CC Mode Manual

CC Mode{} is a GNU Emacs mode for editing files containing C, C++, Objective-C, Java, CORBA IDL, and Pike code. It provides syntax-based indentation and has several handy commands and some minor modes to make the editing easier. Note that CC Mode provide font-locking; there are other Emacs packages for that.

1. Introduction
2. Getting Connected
3. New Indentation Engine
4. Minor Modes
5. Text Filling and Line Breaking
6. Commands
7. Customizing Indentation
8. Syntactic Symbols
9. Indentation Functions
10. Performance Issues
11. Limitations and Known Bugs
A. Frequently Asked Questions
B. Getting the Latest CC Mode Release
C. Mailing Lists and Submitting Bug Reports
D. Sample .emacs file

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Concept Index
Command Index
Key Index
Variable Index

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New Indentation Engine

3.1 Syntactic Analysis
3.2 Indentation Calculation

Minor Modes

4.1 Auto-newline Insertion
4.2 Hungry-deletion of Whitespace

Auto-newline Insertion

4.1.1 Hanging Braces
4.1.2 Hanging Colons
4.1.3 Hanging Semi-colons and Commas
4.1.4 Other Electric Commands
4.1.5 Clean-ups

Commands

6.1 Indentation Commands
6.2 Movement Commands
6.3 Other Commands

Customizing Indentation

7.1 Interactive Customization
7.2 Permanent Customization
7.3 Hooks
7.4 Styles
7.5 Advanced Customizations

Styles

7.4.1 Built-in Styles
7.4.2 Adding Styles
7.4.3 File Styles

Advanced Customizations

7.5.1 Custom Indentation Functions
7.5.2 Custom Brace and Colon Hanging
7.5.3 Customizing Semi-colons and Commas
7.5.4 Other Special Indentations