26 Editing Programs

This chapter describes Emacs features for facilitating editing programs. Some of the things these features can do are:

• Find or move over top-level definitions (see Top-Level Definitions, or Defuns).

• Apply the usual indentation conventions of the language (see Indentation for Programs).

• Balance parentheses (see Commands for Editing with Parentheses).

• Insert, kill or align comments (see Manipulating Comments).

• Highlight program syntax (see Font Lock mode).

• Major Modes for Programming Languages

• Top-Level Definitions, or Defuns

• Indentation for Programs

• Commands for Editing with Parentheses

• Manipulating Comments

• Documentation Lookup

• Hideshow minor mode

• Completion for Symbol Names

• MixedCase Words

• Semantic

• Other Features Useful for Editing Programs

• C and Related Modes

• Asm Mode

• Fortran Mode