kbd{M-x |
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614 customize-variable} and specify the variable name. This sets up the |
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615 customization buffer with just one variable---the one that you asked |
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616 for. Editing, setting and saving the value work as described above, |
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617 but only for the specified variable. |
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619 @findex customize-face | |
620 Likewise, you can modify a specific face, chosen by name, using | |
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621 @kbd{M-x customize-face}. By default it operates on the face used |
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622 on the character after point. |
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624 @findex customize-group | |
625 You can also set up the customization buffer with a specific group, | |
626 using @kbd{M-x customize-group}. The immediate contents of the chosen | |
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627 group, including user options, faces, and other groups, all appear |
25829 | 628 as well. However, these subgroups' own contents start out hidden. You |
629 can show their contents in the usual way, by invoking @samp{[Show]}. | |
630 | |
631 @findex customize-apropos | |
632 To control more precisely what to customize, you can use @kbd{M-x | |
633 customize-apropos}. You specify a regular expression as argument; then | |
634 all options, faces and groups whose names match this regular expression | |
635 are set up in the customization buffer. If you specify an empty regular | |
636 expression, this includes @emph{all} groups, options and faces in the | |
637 customization buffer (but that takes a long time). | |
638 | |
639 @findex customize-changed-options | |
640 When you upgrade to a new Emacs version, you might want to customize | |
641 new options and options whose meanings or default values have changed. | |
642 To do this, use @kbd{M-x customize-changed-options} and specify a | |
643 previous Emacs version number using the minibuffer. It creates a | |
644 customization buffer which shows all the options (and groups) whose | |
645 definitions have been changed since the specified version. | |
646 | |
647 @findex customize-saved | |
648 @findex customize-customized | |
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649 If you change option values and then decide the change was a |
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650 mistake, you can use two special commands to revisit your previous |
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651 changes. Use @kbd{M-x customize-saved} to look at the options that |
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652 you have saved. Use @kbd{M-x customize-customized} to look at the |
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653 options that you have set but not saved. |
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655 @node Variables |
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656 @section Variables |
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657 @cindex variable |
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658 @cindex option, user |
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659 @cindex user option |
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661 A @dfn{variable} is a Lisp symbol which has a value. The symbol's |
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662 name is also called the name of the variable. A variable name can |
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663 contain any characters that can appear in a file, but conventionally |
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664 variable names consist of words separated by hyphens. A variable can |
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665 have a documentation string which describes what kind of value it should |
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666 have and how the value will be used. |
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668 Lisp allows any variable to have any kind of value, but most variables |
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669 that Emacs uses need a value of a certain type. Often the value should |
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670 always be a string, or should always be a number. Sometimes we say that a |
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671 certain feature is turned on if a variable is ``non-@code{nil},'' meaning |
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672 that if the variable's value is @code{nil}, the feature is off, but the |
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673 feature is on for @emph{any} other value. The conventional value to use to |
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674 turn on the feature---since you have to pick one particular value when you |
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675 set the variable---is @code{t}. |
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677 Emacs uses many Lisp variables for internal record keeping, but the |
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678 most interesting variables for a non-programmer user are those that |
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679 are also @dfn{user options}, the variables that are meant for users to |
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680 change. Each user option that you can set with the customization |
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681 buffer is (if it is not a face) in fact a Lisp variable. Emacs does |
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682 not (usually) change the values of these variables; instead, you set |
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683 the values, and thereby alter and control the behavior of certain |
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684 Emacs commands. Use of the customization buffer is explained above |
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685 (@pxref{Easy Customization}); here we describe other aspects of Emacs |
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686 variables. |
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688 @menu |
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689 * Examining:: Examining or setting one variable's value. |
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690 * Hooks:: Hook variables let you specify programs for parts |
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691 of Emacs to run on particular occasions. |
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692 * Locals:: Per-buffer values of variables. |
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693 * File Variables:: How files can specify variable values. |
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694 @end menu |
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697 @subsection Examining and Setting Variables |
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698 @cindex setting variables |
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701 @item C-h v @var{var} @key{RET} |
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702 Display the value and documentation of variable @var{var} |
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704 @item M-x set-variable @key{RET} @var{var} @key{RET} @var{value} @key{RET} |
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705 Change the value of variable @var{var} to @var{value}. |
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706 @end table |
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708 To examine the value of a single variable, use @kbd{C-h v} |
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710 minibuffer, with completion. It displays both the value and the |
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711 documentation of the variable. For example, |
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713 @example |
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715 @end example |
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717 @noindent |
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720 @smallexample |
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721 fill-column's value is 70 |
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723 Documentation: |
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724 *Column beyond which automatic line-wrapping should happen. |
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725 Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion. |
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726 @end smallexample |
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727 |
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728 @noindent |
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729 The star at the beginning of the documentation indicates that this |
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730 variable is a user option. @kbd{C-h v} is not restricted to user |
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731 options; it allows any variable name. |
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732 |
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733 @findex set-variable |
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734 The most convenient way to set a specific user option variable is |
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735 with @kbd{M-x set-variable}. This reads the variable name with the |
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736 minibuffer (with completion), and then reads a Lisp expression for the |
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737 new value using the minibuffer a second time. For example, |
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738 |
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739 @example |
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740 M-x set-variable @key{RET} fill-column @key{RET} 75 @key{RET} |
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741 @end example |
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742 |
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743 @noindent |
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744 sets @code{fill-column} to 75. |
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745 |
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746 @kbd{M-x set-variable} is limited to user option variables, but you can |
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747 set any variable with a Lisp expression, using the function @code{setq}. |
