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Customizing Ada mode
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   Ada mode is  fully customizable. Everything, from the  file names to
the automatic  indentation and  the automatic casing  can be  adapted to
your own needs.

   There  are   two  different  kinds   of  variables  that   control
this customization, both are easy to modify.

   The first set of variables are standard Emacs variables. Of course,
some are defined  only for Ada  mode, whereas others have  a more
general meaning  in   Emacs.  Please  see  the  Emacs   documentation
for  more information on the latest. In this documentation, we will
detail all the variables that are specific to Ada mode, and a few
others. The names will be given, as in `ada-case-identifier'.

   Emacs provides an easy way to modify them, through a special mode
called customization.    To    access    this    mode,    select    the
  menu `Ada->Customize'.  This will open a new buffer with some fields
that you can edit.  For instance, you will get something like:
     Put below the compiler switches.
     comp_opt= _____________________________________
   The first  line gives a brief  description of the  variable.  The
second line is  the name of  the variable  and the field  where you can
give a value for this variable. Simply type what you want in the field.

   When you are  finished modifying the variables, you  can simply
click on the Save for future sessions button  at the top of the buffer
(click with  the  middle mouse  button).  This will  save  the  values
in  your `.emacs' file, so that next time you start Emacs they will
have the same values.

   To modify a specific variable, you can directly call the function
`customize-variable' from Emacs (just type `M-x customize-variable
<RET> VARIABLE-NAME <RET>').

   Some users might prefer to modify the variables directly in their
configuration file, `.emacs'. This file is coded in Emacs lisp, and the
syntax to set a variable is the following:
     (setq variable-name value)

   The second set of variables for customization are set through the
use of project files. These variables are  specific to a given project,
whereas the  first   set  was  more   general.  For  more
information,  please Note: Project files.