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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-06-20 09:22:42 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-06-20 09:22:42 +0000
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Proofreading fixes from Peter Milliken <Peter.Milliken@GTECH.COM>.
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@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ trouble to write.
There are several forms of Lisp mode, which differ in the way they
interface to Lisp execution. @xref{Executing Lisp}.
+ Major modes for programming languages usually provide conveniency
+features such as syntax-sensitive indentation, syntax highlighting
+(@pxref{Font Lock}), movement by blocks and functions, etc.
+
Each of the programming language major modes defines the @key{TAB} key
to run an indentation function that knows the indentation conventions of
that language and updates the current line's indentation accordingly.
@@ -144,6 +148,9 @@ blank lines, so that the paragraph commands remain useful. Auto Fill mode,
if enabled in a programming language major mode, indents the new lines
which it creates.
+ @xref{Choosing Modes}, for the description of how major modes are
+activated.
+
@cindex mode hook
@vindex c-mode-hook
@vindex lisp-mode-hook