From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Allan Adler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: some emacs commands at end of file Date: 22 Jan 2007 03:29:05 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1169455274 28969 80.91.229.12 (22 Jan 2007 08:41:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:41:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 22 09:41:12 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H8ujg-0002h1-Ii for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:41:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H8ujg-0008I9-3f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:41:04 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!dreaderd!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Original-Lines: 39 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: nestle.csail.mit.edu Original-X-Trace: 1169454545 senator-bedfellow.mit.edu 565 128.30.16.13 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:144898 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:40502 Archived-At: Nikos Apostolakis writes: > Allan Adler writes: > > I have a theory about (3), even though I don't know enough to really have > > a theory. My theory is that when it says > > > > mode: outline > > > > it tells emacs to go into something called outline mode. Maybe an outline > > is a selection of particular lines, such as I find displayed when I type > > y in reply to the prompt. > > Your theory is basically correct. Thanks, that's good to know. So, should I be looking in c-mode.el for the reason that emacs is able to respond to this mode: outline in what looks like a comment in a C file? What is the exact point at which emacs stops treating the comment as text and starts taking commands from it? > Besides Leo's suggestion you might want to have a look at: > > ,----[ C-h v outline-regexp RET ] > | outline-regexp is a variable defined in `outline.el'. > | Its value is "[*\f]+" I also tried C-h v electric-c-semi RET and it complained that it couldn't find it. -- Ignorantly, Allan Adler * Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT CSAIL. My actions and * comments do not reflect in any way on MIT. Also, I am nowhere near Boston.