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4 @settitle Specialized Emacs Features
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12 This manual describes specialized features of Emacs.
14 Copyright @copyright{} 2004--2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
17 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
18 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
19 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
20 Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,''
21 and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license
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24 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to copy and
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33 * Emacs-Xtra: (emacs-xtra). Specialized Emacs features.
37 @title Specialized Emacs Features
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47 @top Specialized Emacs Features
54 * Introduction:: What documentation belongs here?
56 * Picture Mode:: Editing pictures made up of characters using
57 the quarter-plane screen model.
59 * Autorevert:: Auto Reverting non-file buffers.
60 * Subdir Switches:: Subdirectory switches in Dired.
61 * Advanced Calendar/Diary Usage:: Advanced Calendar/Diary customization.
62 * Emerge:: A convenient way of merging two versions of a program.
63 * Advanced VC Usage:: Advanced VC (version control) features.
64 * Fortran:: Fortran mode and its special features.
65 * MS-DOS:: Using Emacs on MS-DOS.
67 * GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation.
72 @unnumbered Introduction
74 This manual contains detailed information about various features that
75 are too specialized to be included in the printed Emacs manual. It is
76 intended to be readable by anyone having a basic knowledge of Emacs.
77 However, certain sections may be intended for a more specialized
78 audience, such as Elisp authors. This should be clearly pointed out
79 at the beginning of these sections.
81 @c Note to authors - you need to be careful about cross-references to
82 @c topics in the Emacs manual. As a printed document, the xtra files
83 @c are separate from the Emacs manual; but as an info document, they
84 @c are part of the Emacs manual. Hence you need to use something like:
86 @c @ref{Comparing Files,,, emacs, the Emacs Manual},
89 @c @ref{Comparing Files},
92 Certain packages (or collections of related features) have their own
93 manuals, separate from the main Emacs manual. This manual is
94 intended as a complement, rather than an alternative, to reading those
95 additional manuals. In a nutshell, it is a collection of smaller
96 specialized features (or extra detail about standard features), too
97 small or too obscure to justify their own manual, or inclusion in the
98 printed Emacs manual. The chapters in this manual are, however,
99 included (at the relevant places) in the main Emacs manual when it is
100 formatted as an Info document.
102 Sections intended specifically for Elisp programmers can follow the
103 style of the Elisp manual. Other sections should follow the style of
109 @include picture-xtra.texi
111 @include arevert-xtra.texi
113 @include dired-xtra.texi
115 @include cal-xtra.texi
117 @include emerge-xtra.texi
119 @include vc-xtra.texi
121 @include fortran-xtra.texi
123 @include msdog-xtra.texi
128 @node GNU Free Documentation License
129 @appendix GNU Free Documentation License
130 @include doclicense.texi