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* modes.texi: New node, "Region to Fontify" (for Font Lock).
This describes font-lock-extend-region-function.
("Other Font Lock Variables"): move "font-lock-lines-before" to
the new node "Region to Fontify".
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
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4 @c 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
6451 | 5 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
6 @setfilename ../info/modes | |
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7 @node Modes, Documentation, Keymaps, Top |
6451 | 8 @chapter Major and Minor Modes |
9 @cindex mode | |
10 | |
11 A @dfn{mode} is a set of definitions that customize Emacs and can be | |
12 turned on and off while you edit. There are two varieties of modes: | |
13 @dfn{major modes}, which are mutually exclusive and used for editing | |
14 particular kinds of text, and @dfn{minor modes}, which provide features | |
15 that users can enable individually. | |
16 | |
17 This chapter describes how to write both major and minor modes, how to | |
18 indicate them in the mode line, and how they run hooks supplied by the | |
19 user. For related topics such as keymaps and syntax tables, see | |
20 @ref{Keymaps}, and @ref{Syntax Tables}. | |
21 | |
22 @menu | |
62345 | 23 * Hooks:: How to use hooks; how to write code that provides hooks. |
6451 | 24 * Major Modes:: Defining major modes. |
25 * Minor Modes:: Defining minor modes. | |
26 * Mode Line Format:: Customizing the text that appears in the mode line. | |
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27 * Imenu:: How a mode can provide a menu |
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28 of definitions in the buffer. |
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29 * Font Lock Mode:: How modes can highlight text according to syntax. |
55414 | 30 * Desktop Save Mode:: How modes can have buffer state saved between |
31 Emacs sessions. | |
6451 | 32 @end menu |
33 | |
62345 | 34 @node Hooks |
35 @section Hooks | |
36 @cindex hooks | |
37 | |
38 A @dfn{hook} is a variable where you can store a function or functions | |
39 to be called on a particular occasion by an existing program. Emacs | |
40 provides hooks for the sake of customization. Most often, hooks are set | |
41 up in the init file (@pxref{Init File}), but Lisp programs can set them also. | |
42 @xref{Standard Hooks}, for a list of standard hook variables. | |
43 | |
44 @cindex normal hook | |
45 Most of the hooks in Emacs are @dfn{normal hooks}. These variables | |
46 contain lists of functions to be called with no arguments. When the | |
47 hook name ends in @samp{-hook}, that tells you it is normal. We try to | |
48 make all hooks normal, as much as possible, so that you can use them in | |
49 a uniform way. | |
50 | |
51 Every major mode function is supposed to run a normal hook called the | |
52 @dfn{mode hook} as the last step of initialization. This makes it easy | |
53 for a user to customize the behavior of the mode, by overriding the | |
54 buffer-local variable assignments already made by the mode. Most | |
55 minor modes also run a mode hook at their end. But hooks are used in | |
56 other contexts too. For example, the hook @code{suspend-hook} runs | |
57 just before Emacs suspends itself (@pxref{Suspending Emacs}). | |
58 | |
59 The recommended way to add a hook function to a normal hook is by | |
60 calling @code{add-hook} (see below). The hook functions may be any of | |
61 the valid kinds of functions that @code{funcall} accepts (@pxref{What | |
62 Is a Function}). Most normal hook variables are initially void; | |
63 @code{add-hook} knows how to deal with this. You can add hooks either | |
64 globally or buffer-locally with @code{add-hook}. | |
65 | |
66 @cindex abnormal hook | |
67 If the hook variable's name does not end with @samp{-hook}, that | |
68 indicates it is probably an @dfn{abnormal hook}. Then you should look at its | |
69 documentation to see how to use the hook properly. | |
70 | |
71 If the variable's name ends in @samp{-functions} or @samp{-hooks}, | |
72 then the value is a list of functions, but it is abnormal in that either | |
73 these functions are called with arguments or their values are used in | |
74 some way. You can use @code{add-hook} to add a function to the list, | |
75 but you must take care in writing the function. (A few of these | |
76 variables, notably those ending in @samp{-hooks}, are actually | |
77 normal hooks which were named before we established the convention of | |
78 using @samp{-hook} for them.) | |
79 | |
80 If the variable's name ends in @samp{-function}, then its value | |
81 is just a single function, not a list of functions. | |
82 | |
83 Here's an example that uses a mode hook to turn on Auto Fill mode when | |
84 in Lisp Interaction mode: | |
85 | |
86 @example | |
87 (add-hook 'lisp-interaction-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill) | |
88 @end example | |
89 | |
90 At the appropriate time, Emacs uses the @code{run-hooks} function to | |
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91 run particular hooks. |
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93 @defun run-hooks &rest hookvars | |
94 This function takes one or more normal hook variable names as | |
95 arguments, and runs each hook in turn. Each argument should be a | |
96 symbol that is a normal hook variable. These arguments are processed | |
97 in the order specified. | |
98 | |
99 If a hook variable has a non-@code{nil} value, that value may be a | |
100 function or a list of functions. (The former option is considered | |
101 obsolete.) If the value is a function (either a lambda expression or | |
102 a symbol with a function definition), it is called. If it is a list | |
103 that isn't a function, its elements are called, consecutively. All | |
104 the hook functions are called with no arguments. | |
105 @end defun | |
106 | |
107 @defun run-hook-with-args hook &rest args | |
108 This function is the way to run an abnormal hook and always call all | |
109 of the hook functions. It calls each of the hook functions one by | |
110 one, passing each of them the arguments @var{args}. | |
111 @end defun | |
112 | |
113 @defun run-hook-with-args-until-failure hook &rest args | |
114 This function is the way to run an abnormal hook until one of the hook | |
115 functions fails. It calls each of the hook functions, passing each of | |
116 them the arguments @var{args}, until some hook function returns | |
117 @code{nil}. It then stops and returns @code{nil}. If none of the | |
118 hook functions return @code{nil}, it returns a non-@code{nil} value. | |
119 @end defun | |
120 | |
121 @defun run-hook-with-args-until-success hook &rest args | |
122 This function is the way to run an abnormal hook until a hook function | |
123 succeeds. It calls each of the hook functions, passing each of them | |
124 the arguments @var{args}, until some hook function returns | |
125 non-@code{nil}. Then it stops, and returns whatever was returned by | |
126 the last hook function that was called. If all hook functions return | |
127 @code{nil}, it returns @code{nil} as well. | |
128 @end defun | |
129 | |
130 @defun add-hook hook function &optional append local | |
131 This function is the handy way to add function @var{function} to hook | |
132 variable @var{hook}. You can use it for abnormal hooks as well as for | |
133 normal hooks. @var{function} can be any Lisp function that can accept | |
134 the proper number of arguments for @var{hook}. For example, | |
135 | |
136 @example | |
137 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'my-text-hook-function) | |
138 @end example | |
139 | |
140 @noindent | |
141 adds @code{my-text-hook-function} to the hook called @code{text-mode-hook}. | |
142 | |
143 If @var{function} is already present in @var{hook} (comparing using | |
144 @code{equal}), then @code{add-hook} does not add it a second time. | |
145 | |
146 It is best to design your hook functions so that the order in which they | |
147 are executed does not matter. Any dependence on the order is ``asking | |
148 for trouble''. However, the order is predictable: normally, | |
149 @var{function} goes at the front of the hook list, so it will be | |
150 executed first (barring another @code{add-hook} call). If the optional | |
151 argument @var{append} is non-@code{nil}, the new hook function goes at | |
152 the end of the hook list and will be executed last. | |
153 | |
154 @code{add-hook} can handle the cases where @var{hook} is void or its | |
155 value is a single function; it sets or changes the value to a list of | |
156 functions. | |
157 | |
158 If @var{local} is non-@code{nil}, that says to add @var{function} to | |
159 the buffer-local hook list instead of to the global hook list. If | |
160 needed, this makes the hook buffer-local and adds @code{t} to the | |
161 buffer-local value. The latter acts as a flag to run the hook | |
162 functions in the default value as well as in the local value. | |
163 @end defun | |
164 | |
165 @defun remove-hook hook function &optional local | |
166 This function removes @var{function} from the hook variable | |
167 @var{hook}. It compares @var{function} with elements of @var{hook} | |
168 using @code{equal}, so it works for both symbols and lambda | |
169 expressions. | |
170 | |
171 If @var{local} is non-@code{nil}, that says to remove @var{function} | |
172 from the buffer-local hook list instead of from the global hook list. | |
173 @end defun | |
174 | |
6451 | 175 @node Major Modes |
176 @section Major Modes | |
177 @cindex major mode | |
178 | |
179 Major modes specialize Emacs for editing particular kinds of text. | |
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180 Each buffer has only one major mode at a time. For each major mode |
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181 there is a function to switch to that mode in the current buffer; its |
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182 name should end in @samp{-mode}. These functions work by setting |
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183 buffer-local variable bindings and other data associated with the |
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184 buffer, such as a local keymap. The effect lasts until you switch |
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185 to another major mode in the same buffer. |
6451 | 186 |
62345 | 187 @menu |
188 * Major Mode Basics:: | |
189 * Major Mode Conventions:: Coding conventions for keymaps, etc. | |
190 * Example Major Modes:: Text mode and Lisp modes. | |
191 * Auto Major Mode:: How Emacs chooses the major mode automatically. | |
192 * Mode Help:: Finding out how to use a mode. | |
193 * Derived Modes:: Defining a new major mode based on another major | |
194 mode. | |
195 * Generic Modes:: Defining a simple major mode that supports | |
196 comment syntax and Font Lock mode. | |
197 * Mode Hooks:: Hooks run at the end of major mode functions. | |
198 @end menu | |
199 | |
200 @node Major Mode Basics | |
201 @subsection Major Mode Basics | |
202 @cindex Fundamental mode | |
203 | |
6451 | 204 The least specialized major mode is called @dfn{Fundamental mode}. |
205 This mode has no mode-specific definitions or variable settings, so each | |
206 Emacs command behaves in its default manner, and each option is in its | |
207 default state. All other major modes redefine various keys and options. | |
208 For example, Lisp Interaction mode provides special key bindings for | |
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209 @kbd{C-j} (@code{eval-print-last-sexp}), @key{TAB} |
6451 | 210 (@code{lisp-indent-line}), and other keys. |
211 | |
212 When you need to write several editing commands to help you perform a | |
213 specialized editing task, creating a new major mode is usually a good | |
214 idea. In practice, writing a major mode is easy (in contrast to | |
215 writing a minor mode, which is often difficult). | |
216 | |
217 If the new mode is similar to an old one, it is often unwise to modify | |
218 the old one to serve two purposes, since it may become harder to use and | |
219 maintain. Instead, copy and rename an existing major mode definition | |
220 and alter the copy---or define a @dfn{derived mode} (@pxref{Derived | |
221 Modes}). For example, Rmail Edit mode, which is in | |
25875 | 222 @file{emacs/lisp/mail/rmailedit.el}, is a major mode that is very similar to |
223 Text mode except that it provides two additional commands. Its | |
224 definition is distinct from that of Text mode, but uses that of Text mode. | |
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227 it is convenient to use @code{define-derived-mode} with a @code{nil} |
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229 coding conventions for you. |
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62259 | 232 comments and fontification, you can use @code{define-generic-mode}. |
233 @xref{Generic Modes}. | |
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235 Rmail Edit mode offers an example of changing the major mode |
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236 temporarily for a buffer, so it can be edited in a different way (with |
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237 ordinary Emacs commands rather than Rmail commands). In such cases, the |
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239 buffer's usual mode (Rmail mode, in this case). You might be tempted to |
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240 present the temporary redefinitions inside a recursive edit and restore |
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241 the usual ones when the user exits; but this is a bad idea because it |
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242 constrains the user's options when it is done in more than one buffer: |
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243 recursive edits must be exited most-recently-entered first. Using an |
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244 alternative major mode avoids this limitation. @xref{Recursive |
6451 | 245 Editing}. |
246 | |
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247 The standard GNU Emacs Lisp library directory tree contains the code |
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248 for several major modes, in files such as @file{text-mode.el}, |
6451 | 249 @file{texinfo.el}, @file{lisp-mode.el}, @file{c-mode.el}, and |
25875 | 250 @file{rmail.el}. They are found in various subdirectories of the |
251 @file{lisp} directory. You can study these libraries to see how modes | |
252 are written. Text mode is perhaps the simplest major mode aside from | |
6451 | 253 Fundamental mode. Rmail mode is a complicated and specialized mode. |
254 | |
255 @node Major Mode Conventions | |
256 @subsection Major Mode Conventions | |
257 | |
258 The code for existing major modes follows various coding conventions, | |
259 including conventions for local keymap and syntax table initialization, | |
260 global names, and hooks. Please follow these conventions when you | |
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263 This list of conventions is only partial, because each major mode |
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265 This makes Emacs as a whole more coherent. It is impossible to list |
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266 here all the possible points where this issue might come up; if the |
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267 Emacs developers point out an area where your major mode deviates from |
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268 the usual conventions, please make it compatible. |
6451 | 269 |
270 @itemize @bullet | |
271 @item | |
272 Define a command whose name ends in @samp{-mode}, with no arguments, | |
273 that switches to the new mode in the current buffer. This command | |
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275 existing buffer, without changing the buffer's contents. |
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277 @item | |
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278 Write a documentation string for this command that describes the |
6451 | 279 special commands available in this mode. @kbd{C-h m} |
280 (@code{describe-mode}) in your mode will display this string. | |
281 | |
282 The documentation string may include the special documentation | |
283 substrings, @samp{\[@var{command}]}, @samp{\@{@var{keymap}@}}, and | |
24934 | 284 @samp{\<@var{keymap}>}, which enable the documentation to adapt |
6451 | 285 automatically to the user's own key bindings. @xref{Keys in |
286 Documentation}. | |
287 | |
288 @item | |
289 The major mode command should start by calling | |
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290 @code{kill-all-local-variables}. This is what gets rid of the |
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291 buffer-local variables of the major mode previously in effect. |
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293 @item | |
294 The major mode command should set the variable @code{major-mode} to the | |
295 major mode command symbol. This is how @code{describe-mode} discovers | |
296 which documentation to print. | |
297 | |
298 @item | |
299 The major mode command should set the variable @code{mode-name} to the | |
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301 mode line. |
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303 @item | |
304 @cindex functions in modes | |
305 Since all global names are in the same name space, all the global | |
306 variables, constants, and functions that are part of the mode should | |
307 have names that start with the major mode name (or with an abbreviation | |
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308 of it if the name is long). @xref{Coding Conventions}. |
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310 @item | |
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354 Rmail that do not allow self-insertion of text can reasonably redefine |
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415 To make a buffer-local binding for an Emacs customization variable, use | |
416 @code{make-local-variable} in the major mode command, not | |
417 @code{make-variable-buffer-local}. The latter function would make the | |
418 variable local to every buffer in which it is subsequently set, which | |
419 would affect buffers that do not use this mode. It is undesirable for a | |
420 mode to have such global effects. @xref{Buffer-Local Variables}. | |
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425 other packages would interfere with them. | |
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428 @cindex mode hook | |
429 @cindex major mode hook | |
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450 @item | |
451 If this mode is appropriate only for specially-prepared text, then the | |
452 major mode command symbol should have a property named @code{mode-class} | |
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458 (put 'funny-mode 'mode-class 'special) | |
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466 | |
467 @item | |
468 If you want to make the new mode the default for files with certain | |
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476 the file that contains the mode definition. |
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478 @item | |
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481 @code{auto-mode-alist}, that users can include in their init files |
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484 @item | |
485 @cindex mode loading | |
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488 Even if you never load the file more than once, someone else will. | |
489 @end itemize | |
490 | |
491 @node Example Major Modes | |
492 @subsection Major Mode Examples | |
493 | |
494 Text mode is perhaps the simplest mode besides Fundamental mode. | |
495 Here are excerpts from @file{text-mode.el} that illustrate many of | |
496 the conventions listed above: | |
497 | |
498 @smallexample | |
499 @group | |
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508 "Syntax table used while in `text-mode'.") |
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511 ;; @r{Create the keymap for this mode.} |
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520 Many other modes, such as `mail-mode', `outline-mode' and `indented-text-mode', |
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535 Turning on Text mode runs the normal hook `text-mode-hook'." |
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540 ;; @r{These two lines are a feature added recently.} |
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542 mode-require-final-newline) |
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552 ;; @r{This isn't needed nowadays, since @code{define-derived-mode} does it.} |
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554 "Abbrev table used while in text mode.") | |
555 (define-abbrev-table 'text-mode-abbrev-table ()) | |
556 @end group | |
557 | |
