summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/misc/sc.texi
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-05-28 16:28:27 -0700
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-05-28 16:28:27 -0700
commit16af873e58c4daacb3d5d038f16014dd077eb9a1 (patch)
treec7122e6190981037511c499de71e4ea28e544c8c /doc/misc/sc.texi
parent85d0efd175d95b4aa23d6eb22b8f8d18ed03ba75 (diff)
downloademacs-16af873e58c4daacb3d5d038f16014dd077eb9a1.tar.gz
* doc/misc/sc.texi: Nuke hand-written node pointers.
Fix top-level menu to match actual node order.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/misc/sc.texi')
-rw-r--r--doc/misc/sc.texi118
1 files changed, 58 insertions, 60 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/sc.texi b/doc/misc/sc.texi
index b921882af67..51d12fef806 100644
--- a/doc/misc/sc.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/sc.texi
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''
@contents
@ifnottex
-@node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)
+@node Top
@top Supercite
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@insertcopying
@@ -64,13 +63,13 @@ into the following chapters.
@menu
* Introduction::
* Citations::
+* Information Keys and the Info Alist::
+* Reference Headers::
* Getting Connected::
* Replying and Yanking::
* Selecting an Attribution::
* Configuring the Citation Engine::
* Post-yank Formatting Commands::
-* Information Keys and the Info Alist::
-* Reference Headers::
* Hints to MUA Authors::
* Thanks and History::
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ into the following chapters.
@end ifnottex
-@node Introduction, Usage Overview, Top, Top
+@node Introduction
@chapter Introduction
Supercite is a GNU Emacs package written entirely in Emacs Lisp. It
@@ -113,14 +112,14 @@ formatting styles are available in that reply buffer until the reply is
sent. Supercite is re-initialized in each new reply buffer.
-@node Usage Overview, What Supercite Does Not Do, Introduction, Introduction
+@node Usage Overview
+@section Usage Overview
@kindex r
@kindex f
@kindex C-c C-y
@cindex yank
@cindex cite, citing
@cindex attribute, attributing
-@section Usage Overview
Typical usage is as follows. You want to reply or followup to a message
in your MUA. You will probably hit @kbd{r} (i.e., ``reply'') or @kbd{f}
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ special text tag. Most MUAs provide some default style of citing; by
using Supercite you gain a wider flexibility in the look and style of
citations. Supercite's only job is to cite the original message.
-@node What Supercite Does Not Do, What Supercite Does, Usage Overview, Introduction
+@node What Supercite Does Not Do
@section What Supercite Doesn't Do
Because of this clear division of labor, there are useful features which
@@ -159,9 +158,9 @@ know anything about the meaning of these headers, and never ventures
outside the designated region. @xref{Hints to MUA Authors}, for more
details.@refill
-@node What Supercite Does, Citations, What Supercite Does Not Do, Introduction
-@findex sc-cite-original
+@node What Supercite Does
@section What Supercite Does
+@findex sc-cite-original
Supercite is invoked for the first time on a reply buffer via your MUA's
reply or forward command. This command will actually perform citations
@@ -219,10 +218,10 @@ but it is also immediately useful with the default configuration, once
it has been properly connected to your MUA. @xref{Getting Connected},
for more details.@refill
-@node Citations, Citation Elements, What Supercite Does, Top
+@node Citations
+@chapter Citations
@cindex nested citations
@cindex citation
-@chapter Citations
A @dfn{citation} is the acknowledgement of the original author of a mail
message in the body of the reply. There are two basic citation styles
@@ -284,9 +283,9 @@ non-nested citations are used. When non-@code{nil}, nested citations
are used.
-@node Citation Elements, Recognizing Citations, Citations, Citations
-@cindex citation string
+@node Citation Elements
@section Citation Elements
+@cindex citation string
@dfn{Citation strings} are composed of one or more elements. Non-nested
citations are composed of four elements, three of which are directly
@@ -339,7 +338,7 @@ of the same elements, sans the attribution string. Supercite is smart
enough to not put additional spaces between citation delimiters for
multi-level nested citations.