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748 Here is a @code{setq} expression to set @code{fill-column}: |
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749 |
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750 @example |
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751 (setq fill-column 75) |
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752 @end example |
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753 |
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754 To execute an expression like this one, go to the @samp{*scratch*} |
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755 buffer, type in the expression, and then type @kbd{C-j}. @xref{Lisp |
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756 Interaction}. |
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757 |
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758 Setting variables, like all means of customizing Emacs except where |
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760 way to alter the variable in future sessions is to put something in |
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761 the @file{~/.emacs} file to set it those sessions (@pxref{Init File}). |
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25829 | 763 @node Hooks |
764 @subsection Hooks | |
765 @cindex hook | |
766 @cindex running a hook | |
767 | |
768 @dfn{Hooks} are an important mechanism for customization of Emacs. A | |
769 hook is a Lisp variable which holds a list of functions, to be called on | |
770 some well-defined occasion. (This is called @dfn{running the hook}.) | |
771 The individual functions in the list are called the @dfn{hook functions} | |
772 of the hook. With rare exceptions, hooks in Emacs are empty when Emacs | |
773 starts up, so the only hook functions in any given hook are the ones you | |
774 explicitly put there as customization. | |
775 | |
776 Most major modes run one or more @dfn{mode hooks} as the last step of | |
777 initialization. This makes it easy for you to customize the behavior of | |
778 the mode, by setting up a hook function to override the local variable | |
779 assignments already made by the mode. But hooks are also used in other | |
780 contexts. For example, the hook @code{suspend-hook} runs just before | |
781 Emacs suspends itself (@pxref{Exiting}). | |
782 | |
783 @cindex normal hook | |
784 Most Emacs hooks are @dfn{normal hooks}. This means that running the | |
785 hook operates by calling all the hook functions, unconditionally, with | |
786 no arguments. We have made an effort to keep most hooks normal so that | |
787 you can use them in a uniform way. Every variable in Emacs whose name | |
788 ends in @samp{-hook} is a normal hook. | |
789 | |
790 @cindex abnormal hook | |
791 There are also a few @dfn{abnormal hooks}. These variables' names end | |
792 in @samp{-hooks} or @samp{-functions}, instead of @samp{-hook}. What | |
793 makes these hooks abnormal is that there is something peculiar about the | |
794 way its functions are called---perhaps they are given arguments, or | |
795 perhaps the values they return are used in some way. For example, | |
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796 @code{find-file-not-found-functions} (@pxref{Visiting}) is abnormal because |
25829 | 797 as soon as one hook function returns a non-@code{nil} value, the rest |
798 are not called at all. The documentation of each abnormal hook variable | |
799 explains in detail what is peculiar about it. | |
800 | |
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801 You can set a hook variable with @code{setq} like any other Lisp |
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802 variable, but the recommended way to add a hook function to a hook |
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804 specify any valid Lisp function as the hook function, provided it can |
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809 For example, here's how to set up a hook to turn on Auto Fill mode | |
810 when entering Text mode and other modes based on Text mode: | |
811 | |
812 @example | |
813 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill) | |
814 @end example | |
815 | |
816 The next example shows how to use a hook to customize the indentation | |
817 of C code. (People often have strong personal preferences for one | |
818 format compared to another.) Here the hook function is an anonymous | |
819 lambda expression. | |
820 | |
821 @example | |
822 @group | |
823 (setq my-c-style | |
824 '((c-comment-only-line-offset . 4) | |
825 @end group | |
826 @group | |
827 (c-cleanup-list . (scope-operator | |
828 empty-defun-braces | |
829 defun-close-semi)) | |
830 @end group | |
831 @group | |
832 (c-offsets-alist . ((arglist-close . c-lineup-arglist) | |
833 (substatement-open . 0))))) | |
834 @end group | |
835 | |
836 @group | |
837 (add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook | |
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25829 | 840 @end group |
841 @end example | |
842 | |
843 It is best to design your hook functions so that the order in which | |
844 they are executed does not matter. Any dependence on the order is | |
845 ``asking for trouble.'' However, the order is predictable: the most | |
846 recently added hook functions are executed first. | |
847 | |
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852 @code{(setq @var{hook-variable} nil)} to remove everything. |
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855 @subsection Local Variables | |
856 | |
857 @table @kbd | |
858 @item M-x make-local-variable @key{RET} @var{var} @key{RET} | |
859 Make variable @var{var} have a local value in the current buffer. | |
860 @item M-x kill-local-variable @key{RET} @var{var} @key{RET} | |
861 Make variable @var{var} use its global value in the current buffer. | |
862 @item M-x make-variable-buffer-local @key{RET} @var{var} @key{RET} | |
863 Mark variable @var{var} so that setting it will make it local to the | |
864 buffer that is current at that time. | |
865 @end table | |
866 | |
867 @cindex local variables | |
868 Almost any variable can be made @dfn{local} to a specific Emacs | |
869 buffer. This means that its value in that buffer is independent of its | |
870 value in other buffers. A few variables are always local in every | |
871 buffer. Every other Emacs variable has a @dfn{global} value which is in | |
872 effect in all buffers that have not made the variable local. | |
873 | |
874 @findex make-local-variable | |
875 @kbd{M-x make-local-variable} reads the name of a variable and makes it | |
876 local to the current buffer. Further changes in this buffer will not | |
877 affect others, and further changes in the global value will not affect this | |
878 buffer. | |
879 | |
880 @findex make-variable-buffer-local | |
881 @cindex per-buffer variables | |
882 @kbd{M-x make-variable-buffer-local} reads the name of a variable and | |
883 changes the future behavior of the variable so that it will become local | |
884 automatically when it is set. More precisely, once a variable has been | |
885 marked in this way, the usual ways of setting the variable automatically | |
886 do @code{make-local-variable} first. We call such variables | |
887 @dfn{per-buffer} variables. | |
888 | |
889 Major modes (@pxref{Major Modes}) always make variables local to the | |
890 buffer before setting the variables. This is why changing major modes | |
891 in one buffer has no effect on other buffers. Minor modes also work by | |
892 setting variables---normally, each minor mode has one controlling | |
893 variable which is non-@code{nil} when the mode is enabled (@pxref{Minor | |
894 Modes}). For most minor modes, the controlling variable is per buffer. | |
895 | |
896 Emacs contains a number of variables that are always per-buffer. | |
897 These include @code{abbrev-mode}, @code{auto-fill-function}, | |
898 @code{case-fold-search}, @code{comment-column}, @code{ctl-arrow}, | |
899 @code{fill-column}, @code{fill-prefix}, @code{indent-tabs-mode}, | |
900 @code{left-margin}, @code{mode-line-format}, @code{overwrite-mode}, | |
901 @code{selective-display-ellipses}, @code{selective-display}, | |
902 @code{tab-width}, and @code{truncate-lines}. Some other variables are | |
903 always local in every buffer, but they are used for internal | |
904 purposes.@refill | |
905 | |
906 A few variables cannot be local to a buffer because they are always | |
907 local to each display instead (@pxref{Multiple Displays}). If you try to | |
908 make one of these variables buffer-local, you'll get an error message. | |
909 | |
910 @findex kill-local-variable | |
911 @kbd{M-x kill-local-variable} reads the name of a variable and makes | |
912 it cease to be local to the current buffer. The global value of the | |
913 variable henceforth is in effect in this buffer. Setting the major mode | |
914 kills all the local variables of the buffer except for a few variables | |
915 specially marked as @dfn{permanent locals}. | |
916 | |
917 @findex setq-default | |
918 To set the global value of a variable, regardless of whether the | |
919 variable has a local value in the current buffer, you can use the Lisp | |
920 construct @code{setq-default}. This construct is used just like | |
921 @code{setq}, but it sets variables' global values instead of their local | |
922 values (if any). When the current buffer does have a local value, the | |
923 new global value may not be visible until you switch to another buffer. | |
924 Here is an example: | |
925 | |
926 @example | |
927 (setq-default fill-column 75) | |
928 @end example | |
929 | |
930 @noindent | |
931 @code{setq-default} is the only way to set the global value of a variable | |
932 that has been marked with @code{make-variable-buffer-local}. | |
933 | |
934 @findex default-value | |
935 Lisp programs can use @code{default-value} to look at a variable's | |
936 default value. This function takes a symbol as argument and returns its | |
937 default value. The argument is evaluated; usually you must quote it | |
938 explicitly. For example, here's how to obtain the default value of | |
939 @code{fill-column}: | |
940 | |
941 @example | |
942 (default-value 'fill-column) | |
943 @end example | |
944 | |
945 @node File Variables | |
946 @subsection Local Variables in Files | |
947 @cindex local variables in files | |
948 @cindex file local variables | |
949 | |
950 A file can specify local variable values for use when you edit the | |
951 file with Emacs. Visiting the file checks for local variable | |
952 specifications; it automatically makes these variables local to the | |
953 buffer, and sets them to the values specified in the file. | |
954 | |
955 There are two ways to specify local variable values: in the first | |
956 line, or with a local variables list. Here's how to specify them in the | |
957 first line: | |
958 | |
959 @example | |
