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2 @comment %**start of header
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3 @setfilename ../info/emacs-xtra
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4 @settitle Specialized Emacs Features
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10 @copying
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11 This manual describes specialized features of Emacs.
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13 Copyright @copyright{} 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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15 @quotation
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16 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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17 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
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18 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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19 Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU
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21 license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
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24 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
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25 this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
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26 Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
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28 This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free
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29 Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document
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30 separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the
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31 license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license.
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32 @end quotation
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33 @end copying
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35 @dircategory Emacs
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36 @direntry
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37 * Emacs-Xtra: (emacs-xtra). Specialized Emacs features.
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38 @end direntry
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40 @titlepage
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41 @title Specialized Emacs Features
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42 @page
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43 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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45 @end titlepage
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47 @contents
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49 @ifnottex
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50 @node Top
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51 @top Specialized Emacs Features
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53 @insertcopying
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57 @menu
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58 * Introduction:: What documentation belongs here?
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59 @iftex
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60 * Picture Mode:: Editing pictures made up of characters using
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61 the quarter-plane screen model.
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63 * Autorevert:: Auto Reverting non-file buffers.
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64 * Subdir Switches:: Subdirectory switches in Dired.
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65 * Advanced Calendar/Diary Usage:: Advanced Calendar/Diary customization.
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66 * Emerge:: A convenient way of merging two versions of a program.
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67 * Advanced VC Usage:: Advanced VC (version control) features.
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68 * Fortran:: Fortran mode and its special features.
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69 * MS-DOS:: Using Emacs on MS-DOS (otherwise known as @dfn{MS-DOG}).
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70 @end iftex
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71 * Index::
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72 @end menu
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74 @node Introduction
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75 @unnumbered Introduction
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77 This manual contains detailed information about various features that
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79 intended to be readable by anyone having a basic knowledge of Emacs.
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80 However, certain sections may be intended for a more specialized
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81 audience, such as Elisp authors. This should be clearly pointed out
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82 at the beginning of these sections.
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84 Certain packages, or collections of related features, have their own
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88 specialized features, too small or too obscure to justify their own
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89 manual.
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91 Sections intended specifically for Elisp programmers can follow the
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92 style of the Elisp manual. Other sections should follow the style of
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93 the Emacs manual.
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95 @iftex
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97 @include picture-xtra.texi
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100 @include arevert-xtra.texi
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102 @include dired-xtra.texi
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114 @lowersections
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115 @end iftex
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118 @unnumbered Index
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120 @printindex cp
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122 @bye
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124 @ignore
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125 arch-tag: 75c33f13-32c6-41b6-9537-847a312e2e49
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126 @end ignore