31. Editing Programs

Emacs provides many features to facilitate editing programs. Some of these features can

Find or move over top-level definitions (see section Top-Level Definitions, or Defuns).
Apply the usual indentation conventions of the language (see section Indentation for Programs).
Balance parentheses (see section Commands for Editing with Parentheses).
Insert, kill or align comments (see section Manipulating Comments).
Highlight program syntax (see section Font Lock mode).

This chapter describes these features and many more.

31.1 Major Modes for Programming Languages		Major modes for editing programs.
31.2 Top-Level Definitions, or Defuns		Commands to operate on major top-level parts of a program.
31.3 Indentation for Programs		Adjusting indentation to show the nesting.
31.4 Commands for Editing with Parentheses		Commands that operate on parentheses.
31.5 Manipulating Comments		Inserting, killing, and aligning comments.
31.6 Documentation Lookup		Getting documentation of functions you plan to call.
31.7 Hideshow minor mode		Displaying blocks selectively.
31.8 Completion for Symbol Names		Completion on symbol names of your program or language.
31.9 Glasses minor mode		Making identifiersLikeThis more readable.
31.10 Other Features Useful for Editing Programs		Other Emacs features useful for editing programs.
31.11 C and Related Modes		Special commands of C, C++, Objective-C, Java, and Pike modes.
31.12 Asm Mode		Asm mode and its special features.
31.13 Fortran Mode		Fortran mode and its special features.