960 -*- mode: @var{modename}; @var{var}: @var{value}; @dots{} -*- | |
961 @end example | |
962 | |
963 @noindent | |
964 You can specify any number of variables/value pairs in this way, each | |
965 pair with a colon and semicolon as shown above. @code{mode: | |
966 @var{modename};} specifies the major mode; this should come first in the | |
967 line. The @var{value}s are not evaluated; they are used literally. | |
968 Here is an example that specifies Lisp mode and sets two variables with | |
969 numeric values: | |
970 | |
971 @smallexample | |
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974 | |
975 You can also specify the coding system for a file in this way: just | |
976 specify a value for the ``variable'' named @code{coding}. The ``value'' | |
977 must be a coding system name that Emacs recognizes. @xref{Coding | |
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991 last page. (It is often best to put it on a page by itself.) The local | |
992 variables list starts with a line containing the string @samp{Local | |
993 Variables:}, and ends with a line containing the string @samp{End:}. In | |
994 between come the variable names and values, one set per line, as | |
995 @samp{@var{variable}:@: @var{value}}. The @var{value}s are not | |
996 evaluated; they are used literally. If a file has both a local | |
997 variables list and a @samp{-*-} line, Emacs processes @emph{everything} | |
998 in the @samp{-*-} line first, and @emph{everything} in the local | |
999 variables list afterward. | |
1000 | |
1001 Here is an example of a local variables list: | |
1002 | |
1003 @example | |
1004 ;;; Local Variables: *** | |
1005 ;;; mode:lisp *** | |
1006 ;;; comment-column:0 *** | |
1007 ;;; comment-start: ";;; " *** | |
1008 ;;; comment-end:"***" *** | |
1009 ;;; End: *** | |
1010 @end example | |
1011 | |
1012 As you see, each line starts with the prefix @samp{;;; } and each line | |
1013 ends with the suffix @samp{ ***}. Emacs recognizes these as the prefix | |
1014 and suffix based on the first line of the list, by finding them | |
1015 surrounding the magic string @samp{Local Variables:}; then it | |
1016 automatically discards them from the other lines of the list. | |
1017 | |
1018 The usual reason for using a prefix and/or suffix is to embed the | |
1019 local variables list in a comment, so it won't confuse other programs | |
1020 that the file is intended as input for. The example above is for a | |
1021 language where comment lines start with @samp{;;; } and end with | |
1022 @samp{***}; the local values for @code{comment-start} and | |
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1023 @code{comment-end} customize the rest of Emacs for this unusual |
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1024 syntax. Don't use a prefix (or a suffix) if you don't need one. |
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1026 If you write a multi-line string value, you should put the prefix |
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1027 and suffix on each line, even lines that start or end within the |
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1028 string. They will be stripped off for processing the list. If you |
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1029 want to split a long string across multiple lines of the file, you can |
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1030 use backslash-newline, which is ignored in Lisp string constants. |
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1031 Here's an example of doing this: |
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1033 @example |
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1034 # Local Variables: |
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1035 # compile-command: "cc foo.c -Dfoo=bar -Dhack=whatever \ |
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1036 # -Dmumble=blaah" |
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1037 # End: |
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1038 @end example |
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1041 list. Specifying the ``variable'' @code{mode} really sets the major |
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1042 mode, while any value specified for the ``variable'' @code{eval} is |
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1043 simply evaluated as an expression (its value is ignored). A value for |
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1044 @code{coding} specifies the coding system for character code |
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1045 conversion of this file, and a value of @code{t} for @code{unibyte} |
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1046 says to visit the file in a unibyte buffer. These four ``variables'' |
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1047 are not really variables; setting them in any other context has no |
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1048 special meaning. |
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1050 @emph{If @code{mode} is used to set a major mode, it should be the |
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1051 first ``variable'' in the list.} Otherwise, the entries that precede |
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1052 it will usually be ignored, since most modes kill all local variables |
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1053 as part of their initialization. |
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1055 You can use the @code{mode} ``variable'' to set minor modes as well |
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1056 as the major modes; in fact, you can use it more than once, first to |
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1057 set the major mode and then to set minor modes which are specific to |
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1058 particular buffers. But most minor modes should not be specified in |
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1059 the file at all, regardless of how, because they represent user |
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1060 preferences. |
25829 | 1061 |
1062 For example, you may be tempted to try to turn on Auto Fill mode with | |
1063 a local variable list. That is a mistake. The choice of Auto Fill mode | |
1064 or not is a matter of individual taste, not a matter of the contents of | |
1065 particular files. If you want to use Auto Fill, set up major mode hooks | |
1066 with your @file{.emacs} file to turn it on (when appropriate) for you | |
1067 alone (@pxref{Init File}). Don't use a local variable list to impose | |
1068 your taste on everyone. | |
1069 | |
1070 The start of the local variables list must be no more than 3000 | |
1071 characters from the end of the file, and must be in the last page if the | |
1072 file is divided into pages. Otherwise, Emacs will not notice it is | |
1073 there. The purpose of this rule is so that a stray @samp{Local | |
1074 Variables:}@: not in the last page does not confuse Emacs, and so that | |
1075 visiting a long file that is all one page and has no local variables | |
1076 list need not take the time to search the whole file. | |
1077 | |
1078 Use the command @code{normal-mode} to reset the local variables and | |
1079 major mode of a buffer according to the file name and contents, | |
1080 including the local variables list if any. @xref{Choosing Modes}. | |
1081 | |
1082 @findex enable-local-variables | |
1083 The variable @code{enable-local-variables} controls whether to process | |
1084 local variables in files, and thus gives you a chance to override them. | |
1085 Its default value is @code{t}, which means do process local variables in | |
1086 files. If you set the value to @code{nil}, Emacs simply ignores local | |
1087 variables in files. Any other value says to query you about each file | |
1088 that has local variables, showing you the local variable specifications | |
1089 so you can judge. | |
1090 | |
1091 @findex enable-local-eval | |
1092 The @code{eval} ``variable,'' and certain actual variables, create a | |
1093 special risk; when you visit someone else's file, local variable | |
1094 specifications for these could affect your Emacs in arbitrary ways. | |
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1095 Therefore, the variable @code{enable-local-eval} controls whether Emacs |
25829 | 1096 processes @code{eval} variables, as well variables with names that end |
1097 in @samp{-hook}, @samp{-hooks}, @samp{-function} or @samp{-functions}, | |
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1098 and certain other variables. The three possibilities for the variable's |
25829 | 1099 value are @code{t}, @code{nil}, and anything else, just as for |
1100 @code{enable-local-variables}. The default is @code{maybe}, which is | |
1101 neither @code{t} nor @code{nil}, so normally Emacs does ask for | |
1102 confirmation about file settings for these variables. | |
1103 | |
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1105 The @code{safe-local-eval-forms} is a customizable list of eval |
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1106 forms which are safe to eval, so Emacs should not ask for |
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1107 confirmation to evaluate these forms, even if |
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1108 @code{enable-local-variables} says to ask for confirmation in general. |
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25829 | 1110 @node Key Bindings |
1111 @section Customizing Key Bindings | |
1112 @cindex key bindings | |
1113 | |
1114 This section describes @dfn{key bindings}, which map keys to commands, | |
1115 and @dfn{keymaps}, which record key bindings. It also explains how | |
1116 to customize key bindings. | |
1117 | |
1118 Recall that a command is a Lisp function whose definition provides for | |
1119 interactive use. Like every Lisp function, a command has a function | |
1120 name which usually consists of lower-case letters and hyphens. | |
1121 | |
1122 @menu | |
1123 * Keymaps:: Generalities. The global keymap. | |
1124 * Prefix Keymaps:: Keymaps for prefix keys. | |
1125 * Local Keymaps:: Major and minor modes have their own keymaps. | |
1126 * Minibuffer Maps:: The minibuffer uses its own local keymaps. | |
1127 * Rebinding:: How to redefine one key's meaning conveniently. | |
1128 * Init Rebinding:: Rebinding keys with your init file, @file{.emacs}. | |
1129 * Function Keys:: Rebinding terminal function keys. | |
1130 * Named ASCII Chars:: Distinguishing @key{TAB} from @kbd{C-i}, and so on. | |
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1131 * Non-ASCII Rebinding:: Rebinding non-@acronym{ASCII} characters such as Latin-1. |
25829 | 1132 * Mouse Buttons:: Rebinding mouse buttons in Emacs. |
