@c in general, keep the following line commented out, unless doing a
@c copy of this manual that will be published. The manual should go
@c onto the distribution in the full, 8.5 x 11" size.
-@c set smallbook
+@c @smallbook
@ifset smallbook
@smallbook
@end ifset
@c per rms and peterb, use 10pt fonts for the main text, mostly to
-@c save on paper cost.
+@c save on paper cost.
@c Do this inside @tex for now, so current makeinfo does not complain.
@tex
@ifset smallbook
This is edition @value{VERSION} of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual,@*
corresponding to Emacs version @value{EMACSVER}.
-Copyright @copyright{} 1990-1996, 1998-2011 Free Software
+Copyright @copyright{} 1990-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
---------------------------------
-Here are other nodes that are inferiors of those already listed,
+Here are other nodes that are subnodes of those already listed,
mentioned here so you can get to them in one step:
Introduction
* File Local Variables:: Handling local variable lists in files.
* Directory Local Variables:: Local variables common to all files in a
directory.
-* Frame-Local Variables:: Frame-local bindings for variables.
* Variable Aliases:: Variables that are aliases for other variables.
* Variables with Restricted Values:: Non-constant variables whose value can
@emph{not} be an arbitrary Lisp object.
Customization Types
-* Simple Types:: Simple customization types: sexp, integer, number,
- string, file, directory, alist.
+* Simple Types:: Simple customization types: sexp, integer, etc.
* Composite Types:: Build new types from other types or data.
* Splicing into Lists:: Splice elements into list with @code{:inline}.
* Type Keywords:: Keyword-argument pairs in a customization type.
* Major Modes:: Defining major modes.
* Minor Modes:: Defining minor modes.
* Mode Line Format:: Customizing the text that appears in the mode line.
-* Imenu:: How a mode can provide a menu
- of definitions in the buffer.
+* Imenu:: Providing a menu of definitions made in a buffer.
* Font Lock Mode:: How modes can highlight text according to syntax.
* Desktop Save Mode:: How modes can have buffer state saved between
Emacs sessions.
Major Modes
-* Major Mode Basics::
* Major Mode Conventions:: Coding conventions for keymaps, etc.
* Auto Major Mode:: How Emacs chooses the major mode automatically.
* Mode Help:: Finding out how to use a mode.
* Derived Modes:: Defining a new major mode based on another major
mode.
+* Basic Major Modes:: Modes that other modes are often derived from.
* Generic Modes:: Defining a simple major mode that supports
comment syntax and Font Lock mode.
* Mode Hooks:: Hooks run at the end of major mode functions.
Multiline Font Lock Constructs
* Font Lock Multiline:: Marking multiline chunks with a text property.
-* Region to Fontify:: Controlling which region gets refontified
+* Region to Refontify:: Controlling which region gets refontified
after a buffer change.
Documentation
Windows
* Basic Windows:: Basic information on using windows.
+* Windows and Frames:: Relating windows to the frame they appear on.
+* Window Sizes:: Accessing a window's size.
+* Resizing Windows:: Changing the sizes of windows.
* Splitting Windows:: Splitting one window into two windows.
* Deleting Windows:: Deleting a window gives its space to other windows.
* Selecting Windows:: The selected window is the one that you edit in.
* Cyclic Window Ordering:: Moving around the existing windows.
* Buffers and Windows:: Each window displays the contents of a buffer.
-* Displaying Buffers:: Higher-level functions for displaying a buffer
- and choosing a window for it.
+* Switching Buffers:: Higher-level functions for switching to a buffer.
* Choosing Window:: How to choose a window for displaying a buffer.
+* Display Action Functions:: Subroutines for @code{display-buffer}.
+* Choosing Window Options:: Extra options affecting how buffers are displayed.
+* Window History:: Each window remembers the buffers displayed in it.
* Dedicated Windows:: How to avoid displaying another buffer in
- a specific window.
+ a specific window.
+* Quitting Windows:: How to restore the state prior to displaying a
+ buffer.
* Window Point:: Each window has its own location of point.
* Window Start and End:: Buffer positions indicating which text is
on-screen in a window.
* Textual Scrolling:: Moving text up and down through the window.
* Vertical Scrolling:: Moving the contents up and down on the window.
* Horizontal Scrolling:: Moving the contents sideways on the window.
-* Size of Window:: Accessing the size of a window.
-* Resizing Windows:: Changing the size of a window.
* Coordinates and Windows:: Converting coordinates to windows.
-* Window Tree:: The layout and sizes of all windows in a frame.
* Window Configurations:: Saving and restoring the state of the screen.
* Window Parameters:: Associating additional information with windows.
* Window Hooks:: Hooks for scrolling, window size changes,
* Frame Titles:: Automatic updating of frame titles.
* Deleting Frames:: Frames last until explicitly deleted.
* Finding All Frames:: How to examine all existing frames.
-* Frames and Windows:: A frame contains windows;
- display of text always works through windows.
* Minibuffers and Frames:: How a frame finds the minibuffer to use.
* Input Focus:: Specifying the selected frame.
* Visibility of Frames:: Frames may be visible or invisible, or icons.
* Display Tables:: How to specify other conventions.
* Beeping:: Audible signal to the user.
* Window Systems:: Which window system is being used.
+* Bidirectional Display:: Display of bidirectional scripts, such as
+ Arabic and Farsi.
+* Glyphless Chars:: How glyphless characters are drawn.
The Echo Area
* Face Remapping:: Remapping faces to alternative definitions.
* Face Functions:: How to define and examine faces.
* Auto Faces:: Hook for automatic face assignment.
+* Basic Faces:: Faces that are defined by default.
* Font Selection:: Finding the best available font for a face.
* Font Lookup:: Looking up the names of available fonts
and information about them.
* System Environment:: Distinguish the name and kind of system.
* User Identification:: Finding the name and user id of the user.
* Time of Day:: Getting the current time.
-* Time Conversion:: Converting a time from numeric form to
+* Time Conversion:: Converting a time from numeric form to
calendrical data and vice versa.
* Time Parsing:: Converting a time from numeric form to text
and vice versa.
GNU Emacs Internals
* Building Emacs:: How the dumped Emacs is made.
-* Pure Storage:: A kludge to make preloaded Lisp functions sharable.
+* Pure Storage:: Kludge to make preloaded Lisp functions shareable.
* Garbage Collection:: Reclaiming space for Lisp objects no longer used.
* Memory Usage:: Info about total size of Lisp objects made so far.
* Writing Emacs Primitives:: Writing C code for Emacs.
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