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11 This manual describes specialized features of Emacs.
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38 * Emacs-Xtra: (emacs-xtra). Specialized Emacs features.
42 @title Specialized Emacs Features
44 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
52 @top Specialized Emacs Features
59 * Introduction:: What documentation belongs here?
61 * Picture Mode:: Editing pictures made up of characters using
62 the quarter-plane screen model.
64 * Autorevert:: Auto Reverting non-file buffers.
65 * Subdir Switches:: Subdirectory switches in Dired.
66 * Advanced Calendar/Diary Usage:: Advanced Calendar/Diary customization.
67 * Emerge:: A convenient way of merging two versions of a program.
68 * Advanced VC Usage:: Advanced VC (version control) features.
69 * Fortran:: Fortran mode and its special features.
70 * MS-DOS:: Using Emacs on MS-DOS (otherwise known as @dfn{MS-DOG}).
76 @unnumbered Introduction
78 This manual contains detailed information about various features that
79 are too specialized to be included in the printed Emacs manual. It is
80 intended to be readable by anyone having a basic knowledge of Emacs.
81 However, certain sections may be intended for a more specialized
82 audience, such as Elisp authors. This should be clearly pointed out
83 at the beginning of these sections.
85 Certain packages, or collections of related features, have their own
86 manuals, separate from the main Emacs User's manual. This manual is
87 intended as a complement, rather than an alternative, to reading those
88 additional manuals; in a nutshell, it is a collection of smaller
89 specialized features, too small or too obscure to justify their own
92 Sections intended specifically for Elisp programmers can follow the
93 style of the Elisp manual. Other sections should follow the style of
97 @c ``Picture Mode'' is a chapter, not a section, so it's outside @raisesections.
98 @include picture-xtra.texi
101 @include arevert-xtra.texi
103 @include dired-xtra.texi
105 @include cal-xtra.texi
107 @include emerge-xtra.texi
109 @include vc-xtra.texi
111 @include fortran-xtra.texi
113 @include msdog-xtra.texi
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