1133 * Disabling:: Disabling a command means confirmation is required | |
1134 before it can be executed. This is done to protect | |
1135 beginners from surprises. | |
1136 @end menu | |
1137 | |
1138 @node Keymaps | |
1139 @subsection Keymaps | |
1140 @cindex keymap | |
1141 | |
1142 The bindings between key sequences and command functions are recorded | |
1143 in data structures called @dfn{keymaps}. Emacs has many of these, each | |
1144 used on particular occasions. | |
1145 | |
1146 Recall that a @dfn{key sequence} (@dfn{key}, for short) is a sequence | |
1147 of @dfn{input events} that have a meaning as a unit. Input events | |
1148 include characters, function keys and mouse buttons---all the inputs | |
1149 that you can send to the computer with your terminal. A key sequence | |
1150 gets its meaning from its @dfn{binding}, which says what command it | |
1151 runs. The function of keymaps is to record these bindings. | |
1152 | |
1153 @cindex global keymap | |
1154 The @dfn{global} keymap is the most important keymap because it is | |
1155 always in effect. The global keymap defines keys for Fundamental mode; | |
1156 most of these definitions are common to most or all major modes. Each | |
1157 major or minor mode can have its own keymap which overrides the global | |
1158 definitions of some keys. | |
1159 | |
1160 For example, a self-inserting character such as @kbd{g} is | |
1161 self-inserting because the global keymap binds it to the command | |
1162 @code{self-insert-command}. The standard Emacs editing characters such | |
1163 as @kbd{C-a} also get their standard meanings from the global keymap. | |
1164 Commands to rebind keys, such as @kbd{M-x global-set-key}, actually work | |
1165 by storing the new binding in the proper place in the global map. | |
1166 @xref{Rebinding}. | |
1167 | |
1168 Meta characters work differently; Emacs translates each Meta | |
1169 character into a pair of characters starting with @key{ESC}. When you | |
1170 type the character @kbd{M-a} in a key sequence, Emacs replaces it with | |
1171 @kbd{@key{ESC} a}. A meta key comes in as a single input event, but | |
1172 becomes two events for purposes of key bindings. The reason for this is | |
1173 historical, and we might change it someday. | |
1174 | |
1175 @cindex function key | |
1176 Most modern keyboards have function keys as well as character keys. | |
1177 Function keys send input events just as character keys do, and keymaps | |
1178 can have bindings for them. | |
1179 | |
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1180 On text terminals, typing a function key actually sends the computer a |
25829 | 1181 sequence of characters; the precise details of the sequence depends on |
1182 which function key and on the model of terminal you are using. (Often | |
1183 the sequence starts with @kbd{@key{ESC} [}.) If Emacs understands your | |
1184 terminal type properly, it recognizes the character sequences forming | |
1185 function keys wherever they occur in a key sequence (not just at the | |
1186 beginning). Thus, for most purposes, you can pretend the function keys | |
1187 reach Emacs directly and ignore their encoding as character sequences. | |
1188 | |
1189 @cindex mouse | |
1190 Mouse buttons also produce input events. These events come with other | |
1191 data---the window and position where you pressed or released the button, | |
1192 and a time stamp. But only the choice of button matters for key | |
1193 bindings; the other data matters only if a command looks at it. | |
1194 (Commands designed for mouse invocation usually do look at the other | |
1195 data.) | |
1196 | |
1197 A keymap records definitions for single events. Interpreting a key | |
1198 sequence of multiple events involves a chain of keymaps. The first | |
1199 keymap gives a definition for the first event; this definition is | |
1200 another keymap, which is used to look up the second event in the | |
1201 sequence, and so on. | |
1202 | |
1203 Key sequences can mix function keys and characters. For example, | |
1204 @kbd{C-x @key{SELECT}} is meaningful. If you make @key{SELECT} a prefix | |
1205 key, then @kbd{@key{SELECT} C-n} makes sense. You can even mix mouse | |
1206 events with keyboard events, but we recommend against it, because such | |
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1207 key sequences are inconvenient to use. |
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1209 As a user, you can redefine any key; but it is usually best to stick |
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1210 to key sequences that consist of @kbd{C-c} followed by a letter (upper |
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1211 or lower case). These keys are ``reserved for users,'' so they won't |
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1212 conflict with any properly designed Emacs extension. The function |
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1213 keys @key{F5} through @key{F9} are also reserved for users. If you |
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1215 extensions or major modes which redefine the same key. |
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1217 @node Prefix Keymaps | |
1218 @subsection Prefix Keymaps | |
1219 | |
1220 A prefix key such as @kbd{C-x} or @key{ESC} has its own keymap, | |
1221 which holds the definition for the event that immediately follows | |
1222 that prefix. | |
1223 | |
1224 The definition of a prefix key is usually the keymap to use for | |
1225 looking up the following event. The definition can also be a Lisp | |
1226 symbol whose function definition is the following keymap; the effect is | |
1227 the same, but it provides a command name for the prefix key that can be | |
1228 used as a description of what the prefix key is for. Thus, the binding | |
1229 of @kbd{C-x} is the symbol @code{Ctl-X-Prefix}, whose function | |
1230 definition is the keymap for @kbd{C-x} commands. The definitions of | |
1231 @kbd{C-c}, @kbd{C-x}, @kbd{C-h} and @key{ESC} as prefix keys appear in | |
1232 the global map, so these prefix keys are always available. | |
1233 | |
1234 Aside from ordinary prefix keys, there is a fictitious ``prefix key'' | |
1235 which represents the menu bar; see @ref{Menu Bar,,,elisp, The Emacs Lisp | |
1236 Reference Manual}, for special information about menu bar key bindings. | |
1237 Mouse button events that invoke pop-up menus are also prefix keys; see | |
1238 @ref{Menu Keymaps,,,elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}, for more | |
1239 details. | |
1240 | |
1241 Some prefix keymaps are stored in variables with names: | |
1242 | |
1243 @itemize @bullet | |
1244 @item | |
1245 @vindex ctl-x-map | |
1246 @code{ctl-x-map} is the variable name for the map used for characters that | |
1247 follow @kbd{C-x}. | |
1248 @item | |
1249 @vindex help-map | |
1250 @code{help-map} is for characters that follow @kbd{C-h}. | |
1251 @item | |
1252 @vindex esc-map | |
1253 @code{esc-map} is for characters that follow @key{ESC}. Thus, all Meta | |
1254 characters are actually defined by this map. | |
1255 @item | |
1256 @vindex ctl-x-4-map | |
1257 @code{ctl-x-4-map} is for characters that follow @kbd{C-x 4}. | |
1258 @item | |
1259 @vindex mode-specific-map | |
1260 @code{mode-specific-map} is for characters that follow @kbd{C-c}. | |
1261 @end itemize | |
1262 | |
1263 @node Local Keymaps | |
1264 @subsection Local Keymaps | |
1265 | |
1266 @cindex local keymap | |
1267 So far we have explained the ins and outs of the global map. Major | |
1268 modes customize Emacs by providing their own key bindings in @dfn{local | |
1269 keymaps}. For example, C mode overrides @key{TAB} to make it indent the | |
1270 current line for C code. Portions of text in the buffer can specify | |
1271 their own keymaps to substitute for the keymap of the buffer's major | |
1272 mode. | |
1273 | |
1274 @cindex minor mode keymap | |
1275 Minor modes can also have local keymaps. Whenever a minor mode is | |
1276 in effect, the definitions in its keymap override both the major | |
1277 mode's local keymap and the global keymap. | |
1278 | |
1279 @vindex c-mode-map | |
1280 @vindex lisp-mode-map | |
1281 The local keymaps for Lisp mode and several other major modes always | |
1282 exist even when not in use. These are kept in variables named | |
1283 @code{lisp-mode-map} and so on. For major modes less often used, the | |
1284 local keymap is normally constructed only when the mode is used for the | |
1285 first time in a session. This is to save space. If you wish to change | |
1286 one of these keymaps, you must use the major mode's @dfn{mode | |
1287 hook}---see below. | |
1288 | |
1289 All minor mode keymaps are created in advance. There is no way to | |
1290 defer their creation until the first time the minor mode is enabled. | |
1291 | |
1292 A local keymap can locally redefine a key as a prefix key by defining | |
1293 it as a prefix keymap. If the key is also defined globally as a prefix, | |
1294 then its local and global definitions (both keymaps) effectively | |
1295 combine: both of them are used to look up the event that follows the | |
1296 prefix key. Thus, if the mode's local keymap defines @kbd{C-c} as | |
1297 another keymap, and that keymap defines @kbd{C-z} as a command, this | |
1298 provides a local meaning for @kbd{C-c C-z}. This does not affect other | |
1299 sequences that start with @kbd{C-c}; if those sequences don't have their | |
1300 own local bindings, their global bindings remain in effect. | |
1301 | |
1302 Another way to think of this is that Emacs handles a multi-event key | |
1303 sequence by looking in several keymaps, one by one, for a binding of the | |
1304 whole key sequence. First it checks the minor mode keymaps for minor | |
1305 modes that are enabled, then it checks the major mode's keymap, and then | |
1306 it checks the global keymap. This is not precisely how key lookup | |
1307 works, but it's good enough for understanding ordinary circumstances. | |
1308 | |
1309 @cindex rebinding major mode keys | |
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1312 mode's local keymap. Normally you must wait until the first time the | |
1313 mode is used, because most major modes don't create their keymaps until | |
1314 then. If you want to specify something in your @file{~/.emacs} file to | |
1315 change a major mode's bindings, you must use the mode's mode hook to | |
1316 delay the change until the mode is first used. | |
1317 | |
1318 For example, the command @code{texinfo-mode} to select Texinfo mode | |
1319 runs the hook @code{texinfo-mode-hook}. Here's how you can use the hook | |
1320 to add local bindings (not very useful, we admit) for @kbd{C-c n} and | |
1321 @kbd{C-c p} in Texinfo mode: | |
1322 | |
1323 @example | |
1324 (add-hook 'texinfo-mode-hook | |