-@node Recognizing Citations, Getting Connected, Citation Elements, Citations
+@node Recognizing Citations
@section Recognizing Citations
Supercite also recognizes citations in the original article, and can
@@ -383,13 +382,13 @@ non-nested citation roots. It is important to remember that if you
change @code{sc-citation-root-regexp} you should always also change
@code{sc-citation-nonnested-root-regexp}.@refill
-@node Information Keys and the Info Alist, Reference Headers, Miscellaneous Commands, Top
+@node Information Keys and the Info Alist
+@chapter Information Keys and the Info Alist
@cindex information keys
@cindex Info Alist
@cindex information extracted from mail fields
@findex sc-mail-field
@findex mail-field (sc-)
-@chapter Information Keys and the Info Alist
@dfn{Mail header information keys} are nuggets of information that
Supercite extracts from the various mail headers of the original
@@ -493,9 +492,9 @@ If the author's name has more than one middle name, they will appear as
info keys with the appropriate index (e.g., @code{"sc-middlename-2"},
@dots{}). @xref{Selecting an Attribution}.@refill
-@node Reference Headers, The Built-in Header Rewrite Functions, Information Keys and the Info Alist, Top
-@cindex reference headers
+@node Reference Headers
@chapter Reference Headers
+@cindex reference headers
Supercite will insert an informative @dfn{reference header} at the
beginning of the cited body of text, which display more detail about the
@@ -534,9 +533,9 @@ functions. The one it uses is defined in the variable
integer which is an index into the @code{sc-rewrite-header-list},
beginning at zero.
-@node The Built-in Header Rewrite Functions, Electric References, Reference Headers, Reference Headers
-@cindex header rewrite functions, built-in
+@node The Built-in Header Rewrite Functions
@section The Built-in Header Rewrite Functions
+@cindex header rewrite functions, built-in
Below are examples of the various built-in header rewrite functions.
Please note the following:@: first, the text which appears in the
@@ -613,9 +612,9 @@ line after the @code{mail-header-separator} line will be removed.
@code{>>>>> see @var{references} for more details}
@end table
-@node Electric References, Hints to MUA Authors, The Built-in Header Rewrite Functions, Reference Headers
-@cindex electric references
+@node Electric References
@section Electric References
+@cindex electric references
By default, when Supercite cites the original message for the first
time, it just goes ahead and inserts the reference header indexed by
@@ -709,10 +708,9 @@ Exit from electric reference mode without inserting the current header.
Supercite will execute the hook @code{sc-electric-mode-hook} before
entering electric reference mode.
-@node Getting Connected, Replying and Yanking, Recognizing Citations, Top
-@cindex citation interface specification
+@node Getting Connected
@chapter Getting Connected
-
+@cindex citation interface specification
@vindex mail-citation-hook
@cindex .emacs file
@@ -791,7 +789,7 @@ In that case, you can use the @code{sc-pre-hook} variable, but this will
get executed every time @code{sc-cite-original} is called. @xref{Reply
Buffer Initialization}.@refill
-@node Replying and Yanking, Reply Buffer Initialization, Getting Connected, Top
+@node Replying and Yanking
@chapter Replying and Yanking
@ifinfo
@@ -803,10 +801,10 @@ message from an MUA.
* Filling Cited Text::
@end menu
@end ifinfo
-@node Reply Buffer Initialization, Filling Cited Text, Replying and Yanking, Replying and Yanking
+@node Reply Buffer Initialization
+@section Reply Buffer Initialization
@findex sc-cite-original
@findex cite-original (sc-)
-@section Reply Buffer Initialization
Executing @code{sc-cite-original} performs the following steps as it
initializes the reply buffer:
@@ -960,7 +958,8 @@ for completeness and backward compatibility. Perhaps it could be used to
reset certain variables set in @code{sc-pre-hook}.@refill
@end enumerate
-@node Filling Cited Text, Selecting an Attribution, Reply Buffer Initialization, Replying and Yanking
+@node Filling Cited Text
+@section Filling Cited Text
@cindex filling paragraphs
@vindex sc-auto-fill-region-p
@vindex auto-fill-region-p (sc-)
@@ -970,7 +969,6 @@ reset certain variables set in @code{sc-pre-hook}.@refill
@findex setup-filladapt (sc-)
@vindex sc-load-hook
@vindex load-hook (sc-)
-@section Filling Cited Text
Supercite will automatically fill newly cited text from the original
message unless the variable @code{sc-auto-fill-region-p} has a
@@ -1039,11 +1037,11 @@ have been widespread complaints on the net about mail and news messages
containing lines greater than about 72 characters. So the default is to
fill cited text.
