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1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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3 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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4 @node Text, Programs, Indentation, Top
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5 @chapter Commands for Human Languages
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6 @cindex text
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7 @cindex manipulating text
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8
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9 The term @dfn{text} has two widespread meanings in our area of the
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10 computer field. One is data that is a sequence of characters. Any file
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11 that you edit with Emacs is text, in this sense of the word. The other
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12 meaning is more restrictive: a sequence of characters in a human language
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13 for humans to read (possibly after processing by a text formatter), as
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14 opposed to a program or commands for a program.
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15
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16 Human languages have syntactic/stylistic conventions that can be
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17 supported or used to advantage by editor commands: conventions involving
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18 words, sentences, paragraphs, and capital letters. This chapter
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19 describes Emacs commands for all of these things. There are also
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20 commands for @dfn{filling}, which means rearranging the lines of a
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21 paragraph to be approximately equal in length. The commands for moving
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22 over and killing words, sentences and paragraphs, while intended
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23 primarily for editing text, are also often useful for editing programs.
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24
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25 Emacs has several major modes for editing human-language text. If the
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26 file contains text pure and simple, use Text mode, which customizes
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27 Emacs in small ways for the syntactic conventions of text. Outline mode
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28 provides special commands for operating on text with an outline
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29 structure.
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30 @iftex
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31 @xref{Outline Mode}.
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32 @end iftex
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33
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34 For text which contains embedded commands for text formatters, Emacs
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35 has other major modes, each for a particular text formatter. Thus, for
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36 input to @TeX{}, you would use @TeX{}
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37 @iftex
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38 mode (@pxref{TeX Mode}).
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39 @end iftex
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40 @ifinfo
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41 mode.
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42 @end ifinfo
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43 For input to nroff, use Nroff mode.
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44
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45 Instead of using a text formatter, you can edit formatted text in
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46 WYSIWYG style (``what you see is what you get''), with Enriched mode.
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47 Then the formatting appears on the screen in Emacs while you edit.
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48 @iftex
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49 @xref{Formatted Text}.
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50 @end iftex
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51
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52 @menu
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53 * Words:: Moving over and killing words.
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54 * Sentences:: Moving over and killing sentences.
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55 * Paragraphs:: Moving over paragraphs.
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56 * Pages:: Moving over pages.
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57 * Filling:: Filling or justifying text.
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58 * Case:: Changing the case of text.
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59 * Text Mode:: The major modes for editing text files.
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60 * Outline Mode:: Editing outlines.
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61 * TeX Mode:: Editing input to the formatter TeX.
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62 * Nroff Mode:: Editing input to the formatter nroff.
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63 * Formatted Text:: Editing formatted text directly in WYSIWYG fashion.
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64 @end menu
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65
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66 @node Words
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67 @section Words
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68 @cindex words
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69 @cindex Meta commands and words
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70
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71 Emacs has commands for moving over or operating on words. By convention,
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72 the keys for them are all Meta characters.
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73
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74 @c widecommands
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75 @table @kbd
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76 @item M-f
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77 Move forward over a word (@code{forward-word}).
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78 @item M-b
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79 Move backward over a word (@code{backward-word}).
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80 @item M-d
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81 Kill up to the end of a word (@code{kill-word}).
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82 @item M-@key{DEL}
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83 Kill back to the beginning of a word (@code{backward-kill-word}).
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84 @item M-@@
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85 Mark the end of the next word (@code{mark-word}).
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86 @item M-t
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87 Transpose two words or drag a word across other words
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88 (@code{transpose-words}).
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89 @end table
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90
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91 Notice how these keys form a series that parallels the character-based
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92 @kbd{C-f}, @kbd{C-b}, @kbd{C-d}, @key{DEL} and @kbd{C-t}. @kbd{M-@@} is
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93 cognate to @kbd{C-@@}, which is an alias for @kbd{C-@key{SPC}}.
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94
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95 @kindex M-f
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96 @kindex M-b
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97 @findex forward-word
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98 @findex backward-word
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99 The commands @kbd{M-f} (@code{forward-word}) and @kbd{M-b}
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100 (@code{backward-word}) move forward and backward over words. These
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101 Meta characters are thus analogous to the corresponding control
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102 characters, @kbd{C-f} and @kbd{C-b}, which move over single characters
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103 in the text. The analogy extends to numeric arguments, which serve as
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104 repeat counts. @kbd{M-f} with a negative argument moves backward, and
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105 @kbd{M-b} with a negative argument moves forward. Forward motion
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106 stops right after the last letter of the word, while backward motion
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107 stops right before the first letter.@refill
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108
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109 @kindex M-d
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110 @findex kill-word
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111 @kbd{M-d} (@code{kill-word}) kills the word after point. To be
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112 precise, it kills everything from point to the place @kbd{M-f} would
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113 move to. Thus, if point is in the middle of a word, @kbd{M-d} kills
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114 just the part after point. If some punctuation comes between point and the
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115 next word, it is killed along with the word. (If you wish to kill only the
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116 next word but not the punctuation before it, simply do @kbd{M-f} to get
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117 the end, and kill the word backwards with @kbd{M-@key{DEL}}.)
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118 @kbd{M-d} takes arguments just like @kbd{M-f}.
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119
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120 @findex backward-kill-word
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121 @kindex M-DEL
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122 @kbd{M-@key{DEL}} (@code{backward-kill-word}) kills the word before
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123 point. It kills everything from point back to where @kbd{M-b} would
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124 move to. If point is after the space in @w{@samp{FOO, BAR}}, then
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125 @w{@samp{FOO, }} is killed. (If you wish to kill just @samp{FOO}, and
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126 not the comma and the space, use @kbd{M-b M-d} instead of
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127 @kbd{M-@key{DEL}}.)
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128
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129 @kindex M-t
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130 @findex transpose-words
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131 @kbd{M-t} (@code{transpose-words}) exchanges the word before or
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132 containing point with the following word. The delimiter characters between
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133 the words do not move. For example, @w{@samp{FOO, BAR}} transposes into
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134 @w{@samp{BAR, FOO}} rather than @samp{@w{BAR FOO,}}. @xref{Transpose}, for
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135 more on transposition and on arguments to transposition commands.
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136
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137 @kindex M-@@
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138 @findex mark-word
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139 To operate on the next @var{n} words with an operation which applies
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140 between point and mark, you can either set the mark at point and then move
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141 over the words, or you can use the command @kbd{M-@@} (@code{mark-word})
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142 which does not move point, but sets the mark where @kbd{M-f} would move
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143 to. @kbd{M-@@} accepts a numeric argument that says how many words to
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144 scan for the place to put the mark. In Transient Mark mode, this command
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145 activates the mark.
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146
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147 The word commands' understanding of syntax is completely controlled by
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148 the syntax table. Any character can, for example, be declared to be a word
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149 delimiter. @xref{Syntax}.
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150
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151 @node Sentences
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152 @section Sentences
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153 @cindex sentences
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154 @cindex manipulating sentences
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155
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156 The Emacs commands for manipulating sentences and paragraphs are mostly
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157 on Meta keys, so as to be like the word-handling commands.
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158
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159 @table @kbd
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160 @item M-a
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161 Move back to the beginning of the sentence (@code{backward-sentence}).
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162 @item M-e
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163 Move forward to the end of the sentence (@code{forward-sentence}).
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164 @item M-k
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165 Kill forward to the end of the sentence (@code{kill-sentence}).
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166 @item C-x @key{DEL}
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167 Kill back to the beginning of the sentence (@code{backward-kill-sentence}).
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168 @end table
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169
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170 @kindex M-a
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171 @kindex M-e
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172 @findex backward-sentence
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173 @findex forward-sentence
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174 The commands @kbd{M-a} and @kbd{M-e} (@code{backward-sentence} and
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175 @code{forward-sentence}) move to the beginning and end of the current
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176 sentence, respectively. They were chosen to resemble @kbd{C-a} and
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177 @kbd{C-e}, which move to the beginning and end of a line. Unlike them,
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178 @kbd{M-a} and @kbd{M-e} if repeated or given numeric arguments move over
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179 successive sentences.
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180
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181 Moving backward over a sentence places point just before the first
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182 character of the sentence; moving forward places point right after the
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183 punctuation that ends the sentence. Neither one moves over the
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184 whitespace at the sentence boundary.
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185
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186 @kindex M-k
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187 @kindex C-x DEL
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188 @findex kill-sentence
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189 @findex backward-kill-sentence
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190 Just as @kbd{C-a} and @kbd{C-e} have a kill command, @kbd{C-k}, to go
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191 with them, so @kbd{M-a} and @kbd{M-e} have a corresponding kill command
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192 @kbd{M-k} (@code{kill-sentence}) which kills from point to the end of
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193 the sentence. With minus one as an argument it kills back to the
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194 beginning of the sentence. Larger arguments serve as a repeat count.
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195 There is also a command, @kbd{C-x @key{DEL}}
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196 (@code{backward-kill-sentence}), for killing back to the beginning of a
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197 sentence. This command is useful when you change your mind in the
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198 middle of composing text.@refill
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199
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200 The sentence commands assume that you follow the American typist's
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201 convention of putting two spaces at the end of a sentence; they consider
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202 a sentence to end wherever there is a @samp{.}, @samp{?} or @samp{!}
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203 followed by the end of a line or two spaces, with any number of
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204 @samp{)}, @samp{]}, @samp{'}, or @samp{"} characters allowed in between.
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205 A sentence also begins or ends wherever a paragraph begins or ends.
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206
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207 @vindex sentence-end
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208 The variable @code{sentence-end} controls recognition of the end of a
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209 sentence. It is a regexp that matches the last few characters of a
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210 sentence, together with the whitespace following the sentence. Its
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211 normal value is
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212
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213 @example
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214 "[.?!][]\"')]*\\($\\|\t\\| \\)[ \t\n]*"
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215 @end example
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216
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217 @noindent
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218 This example is explained in the section on regexps. @xref{Regexps}.
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219
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220 If you want to use just one space between sentences, you should
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221 set @code{sentence-end} to this value:
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222
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223 @example
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224 "[.?!][]\"')]*\\($\\|\t\\| \\)[ \t\n]*"
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225 @end example
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226
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227 @noindent
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228 You should also set the variable @code{sentence-end-double-space} to
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229 @code{nil} so that the fill commands expect and leave just one space at
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230 the end of a sentence. Note that this makes it impossible to
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231 distinguish between periods that end sentences and those that indicate
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232 abbreviations.
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233
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234 @node Paragraphs
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235 @section Paragraphs
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236 @cindex paragraphs
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237 @cindex manipulating paragraphs
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238 @kindex M-@{
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239 @kindex M-@}
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240 @findex backward-paragraph
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241 @findex forward-paragraph
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242
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243 The Emacs commands for manipulating paragraphs are also Meta keys.
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244
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245 @table @kbd
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246 @item M-@{
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247 Move back to previous paragraph beginning (@code{backward-paragraph}).
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248 @item M-@}
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249 Move forward to next paragraph end (@code{forward-paragraph}).
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250 @item M-h
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251 Put point and mark around this or next paragraph (@code{mark-paragraph}).
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252 @end table
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253
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254 @kbd{M-@{} moves to the beginning of the current or previous
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255 paragraph, while @kbd{M-@}} moves to the end of the current or next
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256 paragraph. Blank lines and text-formatter command lines separate
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257 paragraphs and are not considered part of any paragraph. In Fundamental
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258 mode, but not in Text mode, an indented line also starts a new
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259 paragraph. (If a paragraph is preceded by a blank line, these commands
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260 treat that blank line as the beginning of the paragraph.)
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261
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262 In major modes for programs, paragraphs begin and end only at blank
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263 lines. This makes the paragraph commands continue to be useful even
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264 though there are no paragraphs per se.
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265
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266 When there is a fill prefix, then paragraphs are delimited by all lines
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267 which don't start with the fill prefix. @xref{Filling}.
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268
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269 @kindex M-h
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270 @findex mark-paragraph
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271 When you wish to operate on a paragraph, you can use the command
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272 @kbd{M-h} (@code{mark-paragraph}) to set the region around it. Thus,
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273 for example, @kbd{M-h C-w} kills the paragraph around or after point.