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25829 | 1330 @end example |
1331 | |
1332 @xref{Hooks}. | |
1333 | |
1334 @node Minibuffer Maps | |
1335 @subsection Minibuffer Keymaps | |
1336 | |
1337 @cindex minibuffer keymaps | |
1338 @vindex minibuffer-local-map | |
1339 @vindex minibuffer-local-ns-map | |
1340 @vindex minibuffer-local-completion-map | |
1341 @vindex minibuffer-local-must-match-map | |
1342 The minibuffer has its own set of local keymaps; they contain various | |
1343 completion and exit commands. | |
1344 | |
1345 @itemize @bullet | |
1346 @item | |
1347 @code{minibuffer-local-map} is used for ordinary input (no completion). | |
1348 @item | |
1349 @code{minibuffer-local-ns-map} is similar, except that @key{SPC} exits | |
1350 just like @key{RET}. This is used mainly for Mocklisp compatibility. | |
1351 @item | |
1352 @code{minibuffer-local-completion-map} is for permissive completion. | |
1353 @item | |
1354 @code{minibuffer-local-must-match-map} is for strict completion and | |
1355 for cautious completion. | |
1356 @end itemize | |
1357 | |
1358 @node Rebinding | |
1359 @subsection Changing Key Bindings Interactively | |
1360 @cindex key rebinding, this session | |
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1361 @cindex redefining keys, this session |
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1363 The way to redefine an Emacs key is to change its entry in a keymap. | |
1364 You can change the global keymap, in which case the change is effective in | |
1365 all major modes (except those that have their own overriding local | |
1366 definitions for the same key). Or you can change the current buffer's | |
1367 local map, which affects all buffers using the same major mode. | |
1368 | |
1369 @findex global-set-key | |
1370 @findex local-set-key | |
1371 @findex global-unset-key | |
1372 @findex local-unset-key | |
1373 @table @kbd | |
1374 @item M-x global-set-key @key{RET} @var{key} @var{cmd} @key{RET} | |
1375 Define @var{key} globally to run @var{cmd}. | |
1376 @item M-x local-set-key @key{RET} @var{key} @var{cmd} @key{RET} | |
1377 Define @var{key} locally (in the major mode now in effect) to run | |
1378 @var{cmd}. | |
1379 @item M-x global-unset-key @key{RET} @var{key} | |
1380 Make @var{key} undefined in the global map. | |
1381 @item M-x local-unset-key @key{RET} @var{key} | |
1382 Make @var{key} undefined locally (in the major mode now in effect). | |
1383 @end table | |
1384 | |
1385 For example, suppose you like to execute commands in a subshell within | |
1386 an Emacs buffer, instead of suspending Emacs and executing commands in | |
1387 your login shell. Normally, @kbd{C-z} is bound to the function | |
1388 @code{suspend-emacs} (when not using the X Window System), but you can | |
1389 change @kbd{C-z} to invoke an interactive subshell within Emacs, by | |
1390 binding it to @code{shell} as follows: | |
1391 | |
1392 @example | |
1393 M-x global-set-key @key{RET} C-z shell @key{RET} | |
1394 @end example | |
1395 | |
1396 @noindent | |
1397 @code{global-set-key} reads the command name after the key. After you | |
1398 press the key, a message like this appears so that you can confirm that | |
1399 you are binding the key you want: | |
1400 | |
1401 @example | |
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1404 | |
1405 You can redefine function keys and mouse events in the same way; just | |
1406 type the function key or click the mouse when it's time to specify the | |
1407 key to rebind. | |
1408 | |
1409 You can rebind a key that contains more than one event in the same | |
1410 way. Emacs keeps reading the key to rebind until it is a complete key | |
1411 (that is, not a prefix key). Thus, if you type @kbd{C-f} for | |
1412 @var{key}, that's the end; the minibuffer is entered immediately to | |
1413 read @var{cmd}. But if you type @kbd{C-x}, another character is read; | |
1414 if that is @kbd{4}, another character is read, and so on. For | |
1415 example, | |
1416 | |
1417 @example | |
1418 M-x global-set-key @key{RET} C-x 4 $ spell-other-window @key{RET} | |
1419 @end example | |
1420 | |
1421 @noindent | |
1422 redefines @kbd{C-x 4 $} to run the (fictitious) command | |
1423 @code{spell-other-window}. | |
1424 | |
1425 The two-character keys consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by a letter | |
1426 are reserved for user customizations. Lisp programs are not supposed to | |
1427 define these keys, so the bindings you make for them will be available | |
1428 in all major modes and will never get in the way of anything. | |
1429 | |
1430 You can remove the global definition of a key with | |
1431 @code{global-unset-key}. This makes the key @dfn{undefined}; if you | |
1432 type it, Emacs will just beep. Similarly, @code{local-unset-key} makes | |
1433 a key undefined in the current major mode keymap, which makes the global | |
1434 definition (or lack of one) come back into effect in that major mode. | |
1435 | |
1436 If you have redefined (or undefined) a key and you subsequently wish | |
1437 to retract the change, undefining the key will not do the job---you need | |
1438 to redefine the key with its standard definition. To find the name of | |
1439 the standard definition of a key, go to a Fundamental mode buffer and | |
1440 use @kbd{C-h c}. The documentation of keys in this manual also lists | |
1441 their command names. | |
1442 | |
1443 If you want to prevent yourself from invoking a command by mistake, it | |
1444 is better to disable the command than to undefine the key. A disabled | |
1445 command is less work to invoke when you really want to. | |
1446 @xref{Disabling}. | |
1447 | |
1448 @node Init Rebinding | |
1449 @subsection Rebinding Keys in Your Init File | |
1450 | |
1451 If you have a set of key bindings that you like to use all the time, | |
1452 you can specify them in your @file{.emacs} file by using their Lisp | |
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1456 Meta-modified @acronym{ASCII} characters only. This method uses a string to |
25829 | 1457 represent the key sequence you want to rebind. For example, here's how |
1458 to bind @kbd{C-z} to @code{shell}: | |
1459 | |
1460 @example | |
1461 (global-set-key "\C-z" 'shell) | |
1462 @end example | |
1463 | |
1464 @noindent | |
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1467 single-quote before the command name, @code{shell}, marks it as a |
25829 | 1468 constant symbol rather than a variable. If you omit the quote, Emacs |
1469 would try to evaluate @code{shell} immediately as a variable. This | |
1470 probably causes an error; it certainly isn't what you want. | |
1471 | |
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1472 Here is another example that binds the key sequence @kbd{C-x M-l}: |
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1474 @example | |
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1477 | |
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25829 | 1498 the more general method of rebinding, which uses a vector to specify the |
1499 key sequence. | |
1500 | |
1501 The way to write a vector in Emacs Lisp is with square brackets around | |
1502 the vector elements. Use spaces to separate the elements. If an | |
1503 element is a symbol, simply write the symbol's name---no other | |
1504 delimiters or punctuation are needed. If a vector element is a | |
1505 character, write it as a Lisp character constant: @samp{?} followed by | |
1506 the character as it would appear in a string. | |
1507 | |
1508 Here are examples of using vectors to rebind @kbd{C-=} (a control | |
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1513 | |
1514 @example | |
1515 (global-set-key [?\C-=] 'make-symbolic-link) | |
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25829 | 1517 (global-set-key [?\H-a] 'make-symbolic-link) |
1518 (global-set-key [f7] 'make-symbolic-link) | |
1519 (global-set-key [C-mouse-1] 'make-symbolic-link) | |
1520 @end example | |
1521 | |
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1525 @example | |
1526 (global-set-key [?\C-z] 'shell) | |
1527 (global-set-key [?\C-x ?l] 'make-symbolic-link) | |
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1533 | |
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1543 @subsection Rebinding Function Keys | |
1544 | |
1545 Key sequences can contain function keys as well as ordinary | |
1546 characters. Just as Lisp characters (actually integers) represent | |
1547 keyboard characters, Lisp symbols represent function keys. If the | |
1548 function key has a word as its label, then that word is also the name of | |
1549 the corresponding Lisp symbol. Here are the conventional Lisp names for | |
1550 common function keys: | |
1551 | |
1552 @table @asis | |
1553 @item @code{left}, @code{up}, @code{right}, @code{down} | |
1554 Cursor arrow keys. | |
1555 | |
1556 @item @code{begin}, @code{end}, @code{home}, @code{next}, @code{prior} | |
1557 Other cursor repositioning keys. | |
1558 | |
1559 @item @code{select}, @code{print}, @code{execute}, @code{backtab} | |
1560 @itemx @code{insert}, @code{undo}, @code{redo}, @code{clearline} | |
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25829 | 1562 Miscellaneous function keys. |
1563 | |
1564 @item @code{f1}, @code{f2}, @dots{} @code{f35} | |
1565 Numbered function keys (across the top of the keyboard). | |
1566 | |
1567 @item @code{kp-add}, @code{kp-subtract}, @code{kp-multiply}, @code{kp-divide} | |
1568 @itemx @code{kp-backtab}, @code{kp-space}, @code{kp-tab}, @code{kp-enter} | |
1569 @itemx @code{kp-separator}, @code{kp-decimal}, @code{kp-equal} | |
1570 Keypad keys (to the right of the regular keyboard), with names or punctuation. | |
1571 | |
1572 @item @code{kp-0}, @code{kp-1}, @dots{} @code{kp-9} | |
1573 Keypad keys with digits. | |
1574 | |
1575 @item @code{kp-f1}, @code{kp-f2}, @code{kp-f3}, @code{kp-f4} | |
1576 Keypad PF keys. | |
1577 @end table | |
1578 | |
1579 These names are conventional, but some systems (especially when using | |
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1581 given function key on your terminal, type @kbd{C-h c} followed by that |
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1582 key. |
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1584 A key sequence which contains function key symbols (or anything but | |
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1585 @acronym{ASCII} characters) must be a vector rather than a string. |
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1586 Thus, to bind function key @samp{f1} to the command @code{rmail}, |
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1587 write the following: |
25829 | 1588 |
1589 @example | |
1590 (global-set-key [f1] 'rmail) | |
1591 @end example | |
1592 | |
1593 @noindent | |
1594 To bind the right-arrow key to the command @code{forward-char}, you can | |
