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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2003-07-22 15:24:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2003-07-22 15:24:39 +0000 |
| commit | 5a5d2aecd8266bdc9666a893f628c374ca0de6ea (patch) | |
| tree | c67bfcc7cd022659268f23c87ebbde9db21bf34e /lispref/modes.texi | |
| parent | 1006f206691a9d2d7d9ead621889c700d70bfa41 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-5a5d2aecd8266bdc9666a893f628c374ca0de6ea.tar.gz | |
(Imenu): Add xref to Emacs Manual node on Imenu.
Remove spurious indent in example.
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref/modes.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/modes.texi | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/modes.texi b/lispref/modes.texi index c8e2523a5cb..25f44b92e09 100644 --- a/lispref/modes.texi +++ b/lispref/modes.texi @@ -1616,11 +1616,13 @@ It is normally @code{nil}, so that ordinary buffers have no header line. @cindex Imenu @dfn{Imenu} is a feature that lets users select a definition or section in the buffer, from a menu which lists all of them, to go -directly to that location in the buffer. Imenu works by constructing a -buffer index which lists the names and buffer positions of the +directly to that location in the buffer. Imenu works by constructing +a buffer index which lists the names and buffer positions of the definitions, or other named portions of the buffer; then the user can -choose one of them and move point to it. This section explains how to -customize how Imenu finds the definitions or buffer portions for a +choose one of them and move point to it. The user-level commands for +using Imenu are described in the Emacs Manual (@pxref{Imenu,, Imenu, +emacs, the Emacs Manual}). This section explains how to customize +Imenu's method of finding definitions or buffer portions for a particular major mode. The usual and simplest way is to set the variable @@ -1708,7 +1710,7 @@ normally have symbol syntax, and thus to simplify For example, Fortran mode uses it this way: @example - (setq imenu-syntax-alist '(("_$" . "w"))) +(setq imenu-syntax-alist '(("_$" . "w"))) @end example The @code{imenu-generic-expression} patterns can then use @samp{\\sw+} |