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Proofreading fixes from Peter Milliken <Peter.Milliken@GTECH.COM>.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Wed, 20 Jun 2001 09:22:42 +0000
parents 82d39521a482
children af8117970ca7
files man/programs.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/programs.texi	Wed Jun 20 07:54:44 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/programs.texi	Wed Jun 20 09:22:42 2001 +0000
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@
   There are several forms of Lisp mode, which differ in the way they
 interface to Lisp execution.  @xref{Executing Lisp}.
 
+  Major modes for programming languages usually provide conveniency
+features such as syntax-sensitive indentation, syntax highlighting
+(@pxref{Font Lock}), movement by blocks and functions, etc.
+
   Each of the programming language major modes defines the @key{TAB} key
 to run an indentation function that knows the indentation conventions of
 that language and updates the current line's indentation accordingly.
@@ -144,6 +148,9 @@
 if enabled in a programming language major mode, indents the new lines
 which it creates.
 
+  @xref{Choosing Modes}, for the description of how major modes are
+activated.
+
 @cindex mode hook
 @vindex c-mode-hook
 @vindex lisp-mode-hook