1595 use this expression: | |
1596 | |
1597 @example | |
1598 (global-set-key [right] 'forward-char) | |
1599 @end example | |
1600 | |
1601 @noindent | |
1602 This uses the Lisp syntax for a vector containing the symbol | |
1603 @code{right}. (This binding is present in Emacs by default.) | |
1604 | |
1605 @xref{Init Rebinding}, for more information about using vectors for | |
1606 rebinding. | |
1607 | |
1608 You can mix function keys and characters in a key sequence. This | |
1609 example binds @kbd{C-x @key{NEXT}} to the command @code{forward-page}. | |
1610 | |
1611 @example | |
1612 (global-set-key [?\C-x next] 'forward-page) | |
1613 @end example | |
1614 | |
1615 @noindent | |
1616 where @code{?\C-x} is the Lisp character constant for the character | |
1617 @kbd{C-x}. The vector element @code{next} is a symbol and therefore | |
1618 does not take a question mark. | |
1619 | |
1620 You can use the modifier keys @key{CTRL}, @key{META}, @key{HYPER}, | |
1621 @key{SUPER}, @key{ALT} and @key{SHIFT} with function keys. To represent | |
1622 these modifiers, add the strings @samp{C-}, @samp{M-}, @samp{H-}, | |
1623 @samp{s-}, @samp{A-} and @samp{S-} at the front of the symbol name. | |
1624 Thus, here is how to make @kbd{Hyper-Meta-@key{RIGHT}} move forward a | |
1625 word: | |
1626 | |
1627 @example | |
1628 (global-set-key [H-M-right] 'forward-word) | |
1629 @end example | |
1630 | |
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1631 @cindex keypad |
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1632 Many keyboards have a ``numeric keypad'' on the right hand side. |
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1633 The numeric keys in the keypad double up as cursor motion keys, |
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1634 toggled by a key labelled @samp{Num Lock}. By default, Emacs |
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1635 translates these keys to the corresponding keys in the main keyboard. |
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1636 For example, when @samp{Num Lock} is on, the key labelled @samp{8} on |
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1637 the numeric keypad produces @code{kp-8}, which is translated to |
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1638 @kbd{8}; when @samp{Num Lock} is off, the same key produces |
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1639 @code{kp-up}, which is translated to @key{UP}. If you rebind a key |
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1640 such as @kbd{8} or @key{UP}, it affects the equivalent keypad key too. |
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1641 However, if you rebind a @samp{kp-} key directly, that won't affect |
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1642 its non-keypad equivalent. |
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1643 |
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1644 Emacs provides a convenient method for binding the numeric keypad |
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1645 keys, using the variables @code{keypad-setup}, |
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1646 @code{keypad-numlock-setup}, @code{keypad-shifted-setup}, and |
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1647 @code{keypad-numlock-shifted-setup}. These can be found in the |
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1648 @samp{keyboard} customization group (@pxref{Easy Customization}). You |
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1649 can rebind the keys to perform other tasks, such as issuing numeric |
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1650 prefix arguments. |
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1651 |
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1653 @subsection Named @acronym{ASCII} Control Characters |
25829 | 1654 |
1655 @key{TAB}, @key{RET}, @key{BS}, @key{LFD}, @key{ESC} and @key{DEL} | |
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1656 started out as names for certain @acronym{ASCII} control characters, |
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1657 used so often that they have special keys of their own. For instance, |
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1658 @key{TAB} was another name for @kbd{C-i}. Later, users found it |
25829 | 1659 convenient to distinguish in Emacs between these keys and the ``same'' |
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1660 control characters typed with the @key{CTRL} key. Therefore, on most |
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1661 modern terminals, they are no longer the same, and @key{TAB} is |
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1662 distinguishable from @kbd{C-i}. |
25829 | 1663 |
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1664 Emacs can distinguish these two kinds of input if the keyboard does. |
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1665 It treats the ``special'' keys as function keys named @code{tab}, |
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1666 @code{return}, @code{backspace}, @code{linefeed}, @code{escape}, and |
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1667 @code{delete}. These function keys translate automatically into the |
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1668 corresponding @acronym{ASCII} characters @emph{if} they have no |
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1669 bindings of their own. As a result, neither users nor Lisp programs |
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1670 need to pay attention to the distinction unless they care to. |
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1672 If you do not want to distinguish between (for example) @key{TAB} and | |
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1673 @kbd{C-i}, make just one binding, for the @acronym{ASCII} character @key{TAB} |
25829 | 1674 (octal code 011). If you do want to distinguish, make one binding for |
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1675 this @acronym{ASCII} character, and another for the ``function key'' @code{tab}. |
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1677 With an ordinary @acronym{ASCII} terminal, there is no way to distinguish |
25829 | 1678 between @key{TAB} and @kbd{C-i} (and likewise for other such pairs), |
1679 because the terminal sends the same character in both cases. | |
1680 | |
1681 @node Non-ASCII Rebinding | |
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1682 @subsection Non-@acronym{ASCII} Characters on the Keyboard |
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1683 @cindex rebinding non-@acronym{ASCII} keys |
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1684 @cindex non-@acronym{ASCII} keys, binding |
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56690 | 1686 If your keyboard has keys that send non-@acronym{ASCII} |
1687 characters, such as accented letters, rebinding these keys | |
1688 must be done by using a vector like this@footnote{Note that | |
1689 you should avoid the string syntax for binding | |
1690 non-@acronym{ASCII} characters, since they will be | |
1691 interpreted as meta keys. @xref{Strings of Events,,,elisp, | |
1692 The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}.}: | |
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1694 @example | |
1695 (global-set-key [?@var{char}] 'some-function) | |
1696 @end example | |
1697 | |
1698 @noindent | |
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1699 Type @kbd{C-q} followed by the key you want to bind, to insert @var{char}. |
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56690 | 1701 Since this puts a non-@acronym{ASCII} character in the @file{.emacs}, |
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1702 you should specify a coding system for that file that supports the |
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1703 character in question. @xref{Init Syntax}. |
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1705 @strong{Warning:} if you change the keyboard encoding, or change |
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1706 between multibyte and unibyte mode, or anything that would alter which |
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1707 code @kbd{C-q} would insert for that character, you'll need to edit |
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1708 the Lisp expression accordingly, to use the character code generated |
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1709 by @kbd{C-q} in the new mode. |
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25829 | 1711 @node Mouse Buttons |
1712 @subsection Rebinding Mouse Buttons | |
1713 @cindex mouse button events | |
1714 @cindex rebinding mouse buttons | |
1715 @cindex click events | |
1716 @cindex drag events | |
1717 @cindex down events | |
1718 @cindex button down events | |
1719 | |
1720 Emacs uses Lisp symbols to designate mouse buttons, too. The ordinary | |
1721 mouse events in Emacs are @dfn{click} events; these happen when you | |
1722 press a button and release it without moving the mouse. You can also | |
1723 get @dfn{drag} events, when you move the mouse while holding the button | |
1724 down. Drag events happen when you finally let go of the button. | |
1725 | |
1726 The symbols for basic click events are @code{mouse-1} for the leftmost | |
1727 button, @code{mouse-2} for the next, and so on. Here is how you can | |
1728 redefine the second mouse button to split the current window: | |
1729 | |
1730 @example | |
1731 (global-set-key [mouse-2] 'split-window-vertically) | |
1732 @end example | |
1733 | |
1734 The symbols for drag events are similar, but have the prefix | |
1735 @samp{drag-} before the word @samp{mouse}. For example, dragging the | |
1736 first button generates a @code{drag-mouse-1} event. | |
1737 | |
1738 You can also define bindings for events that occur when a mouse button | |
1739 is pressed down. These events start with @samp{down-} instead of | |
1740 @samp{drag-}. Such events are generated only if they have key bindings. | |
1741 When you get a button-down event, a corresponding click or drag event | |
1742 will always follow. | |
1743 | |
1744 @cindex double clicks | |
1745 @cindex triple clicks | |
1746 If you wish, you can distinguish single, double, and triple clicks. A | |
1747 double click means clicking a mouse button twice in approximately the | |
1748 same place. The first click generates an ordinary click event. The | |
1749 second click, if it comes soon enough, generates a double-click event | |
1750 instead. The event type for a double-click event starts with | |
1751 @samp{double-}: for example, @code{double-mouse-3}. | |
1752 | |
1753 This means that you can give a special meaning to the second click at | |
1754 the same place, but it must act on the assumption that the ordinary | |
