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27 Customization
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This chapter talks about various topics relevant to adapting the
behavior of Emacs in minor ways.

   All kinds of customization affect only the particular Emacs job that
you do them in.  They are completely lost when you kill the Emacs job,
and have no effect on other Emacs jobs you may run at the same time or
later.  The only way an Emacs job can affect anything outside of it is
by writing a file; in particular, the only way to make a customization
`permanent' is to put something in your init file or other appropriate
file to do the customization in each session.  Note: Init File.

Minor Modes

Each minor mode is one feature you can turn on

independently of any others.

Variables

Many Emacs commands examine Emacs variables

to decide what to do; by setting variables, you can control their functioning.

Keyboard Macros

A keyboard macro records a sequence of keystrokes

to be replayed with a single command.

Key Bindings

The keymaps say what command each key runs.

By changing them, you can "redefine keys".

Syntax

The syntax table controls how words and expressions

are parsed.

Init File

How to write common customizations in the init file.

Audible Bell

Changing how Emacs sounds the bell.

Faces

Changing the fonts and colors of a region of text.

Frame Components

Controlling the presence and positions of the

menubar, toolbars, and gutters.

X Resources

X resources controlling various aspects of the

behavior of XEmacs.