558 @group | |
559 (defun text-mode () | |
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562 @end group | |
563 @group | |
564 Turning on text-mode runs the hook `text-mode-hook'." | |
565 (interactive) | |
566 (kill-all-local-variables) | |
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573 @group | |
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587 (run-mode-hooks 'text-mode-hook)) ; @r{Finally, this permits the user to} |
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589 @end group | |
590 @end smallexample | |
591 | |
592 @cindex @file{lisp-mode.el} | |
593 The three Lisp modes (Lisp mode, Emacs Lisp mode, and Lisp | |
594 Interaction mode) have more features than Text mode and the code is | |
595 correspondingly more complicated. Here are excerpts from | |
596 @file{lisp-mode.el} that illustrate how these modes are written. | |
597 | |
598 @cindex syntax table example | |
599 @smallexample | |
600 @group | |
601 ;; @r{Create mode-specific table variables.} | |
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604 @end group | |
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610 @end group | |
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646 (define-abbrev-table 'lisp-mode-abbrev-table ()) | |
647 @end group | |
648 @end smallexample | |
649 | |
650 Much code is shared among the three Lisp modes. The following | |
651 function sets various variables; it is called by each of the major Lisp | |
652 mode functions: | |
653 | |
654 @smallexample | |
655 @group | |
656 (defun lisp-mode-variables (lisp-syntax) | |
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662 @end smallexample | |
663 | |
664 Functions such as @code{forward-paragraph} use the value of the | |
665 @code{paragraph-start} variable. Since Lisp code is different from | |
666 ordinary text, the @code{paragraph-start} variable needs to be set | |
667 specially to handle Lisp. Also, comments are indented in a special | |
668 fashion in Lisp and the Lisp modes need their own mode-specific | |
669 @code{comment-indent-function}. The code to set these variables is the | |
670 rest of @code{lisp-mode-variables}. | |
671 | |
672 @smallexample | |
673 @group | |
674 (make-local-variable 'paragraph-start) | |
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679 @end group | |
680 @group | |
681 (make-local-variable 'comment-indent-function) | |
682 (setq comment-indent-function 'lisp-comment-indent)) | |
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6451 | 684 @end group |
685 @end smallexample | |
686 | |
687 Each of the different Lisp modes has a slightly different keymap. For | |
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692 @smallexample | |
693 @group | |
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695 "Keymap for commands shared by all sorts of Lisp modes.") |
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6451 | 704 @end group |
705 @end smallexample | |
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710 @smallexample | |
711 @group | |
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6451 | 721 @end group |
722 @end smallexample | |
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727 @smallexample | |
728 @group | |
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730 "Major mode for editing Lisp code for Lisps other than GNU Emacs Lisp. |
6451 | 731 Commands: |
732 Delete converts tabs to spaces as it moves back. | |
733 Blank lines separate paragraphs. Semicolons start comments. | |
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6451 | 742 (interactive) |
743 (kill-all-local-variables) | |
744 @end group | |
745 @group | |
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6451 | 761 ; @r{hook to customize the mode.} |
762 @end group | |
763 @end smallexample | |
764 | |
765 @node Auto Major Mode | |
766 @subsection How Emacs Chooses a Major Mode | |
767 | |
768 Based on information in the file name or in the file itself, Emacs | |
769 automatically selects a major mode for the new buffer when a file is | |
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772 @deffn Command fundamental-mode | |
773 Fundamental mode is a major mode that is not specialized for anything | |
774 in particular. Other major modes are defined in effect by comparison | |
775 with this one---their definitions say what to change, starting from | |
776 Fundamental mode. The @code{fundamental-mode} function does @emph{not} | |
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6451 | 778 to behave differently in Fundamental mode, change the @emph{global} |
779 state of Emacs.) | |
780 @end deffn | |
781 | |
782 @deffn Command normal-mode &optional find-file | |
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62345 | 784 bindings for the current buffer. First it calls @code{set-auto-mode} |
785 (see below), then it runs @code{hack-local-variables} to parse, and | |
786 bind or evaluate as appropriate, the file's local variables | |
787 (@pxref{File Local Variables}). | |
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62345 | 791 it. In this case, it may process local variables in the @samp{-*-} |
792 line or at the end of the file. The variable | |
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62345 | 794 Variables, , Local Variables in Files, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, |
795 for the syntax of the local variables section of a file. | |
6451 | 796 |
12098 | 797 If you run @code{normal-mode} interactively, the argument |
6451 | 798 @var{find-file} is normally @code{nil}. In this case, |
62345 | 799 @code{normal-mode} unconditionally processes any file local variables. |
800 | |
801 If @code{normal-mode} processes the local variables list and this list | |
802 specifies a major mode, that mode overrides any mode chosen by | |
803 @code{set-auto-mode}. If neither @code{set-auto-mode} nor | |
804 @code{hack-local-variables} specify a major mode, the buffer stays in | |
805 the major mode determined by @code{default-major-mode} (see below). | |
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807 @cindex file mode specification error | |
12098 | 808 @code{normal-mode} uses @code{condition-case} around the call to the |
6451 | 809 major mode function, so errors are caught and reported as a @samp{File |
810 mode specification error}, followed by the original error message. | |
811 @end deffn | |
812 | |
62345 | 813 @defun set-auto-mode &optional keep-mode-if-same |
6451 | 814 @cindex visited file mode |
815 This function selects the major mode that is appropriate for the | |
62345 | 816 current buffer. It bases its decision (in order of precedence) on |
817 the @w{@samp{-*-}} line, on the @w{@samp{#!}} line (using | |
818 @code{interpreter-mode-alist}), on the text at the beginning of the | |
819 buffer (using @code{magic-mode-alist}), and finally on the visited | |
820 file name (using @code{auto-mode-alist}). @xref{Choosing Modes, , How | |
821 Major Modes are Chosen, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. However, this | |
822 function does not look for the @samp{mode:} local variable near the | |
823 end of a file; the @code{hack-local-variables} function does that. | |
824 If @code{enable-local-variables} is @code{nil}, @code{set-auto-mode} | |
825 does not check the @w{@samp{-*-}} line for a mode tag either. | |
826 | |
827 If @var{keep-mode-if-same} is non-@code{nil}, this function does not | |
828 call the mode command if the buffer is already in the proper major | |
829 mode. For instance, @code{set-visited-file-name} sets this to | |
830 @code{t} to avoid killing buffer local variables that the user may | |
831 have set. | |
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833 | |
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62345 | 839 the (previously) current buffer's major mode as the default major mode |
840 of a new buffer. However, if that major mode symbol has a @code{mode-class} | |
6451 | 841 property with value @code{special}, then it is not used for new buffers; |
842 Fundamental mode is used instead. The modes that have this property are | |
843 those such as Dired and Rmail that are useful only with text that has | |
844 been specially prepared. | |
845 @end defopt | |
846 | |
12067 | 847 @defun set-buffer-major-mode buffer |
848 This function sets the major mode of @var{buffer} to the value of | |
62345 | 849 @code{default-major-mode}; if that variable is @code{nil}, it uses the |
850 current buffer's major mode (if that is suitable). As an exception, | |
851 if @var{buffer}'s name is @samp{*scratch*}, it sets the mode to | |
852 @code{initial-major-mode}. | |
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854 The low-level primitives for creating buffers do not use this function, | |
12098 | 855 but medium-level commands such as @code{switch-to-buffer} and |
856 @code{find-file-noselect} use it whenever they create buffers. | |
12067 | 857 @end defun |
858 | |
62345 | 859 @defopt initial-major-mode |
6451 | 860 @cindex @samp{*scratch*} |
861 The value of this variable determines the major mode of the initial | |
862 @samp{*scratch*} buffer. The value should be a symbol that is a major | |
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865 | |
866 @defvar interpreter-mode-alist | |
867 This variable specifies major modes to use for scripts that specify a | |
868 command interpreter in a @samp{#!} line. Its value is an alist with | |
869 elements of the form @code{(@var{interpreter} . @var{mode})}; for | |
870 example, @code{("perl" . perl-mode)} is one element present by | |
871 default. The element says to use mode @var{mode} if the file | |
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62345 | 873 @end defvar |
874 | |
875 @defvar magic-mode-alist | |
876 This variable's value is an alist with elements of the form | |
877 @code{(@var{regexp} . @var{function})}, where @var{regexp} is a | |
878 regular expression and @var{function} is a function or @code{nil}. | |
879 After visiting a file, @code{set-auto-mode} calls @var{function} if | |
880 the text at the beginning of the buffer matches @var{regexp} and | |
881 @var{function} is non-@code{nil}; if @var{function} is @code{nil}, | |
882 @code{auto-mode-alist} gets to decide the mode. | |
6451 | 883 @end defvar |
884 | |
885 @defvar auto-mode-alist | |
886 This variable contains an association list of file name patterns | |
62345 | 887 (regular expressions) and corresponding major mode commands. Usually, |
888 the file name patterns test for suffixes, such as @samp{.el} and | |
889 @samp{.c}, but this need not be the case. An ordinary element of the | |
890 alist looks like @code{(@var{regexp} . @var{mode-function})}. | |
6451 | 891 |
892 For example, | |
893 | |
894 @smallexample | |
895 @group | |
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905 @end group | |
906 @end smallexample | |
907 | |
908 When you visit a file whose expanded file name (@pxref{File Name | |
62345 | 909 Expansion}), with version numbers and backup suffixes removed using |
910 @code{file-name-sans-versions} (@pxref{File Name Components}), matches | |
911 a @var{regexp}, @code{set-auto-mode} calls the corresponding | |
912 @var{mode-function}. This feature enables Emacs to select the proper | |
913 major mode for most files. | |
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915 If an element of @code{auto-mode-alist} has the form @code{(@var{regexp} | |
916 @var{function} t)}, then after calling @var{function}, Emacs searches | |
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923 Here is an example of how to prepend several pattern pairs to | |
924 @code{auto-mode-alist}. (You might use this sort of expression in your | |
25875 | 925 init file.) |
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927 @smallexample | |
928 @group | |
929 (setq auto-mode-alist | |
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938 @end group | |
939 @end smallexample | |
940 @end defvar | |
941 | |
942 @node Mode Help | |
943 @subsection Getting Help about a Major Mode | |
944 @cindex mode help | |
945 @cindex help for major mode | |
946 @cindex documentation for major mode | |
947 | |
948 The @code{describe-mode} function is used to provide information | |
949 about major modes. It is normally called with @kbd{C-h m}. The | |
950 @code{describe-mode} function uses the value of @code{major-mode}, | |
951 which is why every major mode function needs to set the | |
952 @code{major-mode} variable. | |
953 | |
954 @deffn Command describe-mode | |
955 This function displays the documentation of the current major mode. | |
956 | |
957 The @code{describe-mode} function calls the @code{documentation} | |
958 function using the value of @code{major-mode} as an argument. Thus, it | |
959 displays the documentation string of the major mode function. | |
960 (@xref{Accessing Documentation}.) | |
961 @end deffn | |
962 | |
963 @defvar major-mode | |
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6451 | 969 @end defvar |
970 | |
971 @node Derived Modes | |
972 @subsection Defining Derived Modes | |
61930 | 973 @cindex derived mode |
6451 | 974 |
975 It's often useful to define a new major mode in terms of an existing | |
976 one. An easy way to do this is to use @code{define-derived-mode}. | |
977 | |
62345 | 978 @defmac define-derived-mode variant parent name docstring keyword-args@dots{} body@dots{} |
6451 | 979 This construct defines @var{variant} as a major mode command, using |
62345 | 980 @var{name} as the string form of the mode name. @var{variant} and |
981 @var{parent} should be unquoted symbols. | |
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6451 | 987 @item |
62345 | 988 The new mode has its own sparse keymap, named |
989 @code{@var{variant}-map}. @code{define-derived-mode} | |
990 makes the parent mode's keymap the parent of the new map, unless | |
991 @code{@var{variant}-map} is already set and already has a parent. | |
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993 @item | |
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62345 | 995 @code{@var{variant}-syntax-table}, unless you override this using the |
996 @code{:syntax-table} keyword (see below). @code{define-derived-mode} | |
997 makes the parent mode's syntax-table the parent of | |
998 @code{@var{variant}-syntax-table}, unless the latter is already set | |
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1001 @item | |
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62345 | 1003 @code{@var{variant}-abbrev-table}, unless you override this using the |
1004 @code{:abbrev-table} keyword (see below). | |
6451 | 1005 |
1006 @item | |
62345 | 1007 The new mode has its own mode hook, @code{@var{variant}-hook}. It |
1008 runs this hook, after running the hooks of its ancestor modes, with | |
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6451 | 1010 @end itemize |
1011 | |
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62345 | 1017 You can also specify @code{nil} for @var{parent}. This gives the new |
1018 mode no parent. Then @code{define-derived-mode} behaves as described | |
1019 above, but, of course, omits all actions connected with @var{parent}. | |
1020 | |
1021 The argument @var{docstring} specifies the documentation string for | |
1022 the new mode. @code{define-derived-mode} adds some general | |
1023 information about the mode's hook, followed by the mode's keymap, at | |
1024 the end of this docstring. If you omit @var{docstring}, | |
1025 @code{define-derived-mode} generates a documentation string. | |
1026 | |
1027 The @var{keyword-args} are pairs of keywords and values. The values | |
1028 are evaluated. The following keywords are currently supported: | |
1029 | |
1030 @table @code | |
1031 @item :syntax-table | |
1032 You can use this to explicitly specify a syntax table for the new | |
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62345 | 1035 @var{parent} is @code{nil}. (Note that this does @emph{not} follow |
1036 the convention used for non-keyword arguments that a @code{nil} value | |
1037 is equivalent with not specifying the argument.) | |
1038 | |
1039 @item :abbrev-table | |
1040 You can use this to explicitly specify an abbrev table for the new | |
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62345 | 1052 @end table |
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1054 Here is a hypothetical example: | |
1055 | |
1056 @example | |
1057 (define-derived-mode hypertext-mode | |
1058 text-mode "Hypertext" | |
1059 "Major mode for hypertext. | |
1060 \\@{hypertext-mode-map@}" | |
1061 (setq case-fold-search nil)) | |
1062 | |
1063 (define-key hypertext-mode-map | |
1064 [down-mouse-3] 'do-hyper-link) | |
1065 @end example | |
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1070 | |
61930 | 1071 @node Generic Modes |
1072 @subsection Generic Modes | |
1073 @cindex generic mode | |
1074 | |
1075 @dfn{Generic modes} are simple major modes with basic support for | |
1076 comment syntax and Font Lock mode. They are primarily useful for | |
1077 configuration files. To define a generic mode, use the macro | |
1078 @code{define-generic-mode}. See the file @file{generic-x.el} for some | |
1079 examples of the use of @code{define-generic-mode}. | |
1080 | |
62259 | 1081 @defmac define-generic-mode mode comment-list keyword-list font-lock-list auto-mode-list function-list &optional docstring |
61930 | 1082 This macro creates a new generic mode. The argument @var{mode} (an |
1083 unquoted symbol) is the major mode command. The optional argument | |
1084 @var{docstring} is the documentation for the mode command. If you do | |
1085 not supply it, @code{define-generic-mode} uses a default documentation | |
1086 string instead. | |
1087 | |
1088 @var{comment-list} is a list in which each element is either a | |
1089 character, a string of one or two characters, or a cons cell. A | |
1090 character or a string is set up in the mode's syntax table as a | |
1091 ``comment starter.'' If the entry is a cons cell, the @sc{car} is set | |
1092 up as a ``comment starter'' and the @sc{cdr} as a ``comment ender.'' | |
1093 (Use @code{nil} for the latter if you want comments to end at the end | |
1094 of the line.) Note that the syntax table has limitations about what | |
1095 comment starters and enders are actually possible. @xref{Syntax | |
1096 Tables}. | |
1097 | |
1098 @var{keyword-list} is a list of keywords to highlight with | |
1099 @code{font-lock-keyword-face}. Each keyword should be a string. | |
1100 @var{font-lock-list} is a list of additional expressions to highlight. | |
1101 Each element of this list should have the same form as an element of | |
1102 @code{font-lock-keywords}. @xref{Search-based Fontification}. | |
1103 | |
1104 @var{auto-mode-list} is a list of regular expressions to add to the | |
1105 variable @code{auto-mode-alist}. These regular expressions are added | |
1106 when Emacs runs the macro expansion. | |
1107 | |
1108 @var{function-list} is a list of functions to call to do some | |
1109 additional setup. The mode command calls these functions just before | |
62259 | 1110 it runs the mode hook variable @code{@var{mode}-hook}. |
61930 | 1111 @end defmac |
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1174 @section Minor Modes | |
1175 @cindex minor mode | |
1176 | |
1177 A @dfn{minor mode} provides features that users may enable or disable | |
1178 independently of the choice of major mode. Minor modes can be enabled | |
1179 individually or in combination. Minor modes would be better named | |
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1184 Usually they are general and can apply to many major modes. For |
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1185 example, Auto Fill mode works with any major mode that permits text |
6451 | 1186 insertion. To be general, a minor mode must be effectively independent |
1187 of the things major modes do. | |
1188 | |
1189 A minor mode is often much more difficult to implement than a major | |
1190 mode. One reason is that you should be able to activate and deactivate | |
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1193 minor modes in effect. |
6451 | 1194 |
1195 Often the biggest problem in implementing a minor mode is finding a | |
1196 way to insert the necessary hook into the rest of Emacs. Minor mode | |
12098 | 1197 keymaps make this easier than it used to be. |
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6451 | 1203 @menu |
1204 * Minor Mode Conventions:: Tips for writing a minor mode. | |
1205 * Keymaps and Minor Modes:: How a minor mode can have its own keymap. | |
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1206 * Defining Minor Modes:: A convenient facility for defining minor modes. |
6451 | 1207 @end menu |
1208 | |
1209 @node Minor Mode Conventions | |
1210 @subsection Conventions for Writing Minor Modes | |
1211 @cindex minor mode conventions | |
1212 @cindex conventions for writing minor modes | |
1213 | |
1214 There are conventions for writing minor modes just as there are for | |
1215 major modes. Several of the major mode conventions apply to minor | |
1216 modes as well: those regarding the name of the mode initialization | |