1755 single click definition has run when the first click was received. | |
1756 | |
1757 This constrains what you can do with double clicks, but user interface | |
1758 designers say that this constraint ought to be followed in any case. A | |
1759 double click should do something similar to the single click, only | |
1760 ``more so.'' The command for the double-click event should perform the | |
1761 extra work for the double click. | |
1762 | |
1763 If a double-click event has no binding, it changes to the | |
1764 corresponding single-click event. Thus, if you don't define a | |
1765 particular double click specially, it executes the single-click command | |
1766 twice. | |
1767 | |
1768 Emacs also supports triple-click events whose names start with | |
1769 @samp{triple-}. Emacs does not distinguish quadruple clicks as event | |
1770 types; clicks beyond the third generate additional triple-click events. | |
1771 However, the full number of clicks is recorded in the event list, so you | |
1772 can distinguish if you really want to. We don't recommend distinct | |
1773 meanings for more than three clicks, but sometimes it is useful for | |
1774 subsequent clicks to cycle through the same set of three meanings, so | |
1775 that four clicks are equivalent to one click, five are equivalent to | |
1776 two, and six are equivalent to three. | |
1777 | |
1778 Emacs also records multiple presses in drag and button-down events. | |
1779 For example, when you press a button twice, then move the mouse while | |
1780 holding the button, Emacs gets a @samp{double-drag-} event. And at the | |
1781 moment when you press it down for the second time, Emacs gets a | |
1782 @samp{double-down-} event (which is ignored, like all button-down | |
1783 events, if it has no binding). | |
1784 | |
1785 @vindex double-click-time | |
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1787 elapse between clicks and still allow them to be grouped as a multiple |
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1788 click. Its value is in units of milliseconds. If the value is |
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1789 @code{nil}, double clicks are not detected at all. If the value is |
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1790 @code{t}, then there is no time limit. The default is 500. |
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1795 click. Its value is in units of pixels on windowed displays and in |
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1796 units of 1/8 of a character cell on text-mode terminals; the default is |
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1800 keys, with the usual prefixes @samp{C-}, @samp{M-}, @samp{H-}, | |
1801 @samp{s-}, @samp{A-} and @samp{S-}. These always precede @samp{double-} | |
1802 or @samp{triple-}, which always precede @samp{drag-} or @samp{down-}. | |
1803 | |
1804 A frame includes areas that don't show text from the buffer, such as | |
1805 the mode line and the scroll bar. You can tell whether a mouse button | |
1806 comes from a special area of the screen by means of dummy ``prefix | |
1807 keys.'' For example, if you click the mouse in the mode line, you get | |
1808 the prefix key @code{mode-line} before the ordinary mouse-button symbol. | |
1809 Thus, here is how to define the command for clicking the first button in | |
1810 a mode line to run @code{scroll-up}: | |
1811 | |
1812 @example | |
1813 (global-set-key [mode-line mouse-1] 'scroll-up) | |
1814 @end example | |
1815 | |
1816 Here is the complete list of these dummy prefix keys and their | |
1817 meanings: | |
1818 | |
1819 @table @code | |
1820 @item mode-line | |
1821 The mouse was in the mode line of a window. | |
1822 @item vertical-line | |
1823 The mouse was in the vertical line separating side-by-side windows. (If | |
1824 you use scroll bars, they appear in place of these vertical lines.) | |
1825 @item vertical-scroll-bar | |
1826 The mouse was in a vertical scroll bar. (This is the only kind of | |
1827 scroll bar Emacs currently supports.) | |
1828 @ignore | |
1829 @item horizontal-scroll-bar | |
1830 The mouse was in a horizontal scroll bar. Horizontal scroll bars do | |
1831 horizontal scrolling, and people don't use them often. | |
1832 @end ignore | |
1833 @end table | |
1834 | |
1835 You can put more than one mouse button in a key sequence, but it isn't | |
1836 usual to do so. | |
1837 | |
1838 @node Disabling | |
1839 @subsection Disabling Commands | |
1840 @cindex disabled command | |
1841 | |
1842 Disabling a command marks the command as requiring confirmation before it | |
1843 can be executed. The purpose of disabling a command is to prevent | |
1844 beginning users from executing it by accident and being confused. | |
1845 | |
1846 An attempt to invoke a disabled command interactively in Emacs | |
1847 displays a window containing the command's name, its documentation, and | |
1848 some instructions on what to do immediately; then Emacs asks for input | |
1849 saying whether to execute the command as requested, enable it and | |
1850 execute it, or cancel. If you decide to enable the command, you are | |
1851 asked whether to do this permanently or just for the current session. | |
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1856 The direct mechanism for disabling a command is to put a | |
1857 non-@code{nil} @code{disabled} property on the Lisp symbol for the | |
1858 command. Here is the Lisp program to do this: | |
1859 | |
1860 @example | |
1861 (put 'delete-region 'disabled t) | |
1862 @end example | |
1863 | |
1864 If the value of the @code{disabled} property is a string, that string | |
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1867 @example | |
1868 (put 'delete-region 'disabled | |
1869 "It's better to use `kill-region' instead.\n") | |
1870 @end example | |
1871 | |
1872 @findex disable-command | |
1873 @findex enable-command | |
1874 You can make a command disabled either by editing the @file{.emacs} | |
1875 file directly or with the command @kbd{M-x disable-command}, which edits | |
1876 the @file{.emacs} file for you. Likewise, @kbd{M-x enable-command} | |
1877 edits @file{.emacs} to enable a command permanently. @xref{Init File}. | |
1878 | |
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1886 invoke it; disabling also applies if the command is invoked using | |
1887 @kbd{M-x}. Disabling a command has no effect on calling it as a | |
1888 function from Lisp programs. | |
1889 | |
1890 @node Syntax | |
1891 @section The Syntax Table | |
1892 @cindex syntax table | |
1893 | |
1894 All the Emacs commands which parse words or balance parentheses are | |
1895 controlled by the @dfn{syntax table}. The syntax table says which | |
1896 characters are opening delimiters, which are parts of words, which are | |
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1906 @kindex C-h s | |
1907 @findex describe-syntax | |
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1920 @node Init File | |
1921 @section The Init File, @file{~/.emacs} | |
1922 @cindex init file | |
1923 @cindex Emacs initialization file | |
1924 @cindex key rebinding, permanent | |
1925 @cindex rebinding keys, permanently | |
1926 @cindex startup (init file) | |
1927 | |
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25829 | 1938 There can also be a @dfn{default init file}, which is the library |
1939 named @file{default.el}, found via the standard search path for | |
1940 libraries. The Emacs distribution contains no such library; your site | |
1941 may create one for local customizations. If this library exists, it is | |
1942 loaded whenever you start Emacs (except when you specify @samp{-q}). | |
1943 But your init file, if any, is loaded first; if it sets | |
1944 @code{inhibit-default-init} non-@code{nil}, then @file{default} is not | |
1945 loaded. | |
1946 | |
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1948 @cindex @file{site-start.el}, the site startup file |
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1963 If you have a large amount of code in your @file{.emacs} file, you | |
1964 should rename it to @file{~/.emacs.el}, and byte-compile it. @xref{Byte | |
1965 Compilation,, Byte Compilation, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}, | |
1966 for more information about compiling Emacs Lisp programs. | |
1967 | |
1968 If you are going to write actual Emacs Lisp programs that go beyond | |
1969 minor customization, you should read the @cite{Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}. | |
1970 @ifinfo | |
1971 @xref{Top, Emacs Lisp, Emacs Lisp, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference | |
1972 Manual}. | |
1973 @end ifinfo | |
1974 | |
1975 @menu | |
1976 * Init Syntax:: Syntax of constants in Emacs Lisp. | |
1977 * Init Examples:: How to do some things with an init file. | |
1978 * Terminal Init:: Each terminal type can have an init file. | |
1979 * Find Init:: How Emacs finds the init file. | |
1980 @end menu | |
1981 | |
1982 @node Init Syntax | |
1983 @subsection Init File Syntax | |
1984 | |
1985 The @file{.emacs} file contains one or more Lisp function call | |
1986 expressions. Each of these consists of a function name followed by | |
1987 arguments, all surrounded by parentheses. For example, @code{(setq | |
1988 fill-column 60)} calls the function @code{setq} to set the variable | |
1989 @code{fill-column} (@pxref{Filling}) to 60. | |
1990 | |
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2006 @table @asis | |
2007 @item Numbers: | |
2008 Numbers are written in decimal, with an optional initial minus sign. | |
2009 | |
2010 @item Strings: | |
2011 @cindex Lisp string syntax | |
2012 @cindex string syntax | |
2013 Lisp string syntax is the same as C string syntax with a few extra | |
2014 features. Use a double-quote character to begin and end a string constant. | |
2015 | |
2016 In a string, you can include newlines and special characters literally. | |
2017 But often it is cleaner to use backslash sequences for them: @samp{\n} | |
2018 for newline, @samp{\b} for backspace, @samp{\r} for carriage return, | |
2019 @samp{\t} for tab, @samp{\f} for formfeed (control-L), @samp{\e} for | |
2020 escape, @samp{\\} for a backslash, @samp{\"} for a double-quote, or | |
2021 @samp{\@var{ooo}} for the character whose octal code is @var{ooo}. | |
2022 Backslash and double-quote are the only characters for which backslash | |
2023 sequences are mandatory. | |
2024 | |
2025 @samp{\C-} can be used as a prefix for a control character, as in | |
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25829 | 2041 @item Characters: |
2042 Lisp character constant syntax consists of a @samp{?} followed by | |
2043 either a character or an escape sequence starting with @samp{\}. | |
2044 Examples: @code{?x}, @code{?\n}, @code{?\"}, @code{?\)}. Note that | |
