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Editing Programs
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   Emacs provides many features to facilitate editing programs.  Some
of these features can

   * Find or move over top-level definitions (Note: Defuns).

   * Apply the usual indentation conventions of the language (Note:
     Program Indent).

   * Insert, kill or align comments (Note: Comments).

   * Balance parentheses (Note: Parentheses).

   * Highlight program syntax (Note: Font Lock).

   This chapter describes these features and many more.

Program Modes

Major modes for editing programs.

Defuns

Commands to operate on major top-level parts

of a program.

Program Indent

Adjusting indentation to show the nesting.

Comments

Inserting, killing, and aligning comments.

Parentheses

Commands that operate on parentheses.

Documentation

Getting documentation of functions you plan to call.

Hideshow

Displaying blocks selectively.

Symbol Completion

Completion on symbol names of your program or language.

Glasses

Making identifiersLikeThis more readable.

Misc for Programs

Other Emacs features useful for editing programs.

C Modes

Special commands of C, C++, Objective-C,

Java, and Pike modes.

Fortran

Fortran mode and its special features.

Asm Mode

Asm mode and its special features.