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1220 In addition, there are several conventions that are specific to | |
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1221 minor modes. (The easiest way to follow all the conventions is to use |
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1222 the macro @code{define-minor-mode}; @ref{Defining Minor Modes}.) |
6451 | 1223 |
1224 @itemize @bullet | |
1225 @item | |
1226 @cindex mode variable | |
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1227 Make a variable whose name ends in @samp{-mode} to control the minor |
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1228 mode. We call this the @dfn{mode variable}. The minor mode command |
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1230 enable). |
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1232 If possible, implement the mode so that setting the variable |
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1236 This variable is used in conjunction with the @code{minor-mode-alist} to | |
1237 display the minor mode name in the mode line. It can also enable | |
1238 or disable a minor mode keymap. Individual commands or hooks can also | |
1239 check the variable's value. | |
1240 | |
1241 If you want the minor mode to be enabled separately in each buffer, | |
1242 make the variable buffer-local. | |
1243 | |
1244 @item | |
1245 Define a command whose name is the same as the mode variable. | |
1246 Its job is to enable and disable the mode by setting the variable. | |
1247 | |
1248 The command should accept one optional argument. If the argument is | |
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1251 positive integer, the symbol @code{t}, or a list whose @sc{car} is one |
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1252 of those. It should turn the mode off if the argument is a negative |
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1255 specified. |
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12098 | 1257 Here is an example taken from the definition of @code{transient-mark-mode}. |
1258 It shows the use of @code{transient-mark-mode} as a variable that enables or | |
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1262 @smallexample | |
1263 @group | |
12098 | 1264 (setq transient-mark-mode |
1265 (if (null arg) (not transient-mark-mode) | |
6451 | 1266 (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0))) |
1267 @end group | |
1268 @end smallexample | |
1269 | |
1270 @item | |
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1276 @smallexample | |
1277 (@var{mode-variable} @var{string}) | |
1278 @end smallexample | |
1279 | |
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6451 | 1281 minor mode, and @var{string} is a short string, starting with a space, |
1282 to represent the mode in the mode line. These strings must be short so | |
1283 that there is room for several of them at once. | |
1284 | |
1285 When you add an element to @code{minor-mode-alist}, use @code{assq} to | |
1286 check for an existing element, to avoid duplication. For example: | |
1287 | |
1288 @smallexample | |
1289 @group | |
25875 | 1290 (unless (assq 'leif-mode minor-mode-alist) |
1291 (setq minor-mode-alist | |
1292 (cons '(leif-mode " Leif") minor-mode-alist))) | |
1293 @end group | |
1294 @end smallexample | |
1295 | |
1296 @noindent | |
1297 or like this, using @code{add-to-list} (@pxref{Setting Variables}): | |
1298 | |
1299 @smallexample | |
1300 @group | |
1301 (add-to-list 'minor-mode-alist '(leif-mode " Leif")) | |
6451 | 1302 @end group |
1303 @end smallexample | |
1304 @end itemize | |
1305 | |
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1340 @subsection Keymaps and Minor Modes | |
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1344 alist @code{minor-mode-map-alist}. @xref{Definition of minor-mode-map-alist}. |
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1346 @cindex @code{self-insert-command}, minor modes | |
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1347 One use of minor mode keymaps is to modify the behavior of certain |
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1349 self-insert. In general, this is the only way to do that, since the | |
1350 facilities for customizing @code{self-insert-command} are limited to | |
1351 special cases (designed for abbrevs and Auto Fill mode). (Do not try | |
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1355 The key sequences bound in a minor mode should consist of @kbd{C-c} |
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1356 followed by a punctuation character @emph{other than} @kbd{@{}, |
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1357 @kbd{@}}, @kbd{<}, @kbd{>}, @kbd{:}, and @kbd{;}. (Those few punctuation |
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1366 @defmac define-minor-mode mode doc [init-value [lighter [keymap]]] keyword-args@dots{} body@dots{} |
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1367 @tindex define-minor-mode |
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1368 This macro defines a new minor mode whose name is @var{mode} (a |
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1370 mode, with @var{doc} as its documentation string. It also defines a |
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1372 enabling or disabling the mode. The variable is initialized to |
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1373 @var{init-value}. Except in unusual circumstances (see below), this |
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1374 value must be @code{nil}. |
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1376 The string @var{lighter} says what to display in the mode line |
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1380 The optional argument @var{keymap} specifies the keymap for the minor mode. |
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1381 It can be a variable name, whose value is the keymap, or it can be an alist |
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1384 @example |
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1385 (@var{key-sequence} . @var{definition}) |
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1388 The above three arguments @var{init-value}, @var{lighter}, and |
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1389 @var{keymap} can be (partially) omitted when @var{keyword-args} are |
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1390 used. The @var{keyword-args} consist of keywords followed by |
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1393 @table @code |
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1394 @item :group @var{group} |
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1395 Custom group name to use in all generated @code{defcustom} forms. |
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1397 @strong{Warning:} don't use this default group name unless you have |
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1403 default, minor modes defined with @code{define-minor-mode} are |
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1406 @item :init-value @var{init-value} |
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1407 This is equivalent to specifying @var{init-value} positionally. |
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1410 This is equivalent to specifying @var{lighter} positionally. |
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1413 This is equivalent to specifying @var{keymap} positionally. |
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1414 @end table |
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1417 @code{defcustom} generated for the variable @var{mode}. |
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1421 @var{body} forms, if any. It finishes by running the mode hook |
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1431 initial value must be @code{nil}. |
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1433 @findex easy-mmode-define-minor-mode |
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1447 gobbles all preceding whitespace except the last. |
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1448 See the command \\[hungry-electric-delete]." |
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1449 ;; The initial value. |
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1450 nil |
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1451 ;; The indicator for the mode line. |
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1452 " Hungry" |
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1453 ;; The minor mode bindings. |
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1454 '(("\C-\^?" . hungry-electric-delete)) |
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1455 :group 'hunger) |
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1456 @end smallexample |
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1457 |
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1458 @noindent |
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1459 This defines a minor mode named ``Hungry mode'', a command named |
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1460 @code{hungry-mode} to toggle it, a variable named @code{hungry-mode} |
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1461 which indicates whether the mode is enabled, and a variable named |
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1462 @code{hungry-mode-map} which holds the keymap that is active when the |
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1463 mode is enabled. It initializes the keymap with a key binding for |
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1464 @kbd{C-@key{DEL}}. It puts the variable @code{hungry-mode} into |
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1465 custom group @code{hunger}. There are no @var{body} forms---many |
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1466 minor modes don't need any. |
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1467 |
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1468 Here's an equivalent way to write it: |
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1469 |
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1470 @smallexample |
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1471 (define-minor-mode hungry-mode |
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1472 "Toggle Hungry mode. |
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1473 With no argument, this command toggles the mode. |
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1474 Non-null prefix argument turns on the mode. |
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1475 Null prefix argument turns off the mode. |
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1476 |
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1477 When Hungry mode is enabled, the control delete key |
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1478 gobbles all preceding whitespace except the last. |
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1479 See the command \\[hungry-electric-delete]." |
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1480 ;; The initial value. |
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1481 :init-value nil |
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1482 ;; The indicator for the mode line. |
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1483 :lighter " Hungry" |
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1484 ;; The minor mode bindings. |
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1485 :keymap |
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1486 '(("\C-\^?" . hungry-electric-delete) |
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1487 ("\C-\M-\^?" |
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1488 . (lambda () |
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1489 (interactive) |
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1490 (hungry-electric-delete t)))) |
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1491 :group 'hunger) |
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1492 @end smallexample |
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1493 |
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1494 @defmac define-global-minor-mode global-mode mode turn-on keyword-args@dots{} |
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1495 This defines a global minor mode named @var{global-mode} whose meaning |
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1496 is to enable the buffer-local minor mode @var{mode} in every buffer. |
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1497 To turn on the minor mode in a buffer, it uses the function |
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1498 @var{turn-on}; to turn off the minor mode, it calls @code{mode} with |
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1499 @minus{}1 as argument. |
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1500 |
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1501 Use @code{:group @var{group}} in @var{keyword-args} to specify the |
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1502 custom group for the mode variable of the global minor mode. |
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1503 @end defmac |
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1504 |
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1506 @section Mode-Line Format |
6451 | 1507 @cindex mode line |
1508 | |
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1509 Each Emacs window (aside from minibuffer windows) typically has a mode |
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1510 line at the bottom, which displays status information about the buffer |
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1511 displayed in the window. The mode line contains information about the |
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1512 buffer, such as its name, associated file, depth of recursive editing, |
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1513 and major and minor modes. A window can also have a @dfn{header |
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1514 line}, which is much like the mode line but appears at the top of the |
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1515 window. |
6451 | 1516 |
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1517 This section describes how to control the contents of the mode line |
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1518 and header line. We include it in this chapter because much of the |
6451 | 1519 information displayed in the mode line relates to the enabled major and |
1520 minor modes. | |
1521 | |
62345 | 1522 @menu |
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1523 * Base: Mode Line Basics. Basic ideas of mode line control. |
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1524 * Data: Mode Line Data. The data structure that controls the mode line. |
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1525 * Top: Mode Line Top. The top level variable, mode-line-format. |
62345 | 1526 * Mode Line Variables:: Variables used in that data structure. |
1527 * %-Constructs:: Putting information into a mode line. | |
1528 * Properties in Mode:: Using text properties in the mode line. | |
1529 * Header Lines:: Like a mode line, but at the top. | |
1530 * Emulating Mode Line:: Formatting text as the mode line would. | |
1531 @end menu | |
1532 | |
1533 @node Mode Line Basics | |
1534 @subsection Mode Line Basics | |
1535 | |
6451 | 1536 @code{mode-line-format} is a buffer-local variable that holds a |
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1537 @dfn{mode line construct}, a kind of template, which controls the |
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1538 display the mode line of the current buffer. All windows for the same |
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1539 buffer use the same @code{mode-line-format}, so their mode lines |
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1540 appear the same---except for scrolling percentages, and line and |
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1541 column numbers, since those depend on point and on how the window is |
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1542 scrolled. The value of @code{header-line-format} specifies the |
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1543 buffer's header line in the same way, with a mode line construct. |
6451 | 1544 |
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1545 For efficiency, Emacs does not recompute the mode line and header |
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1546 line of a window in every redisplay. It does so when circumstances |
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1547 appear to call for it---for instance, if you change the window |
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1548 configuration, switch buffers, narrow or widen the buffer, scroll, or |
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1549 change the buffer's modification status. If you modify any of the |
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1550 variables referenced by @code{mode-line-format} (@pxref{Mode Line |
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1551 Variables}), or any other variables and data structures that affect |
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1552 how text is displayed (@pxref{Display}), you may want to force an |
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1553 update of the mode line so as to display the new information or |
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1554 display it in the new way. |
6451 | 1555 |
1556 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
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1557 @defun force-mode-line-update &optional all |
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1558 Force redisplay of the current buffer's mode line and header line. |
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1559 The next redisplay will update the mode line and header line based on |
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1560 the latest values of all relevant variables. With optional |
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1561 non-@code{nil} @var{all}, force redisplay of all mode lines and header |
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1562 lines. |
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1563 |
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1564 This function also forces recomputation of the menu bar menus |
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1565 and the frame title. |
6451 | 1566 @end defun |
1567 | |
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1568 The selected window's mode line is usually displayed in a different |
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1569 color using the face @code{mode-line}. Other windows' mode lines |
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1570 appear in the face @code{mode-line-inactive} instead. @xref{Faces}. |
6451 | 1571 |
1572 @node Mode Line Data | |
1573 @subsection The Data Structure of the Mode Line | |
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1574 @cindex mode-line construct |
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1575 |
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1576 The mode-line contents are controlled by a data structure called a |
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1577 @dfn{mode-line construct}, made up of lists, strings, symbols, and |
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1578 numbers kept in buffer-local variables. Each data type has a specific |
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1579 meaning for the mode-line appearance, as described below. The same |
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1580 data structure is used for constructing frame titles (@pxref{Frame |
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1581 Titles}) and header lines (@pxref{Header Lines}). |
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1582 |
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1583 A mode-line construct may be as simple as a fixed string of text, |
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1584 but it usually specifies how to combine fixed strings with variables' |
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1585 values to construct the text. Many of these variables are themselves |
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1586 defined to have mode-line constructs as their values. |
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1587 |
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1588 Here are the meanings of various data types as mode-line constructs: |
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1589 |
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1591 @cindex percent symbol in mode line | |
1592 @item @var{string} | |
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1593 A string as a mode-line construct appears verbatim in the mode line |
