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11 This manual describes specialized features of Emacs.
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37 * Emacs-Xtra: (emacs-xtra). Specialized Emacs features.
41 @title Specialized Emacs Features
43 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
51 @top Specialized Emacs Features
58 * Introduction:: What documentation belongs here?
60 * Picture Mode:: Editing pictures made up of characters using
61 the quarter-plane screen model.
63 * Autorevert:: Auto Reverting non-file buffers.
64 * Subdir Switches:: Subdirectory switches in Dired.
65 * Advanced Calendar/Diary Usage:: Advanced Calendar/Diary customization.
66 * Emerge:: A convenient way of merging two versions of a program.
67 * Advanced VC Usage:: Advanced VC (version control) features.
68 * Fortran:: Fortran mode and its special features.
69 * MS-DOS:: Using Emacs on MS-DOS (otherwise known as @dfn{MS-DOG}).
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 Certain packages, or collections of related features, have their own
85 manuals, separate from the main Emacs User's manual. This manual is
86 intended as a complement, rather than an alternative, to reading those
87 additional manuals; in a nutshell, it is a collection of smaller
88 specialized features, too small or too obscure to justify their own
91 Sections intended specifically for Elisp programmers can follow the
92 style of the Elisp manual. Other sections should follow the style of
96 @c ``Picture Mode'' is a chapter, not a section, so it's outside @raisesections.
97 @include picture-xtra.texi
100 @include arevert-xtra.texi
102 @include dired-xtra.texi
104 @include cal-xtra.texi
106 @include emerge-xtra.texi
108 @include vc-xtra.texi
110 @include fortran-xtra.texi
112 @include msdog-xtra.texi
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