-@node Selecting an Attribution, Attribution Preferences, Filling Cited Text, Top
+@node Selecting an Attribution
+@chapter Selecting an Attribution
@cindex attribution list
@vindex sc-preferred-attribution-list
@vindex preferred-attribution-list (sc-)
-@chapter Selecting an Attribution
As you know, the attribution string is the part of the author's name
that will be used to composed a non-nested citation string. Supercite
@@ -1063,7 +1061,7 @@ author's initials, and the author's email terminus.
@end menu
@end ifinfo
-@node Attribution Preferences, Anonymous Attributions, Selecting an Attribution, Selecting an Attribution
+@node Attribution Preferences
@section Attribution Preferences
When you cite an original message, you can tell Supercite which part of
@@ -1165,12 +1163,12 @@ what nickname they would prefer to use, and you can set up this list to
match against a specific mail field, e.g., @samp{From:@:}, allowing you
to cite your friend's message with the appropriate attribution.
-@node Anonymous Attributions, Author Names, Attribution Preferences, Selecting an Attribution
+@node Anonymous Attributions
+@section Anonymous Attributions
@vindex sc-default-author-name
@vindex default-author-name (sc-)
@vindex sc-default-attribution
@vindex default-attribution (sc-)
-@section Anonymous Attributions
When the author's name cannot be found in the @samp{From:@:} mail
header, a fallback author name and attribution string must be supplied.
@@ -1254,9 +1252,9 @@ to override any automatically derived attribution string when it is only
one character long; e.g. you prefer to use @code{"initials"} but the
author only has one name.@refill
-@node Author Names, Configuring the Citation Engine, Anonymous Attributions, Selecting an Attribution
-@cindex author names
+@node Author Names
@section Author Names
+@cindex author names
Supercite employs a number of heuristics to decipher the author's name
based on value of the @samp{From:@:} mail field of the original message.
@@ -1316,11 +1314,11 @@ The position indicator is an integer, or one of the two special symbols
word in the name field, while @code{any} matches against every word in
the name field.
-@node Configuring the Citation Engine, Using Regi, Author Names, Top
+@node Configuring the Citation Engine
+@chapter Configuring the Citation Engine
@cindex Regi
@cindex frames (Regi)
@cindex entries (Regi)
-@chapter Configuring the Citation Engine
At the heart of Supercite is a regular expression interpreting engine
called @dfn{Regi}. Regi operates by interpreting a data structure
@@ -1354,11 +1352,11 @@ Supercite to recognize such things as uuencoded messages or C code and
cite or fill those differently than normal text. None of this is
currently part of Supercite, but contributions are welcome!
-@node Using Regi, Frames You Can Customize, Configuring the Citation Engine, Configuring the Citation Engine
+@node Using Regi
+@section Using Regi
@findex regi-interpret
@findex eval
@findex looking-at
-@section Using Regi
Regi works by interpreting frames with the function
@code{regi-interpret}. A frame is a list of arbitrary size where each
@@ -1452,9 +1450,9 @@ The current frame being interpreted.
The current frame entry being interpreted.
@end table
-@node Frames You Can Customize, Post-yank Formatting Commands, Using Regi, Configuring the Citation Engine
-@vindex sc-nuke-mail-header
+@node Frames You Can Customize
@section Frames You Can Customize
+@vindex sc-nuke-mail-header
As mentioned earlier, Supercite uses various frames to perform
certain jobs such as mail header information extraction and mail header
@@ -1516,11 +1514,11 @@ When Supercite is about to cite, uncite, or recite a region, it consults
the appropriate alist and attempts to find a frame to use. If one
is not found from the alist, then the appropriate default frame is used.