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1594 except for @dfn{@code{%}-constructs} in it. These stand for |
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1595 substitution of other data; see @ref{%-Constructs}. |
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1596 |
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1597 If the string has @code{face} properties, they are copied into the |
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1598 mode line contents too (@pxref{Properties in Mode}). Any characters |
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1599 in the mode line which have no @code{face} properties are displayed, |
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1600 by default, in the face @code{mode-line} or @code{mode-line-inactive} |
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1601 (@pxref{Standard Faces,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). |
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1603 @item @var{symbol} | |
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1604 A symbol as a mode-line construct stands for its value. The value of |
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1605 @var{symbol} is used as a mode-line construct, in place of @var{symbol}. |
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1606 However, the symbols @code{t} and @code{nil} are ignored, as is any |
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1607 symbol whose value is void. |
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1609 There is one exception: if the value of @var{symbol} is a string, it is | |
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1610 displayed verbatim: the @code{%}-constructs are not recognized. |
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1612 Unless @var{symbol} is marked as ``risky'' (i.e., it has a |
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1613 non-@code{nil} @code{risky-local-variable} property), all text |
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1614 properties specified in @var{symbol}'s value are ignored. This |
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1615 includes the text properties of strings in @var{symbol}'s value, as |
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1616 well as all @code{:eval} and @code{:propertize} forms in it. |
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1617 |
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1618 @item (@var{string} @var{rest}@dots{}) |
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1619 @itemx (@var{list} @var{rest}@dots{}) |
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1620 A list whose first element is a string or list means to process all the |
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1621 elements recursively and concatenate the results. This is the most |
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1622 common form of mode-line construct. |
6451 | 1623 |
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1624 @item (:eval @var{form}) |
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1625 A list whose first element is the symbol @code{:eval} says to evaluate |
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1626 @var{form}, and use the result as a string to display. Make sure this |
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1627 evaluation cannot load any files, as doing so could cause infinite |
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1628 recursion. |
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1629 |
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1630 @item (:propertize @var{elt} @var{props}@dots{}) |
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1631 A list whose first element is the symbol @code{:propertize} says to |
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1632 process the mode-line construct @var{elt} recursively, then add the text |
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1633 properties specified by @var{props} to the result. The argument |
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1634 @var{props} should consist of zero or more pairs @var{text-property} |
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1635 @var{value}. (This feature is new as of Emacs 22.1.) |
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1636 |
6451 | 1637 @item (@var{symbol} @var{then} @var{else}) |
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1638 A list whose first element is a symbol that is not a keyword specifies |
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1639 a conditional. Its meaning depends on the value of @var{symbol}. If |
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1640 @var{symbol} has a non-@code{nil} value, the second element, |
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1641 @var{then}, is processed recursively as a mode-line element. |
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1642 Otherwise, the third element, @var{else}, is processed recursively. |
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1643 You may omit @var{else}; then the mode-line element displays nothing |
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1644 if the value of @var{symbol} is @code{nil} or void. |
6451 | 1645 |
1646 @item (@var{width} @var{rest}@dots{}) | |
1647 A list whose first element is an integer specifies truncation or | |
1648 padding of the results of @var{rest}. The remaining elements | |
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1649 @var{rest} are processed recursively as mode-line constructs and |
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1650 concatenated together. When @var{width} is positive, the result is |
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1651 space filled on the right if its width is less than @var{width}. When |
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1652 @var{width} is negative, the result is truncated on the right to |
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1653 @minus{}@var{width} columns if its width exceeds @minus{}@var{width}. |
6451 | 1654 |
1655 For example, the usual way to show what percentage of a buffer is above | |
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1656 the top of the window is to use a list like this: @code{(-3 "%p")}. |
6451 | 1657 @end table |
1658 | |
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1659 @node Mode Line Top |
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1660 @subsection The Top Level of Mode Line Control |
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1661 |
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1662 The variable in overall control of the mode line is |
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1663 @code{mode-line-format}. |
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1664 |
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1665 @defvar mode-line-format |
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1666 The value of this variable is a mode-line construct that controls the |
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1667 contents of the mode-line. It is always buffer-local in all buffers. |
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1668 |
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1669 If you set this variable to @code{nil} in a buffer, that buffer does |
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1670 not have a mode line. (A window that is just one line tall never |
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1671 displays a mode line.) |
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1672 @end defvar |
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1673 |
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1674 The default value of @code{mode-line-format} is designed to use the |
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1675 values of other variables such as @code{mode-line-position} and |
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1676 @code{mode-line-modes} (which in turn incorporates the values of the |
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1677 variables @code{mode-name} and @code{minor-mode-alist}). Very few |
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1678 modes need to alter @code{mode-line-format} itself. For most |
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1679 purposes, it is sufficient to alter some of the variables that |
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1680 @code{mode-line-format} either directly or indirectly refers to. |
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1681 |
6451 | 1682 If you do alter @code{mode-line-format} itself, the new value should |
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1683 use the same variables that appear in the default value (@pxref{Mode |
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1684 Line Variables}), rather than duplicating their contents or displaying |
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1685 the information in another fashion. This way, customizations made by |
12098 | 1686 the user or by Lisp programs (such as @code{display-time} and major |
1687 modes) via changes to those variables remain effective. | |
6451 | 1688 |
1689 @cindex Shell mode @code{mode-line-format} | |
1690 Here is an example of a @code{mode-line-format} that might be | |
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1691 useful for @code{shell-mode}, since it contains the host name and default |
6451 | 1692 directory. |
1693 | |
1694 @example | |
1695 @group | |
1696 (setq mode-line-format | |
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1697 (list "-" |
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1698 'mode-line-mule-info |
6451 | 1699 'mode-line-modified |
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1700 'mode-line-frame-identification |
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1701 "%b--" |
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1703 @group |
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1704 ;; @r{Note that this is evaluated while making the list.} |
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1705 ;; @r{It makes a mode-line construct which is just a string.} |
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1706 (getenv "HOST") |
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1707 @end group |
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1708 ":" |
6451 | 1709 'default-directory |
1710 " " | |
1711 'global-mode-string | |
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1712 " %[(" |
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1713 '(:eval (mode-line-mode-name)) |
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1714 'mode-line-process |
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1716 "%n" |
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1717 ")%]--" |
6451 | 1718 @group |
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1719 '(which-func-mode ("" which-func-format "--")) |
12098 | 1720 '(line-number-mode "L%l--") |
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1721 '(column-number-mode "C%c--") |
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1724 @end group | |
1725 @end example | |
1726 | |
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1729 and @code{which-func-mode} enable particular minor modes; as usual, |
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1730 these variable names are also the minor mode command names.) |
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1733 @subsection Variables Used in the Mode Line | |
1734 | |
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1735 This section describes variables incorporated by the standard value |
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1736 of @code{mode-line-format} into the text of the mode line. There is |
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1737 nothing inherently special about these variables; any other variables |
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1739 @code{mode-line-format}'s value were changed to use them. However, |
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1740 various parts of Emacs set these variables on the understanding that |
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1741 they will control parts of the mode line; therefore, practically |
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1742 speaking, it is essential for the mode line to use them. |
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1744 @defvar mode-line-mule-info |
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1745 This variable holds the value of the mode-line construct that displays |
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1746 information about the language environment, buffer coding system, and |
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1747 current input method. @xref{Non-ASCII Characters}. |
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1748 @end defvar |
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1751 This variable holds the value of the mode-line construct that displays |
6451 | 1752 whether the current buffer is modified. |
1753 | |
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1754 The default value of @code{mode-line-modified} is @code{("%1*%1+")}. |
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1755 This means that the mode line displays @samp{**} if the buffer is |
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1756 modified, @samp{--} if the buffer is not modified, @samp{%%} if the |
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1757 buffer is read only, and @samp{%*} if the buffer is read only and |
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1758 modified. |
6451 | 1759 |
1760 Changing this variable does not force an update of the mode line. | |
1761 @end defvar | |
1762 | |
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1763 @defvar mode-line-frame-identification |
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1764 This variable identifies the current frame. The default value is |
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1765 @code{" "} if you are using a window system which can show multiple |
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1766 frames, or @code{"-%F "} on an ordinary terminal which shows only one |
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1767 frame at a time. |
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1768 @end defvar |
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1771 This variable identifies the buffer being displayed in the window. Its |
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1772 default value is @code{("%12b")}, which displays the buffer name, padded |
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1773 with spaces to at least 12 columns. |
6451 | 1774 @end defvar |
1775 | |
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1776 @defvar mode-line-position |
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1777 This variable indicates the position in the buffer. Here is a |
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1778 simplified version of its default value. The actual default value |
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1779 also specifies addition of the @code{help-echo} text property. |
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1780 |
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1781 @example |
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1782 @group |
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1783 ((-3 "%p") |
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1784 (size-indication-mode (8 " of %I")) |
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1785 @end group |
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1786 @group |
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1787 (line-number-mode |
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1788 ((column-number-mode |
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1789 (10 " (%l,%c)") |
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1790 (6 " L%l"))) |
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1791 ((column-number-mode |
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1792 (5 " C%c"))))) |
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1793 @end group |
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1794 @end example |
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1796 This means that @code{mode-line-position} displays at least the buffer |
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1797 percentage and possibly the buffer size, the line number and the column |
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1798 number. |
6451 | 1799 @end defvar |
1800 | |
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1801 @defvar vc-mode |
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1802 The variable @code{vc-mode}, buffer-local in each buffer, records |
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1804 and, if so, which kind. Its value is a string that appears in the mode |
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1805 line, or @code{nil} for no version control. |
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1806 @end defvar |
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1808 @defvar mode-line-modes |
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1809 This variable displays the buffer's major and minor modes. Here is a |
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1810 simplified version of its default value. The real default value also |
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1811 specifies addition of text properties. |
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1817 "%n" ")%]--") |
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1822 level, information on the process status and whether narrowing is in |
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1826 The following three variables are used in @code{mode-line-modes}: |
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6451 | 1830 buffer's major mode. Each major mode should set this variable so that the |
1831 mode name will appear in the mode line. | |
1832 @end defvar | |
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1835 This buffer-local variable contains the mode-line information on process |
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1836 status in modes used for communicating with subprocesses. It is |
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6451 | 1847 mode line should indicate that a minor mode is active. Each element of |
1848 the @code{minor-mode-alist} should be a two-element list: | |
1849 | |
1850 @example | |
1851 (@var{minor-mode-variable} @var{mode-line-string}) | |
1852 @end example | |
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1878 | |
1879 The variable @code{default-mode-line-format} is where | |
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1891 @example | |
1892 @group | |
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1908 @end group | |
1909 @end example | |
1910 @end defvar | |
1911 | |
1912 @node %-Constructs | |
1913 @subsection @code{%}-Constructs in the Mode Line | |
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1922 @table @code | |
1923 @item %b | |
1924 The current buffer name, obtained with the @code{buffer-name} function. | |
1925 @xref{Buffer Names}. | |
1926 | |
25875 | 1927 @item %c |
1928 The current column number of point. | |
1929 | |
6451 | 1930 @item %f |
1931 The visited file name, obtained with the @code{buffer-file-name} | |
1932 function. @xref{Buffer File Name}. | |
1933 | |
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1936 @xref{Basic Parameters}. |
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1939 The size of the accessible part of the current buffer; basically |
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1940 @code{(- (point-max) (point-min))}. |
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1944 @samp{k} for 10^3, @samp{M} for 10^6, @samp{G} for 10^9, etc., to |
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25875 | 1951 @item %n |
1952 @samp{Narrow} when narrowing is in effect; nothing otherwise (see | |
1953 @code{narrow-to-region} in @ref{Narrowing}). | |
1954 | |
1955 @item %p | |
1956 The percentage of the buffer text above the @strong{top} of window, or | |
1957 @samp{Top}, @samp{Bottom} or @samp{All}. Note that the default | |
1958 mode-line specification truncates this to three characters. | |
1959 | |
1960 @item %P | |
1961 The percentage of the buffer text that is above the @strong{bottom} of | |
1962 the window (which includes the text visible in the window, as well as | |
1963 the text above the top), plus @samp{Top} if the top of the buffer is | |
1964 visible on screen; or @samp{Bottom} or @samp{All}. | |
1965 | |
1966 @item %s | |
1967 The status of the subprocess belonging to the current buffer, obtained with | |
