5 The Miscellaneous Stuff

This is part 5 of the SXEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This section is devoted to anything that doesn't fit neatly into the other sections.

Major & Minor Modes:

• Q5.0.1: How can I do source code highlighting using font-lock?
• Q5.0.2: I do not like cc-mode. How do I use the old c-mode?
• Q5.0.3: How do I get ‘More’ Syntax Highlighting on by default?
• Q5.0.4: How can I enable auto-indent and/or Filladapt?
• Q5.0.5: How can I get SXEmacs to come up in text/auto-fill mode by default?
• Q5.0.6: How do I start up a second shell buffer?
• Q5.0.7: Telnet from shell filters too much.
• Q5.0.8: Why does edt emulation not work?
• Q5.0.9: How can I emulate VI and use it as my default mode?
• Q5.0.10: [This question intentionally left blank]
• Q5.0.11: [This question intentionally left blank]
• Q5.0.12: How do I disable gnuserv from opening a new frame?
• Q5.0.13: How do I start gnuserv so that each subsequent SXEmacs is a client?
• Q5.0.14: Strange things are happening in Shell Mode.
• Q5.0.15: Where do I get the latest CC Mode?
• Q5.0.16: I find auto-show-mode disconcerting. How do I turn it off?
• Q5.0.17: How can I get two instances of info?
• Q5.0.18: [This question intentionally left blank]
• Q5.0.19: Is there something better than LaTeX mode?
• Q5.0.20: Is there a way to start a new SXEmacs if there's no gnuserv running, and otherwise use gnuclient?

Emacs Lisp Programming Techniques:

• Q5.1.1: The difference in key sequences between XEmacs/SXEmacs and GNU Emacs?
• Q5.1.2: Can I generate "fake" keyboard events?
• Q5.1.3: Could you explain read-kbd-macro in more detail?
• Q5.1.4: What is the performance hit of let?
• Q5.1.5: What is the recommended use of setq?
• Q5.1.6: What is the typical misuse of setq ?
• Q5.1.7: I like the do form of cl, does it slow things down?
• Q5.1.8: I like recursion, does it slow things down?
• Q5.1.9: How do I put a glyph as annotation in a buffer?
• Q5.1.10: map-extents won't traverse all of my extents!
• Q5.1.11: My elisp program is horribly slow. Is there an easy way to find out where it spends time?

Sound:

• Q5.2.1: How do I turn off the sound?
• Q5.2.2: How do I get funky sounds instead of a boring beep?
• Q5.2.3: What's NAS, how do I get it?
• Q5.2.4: Sunsite sounds don't play.

Miscellaneous:

• Q5.3.1: How do you make SXEmacs indent CL if-clauses correctly?
• Q5.3.2: [This question intentionally left blank]
• Q5.3.3: How can I print WYSIWYG a font-locked buffer?
• Q5.3.4: Getting M-x lpr to work with postscript printer.
• Q5.3.5: How do I specify the paths that SXEmacs uses for finding files?
• Q5.3.6: [This question intentionally left blank]
• Q5.3.7: Can I have the end of the buffer delimited in some way?
• Q5.3.8: How do I insert today's date into a buffer?
• Q5.3.9: Are only certain syntactic character classes available for abbrevs?
• Q5.3.10: How can I get those oh-so-neat X-Face lines?
• Q5.3.11: How do I add new Info directories?
• Q5.3.12: What do I need to change to make printing work?