From the top-level customization buffer created by @kbd{M-x
customize}, you can follow the links to the subgroups of the
@samp{Emacs} customization group. These subgroups may contain
-settings for you to customize; they may also contain futher subgroups,
+settings for you to customize; they may also contain further subgroups,
dealing with yet more specialized subsystems of Emacs. As you
navigate the hierarchy of customization groups, you should find some
settings that you want to customize.
@smallexample
[Set for Current Session] [Save for Future Sessions]
- [Undo Edits] [Reset to Saved] [Erase Customization] [Finish]
+ [Undo Edits] [Reset to Saved] [Erase Customization] [Exit]
@end smallexample
@noindent
Sessions]} button.
@vindex custom-buffer-done-kill
- The @samp{[Finish]} button switches out of the customization buffer,
+ The @samp{[Exit]} button switches out of the customization buffer,
and buries the buffer at the bottom of the buffer list. To make it
kill the customization buffer instead, change the variable
@code{custom-buffer-done-kill} to @code{t}.
@vindex custom-theme-directory
@cindex color scheme
Type @kbd{M-x customize-themes} to switch to a buffer named
-@samp{*Custom Themes*}, which lists the Custom themes that Emacs knows
+@file{*Custom Themes*}, which lists the Custom themes that Emacs knows
about. By default, Emacs looks for theme files in two locations: the
directory specified by the variable @code{custom-theme-directory}
(which defaults to @file{~/.emacs.d/}), and a directory named
@file{etc/themes} in your Emacs installation (see the variable
@code{data-directory}). The latter contains several Custom themes
-which are distributed with Emacs, which customize Emacs' faces to fit
+which are distributed with Emacs, which customize Emacs's faces to fit
various color schemes. (Note, however, that Custom themes need not be
restricted to this purpose; they can be used to customize variables
too).
@code{custom-theme-directory} has the special meaning of the value of
the variable @code{custom-theme-directory}, while @code{t} stands for
the built-in theme directory @file{etc/themes}. The themes listed in
-the @samp{*Custom Themes*} buffer are those found in the directories
+the @file{*Custom Themes*} buffer are those found in the directories
specified by @code{custom-theme-load-path}.
@kindex C-x C-s @r{(Custom Themes buffer)}
- In the @samp{*Custom Themes*} buffer, you can activate the checkbox
+ In the @file{*Custom Themes*} buffer, you can activate the checkbox
next to a Custom theme to enable or disable the theme for the current
Emacs session. When a Custom theme is enabled, all of its settings
(variables and faces) take effect in the Emacs session. To apply the
loading a Custom theme can execute arbitrary Lisp code, you should
only say yes if you know that the theme is safe; in that case, Emacs
offers to remember in the future that the theme is safe (this is done
-by saving the theme file's SHA1 hash to the variable
+by saving the theme file's SHA-256 hash to the variable
@code{custom-safe-themes}; if you want to treat all themes as safe,
change its value to @code{t}). Themes that come with Emacs (in the
@file{etc/themes} directory) are exempt from this check, and are
Setting or saving Custom themes actually works by customizing the
variable @code{custom-enabled-themes}. The value of this variable is
a list of Custom theme names (as Lisp symbols, e.g.@: @code{tango}).
-Instead of using the @samp{*Custom Themes*} buffer to set
+Instead of using the @file{*Custom Themes*} buffer to set
@code{custom-enabled-themes}, you can customize the variable using the
usual customization interface, e.g.@: with @kbd{M-x customize-option}.
Note that Custom themes are not allowed to set
@findex describe-theme
To see a description of a Custom theme, type @kbd{?} on its line in
-the @samp{*Custom Themes*} buffer; or type @kbd{M-x describe-theme}
+the @file{*Custom Themes*} buffer; or type @kbd{M-x describe-theme}
anywhere in Emacs and enter the theme name in the minibuffer.
@node Creating Custom Themes
@findex customize-create-theme
You can define a Custom theme using an interface similar to the
customization buffer, by typing @kbd{M-x customize-create-theme}.
-This switches to a buffer named @samp{*Custom Theme*}. It also offers
+This switches to a buffer named @file{*Custom Theme*}. It also offers
to insert some common Emacs faces into the theme (a convenience, since
Custom themes are often used to customize faces). If you answer no,
the theme will initially contain no settings.
- Near the top of the @samp{*Custom Theme*} buffer are editable fields
+ Near the top of the @file{*Custom Theme*} buffer are editable fields
where you can enter the theme's name and description. The name can be
anything except @samp{user}. The description is the one that will be
shown when you invoke @kbd{M-x describe-theme} for the theme. Its
@file{@var{name}-theme.el} where @var{name} is the theme name, in the
directory named by @code{custom-theme-directory}.
- From the @samp{*Custom Theme*} buffer, you can view and edit an
+ From the @file{*Custom Theme*} buffer, you can view and edit an
existing Custom theme by activating the @samp{[Visit Theme]} button
and specifying the theme name. You can also add the settings of
another theme into the buffer, using the @samp{[Merge Theme]} button.
A theme file is simply an Emacs Lisp source file, and loading the
Custom theme works by loading the Lisp file. Therefore, you can edit
-a theme file directly instead of using the @samp{*Custom Theme*}
-buffer.
-@c Add link to the relevant Emacs Lisp Reference manual node, once
-@c that is written.
+a theme file directly instead of using the @file{*Custom Theme*}
+buffer. @xref{Custom Themes,,, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference
+Manual}, for details.
@node Variables
@section Variables
@noindent
To execute such an expression, type @kbd{M-:} (@code{eval-expression})
and enter the expression in the minibuffer (@pxref{Lisp Eval}).
-Alternatively, go to the @samp{*scratch*} buffer, type in the
+Alternatively, go to the @file{*scratch*} buffer, type in the
expression, and then type @kbd{C-j} (@pxref{Lisp Interaction}).
Setting variables, like all means of customizing Emacs except where
conversion of this file. @xref{Coding Systems}.
@item
-@code{unibyte} says to visit the file in a unibyte buffer, if the
-value is @code{t}. @xref{Enabling Multibyte}.
+@code{unibyte} says to load or compile a file of Emacs Lisp in unibyte
+mode, if the value is @code{t}. @xref{Disabling Multibyte}.
@end itemize
@noindent
This constrains what you can do with double clicks, but user interface
designers say that this constraint ought to be followed in any case. A
double click should do something similar to the single click, only
-``more so.'' The command for the double-click event should perform the
+``more so''. The command for the double-click event should perform the
extra work for the double click.
If a double-click event has no binding, it changes to the
A frame includes areas that don't show text from the buffer, such as
the mode line and the scroll bar. You can tell whether a mouse button
comes from a special area of the screen by means of dummy ``prefix
-keys.'' For example, if you click the mouse in the mode line, you get
+keys''. For example, if you click the mouse in the mode line, you get
the prefix key @code{mode-line} before the ordinary mouse-button symbol.
Thus, here is how to define the command for clicking the first button in
a mode line to run @code{scroll-up-command}:
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