1968 @code{process-status}. @xref{Process Information}. | |
1969 | |
1970 @item %t | |
1971 Whether the visited file is a text file or a binary file. This is a | |
1972 meaningful distinction only on certain operating systems (@pxref{MS-DOS | |
1973 File Types}). | |
1974 | |
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1976 @samp{%} if the buffer is read only (see @code{buffer-read-only}); @* | |
1977 @samp{*} if the buffer is modified (see @code{buffer-modified-p}); @* | |
1978 @samp{-} otherwise. @xref{Buffer Modification}. | |
1979 | |
1980 @item %+ | |
12067 | 1981 @samp{*} if the buffer is modified (see @code{buffer-modified-p}); @* |
1982 @samp{%} if the buffer is read only (see @code{buffer-read-only}); @* | |
1983 @samp{-} otherwise. This differs from @samp{%*} only for a modified | |
1984 read-only buffer. @xref{Buffer Modification}. | |
1985 | |
1986 @item %& | |
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6451 | 1988 |
1989 @item %[ | |
1990 An indication of the depth of recursive editing levels (not counting | |
1991 minibuffer levels): one @samp{[} for each editing level. | |
1992 @xref{Recursive Editing}. | |
1993 | |
1994 @item %] | |
1995 One @samp{]} for each recursive editing level (not counting minibuffer | |
1996 levels). | |
1997 | |
25875 | 1998 @item %- |
1999 Dashes sufficient to fill the remainder of the mode line. | |
2000 | |
6451 | 2001 @item %% |
2002 The character @samp{%}---this is how to include a literal @samp{%} in a | |
2003 string in which @code{%}-constructs are allowed. | |
2004 @end table | |
2005 | |
2006 The following two @code{%}-constructs are still supported, but they are | |
2007 obsolete, since you can get the same results with the variables | |
2008 @code{mode-name} and @code{global-mode-string}. | |
2009 | |
2010 @table @code | |
2011 @item %m | |
2012 The value of @code{mode-name}. | |
2013 | |
2014 @item %M | |
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2015 The value of @code{global-mode-string}. |
6451 | 2016 @end table |
2017 | |
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2019 @subsection Properties in the Mode Line |
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2020 @cindex text properties in the mode line |
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2022 Certain text properties are meaningful in the |
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2023 mode line. The @code{face} property affects the appearance of text; the |
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2024 @code{help-echo} property associates help strings with the text, and |
29102 | 2025 @code{local-map} can make the text mouse-sensitive. |
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2027 There are four ways to specify text properties for text in the mode |
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2032 Put a string with a text property directly into the mode-line data |
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2033 structure. |
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2036 Put a text property on a mode-line %-construct such as @samp{%12b}; then |
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2037 the expansion of the %-construct will have that same text property. |
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2039 @item |
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2040 Use a @code{(:propertize @var{elt} @var{props}@dots{})} construct to |
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2041 give @var{elt} a text property specified by @var{props}. |
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2045 structure, and make @var{form} evaluate to a string that has a text |
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2076 @end defvar |
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2077 |
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2078 @tindex default-header-line-format |
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2079 @defvar default-header-line-format |
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2080 This variable holds the default @code{header-line-format} for buffers |
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2081 that do not override it. This is the same as @code{(default-value |
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2082 'header-line-format)}. |
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2083 |
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2084 It is normally @code{nil}, so that ordinary buffers have no header line. |
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2085 @end defvar |
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2087 A window that is just one line tall never displays a header line. A |
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2088 window that is two lines tall cannot display both a mode line and a |
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2089 header line at once; if it has a mode line, then it does not display a |
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2090 header line. |
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2092 @node Emulating Mode Line |
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2093 @subsection Emulating Mode-Line Formatting |
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2095 You can use the function @code{format-mode-line} to compute |
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2096 the text that would appear in a mode line or header line |
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2097 based on a certain mode-line specification. |
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2099 @defun format-mode-line format &optional face window buffer |
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2100 This function formats a line of text according to @var{format} as if |
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2101 it were generating the mode line for @var{window}, but instead of |
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2102 displaying the text in the mode line or the header line, it returns |
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2103 the text as a string. The argument @var{window} defaults to the |
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2104 selected window. If @var{buffer} is non-@code{nil}, all the |
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2105 information used is taken from @var{buffer}; by default, it comes from |
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2106 @var{window}'s buffer. |
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2107 |
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2108 The value string normally has text properties that correspond to the |
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2109 faces, keymaps, etc., that the mode line would have. And any character |
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2110 for which no @code{face} property is specified gets a default |
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2111 value which is usually @var{face}. (If @var{face} is @code{t}, |
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2112 that stands for either @code{mode-line} if @var{window} is selected, |
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2113 otherwise @code{mode-line-inactive}. If @var{face} is @code{nil} or |
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2114 omitted, that stands for no face property.) |
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2115 |
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2116 However, if @var{face} is an integer, the value has no text properties. |
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2117 |
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2118 For example, @code{(format-mode-line header-line-format)} returns the |
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2119 text that would appear in the selected window's header line (@code{""} |
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2120 if it has no header line). @code{(format-mode-line header-line-format |
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2121 'header-line)} returns the same text, with each character |
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2122 carrying the face that it will have in the header line itself. |
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2123 @end defun |
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2125 @node Imenu |
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2126 @section Imenu |
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2127 |
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2128 @cindex Imenu |
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2129 @dfn{Imenu} is a feature that lets users select a definition or |
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2130 section in the buffer, from a menu which lists all of them, to go |
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2131 directly to that location in the buffer. Imenu works by constructing |
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2132 a buffer index which lists the names and buffer positions of the |
25875 | 2133 definitions, or other named portions of the buffer; then the user can |
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2134 choose one of them and move point to it. Major modes can add a menu |
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2135 bar item to use Imenu using @code{imenu-add-to-menubar}. |
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2136 |
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2137 @defun imenu-add-to-menubar name |
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2138 This function defines a local menu bar item named @var{name} |
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2139 to run Imenu. |
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2140 @end defun |
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2141 |
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2142 The user-level commands for using Imenu are described in the Emacs |
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2143 Manual (@pxref{Imenu,, Imenu, emacs, the Emacs Manual}). This section |
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2144 explains how to customize Imenu's method of finding definitions or |
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2145 buffer portions for a particular major mode. |
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2146 |
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2147 The usual and simplest way is to set the variable |
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2148 @code{imenu-generic-expression}: |
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2149 |
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2150 @defvar imenu-generic-expression |
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2151 This variable, if non-@code{nil}, is a list that specifies regular |
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2152 expressions for finding definitions for Imenu. Simple elements of |
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2153 @code{imenu-generic-expression} look like this: |
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2154 |
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2155 @example |
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2156 (@var{menu-title} @var{regexp} @var{index}) |
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2157 @end example |
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2158 |
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2159 Here, if @var{menu-title} is non-@code{nil}, it says that the matches |
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2160 for this element should go in a submenu of the buffer index; |
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2161 @var{menu-title} itself specifies the name for the submenu. If |
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2162 @var{menu-title} is @code{nil}, the matches for this element go directly |
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2163 in the top level of the buffer index. |
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2165 The second item in the list, @var{regexp}, is a regular expression |
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2166 (@pxref{Regular Expressions}); anything in the buffer that it matches |
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2168 The third item, @var{index}, is a non-negative integer that indicates |
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2169 which subexpression in @var{regexp} matches the definition's name. |
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2170 |
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2171 An element can also look like this: |
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2173 @example |
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2174 (@var{menu-title} @var{regexp} @var{index} @var{function} @var{arguments}@dots{}) |
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2175 @end example |
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2176 |
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2177 Like in the previous case, each match for this element creates an |
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2178 index item. However, if this index item is selected by the user, it |
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2179 calls @var{function} with arguments consisting of the item name, the |
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2180 buffer position, and @var{arguments}. |
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2181 |
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2182 For Emacs Lisp mode, @code{imenu-generic-expression} could look like |
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2183 this: |
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2185 @c should probably use imenu-syntax-alist and \\sw rather than [-A-Za-z0-9+] |
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2186 @example |
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2187 @group |
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2188 ((nil "^\\s-*(def\\(un\\|subst\\|macro\\|advice\\)\ |
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2190 @end group |
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2191 @group |
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2192 ("*Vars*" "^\\s-*(def\\(var\\|const\\)\ |
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2193 \\s-+\\([-A-Za-z0-9+]+\\)" 2) |
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2194 @end group |
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2195 @group |
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2196 ("*Types*" |
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2197 "^\\s-*\ |
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2198 (def\\(type\\|struct\\|class\\|ine-condition\\)\ |
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2200 @end group |
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2201 @end example |
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2204 @end defvar |
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2207 This variable controls whether matching against the regular |
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2208 expressions in the value of @code{imenu-generic-expression} is |
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2209 case-sensitive: @code{t}, the default, means matching should ignore |
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2210 case. |
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2212 Setting this variable makes it buffer-local in the current buffer. |
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2213 @end defvar |
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2215 @defvar imenu-syntax-alist |
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2216 This variable is an alist of syntax table modifiers to use while |
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2217 processing @code{imenu-generic-expression}, to override the syntax table |
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2218 of the current buffer. Each element should have this form: |
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2220 @example |
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2221 (@var{characters} . @var{syntax-description}) |
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2222 @end example |
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2223 |
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2224 The @sc{car}, @var{characters}, can be either a character or a string. |
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2225 The element says to give that character or characters the syntax |
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2226 specified by @var{syntax-description}, which is passed to |
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2227 @code{modify-syntax-entry} (@pxref{Syntax Table Functions}). |
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2228 |
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2229 This feature is typically used to give word syntax to characters which |
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2230 normally have symbol syntax, and thus to simplify |
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2231 @code{imenu-generic-expression} and speed up matching. |
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2232 For example, Fortran mode uses it this way: |
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2233 |
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2234 @example |
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2235 (setq imenu-syntax-alist '(("_$" . "w"))) |
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2236 @end example |
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2237 |
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2238 The @code{imenu-generic-expression} regular expressions can then use |
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2239 @samp{\\sw+} instead of @samp{\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+}. Note that this |
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2240 technique may be inconvenient when the mode needs to limit the initial |
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2241 character of a name to a smaller set of characters than are allowed in |
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2242 the rest of a name. |
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2243 |
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2244 Setting this variable makes it buffer-local in the current buffer. |
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2245 @end defvar |
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2247 Another way to customize Imenu for a major mode is to set the |
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2248 variables @code{imenu-prev-index-position-function} and |
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2249 @code{imenu-extract-index-name-function}: |
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2251 @defvar imenu-prev-index-position-function |
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2252 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, its value should be a function that |
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2254 backward in the buffer from point. It should return @code{nil} if it | |
48700 | 2255 doesn't find another ``definition'' before point. Otherwise it should |
68084 | 2256 leave point at the place it finds a ``definition'' and return any |
25875 | 2257 non-@code{nil} value. |
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2258 |
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2259 Setting this variable makes it buffer-local in the current buffer. |
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2260 @end defvar |
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2262 @defvar imenu-extract-index-name-function |
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2263 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, its value should be a function to |
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2264 return the name for a definition, assuming point is in that definition |
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2265 as the @code{imenu-prev-index-position-function} function would leave |
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2266 it. |
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2267 |
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2268 Setting this variable makes it buffer-local in the current buffer. |
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2269 @end defvar |
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2274 @defvar imenu-create-index-function |
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2275 This variable specifies the function to use for creating a buffer |
