# HG changeset patch # User Dave Love # Date 955444791 0 # Node ID ea0fd9729fa743d058cb218de2e389bffe32841d # Parent 8e254bb2c4755f0abfd3778545891bd4294beb8e *** empty log message *** diff -r 8e254bb2c475 -r ea0fd9729fa7 man/major.texi --- a/man/major.texi Mon Apr 10 19:56:52 2000 +0000 +++ b/man/major.texi Tue Apr 11 09:19:51 2000 +0000 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node Major Modes, Indentation, International, Top @chapter Major Modes @@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ The major modes fall into three major groups. Lisp mode (which has several variants), C mode, Fortran mode and others are for specific -programming languages. Text mode, Nroff mode, @TeX{} mode and Outline -mode are for editing English text. The remaining major modes are not -intended for use on users' files; they are used in buffers created for -specific purposes by Emacs, such as Dired mode for buffers made by Dired -(@pxref{Dired}), Mail mode for buffers made by @kbd{C-x m} -(@pxref{Sending Mail}), and Shell mode for buffers used for +programming languages. Text mode, Nroff mode, SGML mode, @TeX{} mode +and Outline mode are for normal text, plain or marked up. The remaining +major modes are not intended for use on users' files; they are used in +buffers created for specific purposes by Emacs, such as Dired mode for +buffers made by Dired (@pxref{Dired}), Mail mode for buffers made by +@kbd{C-x m} (@pxref{Sending Mail}), and Shell mode for buffers used for communicating with an inferior shell process (@pxref{Interactive Shell}). @@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ separate paragraphs. This is to make the paragraph commands useful. (@xref{Paragraphs}.) They also cause Auto Fill mode to use the definition of @key{TAB} to indent the new lines it creates. This is -because most lines in a program are usually indented. -(@xref{Indentation}.) +because most lines in a program are usually indented +(@pxref{Indentation}). @menu * Choosing Modes:: How major modes are specified or chosen.