-@node Post-yank Formatting Commands, Citing Commands, Frames You Can Customize, Top
+@node Post-yank Formatting Commands
+@chapter Post-yank Formatting Commands
@vindex sc-mode-map-prefix
@vindex mode-map-prefix (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p
-@chapter Post-yank Formatting Commands
Once the original message has been yanked into the reply buffer, and
@code{sc-cite-original} has had a chance to do its thing, a number of
@@ -1546,9 +1544,9 @@ prefix.@refill
@end menu
@end ifinfo
-@node Citing Commands, Insertion Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands
-@vindex sc-cite-region-limit
+@node Citing Commands
@section Commands to Manually Cite, Recite, and Uncite
+@vindex sc-cite-region-limit
Probably the three most common post-yank formatting operations that you
will perform will be the manual citing, reciting, and unciting of
@@ -1608,7 +1606,7 @@ Supercite will always ask you to confirm the attribution when reciting a
region, regardless of the value of @code{sc-confirm-always-p}.
@end table
-@node Insertion Commands, Variable Toggling Shortcuts, Citing Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands
+@node Insertion Commands
@section Insertion Commands
These two functions insert various strings into the reply buffer.
@@ -1638,9 +1636,9 @@ Inserts the current citation string at the beginning of the line that
an error and will not cite the line.
@end table
-@node Variable Toggling Shortcuts, Mail Field Commands, Insertion Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands
-@cindex toggling variables
+@node Variable Toggling Shortcuts
@section Variable Toggling Shortcuts
+@cindex toggling variables
Supercite defines a number of commands that make it easier for you to
toggle and set various Supercite variables as you are editing the reply
@@ -1718,7 +1716,7 @@ Finally, the command @kbd{C-c C-p C-t h} (also @kbd{C-c C-p C-t ?})
brings up a Help message on the toggling keymap.
-@node Mail Field Commands, Miscellaneous Commands, Variable Toggling Shortcuts, Post-yank Formatting Commands
+@node Mail Field Commands
@section Mail Field Commands
These commands allow you to view, modify, add, and delete various bits
@@ -1768,7 +1766,7 @@ message author. Note that unless an error during processing occurs, any
old information is lost.@refill
@end table
-@node Miscellaneous Commands, Information Keys and the Info Alist, Mail Field Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands
+@node Miscellaneous Commands
@section Miscellaneous Commands
@table @asis
@@ -1782,7 +1780,7 @@ citation string in front of the new line. As with @code{open-line},
an optional numeric argument inserts that many new lines.@refill
@end table
-@node Hints to MUA Authors, Thanks and History, Electric References, Top
+@node Hints to MUA Authors
@chapter Hints to MUA Authors
In June of 1989, some discussion was held between the various MUA
@@ -1864,7 +1862,7 @@ need only add @code{sc-cite-original} to this list of hooks using
If you do all this your MUA will join the ranks of those that conform to
this interface ``out of the box.''
-@node Thanks and History, GNU Free Documentation License, Hints to MUA Authors, Top
+@node Thanks and History
@chapter Thanks and History
The Supercite package was derived from its predecessor Superyank 1.11
@@ -1901,15 +1899,15 @@ All who have helped and contributed have been greatly appreciated.
Supercite was written by Barry Warsaw.
-@node GNU Free Documentation License, Concept Index, Thanks and History, Top
+@node GNU Free Documentation License
@appendix GNU Free Documentation License
@include doclicense.texi
-@node Concept Index, Command Index, GNU Free Documentation License, Top
+@node Concept Index
@unnumbered Concept Index
@printindex cp
-@node Command Index, Key Index, Concept Index, Top
+@node Command Index
@unnumbered Command Index
@ifinfo
@@ -1922,11 +1920,11 @@ its @var{command} name.
@end iftex
@printindex fn
-@node Key Index, Variable Index, Command Index, Top
+@node Key Index
@unnumbered Key Index
@printindex ky
-@node Variable Index, , Key Index, Top
+@node Variable Index
@unnumbered Variable Index
@ifinfo