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2276 index. The function should take no arguments, and return an index |
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2277 alist for the current buffer. It is called within |
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2278 @code{save-excursion}, so where it leaves point makes no difference. |
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2280 The index alist can have three types of elements. Simple elements |
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2281 look like this: |
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2283 @example |
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2284 (@var{index-name} . @var{index-position}) |
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2285 @end example |
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2287 Selecting a simple element has the effect of moving to position |
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2288 @var{index-position} in the buffer. Special elements look like this: |
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2290 @example |
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2292 @end example |
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2294 Selecting a special element performs: |
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2299 @end example |
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2304 (@var{menu-title} @var{sub-alist}) |
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2320 @section Font Lock Mode |
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2331 syntactic parsing based on the syntax table, and through searching |
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2334 Search-based fontification happens second. |
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2336 @menu |
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2337 * Font Lock Basics:: Overview of customizing Font Lock. |
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2342 * Other Font Lock Variables:: Additional customization facilities. |
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2343 * Levels of Font Lock:: Each mode can define alternative levels |
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2344 so that the user can select more or less. |
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2345 * Precalculated Fontification:: How Lisp programs that produce the buffer |
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2346 contents can also specify how to fontify it. |
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2347 * Faces for Font Lock:: Special faces specifically for Font Lock. |
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2348 * Syntactic Font Lock:: Fontification based on syntax tables. |
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2349 * Setting Syntax Properties:: Defining character syntax based on context |
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2350 using the Font Lock mechanism. |
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2351 @end menu |
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2353 @node Font Lock Basics |
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2354 @subsection Font Lock Basics |
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2356 There are several variables that control how Font Lock mode highlights |
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2359 variable. The value assigned to this variable is used, if and when Font |
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2360 Lock mode is enabled, to set all the other variables. |
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2362 @defvar font-lock-defaults |
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2363 This variable is set by major modes, as a buffer-local variable, to |
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2364 specify how to fontify text in that mode. It automatically becomes |
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2365 buffer-local when you set it. The value should look like this: |
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2367 @example |
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2368 (@var{keywords} [@var{keywords-only} [@var{case-fold} |
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2369 [@var{syntax-alist} [@var{syntax-begin} @var{other-vars}@dots{}]]]]) |
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2370 @end example |
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2372 The first element, @var{keywords}, indirectly specifies the value of |
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2373 @code{font-lock-keywords} which directs search-based fontification. |
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2374 It can be a symbol, a variable or a function whose value is the list |
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2375 to use for @code{font-lock-keywords}. It can also be a list of |
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2376 several such symbols, one for each possible level of fontification. |
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2377 The first symbol specifies how to do level 1 fontification, the second |
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2378 symbol how to do level 2, and so on. @xref{Levels of Font Lock}. |
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2380 The second element, @var{keywords-only}, specifies the value of the |
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2381 variable @code{font-lock-keywords-only}. If this is non-@code{nil}, |
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2382 syntactic fontification (of strings and comments) is not performed. |
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2383 @xref{Syntactic Font Lock}. |
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2385 The third element, @var{case-fold}, specifies the value of |
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2386 @code{font-lock-keywords-case-fold-search}. If it is non-@code{nil}, |
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2387 Font Lock mode ignores case when searching as directed by |
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2388 @code{font-lock-keywords}. |
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2390 If the fourth element, @var{syntax-alist}, is non-@code{nil}, it |
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2391 should be a list of cons cells of the form @code{(@var{char-or-string} |
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2392 . @var{string})}. These are used to set up a syntax table for |
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2393 syntactic fontification (@pxref{Syntax Table Functions}). The |
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2394 resulting syntax table is stored in @code{font-lock-syntax-table}. |
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2396 The fifth element, @var{syntax-begin}, specifies the value of |
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2397 @code{font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function}. We recommend setting |
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2398 this variable to @code{nil} and using @code{syntax-begin-function} |
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2403 @code{(@var{variable} . @var{value})}---which means, make |
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2404 @var{variable} buffer-local and then set it to @var{value}. You can |
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2405 use these @var{other-vars} to set other variables that affect |
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2406 fontification, aside from those you can control with the first five |
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2407 elements. @xref{Other Font Lock Variables}. |
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2408 @end defvar |
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2410 @node Search-based Fontification |
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2413 The most important variable for customizing Font Lock mode is |
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2414 @code{font-lock-keywords}. It specifies the search criteria for |
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2415 search-based fontification. You should specify the value of this |
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2416 variable with @var{keywords} in @code{font-lock-defaults}. |
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2418 @defvar font-lock-keywords |
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2419 This variable's value is a list of the keywords to highlight. Be |
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2424 Each element of @code{font-lock-keywords} specifies how to find |
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2425 certain cases of text, and how to highlight those cases. Font Lock mode |
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2426 processes the elements of @code{font-lock-keywords} one by one, and for |
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2427 each element, it finds and handles all matches. Ordinarily, once |
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2432 Each element of @code{font-lock-keywords} should have one of these |
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2433 forms: |
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2435 @table @code |
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2436 @item @var{regexp} |
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2437 Highlight all matches for @var{regexp} using |
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2438 @code{font-lock-keyword-face}. For example, |
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2440 @example |
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2441 ;; @r{Highlight occurrences of the word @samp{foo}} |
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2442 ;; @r{using @code{font-lock-keyword-face}.} |
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2443 "\\<foo\\>" |
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2444 @end example |
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2446 The function @code{regexp-opt} (@pxref{Regexp Functions}) is useful |
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2447 for calculating optimal regular expressions to match a number of |
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2448 different keywords. |
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2449 |
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2450 @item @var{function} |
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2451 Find text by calling @var{function}, and highlight the matches |
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2452 it finds using @code{font-lock-keyword-face}. |
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2454 When @var{function} is called, it receives one argument, the limit of |
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2455 the search; it should begin searching at point, and not search beyond the |
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2456 limit. It should return non-@code{nil} if it succeeds, and set the |
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2457 match data to describe the match that was found. Returning @code{nil} |
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2458 indicates failure of the search. |
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2460 Fontification will call @var{function} repeatedly with the same limit, |
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2461 and with point where the previous invocation left it, until |
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2462 @var{function} fails. On failure, @var{function} need not reset point |
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2463 in any particular way. |
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2465 @item (@var{matcher} . @var{subexp}) |
24934 | 2466 In this kind of element, @var{matcher} is either a regular |
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2467 expression or a function, as described above. The @sc{cdr}, |
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2468 @var{subexp}, specifies which subexpression of @var{matcher} should be |
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2469 highlighted (instead of the entire text that @var{matcher} matched). |
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2471 @example |
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2472 ;; @r{Highlight the @samp{bar} in each occurrence of @samp{fubar},} |
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2473 ;; @r{using @code{font-lock-keyword-face}.} |
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2474 ("fu\\(bar\\)" . 1) |
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2475 @end example |
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2477 If you use @code{regexp-opt} to produce the regular expression |
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2478 @var{matcher}, you can use @code{regexp-opt-depth} (@pxref{Regexp |
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2479 Functions}) to calculate the value for @var{subexp}. |
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2481 @item (@var{matcher} . @var{facespec}) |
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2482 In this kind of element, @var{facespec} is an expression whose value |
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2483 specifies the face to use for highlighting. In the simplest case, |
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2484 @var{facespec} is a Lisp variable (a symbol) whose value is a face |
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2485 name. |
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2487 @example |
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2488 ;; @r{Highlight occurrences of @samp{fubar},} |
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2489 ;; @r{using the face which is the value of @code{fubar-face}.} |
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2490 ("fubar" . fubar-face) |
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2491 @end example |
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2492 |
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2493 However, @var{facespec} can also evaluate to a list of this form: |
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2495 @example |
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2496 (face @var{face} @var{prop1} @var{val1} @var{prop2} @var{val2}@dots{}) |
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2497 @end example |
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2499 @noindent |
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2500 to specify the face @var{face} and various additional text properties |
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2501 to put on the text that matches. If you do this, be sure to add the |
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2502 other text property names that you set in this way to the value of |
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2503 @code{font-lock-extra-managed-props} so that the properties will also |
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2504 be cleared out when they are no longer appropriate. Alternatively, |
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2505 you can set the variable @code{font-lock-unfontify-region-function} to |
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2506 a function that clears these properties. @xref{Other Font Lock |
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2507 Variables}. |
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2509 @item (@var{matcher} . @var{subexp-highlighter}) |
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2510 In this kind of element, @var{subexp-highlighter} is a list |
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2511 which specifies how to highlight matches found by @var{matcher}. |
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2512 It has the form: |
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2514 @example |
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2515 (@var{subexp} @var{facespec} [[@var{override} [@var{laxmatch}]]) |
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2516 @end example |
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2518 The @sc{car}, @var{subexp}, is an integer specifying which subexpression |
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2519 of the match to fontify (0 means the entire matching text). The second |
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2520 subelement, @var{facespec}, is an expression whose value specifies the |
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2521 face, as described above. |
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2523 The last two values in @var{subexp-highlighter}, @var{override} and |
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2524 @var{laxmatch}, are optional flags. If @var{override} is @code{t}, |
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2525 this element can override existing fontification made by previous |
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2526 elements of @code{font-lock-keywords}. If it is @code{keep}, then |
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2527 each character is fontified if it has not been fontified already by |
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2528 some other element. If it is @code{prepend}, the face specified by |
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2529 @var{facespec} is added to the beginning of the @code{font-lock-face} |
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2530 property. If it is @code{append}, the face is added to the end of the |
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2531 @code{font-lock-face} property. |
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2533 If @var{laxmatch} is non-@code{nil}, it means there should be no error |
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2534 if there is no subexpression numbered @var{subexp} in @var{matcher}. |
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2535 Obviously, fontification of the subexpression numbered @var{subexp} will |
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2536 not occur. However, fontification of other subexpressions (and other |
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2537 regexps) will continue. If @var{laxmatch} is @code{nil}, and the |
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2539 terminates search-based fontification. |
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2541 Here are some examples of elements of this kind, and what they do: |
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2543 @smallexample |
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2544 ;; @r{Highlight occurrences of either @samp{foo} or @samp{bar}, using} |
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2545 ;; @r{@code{foo-bar-face}, even if they have already been highlighted.} |
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2547 ("foo\\|bar" 0 foo-bar-face t) |
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2549 ;; @r{Highlight the first subexpression within each occurrence} |
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2550 ;; @r{that the function @code{fubar-match} finds,} |
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2551 ;; @r{using the face which is the value of @code{fubar-face}.} |
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2552 (fubar-match 1 fubar-face) |
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2553 @end smallexample |
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2555 @item (@var{matcher} . @var{anchored-highlighter}) |
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2556 In this kind of element, @var{anchored-highlighter} specifies how to |
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2557 highlight text that follows a match found by @var{matcher}. So a |
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2558 match found by @var{matcher} acts as the anchor for further searches |
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2559 specified by @var{anchored-highlighter}. @var{anchored-highlighter} |
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2560 is a list of the following form: |
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2562 @example |
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2563 (@var{anchored-matcher} @var{pre-form} @var{post-form} |
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2564 @var{subexp-highlighters}@dots{}) |
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2565 @end example |
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2567 Here, @var{anchored-matcher}, like @var{matcher}, is either a regular |