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274 The @kbd{M-h} command puts point at the beginning and mark at the end of
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275 the paragraph point was in. In Transient Mark mode, it activates the
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276 mark. If point is between paragraphs (in a run of blank lines, or at a
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277 boundary), the paragraph following point is surrounded by point and
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278 mark. If there are blank lines preceding the first line of the
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279 paragraph, one of these blank lines is included in the region.
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280
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281 @vindex paragraph-start
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282 @vindex paragraph-separate
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283 The precise definition of a paragraph boundary is controlled by the
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284 variables @code{paragraph-separate} and @code{paragraph-start}. The
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285 value of @code{paragraph-start} is a regexp that should match any line
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286 that either starts or separates paragraphs. The value of
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287 @code{paragraph-separate} is another regexp that should match only lines
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288 that separate paragraphs without being part of any paragraph (for
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289 example, blank lines). Lines that start a new paragraph and are
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290 contained in it must match only @code{paragraph-start}, not
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291 @code{paragraph-separate}. For example, in Fundamental mode,
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292 @code{paragraph-start} is @code{"[ @t{\}t@t{\}n@t{\}f]"} and
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293 @code{paragraph-separate} is @code{"[ @t{\}t@t{\}f]*$"}.@refill
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294
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295 Normally it is desirable for page boundaries to separate paragraphs.
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296 The default values of these variables recognize the usual separator for
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297 pages.
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298
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299 @node Pages
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300 @section Pages
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301
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302 @cindex pages
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303 @cindex formfeed
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304 Files are often thought of as divided into @dfn{pages} by the
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305 @dfn{formfeed} character (ASCII control-L, octal code 014). When you
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306 print hardcopy for a file, this character forces a page break; thus,
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307 each page of the file goes on a separate page on paper. Most Emacs
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308 commands treat the page-separator character just like any other
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309 character: you can insert it with @kbd{C-q C-l}, and delete it with
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310 @key{DEL}. Thus, you are free to paginate your file or not. However,
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311 since pages are often meaningful divisions of the file, Emacs provides
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312 commands to move over them and operate on them.
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313
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314 @c WideCommands
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315 @table @kbd
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316 @item C-x [
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317 Move point to previous page boundary (@code{backward-page}).
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318 @item C-x ]
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319 Move point to next page boundary (@code{forward-page}).
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320 @item C-x C-p
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321 Put point and mark around this page (or another page) (@code{mark-page}).
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322 @item C-x l
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323 Count the lines in this page (@code{count-lines-page}).
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324 @end table
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325
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326 @kindex C-x [
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327 @kindex C-x ]
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328 @findex forward-page
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329 @findex backward-page
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330 The @kbd{C-x [} (@code{backward-page}) command moves point to immediately
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331 after the previous page delimiter. If point is already right after a page
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332 delimiter, it skips that one and stops at the previous one. A numeric
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333 argument serves as a repeat count. The @kbd{C-x ]} (@code{forward-page})
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334 command moves forward past the next page delimiter.
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335
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336 @kindex C-x C-p
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337 @findex mark-page
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338 The @kbd{C-x C-p} command (@code{mark-page}) puts point at the
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339 beginning of the current page and the mark at the end. The page
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340 delimiter at the end is included (the mark follows it). The page
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341 delimiter at the front is excluded (point follows it). @kbd{C-x C-p
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342 C-w} is a handy way to kill a page to move it elsewhere. If you move to
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343 another page delimiter with @kbd{C-x [} and @kbd{C-x ]}, then yank the
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344 killed page, all the pages will be properly delimited once again. The
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345 reason @kbd{C-x C-p} includes only the following page delimiter in the
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346 region is to ensure that.
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347
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348 A numeric argument to @kbd{C-x C-p} is used to specify which page to go
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349 to, relative to the current one. Zero means the current page. One means
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350 the next page, and @minus{}1 means the previous one.
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351
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352 @kindex C-x l
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353 @findex count-lines-page
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354 The @kbd{C-x l} command (@code{count-lines-page}) is good for deciding
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355 where to break a page in two. It prints in the echo area the total number
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356 of lines in the current page, and then divides it up into those preceding
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357 the current line and those following, as in
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358
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359 @example
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360 Page has 96 (72+25) lines
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361 @end example
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362
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363 @noindent
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364 Notice that the sum is off by one; this is correct if point is not at the
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365 beginning of a line.
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366
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367 @vindex page-delimiter
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368 The variable @code{page-delimiter} controls where pages begin. Its
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369 value is a regexp that matches the beginning of a line that separates
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370 pages. The normal value of this variable is @code{"^@t{\}f"}, which
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371 matches a formfeed character at the beginning of a line.
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372
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373 @node Filling
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374 @section Filling Text
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375 @cindex filling text
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376
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377 @dfn{Filling} text means breaking it up into lines that fit a
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378 specified width. Emacs does filling in two ways. In Auto Fill mode,
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379 inserting text with self-inserting characters also automatically fills
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380 it. There are also explicit fill commands that you can use when editing
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381 text leaves it unfilled. When you edit formatted text, you can specify
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382 a style of filling for each portion of the text (@pxref{Formatted
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383 Text}).
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384
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385 @menu
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386 * Auto Fill:: Auto Fill mode breaks long lines automatically.
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387 * Fill Commands:: Commands to refill paragraphs and center lines.
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388 * Fill Prefix:: Filling paragraphs that are indented
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389 or in a comment, etc.
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390 * Adaptive Fill:: How Emacs can determine the fill prefix automatically.
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391 @end menu
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392
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393 @node Auto Fill
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394 @subsection Auto Fill Mode
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395 @cindex Auto Fill mode
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396 @cindex mode, Auto Fill
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397 @cindex word wrap
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398
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399 @dfn{Auto Fill} mode is a minor mode in which lines are broken
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400 automatically when they become too wide. Breaking happens only when
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401 you type a @key{SPC} or @key{RET}.
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402
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403 @table @kbd
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404 @item M-x auto-fill-mode
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405 Enable or disable Auto Fill mode.
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406 @item @key{SPC}
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407 @itemx @key{RET}
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408 In Auto Fill mode, break lines when appropriate.
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409 @end table
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410
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411 @findex auto-fill-mode
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412 @kbd{M-x auto-fill-mode} turns Auto Fill mode on if it was off, or off
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413 if it was on. With a positive numeric argument it always turns Auto
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414 Fill mode on, and with a negative argument always turns it off. You can
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415 see when Auto Fill mode is in effect by the presence of the word
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416 @samp{Fill} in the mode line, inside the parentheses. Auto Fill mode is
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417 a minor mode which is enabled or disabled for each buffer individually.
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418 @xref{Minor Modes}.
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419
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420 In Auto Fill mode, lines are broken automatically at spaces when they
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421 get longer than the desired width. Line breaking and rearrangement
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422 takes place only when you type @key{SPC} or @key{RET}. If you wish to
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423 insert a space or newline without permitting line-breaking, type
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424 @kbd{C-q @key{SPC}} or @kbd{C-q C-j} (recall that a newline is really a
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425 control-J). Also, @kbd{C-o} inserts a newline without line breaking.
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426
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427 Auto Fill mode works well with programming-language modes, because it
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428 indents new lines with @key{TAB}. If a line ending in a comment gets
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429 too long, the text of the comment is split into two comment lines.
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430 Optionally, new comment delimiters are inserted at the end of the first
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431 line and the beginning of the second so that each line is a separate
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432 comment; the variable @code{comment-multi-line} controls the choice
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433 (@pxref{Comments}).
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434
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435 Adaptive filling (see the following section) works for Auto Filling as
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436 well as for explicit fill commands. It takes a fill prefix
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437 automatically from the second or first line of a paragraph.
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438
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439 Auto Fill mode does not refill entire paragraphs; it can break lines but
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440 cannot merge lines. So editing in the middle of a paragraph can result in
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441 a paragraph that is not correctly filled. The easiest way to make the
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442 paragraph properly filled again is usually with the explicit fill commands.
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443 @ifinfo
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444 @xref{Fill Commands}.
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445 @end ifinfo
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446
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447 Many users like Auto Fill mode and want to use it in all text files.
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448 The section on init files says how to arrange this permanently for yourself.
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449 @xref{Init File}.
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450
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451 @node Fill Commands
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452 @subsection Explicit Fill Commands
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453
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454 @table @kbd
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455 @item M-q
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456 Fill current paragraph (@code{fill-paragraph}).
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457 @item C-x f
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458 Set the fill column (@code{set-fill-column}).
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459 @item M-x fill-region
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460 Fill each paragraph in the region (@code{fill-region}).
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461 @item M-x fill-region-as-paragraph
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462 Fill the region, considering it as one paragraph.
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463 @item M-s
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464 Center a line.
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465 @end table
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466
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467 @kindex M-q
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468 @findex fill-paragraph
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469 To refill a paragraph, use the command @kbd{M-q}
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470 (@code{fill-paragraph}). This operates on the paragraph that point is
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471 inside, or the one after point if point is between paragraphs.
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472 Refilling works by removing all the line-breaks, then inserting new ones
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473 where necessary.
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474
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475 @findex fill-region
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476 To refill many paragraphs, use @kbd{M-x fill-region}, which
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477 divides the region into paragraphs and fills each of them.
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478
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479 @findex fill-region-as-paragraph
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480 @kbd{M-q} and @code{fill-region} use the same criteria as @kbd{M-h}
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481 for finding paragraph boundaries (@pxref{Paragraphs}). For more
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482 control, you can use @kbd{M-x fill-region-as-paragraph}, which refills
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483 everything between point and mark. This command deletes any blank lines
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484 within the region, so separate blocks of text end up combined into one
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485 block.@refill
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486
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487 @cindex justification
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488 A numeric argument to @kbd{M-q} causes it to @dfn{justify} the text as
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489 well as filling it. This means that extra spaces are inserted to make
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490 the right margin line up exactly at the fill column. To remove the
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491 extra spaces, use @kbd{M-q} with no argument. (Likewise for
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492 @code{fill-region}.) Another way to control justification, and choose
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493 other styles of filling, is with the @code{justification} text property;
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494 see @ref{Format Justification}.
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495
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496 @kindex M-s @r{(Text mode)}
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497 @cindex centering
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498 @findex center-line
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499 The command @kbd{M-s} (@code{center-line}) centers the current line
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500 within the current fill column. With an argument @var{n}, it centers
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501 @var{n} lines individually and moves past them.
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502
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503 @vindex fill-column
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504 @kindex C-x f
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505 @findex set-fill-column
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506 The maximum line width for filling is in the variable
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507 @code{fill-column}. Altering the value of @code{fill-column} makes it
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508 local to the current buffer; until that time, the default value is in
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509 effect. The default is initially 70. @xref{Locals}. The easiest way
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510 to set @code{fill-column} is to use the command @kbd{C-x f}
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511 (@code{set-fill-column}). With a numeric argument, it uses that as the
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512 new fill column. With just @kbd{C-u} as argument, it sets
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513 @code{fill-column} to the current horizontal position of point.
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514
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515 Emacs commands normally consider a period followed by two spaces or by
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516 a newline as the end of a sentence; a period followed by just one space
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517 indicates an abbreviation and not the end of a sentence. To preserve
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518 the distinction between these two ways of using a period, the fill
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519 commands do not break a line after a period followed by just one space.
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520
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521 @vindex sentence-end-double-space
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522 If the variable @code{sentence-end-double-space} is @code{nil}, the
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523 fill commands expect and leave just one space at the end of a sentence.
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524 Ordinarily this variable is @code{t}, so the fill commands insist on
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525 two spaces for the end of a sentence, as explained above. @xref{Sentences}.
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526
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527 @vindex colon-double-space
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528 If the variable @code{colon-double-space} is non-@code{nil}, the
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529 fill commands put two spaces after a colon.
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530
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531 @node Fill Prefix
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532 @subsection The Fill Prefix
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533
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534 @cindex fill prefix
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535 To fill a paragraph in which each line starts with a special marker
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536 (which might be a few spaces, giving an indented paragraph), you can use
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537 the @dfn{fill prefix} feature. The fill prefix is a string that Emacs
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538 expects every line to start with, and which is not included in filling.
