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2 @comment %**start of header
3 @setfilename ../../info/emacs-xtra.info
4 @settitle Specialized Emacs Features
6 @c Merge all functions, variables, and keys into the concept index.
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12 @c This is a separate manual to avoid making the Emacs User manual too
13 @c large in print. In the Info format, the chapters included below
14 @c are part of the Emacs User manual.
17 This manual describes specialized features of Emacs.
19 Copyright @copyright{} 2004--2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
22 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
23 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
24 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
25 Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,''
26 and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license
27 is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.
29 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to copy and
30 modify this GNU manual.''
36 * Emacs-Xtra: (emacs-xtra). Specialized Emacs features.
40 @title Specialized Emacs Features
42 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
50 @top Specialized Emacs Features
57 * Introduction:: What documentation belongs here?
59 * Picture Mode:: Editing pictures made up of characters using
60 the quarter-plane screen model.
62 * Autorevert:: Auto Reverting non-file buffers.
63 * Subdir Switches:: Subdirectory switches in Dired.
64 * Advanced Calendar/Diary Usage:: Advanced Calendar/Diary customization.
65 * Emerge:: A convenient way of merging two versions of a program.
66 * Advanced VC Usage:: Advanced VC (version control) features.
67 * Fortran:: Fortran mode and its special features.
68 * MS-DOS:: Using Emacs on MS-DOS.
70 * GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation.
75 @unnumbered Introduction
77 This manual contains detailed information about various features that
78 are too specialized to be included in the printed Emacs manual. It is
79 intended to be readable by anyone having a basic knowledge of Emacs.
80 However, certain sections may be intended for a more specialized
81 audience, such as Elisp authors. This should be clearly pointed out
82 at the beginning of these sections.
84 @c Note to authors - you need to be careful about cross-references to
85 @c topics in the Emacs manual. As a printed document, the xtra files
86 @c are separate from the Emacs manual; but as an info document, they
87 @c are part of the Emacs manual. Hence you need to use something like:
89 @c @ref{Comparing Files,,, emacs, the Emacs Manual},
92 @c @ref{Comparing Files},
95 Certain packages (or collections of related features) have their own
96 manuals, separate from the main Emacs manual. This manual is
97 intended as a complement, rather than an alternative, to reading those
98 additional manuals. In a nutshell, it is a collection of smaller
99 specialized features (or extra detail about standard features), too
100 small or too obscure to justify their own manual, or inclusion in the
101 printed Emacs manual. The chapters in this manual are, however,
102 included (at the relevant places) in the main Emacs manual when it is
103 formatted as an Info document.
105 Sections intended specifically for Elisp programmers can follow the
106 style of the Elisp manual. Other sections should follow the style of
112 @include picture-xtra.texi
114 @include arevert-xtra.texi
116 @include dired-xtra.texi
118 @include cal-xtra.texi
120 @include emerge-xtra.texi
122 @include vc-xtra.texi
124 @include fortran-xtra.texi
126 @include msdos-xtra.texi
131 @node GNU Free Documentation License
132 @appendix GNU Free Documentation License
133 @include doclicense.texi