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2568 expression or a function. After a match of @var{matcher} is found, |
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2569 point is at the end of the match. Now, Font Lock evaluates the form |
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2570 @var{pre-form}. Then it searches for matches of |
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2571 @var{anchored-matcher} and uses @var{subexp-highlighters} to highlight |
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2572 these. A @var{subexp-highlighter} is as described above. Finally, |
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2573 Font Lock evaluates @var{post-form}. |
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2575 The forms @var{pre-form} and @var{post-form} can be used to initialize |
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2576 before, and cleanup after, @var{anchored-matcher} is used. Typically, |
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2577 @var{pre-form} is used to move point to some position relative to the |
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2578 match of @var{matcher}, before starting with @var{anchored-matcher}. |
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2579 @var{post-form} might be used to move back, before resuming with |
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2580 @var{matcher}. |
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2582 After Font Lock evaluates @var{pre-form}, it does not search for |
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2583 @var{anchored-matcher} beyond the end of the line. However, if |
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2584 @var{pre-form} returns a buffer position that is greater than the |
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2585 position of point after @var{pre-form} is evaluated, then the position |
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2586 returned by @var{pre-form} is used as the limit of the search instead. |
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2587 It is generally a bad idea to return a position greater than the end |
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2588 of the line; in other words, the @var{anchored-matcher} search should |
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2589 not span lines. |
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2591 For example, |
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2593 @smallexample |
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2594 ;; @r{Highlight occurrences of the word @samp{item} following} |
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2595 ;; @r{an occurrence of the word @samp{anchor} (on the same line)} |
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2596 ;; @r{in the value of @code{item-face}.} |
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2597 ("\\<anchor\\>" "\\<item\\>" nil nil (0 item-face)) |
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2598 @end smallexample |
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2600 Here, @var{pre-form} and @var{post-form} are @code{nil}. Therefore |
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2601 searching for @samp{item} starts at the end of the match of |
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2602 @samp{anchor}, and searching for subsequent instances of @samp{anchor} |
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2603 resumes from where searching for @samp{item} concluded. |
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2605 @item (@var{matcher} @var{highlighters}@dots{}) |
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2606 This sort of element specifies several @var{highlighter} lists for a |
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2607 single @var{matcher}. A @var{highlighter} list can be of the type |
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2608 @var{subexp-highlighter} or @var{anchored-highlighter} as described |
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2609 above. |
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2611 For example, |
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2613 @smallexample |
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2614 ;; @r{Highlight occurrences of the word @samp{anchor} in the value} |
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2615 ;; @r{of @code{anchor-face}, and subsequent occurrences of the word} |
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2616 ;; @r{@samp{item} (on the same line) in the value of @code{item-face}.} |
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2617 ("\\<anchor\\>" (0 anchor-face) |
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2618 ("\\<item\\>" nil nil (0 item-face))) |
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2621 @item (eval . @var{form}) |
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2623 this value of @code{font-lock-keywords} is used in a buffer. |
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2624 Its value should have one of the forms described in this table. |
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2627 @vindex font-lock-multiline |
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2628 @strong{Warning:} Do not design an element of @code{font-lock-keywords} |
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2630 @code{font-lock-fontify-buffer} handles multi-line patterns correctly, |
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2659 If @var{mode} is a symbol which is a major mode command name, such as |
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2660 @code{c-mode}, the effect is that enabling Font Lock mode in |
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2661 @var{mode} will add @var{keywords} to @code{font-lock-keywords}. |
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2662 Calling with a non-@code{nil} value of @var{mode} is correct only in |
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2663 your @file{~/.emacs} file. |
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2664 |
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2665 If @var{mode} is @code{nil}, this function adds @var{keywords} to |
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2666 @code{font-lock-keywords} in the current buffer. This way of calling |
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2667 @code{font-lock-add-keywords} is usually used in mode hook functions. |
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2668 |
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2669 By default, @var{keywords} are added at the beginning of |
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2670 @code{font-lock-keywords}. If the optional argument @var{how} is |
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2671 @code{set}, they are used to replace the value of |
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2672 @code{font-lock-keywords}. If @var{how} is any other non-@code{nil} |
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2673 value, they are added at the end of @code{font-lock-keywords}. |
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2674 |
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2675 Some modes provide specialized support you can use in additional |
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2676 highlighting patterns. See the variables |
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2677 @code{c-font-lock-extra-types}, @code{c++-font-lock-extra-types}, |
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2678 and @code{java-font-lock-extra-types}, for example. |
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2679 |
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2680 @strong{Warning:} major mode functions must not call |
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2681 @code{font-lock-add-keywords} under any circumstances, either directly |
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2682 or indirectly, except through their mode hooks. (Doing so would lead |
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2683 to incorrect behavior for some minor modes.) They should set up their |
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2684 rules for search-based fontification by setting |
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2685 @code{font-lock-keywords}. |
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2686 @end defun |
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2687 |
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2688 @defun font-lock-remove-keywords mode keywords |
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2689 This function removes @var{keywords} from @code{font-lock-keywords} |
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2690 for the current buffer or for major mode @var{mode}. As in |
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2691 @code{font-lock-add-keywords}, @var{mode} should be a major mode |
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2692 command name or @code{nil}. All the caveats and requirements for |
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2693 @code{font-lock-add-keywords} apply here too. |
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2694 @end defun |
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2695 |
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2696 For example, this code |
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2697 |
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2698 @smallexample |
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2699 (font-lock-add-keywords 'c-mode |
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2700 '(("\\<\\(FIXME\\):" 1 font-lock-warning-face prepend) |
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2701 ("\\<\\(and\\|or\\|not\\)\\>" . font-lock-keyword-face))) |
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2702 @end smallexample |
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2704 @noindent |
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2705 adds two fontification patterns for C mode: one to fontify the word |
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2706 @samp{FIXME}, even in comments, and another to fontify the words |
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2707 @samp{and}, @samp{or} and @samp{not} as keywords. |
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2708 |
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2709 @noindent |
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2710 That example affects only C mode proper. To add the same patterns to |
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2711 C mode @emph{and} all modes derived from it, do this instead: |
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2712 |
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2713 @smallexample |
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2714 (add-hook 'c-mode-hook |
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2715 (lambda () |
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2716 (font-lock-add-keywords nil |
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2717 '(("\\<\\(FIXME\\):" 1 font-lock-warning-face prepend) |
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2718 ("\\<\\(and\\|or\\|not\\)\\>" . |
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2719 font-lock-keyword-face))))) |
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2720 @end smallexample |
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2721 |
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2722 @node Region to Fontify |
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2723 @subsection Region to Fontify after a Buffer Change |
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2724 |
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2725 When a buffer is changed, the region that Font Lock refontifies is by |
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2726 default the smallest sequence of whole lines that spans the change. |
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2727 While this works well most of the time, sometimes it doesn't---for |
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2728 example, when a buffer change has changed the syntactic meaning of text |
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2729 on an earlier line. |
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2730 |
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2731 You can enlarge (or even reduce) the region to fontify by setting either |
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2732 of the following variables: |
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2733 |
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2734 @defvar font-lock-lines-before |
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2735 This variable specifies the number of extra lines to consider when |
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2736 refontifying the buffer after each text change. Font lock begins |
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2737 refontifying from that number of lines before the changed region. The |
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2738 default is 0, but using a larger value can be useful for coping with |
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2739 multi-line patterns. This variable is ignored whenever |
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2740 @code{font-lock-extend-region-function} is set and returns a |
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2741 non-@code{nil} value. |
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2742 @end defvar |
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2743 |
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2744 @defvar font-lock-extend-region-function |
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2745 This buffer-local variable is either @code{nil} or is a function that |
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2746 determines the region to fontify, which Emacs then calls after each |
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2747 buffer change. |
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2748 |
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2749 The function is given three parameters, the standard @var{beg}, |
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2750 @var{end}, and @var{old-len} from after-change-functions (@pxref{Change |
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2751 Hooks}). It should return either a cons of the beginning and end buffer |
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2752 positions (in that order) of the region to fontify, or @code{nil} (which |
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2753 directs the caller to fontify the default region). This function need |
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2754 not preserve point or the match-data, but must preserve the current |
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2755 restriction. The region it returns may start or end in the middle of a |
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2756 line. |
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2757 |
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2758 Since this function is called after every buffer change, it should be |
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2759 reasonably fast. |
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2760 @end defvar |
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2761 |
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2762 @node Other Font Lock Variables |
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2763 @subsection Other Font Lock Variables |
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2764 |
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2765 This section describes additional variables that a major mode can |
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2766 set by means of @var{other-vars} in @code{font-lock-defaults} |
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2767 (@pxref{Font Lock Basics}). |
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2768 |
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2769 @defvar font-lock-mark-block-function |
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2770 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, it should be a function that is |
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2771 called with no arguments, to choose an enclosing range of text for |
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2772 refontification for the command @kbd{M-o M-o} |
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2776 A good choice is a range of text large enough to give proper results, |
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2777 but not too large so that refontification becomes slow. Typical values |
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2779 textual modes. |
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2783 This variable specifies additional properties (other than |
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2789 this list. @xref{Search-based Fontification}. |
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2790 @end defvar |
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2792 @defvar font-lock-fontify-buffer-function |
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2793 Function to use for fontifying the buffer. The default value is |
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2794 @code{font-lock-default-fontify-buffer}. |
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2795 @end defvar |
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2797 @defvar font-lock-unfontify-buffer-function |
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2798 Function to use for unfontifying the buffer. This is used when |
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2799 turning off Font Lock mode. The default value is |
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2800 @code{font-lock-default-unfontify-buffer}. |
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2803 @defvar font-lock-fontify-region-function |
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2804 Function to use for fontifying a region. It should take two |
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2807 function should print status messages. The default value is |
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2808 @code{font-lock-default-fontify-region}. |
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2811 @defvar font-lock-unfontify-region-function |
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2812 Function to use for unfontifying a region. It should take two |
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2813 arguments, the beginning and end of the region. The default value is |
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2814 @code{font-lock-default-unfontify-region}. |
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2817 @ignore |
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2818 @defvar font-lock-inhibit-thing-lock |
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2819 List of Font Lock mode related modes that should not be turned on. |
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2820 Currently, valid mode names are @code{fast-lock-mode}, |
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2821 @code{jit-lock-mode} and @code{lazy-lock-mode}. |
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2822 @end defvar |
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2823 @end ignore |
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2825 @node Levels of Font Lock |
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2826 @subsection Levels of Font Lock |
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2828 Many major modes offer three different levels of fontification. You |
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2829 can define multiple levels by using a list of symbols for @var{keywords} |
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2830 in @code{font-lock-defaults}. Each symbol specifies one level of |
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2831 fontification; it is up to the user to choose one of these levels. The |
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2832 chosen level's symbol value is used to initialize |
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2833 @code{font-lock-keywords}. |
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2835 Here are the conventions for how to define the levels of |
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2836 fontification: |
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2838 @itemize @bullet |
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2839 @item |
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2840 Level 1: highlight function declarations, file directives (such as include or |