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539 You can specify a fill prefix explicitly; Emacs can also deduce the
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540 fill prefix automatically (@pxref{Adaptive Fill}).
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541
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542 @table @kbd
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543 @item C-x .
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544 Set the fill prefix (@code{set-fill-prefix}).
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545 @item M-q
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546 Fill a paragraph using current fill prefix (@code{fill-paragraph}).
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547 @item M-x fill-individual-paragraphs
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548 Fill the region, considering each change of indentation as starting a
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549 new paragraph.
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550 @item M-x fill-nonuniform-paragraphs
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551 Fill the region, considering only paragraph-separator lines as starting
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552 a new paragraph.
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553 @end table
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554
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555 @kindex C-x .
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556 @findex set-fill-prefix
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557 To specify a fill prefix, move to a line that starts with the desired
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558 prefix, put point at the end of the prefix, and give the command
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559 @w{@kbd{C-x .}}@: (@code{set-fill-prefix}). That's a period after the
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560 @kbd{C-x}. To turn off the fill prefix, specify an empty prefix: type
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561 @w{@kbd{C-x .}}@: with point at the beginning of a line.@refill
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562
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563 When a fill prefix is in effect, the fill commands remove the fill
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564 prefix from each line before filling and insert it on each line after
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565 filling. Auto Fill mode also inserts the fill prefix automatically when
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566 it makes a new line. The @kbd{C-o} command inserts the fill prefix on
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567 new lines it creates, when you use it at the beginning of a line
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568 (@pxref{Blank Lines}). Conversely, the command @kbd{M-^} deletes the
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569 prefix (if it occurs) after the newline that it deletes
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570 (@pxref{Indentation}).
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571
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572 For example, if @code{fill-column} is 40 and you set the fill prefix
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573 to @samp{;; }, then @kbd{M-q} in the following text
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574
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575 @example
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576 ;; This is an
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577 ;; example of a paragraph
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578 ;; inside a Lisp-style comment.
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579 @end example
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580
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581 @noindent
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582 produces this:
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583
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584 @example
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585 ;; This is an example of a paragraph
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586 ;; inside a Lisp-style comment.
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587 @end example
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588
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589 Lines that do not start with the fill prefix are considered to start
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590 paragraphs, both in @kbd{M-q} and the paragraph commands; this gives
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591 good results for paragraphs with hanging indentation (every line
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592 indented except the first one). Lines which are blank or indented once
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593 the prefix is removed also separate or start paragraphs; this is what
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594 you want if you are writing multi-paragraph comments with a comment
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595 delimiter on each line.
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596
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597 @findex fill-individual-paragraphs
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598 You can use @kbd{M-x fill-individual-paragraphs} to set the fill
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599 prefix for each paragraph automatically. This command divides the
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600 region into paragraphs, treating every change in the amount of
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601 indentation as the start of a new paragraph, and fills each of these
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602 paragraphs. Thus, all the lines in one ``paragraph'' have the same
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603 amount of indentation. That indentation serves as the fill prefix for
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604 that paragraph.
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605
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606 @findex fill-nonuniform-paragraphs
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607 @kbd{M-x fill-nonuniform-paragraphs} is a similar command that divides
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608 the region into paragraphs in a different way. It considers only
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609 paragraph-separating lines (as defined by @code{paragraph-separate}) as
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610 starting a new paragraph. Since this means that the lines of one
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611 paragraph may have different amounts of indentation, the fill prefix
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612 used is the smallest amount of indentation of any of the lines of the
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613 paragraph. This gives good results with styles that indent a paragraph's
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614 first line more or less that the rest of the paragraph.
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615
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616 @vindex fill-prefix
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617 The fill prefix is stored in the variable @code{fill-prefix}. Its value
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618 is a string, or @code{nil} when there is no fill prefix. This is a
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619 per-buffer variable; altering the variable affects only the current buffer,
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620 but there is a default value which you can change as well. @xref{Locals}.
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621
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622 The @code{indentation} text property provides another way to control
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623 the amount of indentation paragraphs receive. @xref{Format Indentation}.
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624
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625 @node Adaptive Fill
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626 @subsection Adaptive Filling
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627
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628 @cindex adaptive filling
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629 The fill commands can deduce the proper fill prefix for a paragraph
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630 automatically in certain cases: either whitespace or certain punctuation
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631 characters at the beginning of a line are propagated to all lines of the
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632 paragraph.
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633
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634 If the paragraph has two or more lines, the fill prefix is taken from
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635 the paragraph's second line, but only if it appears on the first line as
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636 well.
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637
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638 If a paragraph has just one line, fill commands @emph{may} take a
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639 prefix from that line. The decision is complicated because there are
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640 three reasonable things to do in such a case:
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641
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642 @itemize @bullet
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643 @item
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644 Use the first line's prefix on all the lines of the paragraph.
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645
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646 @item
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647 Indent subsequent lines with whitespace, so that they line up under the
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648 text that follows the prefix on the first line, but don't actually copy
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649 the prefix from the first line.
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650
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651 @item
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652 Don't do anything special with the second and following lines.
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653 @end itemize
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654
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655 All three of these styles of formatting are commonly used. So the
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656 fill commands try to determine what you would like, based on the prefix
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657 that appears and on the major mode. Here is how.
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658
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659 @vindex adaptive-fill-first-line-regexp
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660 If the prefix found on the first line matches
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661 @code{adaptive-fill-first-line-regexp}, or if it appears to be a
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662 comment-starting sequence (this depends on the major mode), then the
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663 prefix found is used for filling the paragraph, provided it would not
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664 act as a paragraph starter on subsequent lines.
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665
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666 Otherwise, the prefix found is converted to an equivalent number of
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667 spaces, and those spaces are used as the fill prefix for the rest of the
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668 lines, provided they would not act as a paragraph starter on subsequent
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669 lines.
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670
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671 In Text mode, and other modes where only blank lines and page
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672 delimiters separate paragraphs, the prefix chosen by adaptive filling
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673 never acts as a paragraph starter, so it can always be used for filling.
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674
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675 @vindex adaptive-fill-mode
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676 @vindex adaptive-fill-regexp
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677 The variable @code{adaptive-fill-regexp} determines what kinds of line
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678 beginnings can serve as a fill prefix: any characters at the start of
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679 the line that match this regular expression are used. If you set the
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680 variable @code{adaptive-fill-mode} to @code{nil}, the fill prefix is
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681 never chosen automatically.
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682
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683 @vindex adaptive-fill-function
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684 You can specify more complex ways of choosing a fill prefix
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685 automatically by setting the variable @code{adaptive-fill-function} to a
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686 function. This function is called with point after the left margin of a
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687 line, and it should return the appropriate fill prefix based on that
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688 line. If it returns @code{nil}, that means it sees no fill prefix in
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689 that line.
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690
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691 @node Case
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692 @section Case Conversion Commands
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693 @cindex case conversion
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694
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695 Emacs has commands for converting either a single word or any arbitrary
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696 range of text to upper case or to lower case.
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697
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698 @c WideCommands
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699 @table @kbd
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700 @item M-l
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701 Convert following word to lower case (@code{downcase-word}).
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702 @item M-u
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703 Convert following word to upper case (@code{upcase-word}).
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704 @item M-c
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705 Capitalize the following word (@code{capitalize-word}).
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706 @item C-x C-l
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707 Convert region to lower case (@code{downcase-region}).
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708 @item C-x C-u
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709 Convert region to upper case (@code{upcase-region}).
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710 @end table
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711
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712 @kindex M-l
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713 @kindex M-u
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714 @kindex M-c
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715 @cindex words, case conversion
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716 @cindex converting text to upper or lower case
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717 @cindex capitalizing words
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718 @findex downcase-word
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719 @findex upcase-word
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720 @findex capitalize-word
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721 The word conversion commands are the most useful. @kbd{M-l}
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722 (@code{downcase-word}) converts the word after point to lower case, moving
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723 past it. Thus, repeating @kbd{M-l} converts successive words.
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724 @kbd{M-u} (@code{upcase-word}) converts to all capitals instead, while
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725 @kbd{M-c} (@code{capitalize-word}) puts the first letter of the word
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726 into upper case and the rest into lower case. All these commands convert
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727 several words at once if given an argument. They are especially convenient
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728 for converting a large amount of text from all upper case to mixed case,
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729 because you can move through the text using @kbd{M-l}, @kbd{M-u} or
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730 @kbd{M-c} on each word as appropriate, occasionally using @kbd{M-f} instead
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731 to skip a word.
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732
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733 When given a negative argument, the word case conversion commands apply
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734 to the appropriate number of words before point, but do not move point.
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735 This is convenient when you have just typed a word in the wrong case: you
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736 can give the case conversion command and continue typing.
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737
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738 If a word case conversion command is given in the middle of a word, it
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739 applies only to the part of the word which follows point. This is just
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740 like what @kbd{M-d} (@code{kill-word}) does. With a negative argument,
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741 case conversion applies only to the part of the word before point.
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742
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743 @kindex C-x C-l
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744 @kindex C-x C-u
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745 @findex downcase-region
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746 @findex upcase-region
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747 The other case conversion commands are @kbd{C-x C-u}
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748 (@code{upcase-region}) and @kbd{C-x C-l} (@code{downcase-region}), which
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749 convert everything between point and mark to the specified case. Point and
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750 mark do not move.
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751
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752 The region case conversion commands @code{upcase-region} and
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753 @code{downcase-region} are normally disabled. This means that they ask
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754 for confirmation if you try to use them. When you confirm, you may
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755 enable the command, which means it will not ask for confirmation again.
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756 @xref{Disabling}.
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757
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758 @node Text Mode
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759 @section Text Mode
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760 @cindex Text mode
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761 @cindex mode, Text
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762 @findex text-mode
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763
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764 When you edit files of text in a human language, it's more convenient
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765 to use Text mode rather than Fundamental mode. To enter Text mode, type
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766 @kbd{M-x text-mode}.
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767
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768 In Text mode, only blank lines and page delimiters separate
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769 paragraphs. As a result, paragraphs can be indented, and adaptive
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770 filling determines what indentation to use when filling a paragraph.
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771 @xref{Adaptive Fill}.
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772
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773 @kindex TAB @r{(Text mode)}
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774 Text mode defines @key{TAB} to run @code{indent-relative}
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775 (@pxref{Indentation}), so that you can conveniently indent a line like
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776 the previous line. When the previous line is not indented,
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777 @code{indent-relative} runs @code{tab-to-tab-stop}, which uses Emacs tab
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778 stops that you can set (@pxref{Tab Stops}).
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779
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780 Text mode turns off the features concerned with comments except when
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781 you explicitly invoke them. It changes the syntax table so that periods
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782 are not considered part of a word, while apostrophes, backspaces and
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783 underlines are considered part of words.
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784
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785 @cindex Paragraph-Indent Text mode
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786 @cindex mode, Paragraph-Indent Text
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787 @findex paragraph-indent-text-mode
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788 If you indent the first lines of paragraphs, then you should use
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789 Paragraph-Indent Text mode rather than Text mode. In this mode, you do
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790 not need to have blank lines between paragraphs, because the first-line
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791 indentation is sufficient to start a paragraph; however paragraphs in
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792 which every line is indented are not supported. Use @kbd{M-x
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793 paragraph-indent-text-mode} to enter this mode.
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794
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795 @kindex M-TAB @r{(Text mode)}
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796 Text mode, and all the modes based on it, define @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} as
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797 the command @code{ispell-complete-word}, which performs completion of
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798 the partial word in the buffer before point, using the spelling
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799 dictionary as the space of possible words. @xref{Spelling}.
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800
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801 @vindex text-mode-hook
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802 Entering Text mode runs the hook @code{text-mode-hook}. Other major
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803 modes related to Text mode also run this hook, followed by hooks of
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804 their own; this includes Paragraph-Indent Text mode, Nroff mode, @TeX{}
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805 mode, Outline mode, and Mail mode. Hook functions on
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806 @code{text-mode-hook} can look at the value of @code{major-mode} to see
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807 which of these modes is actually being entered. @xref{Hooks}.
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808
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809 @ifinfo
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810 Emacs provides two other modes for editing text that is to be passed
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811 through a text formatter to produce fancy formatted printed output.
