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><A
NAME="PRODUCTIVITY"
>7. Productivity</A
></H1
><P
>	Emacs provides many applications that can help you get your
	work done. From coding to writing a dissertation to scheduling
	appointments, you can do just about anything from within
	Emacs.
	</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="WRITING-CODE"
>7.1. Coding in Emacs</A
></H2
><P
>	Emacs has "major modes" (essentially editors) for Lisp,
	Scheme, Awk, C, C++, FORTRAN, Icon, Java, Objective-C, Pascal,
	Perl, and Tcl. You can invoke a major mode by creating and/or opening a file
	with the appropriate extension. For example, to invoke the
	c++ major mode, create a file with a <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.cpp</TT
>
	extension and then open that file. You can
	also download additional major modes, such as SGML.
	</P
><P
>	Because of the breadth of coding options, it is beyond the
	scope of this document to cover them all.  However, there is
	an extensive section in the Gnu Emacs Manual on coding
	available at <A
HREF="http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/emacs/emacs_238.html"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/emacs/emacs_238.html</A
>. 
	</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="CUSTOMIZATION"
>7.2. Customizing Emacspeak</A
></H2
><P
>	Emacspeak contains many options for customization.  The
	most commonly requested options are covered here, but if
	there's something else that should be included, please do not
	hesitate to suggest it.
	</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT3"
><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="CHANGING-THE-SPEECH-RATE"
>7.2.1. Changing the speech rate</A
></H3
><P
>	The default Emacspeak speech rate may be too slow or fast for
	your tastes, so you can customize it in your
	<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.emacs</TT
> file.  To do so, add the following
	lines to your <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.emacs</TT
> file: 
	</P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
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><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>	(setq dtk-default-speech-rate 410)
	(setq outloud-default-speech-rate 90)
	</PRE
></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
><P
>	The numerical values in these commands are the speech rate, in
	words per minute.  The examples above are for the Dectalk
	Express and the ViaVoice Outloud synthesizers.
	</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT3"
><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="AUDITORY-ICONS"
>7.2.2. Auditory Icons for Emacspeak</A
></H3
><P
>	Ann Parsons wrote a great explanation of the Emacspeak desktop
	and auditory icons that you can read at <A
HREF="http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~priestdo/emacspeak/msg00256.html"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~priestdo/emacspeak/msg00256.html</A
>.
	In a nutshell, auditory icons provide you with feedback when
	you perform different tasks in Emacs.  You can get audible
	feedback when you change buffers, quit a program, enter the
	buffers list, edit C code, etc.
	</P
><P
>	If you want to use auditory icons and ViaVoice is your speech
	synthesizer, check to see whether or not you have a
	multi-channel sound card (try playing a CD and a .au file at
	the same time - if it works, you have a multi-channel
	card). If your card is not multi-channel, you must install the
	application <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>stdiom</SPAN
> as follows:
	</P
><P
></P
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
>			Download the application
			<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>stdiosynth</SPAN
> from
			<A
HREF="http://www.leb.net/pub/blinux/emacspeak/blinux/stdiom.tar.gz"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.leb.net/pub/blinux/emacspeak/blinux/stdiom.tar.gz</A
>.  
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			Log in to your machine as root, then change to
					the directory where you placed the
					downloaded file
					<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>stdiom.tar.gz</TT
>.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			Unzip the file using the command
			<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>gunzip stdiom.tar.gz</B
>.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			Untar the resulting file using the command
			<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>tar -xvf stdiom.tar</B
>.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			Change directories to the resulting
					<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>stdio_musician1.0</TT
>
					directory and type
					<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>make</B
>. You
					should get a message that says,
					"stdiosynth is up to date."
			</P
></LI
></OL
><P
>	Currently there are two auditory icon themes that you can
	download from the Emacspeak website, called Chimes and
	Cartoons.  Chimes is made up of different chimes and
	short notes from various instruments. The icons are
	high-quality 44K-mono, and can be downloaded from <A
HREF="http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/chimes-mono.tar.gz"
TARGET="_top"
>http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/chimes-mono.tar.gz</A
>.
	The Cartoons theme was contributed by Bryan Smart and is made
	up of 22K-mono sounds.  You can download it from <A
HREF="http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/cartoons-mono.tar.gz"
TARGET="_top"
>http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/cartoons-mono.tar.gz</A
>.