2045 strings and characters are not interchangeable in Lisp; some contexts | |
2046 require one and some contexts require the other. | |
2047 | |
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25829 | 2051 @item True: |
2052 @code{t} stands for `true'. | |
2053 | |
2054 @item False: | |
2055 @code{nil} stands for `false'. | |
2056 | |
2057 @item Other Lisp objects: | |
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25829 | 2059 @end table |
2060 | |
2061 @node Init Examples | |
2062 @subsection Init File Examples | |
2063 | |
2064 Here are some examples of doing certain commonly desired things with | |
2065 Lisp expressions: | |
2066 | |
2067 @itemize @bullet | |
2068 @item | |
2069 Make @key{TAB} in C mode just insert a tab if point is in the middle of a | |
2070 line. | |
2071 | |
2072 @example | |
2073 (setq c-tab-always-indent nil) | |
2074 @end example | |
2075 | |
2076 Here we have a variable whose value is normally @code{t} for `true' | |
2077 and the alternative is @code{nil} for `false'. | |
2078 | |
2079 @item | |
2080 Make searches case sensitive by default (in all buffers that do not | |
2081 override this). | |
2082 | |
2083 @example | |
2084 (setq-default case-fold-search nil) | |
2085 @end example | |
2086 | |
2087 This sets the default value, which is effective in all buffers that do | |
2088 not have local values for the variable. Setting @code{case-fold-search} | |
2089 with @code{setq} affects only the current buffer's local value, which | |
2090 is not what you probably want to do in an init file. | |
2091 | |
2092 @item | |
2093 @vindex user-mail-address | |
2094 Specify your own email address, if Emacs can't figure it out correctly. | |
2095 | |
2096 @example | |
2097 (setq user-mail-address "coon@@yoyodyne.com") | |
2098 @end example | |
2099 | |
2100 Various Emacs packages that need your own email address use the value of | |
2101 @code{user-mail-address}. | |
2102 | |
2103 @item | |
2104 Make Text mode the default mode for new buffers. | |
2105 | |
2106 @example | |
2107 (setq default-major-mode 'text-mode) | |
2108 @end example | |
2109 | |
2110 Note that @code{text-mode} is used because it is the command for | |
2111 entering Text mode. The single-quote before it makes the symbol a | |
2112 constant; otherwise, @code{text-mode} would be treated as a variable | |
2113 name. | |
2114 | |
2115 @need 1500 | |
2116 @item | |
2117 Set up defaults for the Latin-1 character set | |
2118 which supports most of the languages of Western Europe. | |
2119 | |
2120 @example | |
2121 (set-language-environment "Latin-1") | |
2122 @end example | |
2123 | |
2124 @need 1500 | |
2125 @item | |
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25829 | 2134 Turn on Auto Fill mode automatically in Text mode and related modes. |
2135 | |
2136 @example | |
2137 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook | |
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25829 | 2139 @end example |
2140 | |
2141 This shows how to add a hook function to a normal hook variable | |
2142 (@pxref{Hooks}). The function we supply is a list starting with | |
2143 @code{lambda}, with a single-quote in front of it to make it a list | |
2144 constant rather than an expression. | |
2145 | |
2146 It's beyond the scope of this manual to explain Lisp functions, but for | |
2147 this example it is enough to know that the effect is to execute | |
2148 @code{(auto-fill-mode 1)} when Text mode is entered. You can replace | |
2149 that with any other expression that you like, or with several | |
2150 expressions in a row. | |
2151 | |
2152 Emacs comes with a function named @code{turn-on-auto-fill} whose | |
2153 definition is @code{(lambda () (auto-fill-mode 1))}. Thus, a simpler | |
2154 way to write the above example is as follows: | |
2155 | |
2156 @example | |
2157 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill) | |
2158 @end example | |
2159 | |
2160 @item | |
2161 Load the installed Lisp library named @file{foo} (actually a file | |
2162 @file{foo.elc} or @file{foo.el} in a standard Emacs directory). | |
2163 | |
2164 @example | |
2165 (load "foo") | |
2166 @end example | |
2167 | |
2168 When the argument to @code{load} is a relative file name, not starting | |
2169 with @samp{/} or @samp{~}, @code{load} searches the directories in | |
2170 @code{load-path} (@pxref{Lisp Libraries}). | |
2171 | |
2172 @item | |
2173 Load the compiled Lisp file @file{foo.elc} from your home directory. | |
2174 | |
2175 @example | |
2176 (load "~/foo.elc") | |
2177 @end example | |
2178 | |
2179 Here an absolute file name is used, so no searching is done. | |
2180 | |
2181 @item | |
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38114 | 2184 Tell Emacs to find the definition for the function @code{myfunction} |
2185 by loading a Lisp library named @file{mypackage} (i.e.@: a file | |
2186 @file{mypackage.elc} or @file{mypackage.el}): | |
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38114 | 2193 Here the string @code{"Do what I say."} is the function's |
2194 documentation string. You specify it in the @code{autoload} | |
2195 definition so it will be available for help commands even when the | |
2196 package is not loaded. The last argument, @code{t}, indicates that | |
2197 this function is interactive; that is, it can be invoked interactively | |
2198 by typing @kbd{M-x myfunction @key{RET}} or by binding it to a key. | |
2199 If the function is not interactive, omit the @code{t} or use | |
2200 @code{nil}. | |
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25829 | 2205 |
2206 @example | |
2207 (global-set-key "\C-xl" 'make-symbolic-link) | |
2208 @end example | |
2209 | |
2210 or | |
2211 | |
2212 @example | |
2213 (define-key global-map "\C-xl" 'make-symbolic-link) | |
2214 @end example | |
2215 | |
2216 Note once again the single-quote used to refer to the symbol | |
2217 @code{make-symbolic-link} instead of its value as a variable. | |
2218 | |
2219 @item | |
2220 Do the same thing for Lisp mode only. | |
2221 | |
2222 @example | |
2223 (define-key lisp-mode-map "\C-xl" 'make-symbolic-link) | |
2224 @end example | |
2225 | |
2226 @item | |
2227 Redefine all keys which now run @code{next-line} in Fundamental mode | |
2228 so that they run @code{forward-line} instead. | |
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25829 | 2231 @example |
2232 (substitute-key-definition 'next-line 'forward-line | |
2233 global-map) | |
2234 @end example | |
2235 | |
2236 @item | |
2237 Make @kbd{C-x C-v} undefined. | |
2238 | |
2239 @example | |
2240 (global-unset-key "\C-x\C-v") | |
2241 @end example | |
2242 | |
2243 One reason to undefine a key is so that you can make it a prefix. | |
2244 Simply defining @kbd{C-x C-v @var{anything}} will make @kbd{C-x C-v} a | |
2245 prefix, but @kbd{C-x C-v} must first be freed of its usual non-prefix | |
2246 definition. | |
2247 | |
2248 @item | |
2249 Make @samp{$} have the syntax of punctuation in Text mode. | |
2250 Note the use of a character constant for @samp{$}. | |
2251 | |
2252 @example | |
2253 (modify-syntax-entry ?\$ "." text-mode-syntax-table) | |
2254 @end example | |
2255 | |
2256 @item | |
2257 Enable the use of the command @code{narrow-to-region} without confirmation. | |
2258 | |
2259 @example | |
2260 (put 'narrow-to-region 'disabled nil) | |
2261 @end example | |
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2294 | |
2295 @node Terminal Init | |
2296 @subsection Terminal-specific Initialization | |
2297 | |
2298 Each terminal type can have a Lisp library to be loaded into Emacs when | |
2299 it is run on that type of terminal. For a terminal type named | |
2300 @var{termtype}, the library is called @file{term/@var{termtype}} and it is | |
2301 found by searching the directories @code{load-path} as usual and trying the | |
2302 suffixes @samp{.elc} and @samp{.el}. Normally it appears in the | |
2303 subdirectory @file{term} of the directory where most Emacs libraries are | |
2304 kept.@refill | |
2305 | |
2306 The usual purpose of the terminal-specific library is to map the | |
2307 escape sequences used by the terminal's function keys onto more | |
2308 meaningful names, using @code{function-key-map}. See the file | |
2309 @file{term/lk201.el} for an example of how this is done. Many function | |
2310 keys are mapped automatically according to the information in the | |
2311 Termcap data base; the terminal-specific library needs to map only the | |
2312 function keys that Termcap does not specify. | |
2313 | |
2314 When the terminal type contains a hyphen, only the part of the name | |
2315 before the first hyphen is significant in choosing the library name. | |
2316 Thus, terminal types @samp{aaa-48} and @samp{aaa-30-rv} both use | |
2317 the library @file{term/aaa}. The code in the library can use | |
2318 @code{(getenv "TERM")} to find the full terminal type name.@refill | |
2319 | |
2320 @vindex term-file-prefix | |
2321 The library's name is constructed by concatenating the value of the | |
2322 variable @code{term-file-prefix} and the terminal type. Your @file{.emacs} | |
2323 file can prevent the loading of the terminal-specific library by setting | |
2324 @code{term-file-prefix} to @code{nil}. | |
2325 | |
2326 @vindex term-setup-hook | |
2327 Emacs runs the hook @code{term-setup-hook} at the end of | |
2328 initialization, after both your @file{.emacs} file and any | |
2329 terminal-specific library have been read in. Add hook functions to this | |
2330 hook if you wish to override part of any of the terminal-specific | |
2331 libraries and to define initializations for terminals that do not have a | |
2332 library. @xref{Hooks}. | |
2333 | |
2334 @node Find Init | |
2335 @subsection How Emacs Finds Your Init File | |
2336 | |
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2343 tries to find your own @file{.emacs}, not that of the user you are |
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2344 currently pretending to be. The idea is that you should get your own |
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(Minor Modes): Fix typo.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
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2345 editor customizations even if you are running as the super user. |
25829 | 2346 |
2347 More precisely, Emacs first determines which user's init file to use. | |
29107 | 2348 It gets the user name from the environment variables @env{LOGNAME} and |
2349 @env{USER}; if neither of those exists, it uses effective user-ID. | |
2350 If that user name matches the real user-ID, then Emacs uses @env{HOME}; | |
25829 | 2351 otherwise, it looks up the home directory corresponding to that user |
2352 name in the system's data base of users. | |
2353 @c LocalWords: backtab | |
52401 | 2354 |
2355 @ignore | |
2356 arch-tag: c68abddb-4410-4fb5-925f-63394e971d93 | |
2357 @end ignore |