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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2003-07-22 15:24:39 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2003-07-22 15:24:39 +0000
commit5a5d2aecd8266bdc9666a893f628c374ca0de6ea (patch)
treec67bfcc7cd022659268f23c87ebbde9db21bf34e /lispref
parent1006f206691a9d2d7d9ead621889c700d70bfa41 (diff)
(Imenu): Add xref to Emacs Manual node on Imenu.
Remove spurious indent in example.
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref')
-rw-r--r--lispref/modes.texi12
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+}