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27 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