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Customization
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   This chapter talks about various topics relevant to adapting the
behavior of Emacs in minor ways.  See `The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual'
for how to make more far-reaching changes.

   Customization that you do within Emacs normally affects only the
particular Emacs session that you do it in-it does not persist between
sessions unless you save the customization in a file such as `.emacs'
or `.Xdefaults' that will affect future sessions.  Note: Init File.
In the customization buffer, when you save customizations for future
sessions, this actually works by editing `.emacs' for you.

Minor Modes

Each minor mode is one feature you can turn on

independently of any others.

Variables

Many Emacs commands examine Emacs variables

to decide what to do; by setting variables, you can control their functioning.

Keyboard Macros

A keyboard macro records a sequence of

keystrokes to be replayed with a single command.

Key Bindings

The keymaps say what command each key runs.

By changing them, you can "redefine keys".

Keyboard Translations

If your keyboard passes an undesired code for a key, you can tell Emacs to substitute another code.

Syntax

The syntax table controls how words and

expressions are parsed.

Init File

How to write common customizations in the

`.emacs' file.