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2841 import directives), strings and comments. The idea is speed, so only |
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2842 the most important and top-level components are fontified. |
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2845 Level 2: in addition to level 1, highlight all language keywords, |
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2846 including type names that act like keywords, as well as named constant |
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2847 values. The idea is that all keywords (either syntactic or semantic) |
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2848 should be fontified appropriately. |
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2850 @item |
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2851 Level 3: in addition to level 2, highlight the symbols being defined in |
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2852 function and variable declarations, and all builtin function names, |
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2853 wherever they appear. |
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2854 @end itemize |
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2856 @node Precalculated Fontification |
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2857 @subsection Precalculated Fontification |
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2859 In addition to using @code{font-lock-defaults} for search-based |
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2860 fontification, you may use the special character property |
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2861 @code{font-lock-face} (@pxref{Special Properties}). This property |
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2862 acts just like the explicit @code{face} property, but its activation |
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2864 @code{font-lock-face} is especially convenient for special modes |
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2865 which construct their text programmatically, such as |
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2866 @code{list-buffers} and @code{occur}. |
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2870 set the variable @code{font-lock-defaults}. That way, it will not |
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2873 @node Faces for Font Lock |
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2874 @subsection Faces for Font Lock |
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2878 a face name, and a variable whose default value is the symbol itself. |
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2879 Thus, the default value of @code{font-lock-comment-face} is |
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2885 @item font-lock-comment-face |
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2886 @vindex font-lock-comment-face |
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2890 @vindex font-lock-comment-delimiter-face |
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2891 Used (typically) for comments delimiters. |
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2892 |
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2893 @item font-lock-doc-face |
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2894 @vindex font-lock-doc-face |
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2895 Used (typically) for documentation strings in the code. |
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2896 |
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2897 @item font-lock-string-face |
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2898 @vindex font-lock-string-face |
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2899 Used (typically) for string constants. |
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2900 |
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2901 @item font-lock-keyword-face |
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2902 @vindex font-lock-keyword-face |
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2903 Used (typically) for keywords---names that have special syntactic |
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2904 significance, like @code{for} and @code{if} in C. |
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2905 |
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2906 @item font-lock-builtin-face |
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2907 @vindex font-lock-builtin-face |
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2908 Used (typically) for built-in function names. |
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2909 |
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2910 @item font-lock-function-name-face |
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2911 @vindex font-lock-function-name-face |
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2912 Used (typically) for the name of a function being defined or declared, |
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2913 in a function definition or declaration. |
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2914 |
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2915 @item font-lock-variable-name-face |
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2916 @vindex font-lock-variable-name-face |
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2917 Used (typically) for the name of a variable being defined or declared, |
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2918 in a variable definition or declaration. |
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2919 |
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2920 @item font-lock-type-face |
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2921 @vindex font-lock-type-face |
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2922 Used (typically) for names of user-defined data types, |
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2923 where they are defined and where they are used. |
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2924 |
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2925 @item font-lock-constant-face |
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2926 @vindex font-lock-constant-face |
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2927 Used (typically) for constant names. |
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2928 |
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2929 @item font-lock-preprocessor-face |
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2930 @vindex font-lock-preprocessor-face |
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2931 Used (typically) for preprocessor commands. |
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2932 |
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2933 @item font-lock-warning-face |
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2934 @vindex font-lock-warning-face |
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2935 Used (typically) for constructs that are peculiar, or that greatly |
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2936 change the meaning of other text. For example, this is used for |
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2937 @samp{;;;###autoload} cookies in Emacs Lisp, and for @code{#error} |
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2938 directives in C. |
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2939 @end table |
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2940 |
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2941 @node Syntactic Font Lock |
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2942 @subsection Syntactic Font Lock |
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2943 |
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2944 Syntactic fontification uses the syntax table to find comments and |
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2945 string constants (@pxref{Syntax Tables}). It highlights them using |
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2946 @code{font-lock-comment-face} and @code{font-lock-string-face} |
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2947 (@pxref{Faces for Font Lock}). There are several variables that |
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2948 affect syntactic fontification; you should set them by means of |
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2949 @code{font-lock-defaults} (@pxref{Font Lock Basics}). |
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2950 |
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2951 @defvar font-lock-keywords-only |
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2952 Non-@code{nil} means Font Lock should not do syntactic fontification; |
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2953 it should only fontify based on @code{font-lock-keywords}. The normal |
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2954 way for a mode to set this variable to @code{t} is with |
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2955 @var{keywords-only} in @code{font-lock-defaults}. |
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2956 @end defvar |
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2957 |
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2958 @defvar font-lock-syntax-table |
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2959 This variable holds the syntax table to use for fontification of |
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2960 comments and strings. Specify it using @var{syntax-alist} in |
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2961 @code{font-lock-defaults}. |
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2962 @end defvar |
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2963 |
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2964 @defvar font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function |
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2965 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, it should be a function to move |
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2966 point back to a position that is syntactically at ``top level'' and |
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2967 outside of strings or comments. Font Lock uses this when necessary |
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2968 to get the right results for syntactic fontification. |
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2969 |
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2970 This function is called with no arguments. It should leave point at |
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2971 the beginning of any enclosing syntactic block. Typical values are |
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2972 @code{beginning-of-line} (used when the start of the line is known to |
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2973 be outside a syntactic block), or @code{beginning-of-defun} for |
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2974 programming modes, or @code{backward-paragraph} for textual modes. |
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2975 |
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2976 If the value is @code{nil}, Font Lock uses |
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2977 @code{syntax-begin-function} to move back outside of any comment, |
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2978 string, or sexp. This variable is semi-obsolete; we recommend setting |
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2979 @code{syntax-begin-function} instead. |
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2980 |
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2981 Specify this variable using @var{syntax-begin} in |
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2982 @code{font-lock-defaults}. |
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2983 @end defvar |
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2984 |
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2985 @defvar font-lock-syntactic-face-function |
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2986 A function to determine which face to use for a given syntactic |
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2987 element (a string or a comment). The function is called with one |
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2988 argument, the parse state at point returned by |
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2989 @code{parse-partial-sexp}, and should return a face. The default |
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2990 value returns @code{font-lock-comment-face} for comments and |
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2991 @code{font-lock-string-face} for strings. |
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2992 |
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2993 This can be used to highlighting different kinds of strings or |
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2994 comments differently. It is also sometimes abused together with |
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2995 @code{font-lock-syntactic-keywords} to highlight elements that span |
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2996 multiple lines, but this is too obscure to document in this manual. |
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2997 |
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2998 Specify this variable using @var{other-vars} in |
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2999 @code{font-lock-defaults}. |
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3000 @end defvar |
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3001 |
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3002 @node Setting Syntax Properties |
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3003 @subsection Setting Syntax Properties |
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3005 Font Lock mode can be used to update @code{syntax-table} properties |
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3006 automatically (@pxref{Syntax Properties}). This is useful in |
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3007 languages for which a single syntax table by itself is not sufficient. |
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3008 |
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3009 @defvar font-lock-syntactic-keywords |
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3010 This variable enables and controls updating @code{syntax-table} |
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3011 properties by Font Lock. Its value should be a list of elements of |
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3012 this form: |
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3014 @example |
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3015 (@var{matcher} @var{subexp} @var{syntax} @var{override} @var{laxmatch}) |
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3016 @end example |
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3018 The parts of this element have the same meanings as in the corresponding |
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3019 sort of element of @code{font-lock-keywords}, |
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3021 @example |
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3022 (@var{matcher} @var{subexp} @var{facespec} @var{override} @var{laxmatch}) |
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3023 @end example |
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3026 @code{face} property, it specifies the value @var{syntax} to use for |
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3027 the @code{syntax-table} property. Here, @var{syntax} can be a string |
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3028 (as taken by @code{modify-syntax-entry}), a syntax table, a cons cell |
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3029 (as returned by @code{string-to-syntax}), or an expression whose value |
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3030 is one of those two types. @var{override} cannot be @code{prepend} or |
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3031 @code{append}. |
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3033 For example, an element of the form: |
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3035 @example |
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3036 ("\\$\\(#\\)" 1 ".") |
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3037 @end example |
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3039 highlights syntactically a hash character when following a dollar |
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3040 character, with a SYNTAX of @code{"."} (meaning punctuation syntax). |
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3041 Assuming that the buffer syntax table specifies hash characters to |
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3042 have comment start syntax, the element will only highlight hash |
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3043 characters that do not follow dollar characters as comments |
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3044 syntactically. |
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3046 An element of the form: |
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3048 @example |
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3049 ("\\('\\).\\('\\)" |
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3050 (1 "\"") |
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3051 (2 "\"")) |
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3052 @end example |
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3055 character, with a SYNTAX of @code{"\""} (meaning string quote syntax). |
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3056 Assuming that the buffer syntax table does not specify single quotes |
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3057 to have quote syntax, the element will only highlight single quotes of |
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3058 the form @samp{'@var{c}'} as strings syntactically. Other forms, such |
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3059 as @samp{foo'bar} or @samp{'fubar'}, will not be highlighted as |
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3060 strings. |
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3062 Major modes normally set this variable with @var{other-vars} in |
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3063 @code{font-lock-defaults}. |
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3067 @section Desktop Save Mode | |
3068 @cindex desktop save mode | |
3069 | |
3070 @dfn{Desktop Save Mode} is a feature to save the state of Emacs from | |
3071 one session to another. The user-level commands for using Desktop | |
3072 Save Mode are described in the GNU Emacs Manual (@pxref{Saving Emacs | |
3073 Sessions,,, emacs, the GNU Emacs Manual}). Modes whose buffers visit | |
3074 a file, don't have to do anything to use this feature. | |
3075 | |
3076 For buffers not visiting a file to have their state saved, the major | |
3077 mode must bind the buffer local variable @code{desktop-save-buffer} to | |
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3080 @defvar desktop-save-buffer | |
3081 If this buffer-local variable is non-@code{nil}, the buffer will have | |
3082 its state saved in the desktop file at desktop save. If the value is | |
3083 a function, it is called at desktop save with argument | |
3084 @var{desktop-dirname}, and its value is saved in the desktop file along | |
3085 with the state of the buffer for which it was called. When file names | |
3086 are returned as part of the auxiliary information, they should be | |
3087 formatted using the call | |
3088 | |
3089 @example | |
3090 (desktop-file-name @var{file-name} @var{desktop-dirname}) | |
3091 @end example | |
3092 | |
3093 @end defvar | |
3094 | |
3095 For buffers not visiting a file to be restored, the major mode must | |
3096 define a function to do the job, and that function must be listed in | |
3097 the alist @code{desktop-buffer-mode-handlers}. | |
3098 | |
3099 @defvar desktop-buffer-mode-handlers | |
3100 Alist with elements | |
3101 | |
3102 @example | |
3103 (@var{major-mode} . @var{restore-buffer-function}) | |
3104 @end example | |
3105 | |
3106 The function @var{restore-buffer-function} will be called with | |
3107 argument list | |
3108 | |
3109 @example | |
3110 (@var{buffer-file-name} @var{buffer-name} @var{desktop-buffer-misc}) | |
3111 @end example | |
3112 | |
3113 and it should return the restored buffer. | |
3114 Here @var{desktop-buffer-misc} is the value returned by the function | |
3115 optionally bound to @code{desktop-save-buffer}. | |
3116 @end defvar | |
3117 | |
52401 | 3118 @ignore |
3119 arch-tag: 4c7bff41-36e6-4da6-9e7f-9b9289e27c8e | |
3120 @end ignore |