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812 @xref{Nroff Mode}, for editing input to the formatter nroff.
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813 @xref{TeX Mode}, for editing input to the formatter TeX.
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814
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815 Another mode is used for editing outlines. It allows you to view the
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816 text at various levels of detail. You can view either the outline
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817 headings alone or both headings and text; you can also hide some of the
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818 headings at lower levels from view to make the high level structure more
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819 visible. @xref{Outline Mode}.
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820 @end ifinfo
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821
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822 @node Outline Mode
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823 @section Outline Mode
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824 @cindex Outline mode
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825 @cindex mode, Outline
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826 @cindex selective display
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827 @cindex invisible lines
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828
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829 @findex outline-mode
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830 @findex outline-minor-mode
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831 @vindex outline-minor-mode-prefix
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832 Outline mode is a major mode much like Text mode but intended for
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833 editing outlines. It allows you to make parts of the text temporarily
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834 invisible so that you can see the outline structure. Type @kbd{M-x
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835 outline-mode} to switch to Outline mode as the major mode of the current
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836 buffer.
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837
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838 When Outline mode makes a line invisible, the line does not appear on
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839 the screen. The screen appears exactly as if the invisible line were
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840 deleted, except that an ellipsis (three periods in a row) appears at the
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841 end of the previous visible line (only one ellipsis no matter how many
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842 invisible lines follow).
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843
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844 Editing commands that operate on lines, such as @kbd{C-n} and
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845 @kbd{C-p}, treat the text of the invisible line as part of the previous
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846 visible line. Killing an entire visible line, including its terminating
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847 newline, really kills all the following invisible lines along with it.
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848
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849 Outline minor mode provides the same commands as the major mode,
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850 Outline mode, but you can use it in conjunction with other major modes.
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851 Type @kbd{M-x outline-minor-mode} to enable the Outline minor mode in
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852 the current buffer. You can also specify this in the text of a file,
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853 with a file local variable of the form @samp{mode: outline-minor}
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854 (@pxref{File Variables}).
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855
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856 @kindex C-c @@ @r{(Outline minor mode)}
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857 The major mode, Outline mode, provides special key bindings on the
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858 @kbd{C-c} prefix. Outline minor mode provides similar bindings with
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859 @kbd{C-c @@} as the prefix; this is to reduce the conflicts with the
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860 major mode's special commands. (The variable
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861 @code{outline-minor-mode-prefix} controls the prefix used.)
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862
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863 @vindex outline-mode-hook
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864 Entering Outline mode runs the hook @code{text-mode-hook} followed by
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865 the hook @code{outline-mode-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}).
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866
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867 @menu
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868 * Format: Outline Format. What the text of an outline looks like.
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869 * Motion: Outline Motion. Special commands for moving through
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870 outlines.
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871 * Visibility: Outline Visibility. Commands to control what is visible.
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872 * Views: Outline Views. Outlines and multiple views.
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873 @end menu
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874
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875 @node Outline Format
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876 @subsection Format of Outlines
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877
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878 @cindex heading lines (Outline mode)
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879 @cindex body lines (Outline mode)
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880 Outline mode assumes that the lines in the buffer are of two types:
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881 @dfn{heading lines} and @dfn{body lines}. A heading line represents a
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882 topic in the outline. Heading lines start with one or more stars; the
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883 number of stars determines the depth of the heading in the outline
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884 structure. Thus, a heading line with one star is a major topic; all the
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885 heading lines with two stars between it and the next one-star heading
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886 are its subtopics; and so on. Any line that is not a heading line is a
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887 body line. Body lines belong with the preceding heading line. Here is
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888 an example:
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889
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890 @example
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891 * Food
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892 This is the body,
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893 which says something about the topic of food.
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894
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895 ** Delicious Food
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896 This is the body of the second-level header.
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897
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898 ** Distasteful Food
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899 This could have
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900 a body too, with
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901 several lines.
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902
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903 *** Dormitory Food
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904
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905 * Shelter
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906 Another first-level topic with its header line.
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907 @end example
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908
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909 A heading line together with all following body lines is called
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910 collectively an @dfn{entry}. A heading line together with all following
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911 deeper heading lines and their body lines is called a @dfn{subtree}.
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912
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913 @vindex outline-regexp
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914 You can customize the criterion for distinguishing heading lines
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915 by setting the variable @code{outline-regexp}. Any line whose
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916 beginning has a match for this regexp is considered a heading line.
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917 Matches that start within a line (not at the left margin) do not count.
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918 The length of the matching text determines the level of the heading;
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919 longer matches make a more deeply nested level. Thus, for example,
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920 if a text formatter has commands @samp{@@chapter}, @samp{@@section}
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921 and @samp{@@subsection} to divide the document into chapters and
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922 sections, you could make those lines count as heading lines by
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923 setting @code{outline-regexp} to @samp{"@@chap\\|@@\\(sub\\)*section"}.
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924 Note the trick: the two words @samp{chapter} and @samp{section} are equally
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925 long, but by defining the regexp to match only @samp{chap} we ensure
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926 that the length of the text matched on a chapter heading is shorter,
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927 so that Outline mode will know that sections are contained in chapters.
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928 This works as long as no other command starts with @samp{@@chap}.
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929
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930 @vindex outline-level
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931 It is possible to change the rule for calculating the level of a
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932 heading line by setting the variable @code{outline-level}. The value of
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933 @code{outline-level} should be a function that takes no arguments and
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934 returns the level of the current heading. Some major modes such as C,
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935 Nroff, and Emacs Lisp mode set this variable and/or
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936 @code{outline-regexp} in order to work with Outline minor mode.
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937
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938 @node Outline Motion
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939 @subsection Outline Motion Commands
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940
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941 Outline mode provides special motion commands that move backward and
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942 forward to heading lines.
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943
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944 @table @kbd
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945 @item C-c C-n
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946 Move point to the next visible heading line
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947 (@code{outline-next-visible-heading}).
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948 @item C-c C-p
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949 Move point to the previous visible heading line
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950 (@code{outline-previous-visible-heading}).
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951 @item C-c C-f
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952 Move point to the next visible heading line at the same level
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953 as the one point is on (@code{outline-forward-same-level}).
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954 @item C-c C-b
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955 Move point to the previous visible heading line at the same level
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956 (@code{outline-backward-same-level}).
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957 @item C-c C-u
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958 Move point up to a lower-level (more inclusive) visible heading line
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959 (@code{outline-up-heading}).
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960 @end table
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961
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962 @findex outline-next-visible-heading
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963 @findex outline-previous-visible-heading
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964 @kindex C-c C-n @r{(Outline mode)}
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965 @kindex C-c C-p @r{(Outline mode)}
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966 @kbd{C-c C-n} (@code{outline-next-visible-heading}) moves down to the next
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967 heading line. @kbd{C-c C-p} (@code{outline-previous-visible-heading}) moves
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968 similarly backward. Both accept numeric arguments as repeat counts. The
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969 names emphasize that invisible headings are skipped, but this is not really
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970 a special feature. All editing commands that look for lines ignore the
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971 invisible lines automatically.@refill
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972
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973 @findex outline-up-heading
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974 @findex outline-forward-same-level
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975 @findex outline-backward-same-level
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976 @kindex C-c C-f @r{(Outline mode)}
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977 @kindex C-c C-b @r{(Outline mode)}
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978 @kindex C-c C-u @r{(Outline mode)}
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979 More powerful motion commands understand the level structure of headings.
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980 @kbd{C-c C-f} (@code{outline-forward-same-level}) and
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981 @kbd{C-c C-b} (@code{outline-backward-same-level}) move from one
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982 heading line to another visible heading at the same depth in
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983 the outline. @kbd{C-c C-u} (@code{outline-up-heading}) moves
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984 backward to another heading that is less deeply nested.
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985
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986 @node Outline Visibility
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987 @subsection Outline Visibility Commands
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988
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989 The other special commands of outline mode are used to make lines visible
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990 or invisible. Their names all start with @code{hide} or @code{show}.
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991 Most of them fall into pairs of opposites. They are not undoable; instead,
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992 you can undo right past them. Making lines visible or invisible is simply
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993 not recorded by the undo mechanism.
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994
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995 @table @kbd
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996 @item C-c C-t
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997 Make all body lines in the buffer invisible (@code{hide-body}).
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998 @item C-c C-a
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999 Make all lines in the buffer visible (@code{show-all}).
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1000 @item C-c C-d
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1001 Make everything under this heading invisible, not including this
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1002 heading itself (@code{hide-subtree}).
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1003 @item C-c C-s
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1004 Make everything under this heading visible, including body,
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1005 subheadings, and their bodies (@code{show-subtree}).
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1006 @item C-c C-l
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1007 Make the body of this heading line, and of all its subheadings,
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1008 invisible (@code{hide-leaves}).
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1009 @item C-c C-k
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1010 Make all subheadings of this heading line, at all levels, visible
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1011 (@code{show-branches}).
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1012 @item C-c C-i
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1013 Make immediate subheadings (one level down) of this heading line
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1014 visible (@code{show-children}).
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1015 @item C-c C-c
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1016 Make this heading line's body invisible (@code{hide-entry}).
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1017 @item C-c C-e
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1018 Make this heading line's body visible (@code{show-entry}).
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1019 @item C-c C-q
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1020 Hide everything except the top @var{n} levels of heading lines
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1021 (@code{hide-sublevels}).
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1022 @item C-c C-o
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1023 Hide everything except for the heading or body that point is in, plus
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1024 the headings leading up from there to the top level of the outline
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1025 (@code{hide-other}).
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1026 @end table
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1027
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1028 @findex hide-entry
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1029 @findex show-entry
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1030 @kindex C-c C-c @r{(Outline mode)}
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1031 @kindex C-c C-e @r{(Outline mode)}
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1032 Two commands that are exact opposites are @kbd{C-c C-c}
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1033 (@code{hide-entry}) and @kbd{C-c C-e} (@code{show-entry}). They are
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1034 used with point on a heading line, and apply only to the body lines of
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1035 that heading. Subheadings and their bodies are not affected.
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1036
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1037 @findex hide-subtree
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1038 @findex show-subtree
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1039 @kindex C-c C-s @r{(Outline mode)}
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1040 @kindex C-c C-d @r{(Outline mode)}
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1041 @cindex subtree (Outline mode)
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1042 Two more powerful opposites are @kbd{C-c C-d} (@code{hide-subtree}) and
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1043 @kbd{C-c C-s} (@code{show-subtree}). Both expect to be used when point is
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1044 on a heading line, and both apply to all the lines of that heading's
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1045 @dfn{subtree}: its body, all its subheadings, both direct and indirect, and
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1046 all of their bodies. In other words, the subtree contains everything
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1047 following this heading line, up to and not including the next heading of
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1048 the same or higher rank.@refill
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1049
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1050 @findex hide-leaves
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1051 @findex show-branches
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1052 @kindex C-c C-l @r{(Outline mode)}
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1053 @kindex C-c C-k @r{(Outline mode)}
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1054 Intermediate between a visible subtree and an invisible one is having
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1055 all the subheadings visible but none of the body. There are two
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1056 commands for doing this, depending on whether you want to hide the
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1057 bodies or make the subheadings visible. They are @kbd{C-c C-l}
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1058 (@code{hide-leaves}) and @kbd{C-c C-k} (@code{show-branches}).
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1059
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1060 @kindex C-c C-i @r{(Outline mode)}
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1061 @findex show-children
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1062 A little weaker than @code{show-branches} is @kbd{C-c C-i}
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1063 (@code{show-children}). It makes just the direct subheadings
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1064 visible---those one level down. Deeper subheadings remain invisible, if
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1065 they were invisible.@refill
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1066
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1067 @findex hide-body
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1068 @findex show-all
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1069 @kindex C-c C-t @r{(Outline mode)}
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1070 @kindex C-c C-a @r{(Outline mode)}
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1071 Two commands have a blanket effect on the whole file. @kbd{C-c C-t}
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1072 (@code{hide-body}) makes all body lines invisible, so that you see just
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1073 the outline structure. @kbd{C-c C-a} (@code{show-all}) makes all lines
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1074 visible. These commands can be thought of as a pair of opposites even
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1075 though @kbd{C-c C-a} applies to more than just body lines.
