* Forms Example:: An example: editing the password data base.
* Entering and Exiting Forms Mode::
How to visit a file in Forms mode.
-* Forms Commands:: Special commands to use while in Forms mode.
+* Forms Commands:: Special commands to use while in Forms mode.
* Data File Format:: How to format the data file.
* Control File Format:: How to control forms mode.
* Format Description:: How to define the forms layout.
contents for its fields; you can then edit the fields. With a numeric
argument, the new record is created @emph{after} the current one.
See also @code{forms-modified-record-filter} in @ref{Modifying Forms
-Contents}.
+Contents}.
@findex forms-delete-record
@kindex C-c C-k
@findex forms-insert-after
@item forms-insert-after
-If this variable is not @code{nil}, new records are created @emph{after} the
+If this variable is not @code{nil}, new records are created @emph{after} the
current record. Also, upon visiting a file, the initial position will be
at the last record instead of the first one.
@end example
When you construct the value of @code{forms-format-list}, you should
-usually either quote the whole value, like this,
+usually either quote the whole value, like this,
@example
(setq forms-format-list
and records of the database.
All normal editing commands are available for editing the contents of the
-displayed record. You cannot delete or modify the fixed, explanatory
+displayed record. You cannot delete or modify the fixed, explanatory
text that comes from string formatting elements, but you can modify the
actual field contents.
@item Forms control file error: `forms-number-of-fields' must be a number > 0
The variable @code{forms-number-of-fields} did not contain a positive
-number.
+number.
@item Forms control file error: `forms-field-sep' is not a string
@itemx Forms control file error: `forms-multi-line' must be nil or a one-character string
@item No write access to @code{"}@var{file}@code{"}
An attempt was made to enable edit mode on a file that has been write
-protected.
+protected.
@item Search failed: @var{regexp}
The @var{regexp} could not be found in the data file. Forward searching
(concat "\n" (make-string target fill))
(make-string (- target (current-column)) fill)))
;;
-(defun arch-rj (target field &optional fill)
+(defun arch-rj (target field &optional fill)
"Produces a string to skip to column TARGET\
minus the width of field FIELD.
Prepends newline if needed.