	</P
><P
>	To install either of these themes, download and unpack the
	archives into the emacspeak/sounds directory in your emacspeak
	installation. You can then select themes you have already
	installed by using the Emacspeak command <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>M-x
	emacspeak-sounds-select-theme</B
>. Alternatively, you
	can add the following lines to your
	<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.emacspeak</TT
> file:
	</P
><TABLE
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><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>	(setq emacspeak-toggle-auditory-icons t)
	(when (emacspeak-sounds-theme-p "chimes-mono")
   		(emacspeak-sounds-select-theme "chimes-mono/" ))
	</PRE
></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
><P
>	Some people use sound cards that can play multiple channels to
	produce their auditory icons.  For this option, set
	<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>emacspeak-aumix-multichannel-capable-p</B
> to
	<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>t</B
> in your <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.emacs</TT
> file:
	</P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>	(setq emacspeak-aumix-multichannel-capable-p t) 
	</PRE
></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="READING-ADOBE-ACROBAT-FILES"
>7.3. Reading Adobe Acrobat files</A
></H2
><P
>	There are two ways to view an Adobe Acrobat PDF file with
	Emacspeak. The first option is to generate a text version of
	the PDF using <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Xpdf</SPAN
>, then read the text version.  The second option is the
	use Adobe's PDF to HTML converter, then read the HTML file.
	</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT3"
><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="USING-XPDF"
>7.3.1. Using Xpdf</A
></H3
><P
>	To generate a text version of the PDF, you'll need to download
	the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Xpdf</SPAN
> package.  The main website
	is at <A
HREF="http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/</A
>, and you can
	download a precompiled binary (unless, of course, you're
	interested in playing with the source code, in which case
	you'd download the source) from <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-0.92-linux2.0.tgz"
TARGET="_top"
>ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-0.92-linux2.0.tgz</A
>.
	</P
><P
>	Assuming that you downloaded the binary file
	<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>xpdf-0.92-linux2.0.tgz</TT
>, to install and run <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Xpdf</SPAN
>: 
	</P
><P
></P
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
>			Open an Emacs command shell using <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>M-x
			shell</B
>.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			Change to the appropriate directory where the
			<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>xpdf-0.92-linux2.0.tgz</TT
>
			file is located, then
			unzip the file using <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>gunzip
			xpdf-0.92-linux2.0.tgz</B
>.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			Decompress the resulting
			<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>xpdf-0.92-linux2.0.tar</TT
>
			file using the command <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>tar -xvf
			xpdf-0.92-linux2.0.tar</B
>.
			</P
></LI
></OL
><P
>	The resulting directory will be called
	<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>xpdf-0.92-linux2.0</TT
>.  Within this
	directory are a number of applications, including
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>pdfimages</SPAN
>, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>pdfinfo</SPAN
>,
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>pdftopbm</SPAN
>, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>pdftops</SPAN
>,
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>pdftotext</SPAN
>, and
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>xpdf</SPAN
>. You can find out what each of
	these applications does from the README file also included in
	the directory. The only application we're interested in is
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>pdftotext</SPAN
> that you can run from
	the Emacs command shell as follows:
	</P
><P
></P
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
>			Open an Emacs shell window using the command
			<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>M-x shell</B
>.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			At the prompt, type <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>pdftotext <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>filename.pdf</TT
></B
>.
			</P
><P
>			Result: The file is converted to text.  You
			can read the resulting text file with Emacs.
			</P
></LI
></OL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT3"
><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="USING-ADOBES-CONVERTER"
>7.3.2. Using Adobe's converter</A
></H3
><P
>	As an alternative to <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Xpdf</SPAN
>, you can
	use Adobe's PDF to HTML converter if the PDF file you want to read has a URL.  To convert a file:
	</P
><P
></P
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
>			Use <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>W3</SPAN
> to go to
			<A
HREF="http://access.adobe.com/simple_form.html"
TARGET="_top"
>http://access.adobe.com/simple_form.html</A
>.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			Type in the URL of the PDF file to convert.
			</P
><P
>			Result: The file is converted it HTML.  You
			can use W3 to read and navigate within the file.
			</P
></LI
></OL
><P
>	Tests show that this conversion works very well on some PDF
	documents, but not so well on others.  If the HTML file you
	end up with isn't readable, try using
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Xpdf</SPAN
> to convert to a plain text
	file.
	</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="CALENDAR-AND-APPOINTMENTS"
>7.4. Scheduling appointments and calendar events</A
></H2
><P
>	Emacs has a built-in desk calendar that includes a diary for
	planned events. The calendar and diary support both US and
	European date formats, but default to the US format. The diary
	keeps track of appointments and reminders using a diary file, a text file that contains a list of events and their
	dates. You can have Emacs send you an email every day with
	your schedule, or you can look at the calendar to view the
	day's events.
	</P
><P
>	To start the calendar application, use the
	command <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>M-x calendar</B
>. Calendar navigation
	commands are, for the most part, identical to text navigation
	commands, and you can also use the arrow keys to navigate.
	</P
><P
> 	If you'd like to use the diary, you need to create a diary
	file that contains your events.  The diary file is a simple text file,
	and, by default, Emacs uses <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>~/diary</TT
> as the
	diary file. