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| author |   Patrick J Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com> | 2009-08-26 10:00:38 -0500 |
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| committer |   Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> | 2018-05-31 22:41:17 +0200 |
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Slackware 13.0slackware-13.0
Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009
Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable! Thanks to everyone who
helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the
credits. The ISOs are off to the replicator. This time it will be a
6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.
We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com. Please consider
picking up a copy to help support the project. Once again, thanks to
the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing
things and offering suggestions during this development cycle.
As always, have fun and enjoy! -P.
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diff --git a/slackbook/html/emacs-modes.html b/slackbook/html/emacs-modes.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ed22a3543 --- /dev/null +++ b/slackbook/html/emacs-modes.html @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> +<head> +<meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org" /> +<title>Modes</title> +<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7" /> +<link rel="HOME" title="Slackware Linux Essentials" href="index.html" /> +<link rel="UP" title="Emacs" href="emacs.html" /> +<link rel="PREVIOUS" title="Buffers" href="emacs-buffers.html" /> +<link rel="NEXT" title="Basic Editing" href="emacs-basic-editing.html" /> +<link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="docbook.css" /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> +</head> +<body class="SECT1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" +alink="#0000FF"> +<div class="NAVHEADER"> +<table summary="Header navigation table" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" +cellspacing="0"> +<tr> +<th colspan="3" align="center">Slackware Linux Essentials</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td width="10%" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href="emacs-buffers.html" +accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> +<td width="80%" align="center" valign="bottom">Chapter 17 Emacs</td> +<td width="10%" align="right" valign="bottom"><a href="emacs-basic-editing.html" +accesskey="N">Next</a></td> +</tr> +</table> + +<hr align="LEFT" width="100%" /> +</div> + +<div class="SECT1"> +<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="EMACS-MODES" name="EMACS-MODES">17.3 Modes</a></h1> + +<p>Every buffer in Emacs has an associated mode. This mode is very different from the +idea of modes in <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt>: a mode tells you what kind of buffer you +are in. For example, there is text-mode for normal text files, but there are also modes +such as c-mode for editing C programs, sh-mode for editing shell scripts, latex-mode for +editing <b class="APPLICATION">LaTeX</b> files, mail-mode for editing email and news +messages, etc. A mode provides special customizations and functionality that is useful +for the kind of file you are editing. It is even possible for a mode to redefine keys and +key commands. For example, in Text mode, the Tab key simply jumps to the next tab stop, +but in many programming language modes, the <b class="KEYCAP">Tab</b> key indents the +current line according to the depth of the block that line is in.</p> + +<p>The modes mentioned above are called major modes. Each buffer has exactly one major +mode. Additionally, a buffer can have one or more minor modes. A minor mode provides +additional features that may be useful for certain editing tasks. For example, if you hit +the <b class="KEYCAP">INSERT</b> key, you invoke overwrite-mode, which does what you'd +expect. There is also an auto-fill-mode, which is handy in combination with text-mode or +latex-mode: it causes each line that you type to be automatically wrapped once the line +reaches a certain number of characters. Without auto-fill-mode, you have to type <b +class="KEYCAP">M</b>-<b class="KEYCAP">q</b> to fill out a paragraph. (Which you can also +use to reformat a paragraph after you've edited some text in it and it is no longer +nicely filled out.)</p> + +<div class="SECT2"> +<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="EMACS-OPENING-FILES" name="EMACS-OPENING-FILES">17.3.1 Opening +files</a></h2> + +<p>To open a file in Emacs, type</p> + +<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> +<tr> +<td> +<pre class="SCREEN"> +<kbd class="USERINPUT">C-x C-f</kbd> +</pre> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>Emacs will ask you for the name of the file, filling in some default path for you +(which is usually <tt class="FILENAME">~/</tt> ). After you type the filename (you can +use <b class="KEYCAP">Tab</b> completion) and hit <b class="KEYCAP">ENTER</b> , Emacs +will open the file in a new buffer and display that buffer on the screen.</p> + +<div class="NOTE"> +<table class="NOTE" width="100%" border="0"> +<tr> +<td width="25" align="CENTER" valign="TOP"><img src="./imagelib/admon/note.png" +hspace="5" alt="Note" /></td> +<td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"> +<p>Emacs will automatically create a new buffer, it will not load the file into the +current buffer.</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +</div> + +<p>In order to create a new file in emacs, you cannot just go typing right away. You +first have to create a buffer for it, and come up with a filename. You do this by typing +<b class="KEYCAP">C</b>-<b class="KEYCAP">x</b> <b class="KEYCAP">C</b>-<b +class="KEYCAP">f</b> and typing a filename, just as if you were opening an existing file. +Emacs will notice that the file you typed doesn't exist, and will create a new buffer and +report “(New file)” in the minibuffer.</p> + +<p>When you type <b class="KEYCAP">C</b>-<b class="KEYCAP">x</b> <b +class="KEYCAP">C</b>-<b class="KEYCAP">f</b> and then enter a directory name instead of a +filename, Emacs will create a new buffer in which you will find a list of all the files +in that directory. You can move the cursor to the file that you are looking for and type +, and Emacs will open it. (There are in fact a lot more actions you can perform here, +such as deleting, renaming and moving files, etc. Emacs is now in dired-mode, which is +basically a simple file manager.)</p> + +<p>When you have typed <b class="KEYCAP">C</b>-<b class="KEYCAP">x</b> <b +class="KEYCAP">C</b>-<b class="KEYCAP">f</b> and suddenly change your mind, you can type +<b class="KEYCAP">C</b>-<b class="KEYCAP">g</b> to cancel the action. <b +class="KEYCAP">C</b>-<b class="KEYCAP">g</b> works almost everywhere where you want to +cancel an action or command that you've started but don't want to finish.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<div class="NAVFOOTER"> +<hr align="LEFT" width="100%" /> +<table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" +cellspacing="0"> +<tr> +<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top"><a href="emacs-buffers.html" +accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> +<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="index.html" +accesskey="H">Home</a></td> +<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><a href="emacs-basic-editing.html" +accesskey="N">Next</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top">Buffers</td> +<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="emacs.html" +accesskey="U">Up</a></td> +<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top">Basic Editing</td> +</tr> +</table> +</div> +</body> +</html> + |