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(ada-mode)File Browser

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File Browser
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   Emacs provides a special mode, called `speedbar'. When this mode is
activated, a new frame is displayed, with a file browser. The files from
the current  directory are displayed, and  you can click on  them as you
would with any file browser. The following commands are then available.

   You can click  on a directory name  or file name to open  it. The
editor will  automatically  select  the  best  possible  mode  for
this  file, including of course Ada mode for files written in Ada.

   If you click on the `[+]' symbol near a file name, all the symbols
(types, variables and subprograms)  defined in that file will  be
displayed, and you  can directly click  on them  to open  the right
file at  the right place.

   You can activate  this mode by typing <M-x  speedbar> in the editor.
This  will open  a new  frame. A  better way  might be  to  assicate the
following key binding

     (global-set-key [f7]  'speedbar-get-focus)

   Every time you press <F7>,  the mouse will automatically move to the
speedbar frame (which will be created if it does not exist).