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1076
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1077 @findex hide-sublevels
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1078 @kindex C-c C-q @r{(Outline mode)}
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1079 The command @kbd{C-c C-q} (@code{hide-sublevels}) hides all but the
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1080 top level headings. With a numeric argument @var{n}, it hides everything
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1081 except the top @var{n} levels of heading lines.
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1082
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1083 @findex hide-other
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1084 @kindex C-c C-o @r{(Outline mode)}
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1085 The command @kbd{C-c C-o} (@code{hide-other}) hides everything except
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1086 the heading or body text that point is in, plus its parents (the headers
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1087 leading up from there to top level in the outline).
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1088
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1089 You can turn off the use of ellipses at the ends of visible lines by
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1090 setting @code{selective-display-ellipses} to @code{nil}. Then there is
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1091 no visible indication of the presence of invisible lines.
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1092
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1093 When incremental search finds text that is hidden by Outline mode,
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1094 it makes that part of the buffer visible. If you exit the search
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1095 at that position, the text remains visible.
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1096
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1097 @node Outline Views
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1098 @subsection Viewing One Outline in Multiple Views
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1099
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1100 @cindex multiple views of outline
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1101 @cindex views of an outline
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1102 @cindex outline with multiple views
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1103 @cindex indirect buffers and outlines
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1104 You can display two views of a single outline at the same time, in
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1105 different windows. To do this, you must create an indirect buffer using
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1106 @kbd{M-x make-indirect-buffer}. The first argument of this command is
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1107 the existing outline buffer name, and its second argument is the name to
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1108 use for the new indirect buffer. @xref{Indirect Buffers}.
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1109
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1110 Once the indirect buffer exists, you can display it in a window in the
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1111 normal fashion, with @kbd{C-x 4 b} or other Emacs commands. The Outline
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1112 mode commands to show and hide parts of the text operate on each buffer
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1113 independently; as a result, each buffer can have its own view. If you
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1114 want more than two views on the same outline, create additional indirect
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1115 buffers.
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1116
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1117 @node TeX Mode
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1118 @section @TeX{} Mode
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1119 @cindex @TeX{} mode
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1120 @cindex La@TeX{} mode
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1121 @cindex Sli@TeX{} mode
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1122 @cindex mode, @TeX{}
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1123 @cindex mode, La@TeX{}
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1124 @cindex mode, Sli@TeX{}
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1125 @findex tex-mode
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1126 @findex plain-tex-mode
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1127 @findex latex-mode
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1128 @findex slitex-mode
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1129
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1130 @TeX{} is a powerful text formatter written by Donald Knuth; it is also
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1131 free, like GNU Emacs. La@TeX{} is a simplified input format for @TeX{},
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1132 implemented by @TeX{} macros; it comes with @TeX{}. Sli@TeX{} is a special
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1133 form of La@TeX{}.@refill
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1134
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1135 Emacs has a special @TeX{} mode for editing @TeX{} input files.
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1136 It provides facilities for checking the balance of delimiters and for
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1137 invoking @TeX{} on all or part of the file.
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1138
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1139 @vindex tex-default-mode
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1140 @TeX{} mode has three variants, Plain @TeX{} mode, La@TeX{} mode, and
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1141 Sli@TeX{} mode (these three distinct major modes differ only slightly).
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1142 They are designed for editing the three different formats. The command
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1143 @kbd{M-x tex-mode} looks at the contents of the buffer to determine
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1144 whether the contents appear to be either La@TeX{} input or Sli@TeX{}
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1145 input; if so, it selects the appropriate mode. If the file contents do
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1146 not appear to be La@TeX{} or Sli@TeX{}, it selects Plain @TeX{} mode.
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parents:
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1147 If the contents are insufficient to determine this, the variable
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1148 @code{tex-default-mode} controls which mode is used.
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1149
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1150 When @kbd{M-x tex-mode} does not guess right, you can use the commands
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1151 @kbd{M-x plain-tex-mode}, @kbd{M-x latex-mode}, and @kbd{M-x
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1152 slitex-mode} to select explicitly the particular variants of @TeX{}
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1153 mode.
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1154
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1155 @vindex tex-shell-hook
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1156 @vindex tex-mode-hook
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1157 @vindex latex-mode-hook
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1158 @vindex slitex-mode-hook
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1159 @vindex plain-tex-mode-hook
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1160 Entering any kind of @TeX{} mode runs the hooks @code{text-mode-hook}
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1161 and @code{tex-mode-hook}. Then it runs either
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diff changeset
1162 @code{plain-tex-mode-hook} or @code{latex-mode-hook}, whichever is
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1163 appropriate. For Sli@TeX{} files, it calls @code{slitex-mode-hook}.
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1164 Starting the @TeX{} shell runs the hook @code{tex-shell-hook}.
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1165 @xref{Hooks}.
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1166
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1167 @menu
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1168 * Editing: TeX Editing. Special commands for editing in TeX mode.
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1169 * LaTeX: LaTeX Editing. Additional commands for LaTeX input files.
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1170 * Printing: TeX Print. Commands for printing part of a file with TeX.
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parents:
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1171 @end menu
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1172
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1173 @node TeX Editing
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1174 @subsection @TeX{} Editing Commands
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1175
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1176 Here are the special commands provided in @TeX{} mode for editing the
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1177 text of the file.
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1178
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1179 @table @kbd
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1180 @item "
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1181 Insert, according to context, either @samp{``} or @samp{"} or
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1182 @samp{''} (@code{tex-insert-quote}).
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1183 @item C-j
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1184 Insert a paragraph break (two newlines) and check the previous
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1185 paragraph for unbalanced braces or dollar signs
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1186 (@code{tex-terminate-paragraph}).
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1187 @item M-x tex-validate-region
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1188 Check each paragraph in the region for unbalanced braces or dollar signs.
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1189 @item C-c @{
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1190 Insert @samp{@{@}} and position point between them (@code{tex-insert-braces}).
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1191 @item C-c @}
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1192 Move forward past the next unmatched close brace (@code{up-list}).
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1193 @end table
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1194
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1195 @findex tex-insert-quote
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1196 @kindex " @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
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1197 In @TeX{}, the character @samp{"} is not normally used; we use
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1198 @samp{``} to start a quotation and @samp{''} to end one. To make
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diff changeset
1199 editing easier under this formatting convention, @TeX{} mode overrides
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1200 the normal meaning of the key @kbd{"} with a command that inserts a pair
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1201 of single-quotes or backquotes (@code{tex-insert-quote}). To be
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1202 precise, this command inserts @samp{``} after whitespace or an open
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1203 brace, @samp{"} after a backslash, and @samp{''} after any other
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1204 character.
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1205
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1206 If you need the character @samp{"} itself in unusual contexts, use
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1207 @kbd{C-q} to insert it. Also, @kbd{"} with a numeric argument always
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1208 inserts that number of @samp{"} characters. You can turn off the
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1209 feature of @kbd{"} expansion by eliminating that binding in the local
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1210 map (@pxref{Key Bindings}).
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1211
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1212 In @TeX{} mode, @samp{$} has a special syntax code which attempts to
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1213 understand the way @TeX{} math mode delimiters match. When you insert a
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1214 @samp{$} that is meant to exit math mode, the position of the matching
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1215 @samp{$} that entered math mode is displayed for a second. This is the
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1216 same feature that displays the open brace that matches a close brace that
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1217 is inserted. However, there is no way to tell whether a @samp{$} enters
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1218 math mode or leaves it; so when you insert a @samp{$} that enters math
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1219 mode, the previous @samp{$} position is shown as if it were a match, even
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1220 though they are actually unrelated.
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1221
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1222 @findex tex-insert-braces
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1223 @kindex C-c @{ @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
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1224 @findex up-list
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1225 @kindex C-c @} @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
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1226 @TeX{} uses braces as delimiters that must match. Some users prefer
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1227 to keep braces balanced at all times, rather than inserting them
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1228 singly. Use @kbd{C-c @{} (@code{tex-insert-braces}) to insert a pair of
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1229 braces. It leaves point between the two braces so you can insert the
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1230 text that belongs inside. Afterward, use the command @kbd{C-c @}}
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1231 (@code{up-list}) to move forward past the close brace.
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1232
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1233 @findex tex-validate-region
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1234 @findex tex-terminate-paragraph
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1235 @kindex C-j @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
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1236 There are two commands for checking the matching of braces. @kbd{C-j}
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1237 (@code{tex-terminate-paragraph}) checks the paragraph before point, and
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1238 inserts two newlines to start a new paragraph. It prints a message in
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1239 the echo area if any mismatch is found. @kbd{M-x tex-validate-region}
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1240 checks a region, paragraph by paragraph. The errors are listed in the
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1241 @samp{*Occur*} buffer, and you can use @kbd{C-c C-c} or @kbd{Mouse-2} in
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1242 that buffer to go to a particular mismatch.
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1243
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1244 Note that Emacs commands count square brackets and parentheses in
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1245 @TeX{} mode, not just braces. This is not strictly correct for the
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1246 purpose of checking @TeX{} syntax. However, parentheses and square
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1247 brackets are likely to be used in text as matching delimiters and it is
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1248 useful for the various motion commands and automatic match display to
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1249 work with them.
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1250
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1251 @node LaTeX Editing
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1252 @subsection La@TeX{} Editing Commands
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1253
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1254 La@TeX{} mode, and its variant, Sli@TeX{} mode, provide a few extra
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1255 features not applicable to plain @TeX{}.
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1256
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1257 @table @kbd
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1258 @item C-c C-o
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1259 Insert @samp{\begin} and @samp{\end} for La@TeX{} block and position
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1260 point on a line between them (@code{tex-latex-block}).
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1261 @item C-c C-e
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1262 Close the innermost La@TeX{} block not yet closed
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1263 (@code{tex-close-latex-block}).
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1264 @end table
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1265
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1266 @findex tex-latex-block
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1267 @kindex C-c C-o @r{(La@TeX{} mode)}
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1268 @vindex latex-block-names
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1269 In La@TeX{} input, @samp{\begin} and @samp{\end} commands are used to
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1270 group blocks of text. To insert a @samp{\begin} and a matching
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1271 @samp{\end} (on a new line following the @samp{\begin}), use @kbd{C-c
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1272 C-o} (@code{tex-latex-block}). A blank line is inserted between the
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1273 two, and point is left there. You can use completion when you enter the
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1274 block type; to specify additional block type names beyond the standard
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1275 list, set the variable @code{latex-block-names}. For example, here's
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1276 how to add @samp{theorem}, @samp{corollary}, and @samp{proof}:
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1277
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1278 @example
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1279 (setq latex-block-names '("theorem" "corollary" "proof"))
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1280 @end example
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1281
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1282 @findex tex-close-latex-block
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1283 @kindex C-c C-e @r{(La@TeX{} mode)}
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1284 In La@TeX{} input, @samp{\begin} and @samp{\end} commands must
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1285 balance. You can use @kbd{C-c C-e} (@code{tex-close-latex-block}) to
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1286 insert automatically a matching @samp{\end} to match the last unmatched
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diff changeset
1287 @samp{\begin}. It indents the @samp{\end} to match the corresponding
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1288 @samp{\begin}. It inserts a newline after @samp{\end} if point is at
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1289 the beginning of a line.
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1290
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1291 @node TeX Print
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1292 @subsection @TeX{} Printing Commands
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1293
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1294 You can invoke @TeX{} as an inferior of Emacs on either the entire
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1295 contents of the buffer or just a region at a time. Running @TeX{} in
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diff changeset
1296 this way on just one chapter is a good way to see what your changes
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1297 look like without taking the time to format the entire file.
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1298
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1299 @table @kbd
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1300 @item C-c C-r
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diff changeset
1301 Invoke @TeX{} on the current region, together with the buffer's header
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1302 (@code{tex-region}).
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1303 @item C-c C-b
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1304 Invoke @TeX{} on the entire current buffer (@code{tex-buffer}).
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1305 @item C-c @key{TAB}
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diff changeset
1306 Invoke Bib@TeX{} on the current file (@code{tex-bibtex-file}).
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1307 @item C-c C-f
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diff changeset
1308 Invoke @TeX{} on the current file (@code{tex-file}).
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1309 @item C-c C-l
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diff changeset
1310 Recenter the window showing output from the inferior @TeX{} so that
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1311 the last line can be seen (@code{tex-recenter-output-buffer}).
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1312 @item C-c C-k
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1313 Kill the @TeX{} subprocess (@code{tex-kill-job}).
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1314 @item C-c C-p
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1315 Print the output from the last @kbd{C-c C-r}, @kbd{C-c C-b}, or @kbd{C-c
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diff changeset
1316 C-f} command (@code{tex-print}).
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diff changeset
1317 @item C-c C-v
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1318 Preview the output from the last @kbd{C-c C-r}, @kbd{C-c C-b}, or @kbd{C-c
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diff changeset
1319 C-f} command (@code{tex-view}).
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diff changeset
1320 @item C-c C-q
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diff changeset
1321 Show the printer queue (@code{tex-show-print-queue}).
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diff changeset
1322 @end table
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1323
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1324 @findex tex-buffer
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diff changeset
1325 @kindex C-c C-b @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
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diff changeset
1326 @findex tex-print
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diff changeset
1327 @kindex C-c C-p @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
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diff changeset
1328 @findex tex-view
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diff changeset
1329 @kindex C-c C-v @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
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diff changeset
1330 @findex tex-show-print-queue
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diff changeset
1331 @kindex C-c C-q @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
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diff changeset
1332 You can pass the current buffer through an inferior @TeX{} by means of
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diff changeset
1333 @kbd{C-c C-b} (@code{tex-buffer}). The formatted output appears in a
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diff changeset
1334 temporary file; to print it, type @kbd{C-c C-p} (@code{tex-print}).
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1335 Afterward, you can use @kbd{C-c C-q} (@code{tex-show-print-queue}) to
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diff changeset
1336 view the progress of your output towards being printed. If your terminal
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parents:
diff changeset
1337 has the ability to display @TeX{} output files, you can preview the
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diff changeset
1338 output on the terminal with @kbd{C-c C-v} (@code{tex-view}).
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diff changeset
1339
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diff changeset
1340 @cindex @code{TEXINPUTS} environment variable
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parents:
diff changeset
1341 @vindex tex-directory
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parents:
diff changeset
1342 You can specify the directory to use for running @TeX{} by setting the
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diff changeset
1343 variable @code{tex-directory}. @code{"."} is the default value. If
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diff changeset
1344 your environment variable @code{TEXINPUTS} contains relative directory
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diff changeset
1345 names, or if your files contains @samp{\input} commands with relative
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diff changeset
1346 file names, then @code{tex-directory} @emph{must} be @code{"."} or you
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diff changeset
1347 will get the wrong results. Otherwise, it is safe to specify some other
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diff changeset
1348 directory, such as @code{"/tmp"}.
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1349
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diff changeset
1350 @vindex tex-run-command
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diff changeset
1351 @vindex latex-run-command
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diff changeset
1352 @vindex slitex-run-command
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diff changeset
1353 @vindex tex-dvi-print-command
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parents:
diff changeset
1354 @vindex tex-dvi-view-command
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parents:
diff changeset
1355 @vindex tex-show-queue-command
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diff changeset
1356 If you want to specify which shell commands are used in the inferior @TeX{},
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diff changeset
1357 you can do so by setting the values of the variables @code{tex-run-command},
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diff changeset
1358 @code{latex-run-command}, @code{slitex-run-command},
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diff changeset
1359 @code{tex-dvi-print-command}, @code{tex-dvi-view-command}, and
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diff changeset
1360 @code{tex-show-queue-command}. You @emph{must} set the value of
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diff changeset
1361 @code{tex-dvi-view-command} for your particular terminal; this variable
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parents:
diff changeset
1362 has no default value. The other variables have default values that may
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1363 (or may not) be appropriate for your system.
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1364
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diff changeset
1365 Normally, the file name given to these commands comes at the end of
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diff changeset
1366 the command string; for example, @samp{latex @var{filename}}. In some
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diff changeset
1367 cases, however, the file name needs to be embedded in the command; an
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diff changeset
1368 example is when you need to provide the file name as an argument to one
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diff changeset
1369 command whose output is piped to another. You can specify where to put
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diff changeset
1370 the file name with @samp{*} in the command string. For example,
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parents:
diff changeset
1371
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diff changeset
1372 @example
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diff changeset
1373 (setq tex-dvi-print-command "dvips -f * | lpr")
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diff changeset
1374 @end example
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diff changeset
1375
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diff changeset
1376 @findex tex-kill-job
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diff changeset
1377 @kindex C-c C-k @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
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parents:
diff changeset
1378 @findex tex-recenter-output-buffer
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parents:
diff changeset
1379 @kindex C-c C-l @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
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diff changeset
1380 The terminal output from @TeX{}, including any error messages, appears
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parents:
diff changeset
1381 in a buffer called @samp{*tex-shell*}. If @TeX{} gets an error, you can
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parents:
diff changeset
1382 switch to this buffer and feed it input (this works as in Shell mode;
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parents:
diff changeset
1383 @pxref{Interactive Shell}). Without switching to this buffer you can
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parents:
diff changeset
1384 scroll it so that its last line is visible by typing @kbd{C-c
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parents:
diff changeset
1385 C-l}.
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diff changeset
1386
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diff changeset
1387 Type @kbd{C-c C-k} (@code{tex-kill-job}) to kill the @TeX{} process if
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diff changeset
1388 you see that its output is no longer useful. Using @kbd{C-c C-b} or
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diff changeset
1389 @kbd{C-c C-r} also kills any @TeX{} process still running.@refill
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diff changeset
1390
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diff changeset
1391 @findex tex-region
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parents:
diff changeset
1392 @kindex C-c C-r @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
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parents:
diff changeset
1393 You can also pass an arbitrary region through an inferior @TeX{} by typing
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diff changeset
1394 @kbd{C-c C-r} (@code{tex-region}). This is tricky, however, because most files
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parents:
diff changeset
1395 of @TeX{} input contain commands at the beginning to set parameters and
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parents:
diff changeset
1396 define macros, without which no later part of the file will format
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diff changeset
1397 correctly. To solve this problem, @kbd{C-c C-r} allows you to designate a
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diff changeset
1398 part of the file as containing essential commands; it is included before
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parents:
diff changeset
1399 the specified region as part of the input to @TeX{}. The designated part
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diff changeset
1400 of the file is called the @dfn{header}.
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parents:
diff changeset
1401
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diff changeset
1402 @cindex header (@TeX{} mode)
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parents:
diff changeset
1403 To indicate the bounds of the header in Plain @TeX{} mode, you insert two
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parents:
diff changeset
1404 special strings in the file. Insert @samp{%**start of header} before the
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parents:
diff changeset
1405 header, and @samp{%**end of header} after it. Each string must appear
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parents:
diff changeset
1406 entirely on one line, but there may be other text on the line before or
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parents:
diff changeset
1407 after. The lines containing the two strings are included in the header.
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parents:
diff changeset
1408 If @samp{%**start of header} does not appear within the first 100 lines of
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parents:
diff changeset
1409 the buffer, @kbd{C-c C-r} assumes that there is no header.
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parents:
diff changeset
1410
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diff changeset
1411 In La@TeX{} mode, the header begins with @samp{\documentclass} or
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parents:
diff changeset
1412 @samp{\documentstyle} and ends with @samp{\begin@{document@}}. These
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parents:
diff changeset
1413 are commands that La@TeX{} requires you to use in any case, so nothing
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parents:
diff changeset
1414 special needs to be done to identify the header.
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parents:
diff changeset
1415
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diff changeset
1416 @findex tex-file
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diff changeset
1417 @kindex C-c C-f @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
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parents:
diff changeset
1418 The commands (@code{tex-buffer}) and (@code{tex-region}) do all of their
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parents:
diff changeset
1419 work in a temporary directory, and do not have available any of the auxiliary
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parents:
diff changeset
1420 files needed by @TeX{} for cross-references; these commands are generally
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parents:
diff changeset
1421 not suitable for running the final copy in which all of the cross-references
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parents:
diff changeset
1422 need to be correct.
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1423
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1424 When you want the auxiliary files for cross references, use @kbd{C-c
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1425 C-f} (@code{tex-file}) which runs @TeX{} on the current buffer's file,
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1426 in that file's directory. Before running @TeX{}, it offers to save any
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1427 modified buffers. Generally, you need to use (@code{tex-file}) twice to
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1428 get the cross-references right.
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1429
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1430 @vindex tex-start-options-string
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1431 The value of the variable @code{tex-start-options-string} specifies
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1432 options for the @TeX{} run. The default value causes @TeX{} to run in
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1433 nonstopmode. To run @TeX{} interactively, set the variable to @code{""}.
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1434
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1435 @vindex tex-main-file
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1436 Large @TeX{} documents are often split into several files---one main
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1437 file, plus subfiles. Running @TeX{} on a subfile typically does not
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1438 work; you have to run it on the main file. In order to make
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1439 @code{tex-file} useful when you are editing a subfile, you can set the
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1440 variable @code{tex-main-file} to the name of the main file. Then
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1441 @code{tex-file} runs @TeX{} on that file.
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1442
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1443 The most convenient way to use @code{tex-main-file} is to specify it
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1444 in a local variable list in each of the subfiles. @xref{File
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1445 Variables}.
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1446
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1447 @findex tex-bibtex-file
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1448 @kindex C-c TAB @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
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1449 @vindex tex-bibtex-command
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1450 For La@TeX{} files, you can use Bib@TeX{} to process the auxiliary
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1451 file for the current buffer's file. Bib@TeX{} looks up bibliographic
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1452 citations in a data base and prepares the cited references for the
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1453 bibliography section. The command @kbd{C-c TAB}
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1454 (@code{tex-bibtex-file}) runs the shell command
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1455 (@code{tex-bibtex-command}) to produce a @samp{.bbl} file for the
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1456 current buffer's file. Generally, you need to do @kbd{C-c C-f}
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1457 (@code{tex-file}) once to generate the @samp{.aux} file, then do
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1458 @kbd{C-c TAB} (@code{tex-bibtex-file}), and then repeat @kbd{C-c C-f}
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1459 (@code{tex-file}) twice more to get the cross-references correct.
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1460
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1461 For managing all kinds of references, you can use Ref@TeX{}.
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1462 @xref{Top, , RefTeX, reftex}.
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1463
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1464 @node Nroff Mode
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1465 @section Nroff Mode
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1466
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1467 @cindex nroff
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1468 @findex nroff-mode
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1469 Nroff mode is a mode like Text mode but modified to handle nroff commands
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1470 present in the text. Invoke @kbd{M-x nroff-mode} to enter this mode. It
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1471 differs from Text mode in only a few ways. All nroff command lines are
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1472 considered paragraph separators, so that filling will never garble the
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1473 nroff commands. Pages are separated by @samp{.bp} commands. Comments
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1474 start with backslash-doublequote. Also, three special commands are
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1475 provided that are not in Text mode:
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1476
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1477 @findex forward-text-line
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1478 @findex backward-text-line
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1479 @findex count-text-lines
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1480 @kindex M-n @r{(Nroff mode)}
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1481 @kindex M-p @r{(Nroff mode)}
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1482 @kindex M-? @r{(Nroff mode)}
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1483 @table @kbd
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1484 @item M-n
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1485 Move to the beginning of the next line that isn't an nroff command
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1486 (@code{forward-text-line}). An argument is a repeat count.
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1487 @item M-p
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1488 Like @kbd{M-n} but move up (@code{backward-text-line}).
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1489 @item M-?
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1490 Prints in the echo area the number of text lines (lines that are not
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1491 nroff commands) in the region (@code{count-text-lines}).
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1492 @end table
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1493
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1494 @findex electric-nroff-mode
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1495 The other feature of Nroff mode is that you can turn on Electric Nroff
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1496 mode. This is a minor mode that you can turn on or off with @kbd{M-x
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1497 electric-nroff-mode} (@pxref{Minor Modes}). When the mode is on, each
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1498 time you use @key{RET} to end a line that contains an nroff command that
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1499 opens a kind of grouping, the matching nroff command to close that
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1500 grouping is automatically inserted on the following line. For example,
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1501 if you are at the beginning of a line and type @kbd{.@: ( b @key{RET}},
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1502 this inserts the matching command @samp{.)b} on a new line following
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1503 point.
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1504
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1505 If you use Outline minor mode with Nroff mode (@pxref{Outline Mode}),
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1506 heading lines are lines of the form @samp{.H} followed by a number (the
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diff changeset
1507 header level).
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1508
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1509 @vindex nroff-mode-hook
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1510 Entering Nroff mode runs the hook @code{text-mode-hook}, followed by
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1511 the hook @code{nroff-mode-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}).
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1512
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1513 @node Formatted Text
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1514 @section Editing Formatted Text
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1515
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1516 @cindex Enriched mode
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1517 @cindex mode, Enriched
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1518 @cindex formatted text
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1519 @cindex WYSIWYG
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1520 @cindex word processing
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1521 @dfn{Enriched mode} is a minor mode for editing files that contain
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1522 formatted text in WYSIWYG fashion, as in a word processor. Currently,
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1523 formatted text in Enriched mode can specify fonts, colors, underlining,
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1524 margins, and types of filling and justification. In the future, we plan
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1525 to implement other formatting features as well.
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1526
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1527 Enriched mode is a minor mode (@pxref{Minor Modes}). Typically it is
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1528 used in conjunction with Text mode (@pxref{Text Mode}). However, you
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1529 can also use it with other major modes such as Outline mode and
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1530 Paragraph-Indent Text mode.
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1531
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1532 Potentially, Emacs can store formatted text files in various file
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1533 formats. Currently, only one format is implemented: @dfn{text/enriched}
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1534 format, which is defined by the MIME protocol. @xref{Format
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1535 Conversion,, Format Conversion, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual},
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diff changeset
1536 for details of how Emacs recognizes and converts file formats.
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1537
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1538 The Emacs distribution contains a formatted text file that can serve as
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1539 an example. Its name is @file{etc/enriched.doc}. It contains samples
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1540 illustrating all the features described in this section. It also
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1541 contains a list of ideas for future enhancements.
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1542
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1543 @menu
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1544 * Requesting Formatted Text:: Entering and exiting Enriched mode.
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1545 * Hard and Soft Newlines:: There are two different kinds of newlines.
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1546 * Editing Format Info:: How to edit text properties.
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1547 * Faces: Format Faces. Bold, italic, underline, etc.
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1548 * Color: Format Colors. Changing the color of text.
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1549 * Indent: Format Indentation. Changing the left and right margins.
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1550 * Justification: Format Justification.
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1551 Centering, setting text flush with the
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1552 left or right margin, etc.
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1553 * Other: Format Properties. The "special" text properties submenu.
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1554 * Forcing Enriched Mode:: How to force use of Enriched mode.
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1555 @end menu
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1556
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1557 @node Requesting Formatted Text
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1558 @subsection Requesting to Edit Formatted Text
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1559
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1560 Whenever you visit a file that Emacs saved in the text/enriched format,
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1561 Emacs automatically converts the formatting information in the file into
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parents:
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1562 Emacs's own internal format (text properties), and turns on Enriched
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diff changeset
1563 mode.
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1564
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1565 @findex enriched-mode
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diff changeset
1566 To create a new file of formatted text, first visit the nonexistent
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1567 file, then type @kbd{M-x enriched-mode} before you start inserting text.
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diff changeset
1568 This command turns on Enriched mode. Do this before you begin inserting
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1569 text, to ensure that the text you insert is handled properly.
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1570
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1571 More generally, the command @code{enriched-mode} turns Enriched mode
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1572 on if it was off, and off if it was on. With a prefix argument, this
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parents:
diff changeset
1573 command turns Enriched mode on if the argument is positive, and turns
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diff changeset
1574 the mode off otherwise.
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parents:
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1575
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1576 When you save a buffer while Enriched mode is enabled in it, Emacs
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diff changeset
1577 automatically converts the text to text/enriched format while writing it
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parents:
diff changeset
1578 into the file. When you visit the file again, Emacs will automatically
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diff changeset
1579 recognize the format, reconvert the text, and turn on Enriched mode
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parents:
diff changeset
1580 again.
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1581
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diff changeset
1582 @vindex enriched-fill-after-visiting
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1583 Normally, after visiting a file in text/enriched format, Emacs refills
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parents:
diff changeset
1584 each paragraph to fit the specified right margin. You can turn off this
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parents:
diff changeset
1585 refilling, to save time, by setting the variable
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diff changeset
1586 @code{enriched-fill-after-visiting} to @code{nil} or to @code{ask}.
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1587
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diff changeset
1588 However, when visiting a file that was saved from Enriched mode, there
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diff changeset
1589 is no need for refilling, because Emacs saves the right margin settings
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1590 along with the text.
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1591
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diff changeset
1592 @vindex enriched-translations
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parents:
diff changeset
1593 You can add annotations for saving additional text properties, which
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diff changeset
1594 Emacs normally does not save, by adding to @code{enriched-translations}.
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diff changeset
1595 Note that the text/enriched standard requires any non-standard
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diff changeset
1596 annotations to have names starting with @samp{x-}, as in
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diff changeset
1597 @samp{x-read-only}. This ensures that they will not conflict with
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parents:
diff changeset
1598 standard annotations that may be added later.
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1599
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1600 @node Hard and Soft Newlines
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1601 @subsection Hard and Soft Newlines
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parents:
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1602 @cindex hard newline
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1603 @cindex soft newline
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parents:
diff changeset
1604 @cindex newlines, hard and soft
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parents:
diff changeset
1605
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diff changeset
1606 In formatted text, Emacs distinguishes between two different kinds of
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parents:
diff changeset
1607 newlines, @dfn{hard} newlines and @dfn{soft} newlines.
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parents:
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1608
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diff changeset
1609 Hard newlines are used to separate paragraphs, or items in a list, or
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parents:
diff changeset
1610 anywhere that there should always be a line break regardless of the
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parents:
diff changeset
1611 margins. The @key{RET} command (@code{newline}) and @kbd{C-o}
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parents:
diff changeset
1612 (@code{open-line}) insert hard newlines.
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parents:
diff changeset
1613
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diff changeset
1614 Soft newlines are used to make text fit between the margins. All the
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parents:
diff changeset
1615 fill commands, including Auto Fill, insert soft newlines---and they
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parents:
diff changeset
1616 delete only soft newlines.
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parents:
diff changeset
1617
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diff changeset
1618 Although hard and soft newlines look the same, it is important to bear
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parents:
diff changeset
1619 the difference in mind. Do not use @key{RET} to break lines in the
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parents:
diff changeset
1620 middle of filled paragraphs, or else you will get hard newlines that are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1621 barriers to further filling. Instead, let Auto Fill mode break lines,
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parents:
diff changeset
1622 so that if the text or the margins change, Emacs can refill the lines
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parents:
diff changeset
1623 properly. @xref{Auto Fill}.
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parents:
diff changeset
1624
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diff changeset
1625 On the other hand, in tables and lists, where the lines should always
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parents:
diff changeset
1626 remain as you type them, you can use @key{RET} to end lines. For these
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parents:
diff changeset
1627 lines, you may also want to set the justification style to
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parents:
diff changeset
1628 @code{unfilled}. @xref{Format Justification}.
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parents:
diff changeset
1629
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parents:
diff changeset
1630 @node Editing Format Info
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parents:
diff changeset
1631 @subsection Editing Format Information
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parents:
diff changeset
1632
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parents:
diff changeset
1633 There are two ways to alter the formatting information for a formatted
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parents:
diff changeset
1634 text file: with keyboard commands, and with the mouse.
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parents:
diff changeset
1635
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parents:
diff changeset
1636 The easiest way to add properties to your document is by using the Text
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parents:
diff changeset
1637 Properties menu. You can get to this menu in two ways: from the Edit
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parents:
diff changeset
1638 menu in the menu bar, or with @kbd{C-mouse-2} (hold the @key{CTRL} key
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parents:
diff changeset
1639 and press the middle mouse button).
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parents:
diff changeset
1640
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parents:
diff changeset
1641 Most of the items in the Text Properties menu lead to other submenus.
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parents:
diff changeset
1642 These are described in the sections that follow. Some items run
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parents:
diff changeset
1643 commands directly:
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parents:
diff changeset
1644
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diff changeset
1645 @table @code
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parents:
diff changeset
1646 @findex facemenu-remove-props
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parents:
diff changeset
1647 @item Remove Properties
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parents:
diff changeset
1648 Delete from the region all the text properties that the Text Properties
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parents:
diff changeset
1649 menu works with (@code{facemenu-remove-props}).
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parents:
diff changeset
1650
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parents:
diff changeset
1651 @findex facemenu-remove-all
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parents:
diff changeset
1652 @item Remove All
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parents:
diff changeset
1653 Delete @emph{all} text properties from the region
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parents:
diff changeset
1654 (@code{facemenu-remove-all}).
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parents:
diff changeset
1655
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parents:
diff changeset
1656 @findex list-text-properties-at
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1657 @item List Properties
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1658 List all the text properties of the character following point
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1659 (@code{list-text-properties-at}).
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1660
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1661 @item Display Faces
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1662 Display a list of all the defined faces.
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1663
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1664 @item Display Colors
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1665 Display a list of all the defined colors.
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1666 @end table
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1667
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1668 @node Format Faces
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1669 @subsection Faces in Formatted Text
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1670
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1671 The Faces submenu lists various Emacs faces including @code{bold},
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1672 @code{italic}, and @code{underline}. Selecting one of these adds the
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1673 chosen face to the region. @xref{Faces}. You can also specify a face
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1674 with these keyboard commands:
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1675
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1676 @table @kbd
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1677 @kindex M-g d @r{(Enriched mode)}
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1678 @findex facemenu-set-default
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1679 @item M-g d
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1680 Set the region, or the next inserted character, to the @code{default} face
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1681 (@code{facemenu-set-default}).
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1682 @kindex M-g b @r{(Enriched mode)}
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1683 @findex facemenu-set-bold
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1684 @item M-g b
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1685 Set the region, or the next inserted character, to the @code{bold} face
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1686 (@code{facemenu-set-bold}).
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1687 @kindex M-g i @r{(Enriched mode)}
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1688 @findex facemenu-set-italic
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1689 @item M-g i
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1690 Set the region, or the next inserted character, to the @code{italic} face
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1691 (@code{facemenu-set-italic}).
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1692 @kindex M-g l @r{(Enriched mode)}
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1693 @findex facemenu-set-bold-italic
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1694 @item M-g l
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1695 Set the region, or the next inserted character, to the @code{bold-italic} face
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1696 (@code{facemenu-set-bold-italic}).
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1697 @kindex M-g u @r{(Enriched mode)}
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parents:
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1698 @findex facemenu-set-underline
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1699 @item M-g u
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1700 Set the region, or the next inserted character, to the @code{underline} face
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1701 (@code{facemenu-set-underline}).
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1702 @kindex M-g o @r{(Enriched mode)}
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1703 @findex facemenu-set-face
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1704 @item M-g o @var{face} @key{RET}
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1705 Set the region, or the next inserted character, to the face @var{face}
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1706 (@code{facemenu-set-face}).
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1707 @end table
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1708
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1709 If you use these commands with a prefix argument---or, in Transient Mark
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1710 mode, if the region is not active---then these commands specify a face
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1711 to use for your next self-inserting input. @xref{Transient Mark}. This
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1712 applies to both the keyboard commands and the menu commands.
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1713
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1714 Enriched mode defines two additional faces: @code{excerpt} and
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1715 @code{fixed}. These correspond to codes used in the text/enriched file
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1716 format.
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1717
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1718 The @code{excerpt} face is intended for quotations. This face is the
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1719 same as @code{italic} unless you customize it (@pxref{Face Customization}).
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1720
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1721 The @code{fixed} face is meant to say, ``Use a fixed-width font for this
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1722 part of the text.'' Emacs currently supports only fixed-width fonts;
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1723 therefore, the @code{fixed} annotation is not necessary now. However,
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1724 we plan to support variable width fonts in future Emacs versions, and
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1725 other systems that display text/enriched format may not use a
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1726 fixed-width font as the default. So if you specifically want a certain
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1727 part of the text to use a fixed-width font, you should specify the
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1728 @code{fixed} face for that part.
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1729
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1730 The @code{fixed} face is normally defined to use a different font from
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1731 the default. However, different systems have different fonts installed,
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1732 so you may need to customize this.
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parents:
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1733
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1734 If your terminal cannot display different faces, you will not be able
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parents:
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1735 to see them, but you can still edit documents containing faces. You can
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1736 even add faces and colors to documents. They will be visible when the
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1737 file is viewed on a terminal that can display them.
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1738
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1739 @node Format Colors
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1740 @subsection Colors in Formatted Text
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1741
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1742 You can specify foreground and background colors for portions of the
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1743 text. There is a menu for specifying the foreground color and a menu
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1744 for specifying the background color. Each color menu lists all the
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1745 colors that you have used in Enriched mode in the current Emacs session.
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1746
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1747 If you specify a color with a prefix argument---or, in Transient Mark
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parents:
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1748 mode, if the region is not active---then it applies to your next
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parents:
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1749 self-inserting input. @xref{Transient Mark}. Otherwise, the command
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parents:
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1750 applies to the region.
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1751
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1752 Each color menu contains one additional item: @samp{Other}. You can use
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1753 this item to specify a color that is not listed in the menu; it reads
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1754 the color name with the minibuffer. To display list of available colors
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1755 and their names, use the @samp{Display Colors} menu item in the Text
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1756 Properties menu (@pxref{Editing Format Info}).
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1757
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1758 Any color that you specify in this way, or that is mentioned in a
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parents:
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1759 formatted text file that you read in, is added to both color menus for
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1760 the duration of the Emacs session.
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1761
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1762 @findex facemenu-set-foreground
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1763 @findex facemenu-set-background
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1764 There are no key bindings for specifying colors, but you can do so
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1765 with the extended commands @kbd{M-x facemenu-set-foreground} and
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1766 @kbd{M-x facemenu-set-background}. Both of these commands read the name
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parents:
diff changeset
1767 of the color with the minibuffer.
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1768
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1769 @node Format Indentation
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1770 @subsection Indentation in Formatted Text
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1771
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1772 When editing formatted text, you can specify different amounts of
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1773 indentation for the right or left margin of an entire paragraph or a
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1774 part of a paragraph. The margins you specify automatically affect the
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1775 Emacs fill commands (@pxref{Filling}) and line-breaking commands.
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1776
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1777 The Indentation submenu provides a convenient interface for specifying
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1778 these properties. The submenu contains four items:
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1779
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1780 @table @code
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1781 @kindex C-x TAB @r{(Enriched mode)}
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1782 @findex increase-left-margin
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1783 @item Indent More
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1784 Indent the region by 4 columns (@code{increase-left-margin}). In
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1785 Enriched mode, this command is also available on @kbd{C-x @key{TAB}}; if
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parents:
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1786 you supply a numeric argument, that says how many columns to add to the
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diff changeset
1787 margin (a negative argument reduces the number of columns).
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1788
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1789 @item Indent Less
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1790 Remove 4 columns of indentation from the region.
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1791
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1792 @item Indent Right More
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1793 Make the text narrower by indenting 4 columns at the right margin.
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1794
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1795 @item Indent Right Less
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1796 Remove 4 columns of indentation from the right margin.
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diff changeset
1797 @end table
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1798
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diff changeset
1799 You can use these commands repeatedly to increase or decrease the
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diff changeset
1800 indentation.
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1801
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1802 The most common way to use these commands is to change the indentation
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1803 of an entire paragraph. However, that is not the only use. You can
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1804 change the margins at any point; the new values take effect at the end
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1805 of the line (for right margins) or the beginning of the next line (for
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parents:
diff changeset
1806 left margins).
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parents:
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1807
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1808 This makes it possible to format paragraphs with @dfn{hanging indents},
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parents:
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1809 which means that the first line is indented less than subsequent lines.
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parents:
diff changeset
1810 To set up a hanging indent, increase the indentation of the region
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1811 starting after the first word of the paragraph and running until the end
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parents:
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1812 of the paragraph.
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parents:
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1813
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parents:
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1814 Indenting the first line of a paragraph is easier. Set the margin for
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parents:
diff changeset
1815 the whole paragraph where you want it to be for the body of the
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parents:
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1816 paragraph, then indent the first line by inserting extra spaces or tabs.
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parents:
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1817
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parents:
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1818 Sometimes, as a result of editing, the filling of a paragraph becomes
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parents:
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1819 messed up---parts of the paragraph may extend past the left or right
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parents:
diff changeset
1820 margins. When this happens, use @kbd{M-q} (@code{fill-paragraph}) to
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parents:
diff changeset
1821 refill the paragraph.
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parents:
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1822
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1823 @vindex standard-indent
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parents:
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1824 The variable @code{standard-indent} specifies how many columns these
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parents:
diff changeset
1825 commands should add to or subtract from the indentation. The default
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1826 value is 4. The overall default right margin for Enriched mode is
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parents:
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1827 controlled by the variable @code{fill-column}, as usual.
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1828
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1829 The fill prefix, if any, works in addition to the specified paragraph
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parents:
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1830 indentation: @kbd{C-x .} does not include the specified indentation's
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parents:
diff changeset
1831 whitespace in the new value for the fill prefix, and the fill commands
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parents:
diff changeset
1832 look for the fill prefix after the indentation on each line. @xref{Fill
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parents:
diff changeset
1833 Prefix}.
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1834
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1835 @node Format Justification
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1836 @subsection Justification in Formatted Text
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parents:
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1837
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diff changeset
1838 When editing formatted text, you can specify various styles of
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parents:
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1839 justification for a paragraph. The style you specify automatically
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parents:
diff changeset
1840 affects the Emacs fill commands.
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parents:
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1841
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1842 The Justification submenu provides a convenient interface for specifying
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diff changeset
1843 the style. The submenu contains five items:
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1844
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1845 @table @code
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1846 @item Flush Left
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1847 This is the most common style of justification (at least for English).
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1848 Lines are aligned at the left margin but left uneven at the right.
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1849
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1850 @item Flush Right
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1851 This aligns each line with the right margin. Spaces and tabs are added
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1852 on the left, if necessary, to make lines line up on the right.
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1853
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1854 @item Full
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parents:
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1855 This justifies the text, aligning both edges of each line. Justified
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parents:
diff changeset
1856 text looks very nice in a printed book, where the spaces can all be
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parents:
diff changeset
1857 adjusted equally, but it does not look as nice with a fixed-width font
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diff changeset
1858 on the screen. Perhaps a future version of Emacs will be able to adjust
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diff changeset
1859 the width of spaces in a line to achieve elegant justification.
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1860
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1861 @item Center
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parents:
diff changeset
1862 This centers every line between the current margins.
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parents:
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1863
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parents:
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1864 @item None
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parents:
diff changeset
1865 This turns off filling entirely. Each line will remain as you wrote it;
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parents:
diff changeset
1866 the fill and auto-fill functions will have no effect on text which has
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parents:
diff changeset
1867 this setting. You can, however, still indent the left margin. In
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parents:
diff changeset
1868 unfilled regions, all newlines are treated as hard newlines (@pxref{Hard
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parents:
diff changeset
1869 and Soft Newlines}) .
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parents:
diff changeset
1870 @end table
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parents:
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1871
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1872 In Enriched mode, you can also specify justification from the keyboard
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parents:
diff changeset
1873 using the @kbd{M-j} prefix character:
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diff changeset
1874
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parents:
diff changeset
1875 @table @kbd
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diff changeset
1876 @kindex M-j l @r{(Enriched mode)}
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parents:
diff changeset
1877 @findex set-justification-left
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parents:
diff changeset
1878 @item M-j l
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parents:
diff changeset
1879 Make the region left-filled (@code{set-justification-left}).
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parents:
diff changeset
1880 @kindex M-j r @r{(Enriched mode)}
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parents:
diff changeset
1881 @findex set-justification-right
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parents:
diff changeset
1882 @item M-j r
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diff changeset
1883 Make the region right-filled (@code{set-justification-right}).
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parents:
diff changeset
1884 @kindex M-j f @r{(Enriched mode)}
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parents:
diff changeset
1885 @findex set-justification-full
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parents:
diff changeset
1886 @item M-j f
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diff changeset
1887 Make the region fully-justified (@code{set-justification-full}).
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diff changeset
1888 @kindex M-j c @r{(Enriched mode)}
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parents:
diff changeset
1889 @kindex M-S @r{(Enriched mode)}
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parents:
diff changeset
1890 @findex set-justification-center
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parents:
diff changeset
1891 @item M-j c
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parents:
diff changeset
1892 @itemx M-S
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diff changeset
1893 Make the region centered (@code{set-justification-center}).
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parents:
diff changeset
1894 @kindex M-j u @r{(Enriched mode)}
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parents:
diff changeset
1895 @findex set-justification-none
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parents:
diff changeset
1896 @item M-j u
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diff changeset
1897 Make the region unfilled (@code{set-justification-none}).
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diff changeset
1898 @end table
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1900 Justification styles apply to entire paragraphs. All the
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1901 justification-changing commands operate on the paragraph containing
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1902 point, or, if the region is active, on all paragraphs which overlap the
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1903 region.
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1904
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1905 @vindex default-justification
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1906 The default justification style is specified by the variable
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1907 @code{default-justification}. Its value should be one of the symbols
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1908 @code{left}, @code{right}, @code{full}, @code{center}, or @code{none}.
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1909
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1910 @node Format Properties
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1911 @subsection Setting Other Text Properties
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1912
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1913 The Other Properties menu lets you add or remove three other useful text
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1914 properties: @code{read-only}, @code{invisible} and @code{intangible}.
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1915 The @code{intangible} property disallows moving point within the text,
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1916 the @code{invisible} text property hides text from display, and the
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1917 @code{read-only} property disallows alteration of the text.
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1918
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1919 Each of these special properties has a menu item to add it to the
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1920 region. The last menu item, @samp{Remove Special}, removes all of these
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1921 special properties from the text in the region.
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1922
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1923 Currently, the @code{invisible} and @code{intangible} properties are
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1924 @emph{not} saved in the text/enriched format. The @code{read-only}
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1925 property is saved, but it is not a standard part of the text/enriched
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1926 format, so other editors may not respect it.
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1927
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1928 @node Forcing Enriched Mode
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1929 @subsection Forcing Enriched Mode
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1930
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1931 Normally, Emacs knows when you are editing formatted text because it
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1932 recognizes the special annotations used in the file that you visited.
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1933 However, there are situations in which you must take special actions
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1934 to convert file contents or turn on Enriched mode:
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1935
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1936 @itemize @bullet
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1937 @item
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1938 When you visit a file that was created with some other editor, Emacs may
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1939 not recognize the file as being in the text/enriched format. In this
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1940 case, when you visit the file you will see the formatting commands
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1941 rather than the formatted text. Type @kbd{M-x format-decode-buffer} to
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1942 translate it.
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1943
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1944 @item
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1945 When you @emph{insert} a file into a buffer, rather than visiting it.
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1946 Emacs does the necessary conversions on the text which you insert, but
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1947 it does not enable Enriched mode. If you wish to do that, type @kbd{M-x
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1948 enriched-mode}.
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1949 @end itemize
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1950
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1951 The command @code{format-decode-buffer} translates text in various
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1952 formats into Emacs's internal format. It asks you to specify the format
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1953 to translate from; however, normally you can type just @key{RET}, which
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1954 tells Emacs to guess the format.
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1955
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1956 @findex format-find-file
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1957 If you wish to look at text/enriched file in its raw form, as a
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1958 sequence of characters rather than as formatted text, use the @kbd{M-x
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1959 find-file-literally} command. This visits a file, like
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1960 @code{find-file}, but does not do format conversion. It also inhibits
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1961 character code conversion (@pxref{Coding Systems}) and automatic
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1962 uncompression (@pxref{Compressed Files}). To disable format conversion
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1963 but allow character code conversion and/or automatic uncompression if
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1964 appropriate, use @code{format-find-file} with suitable arguments.
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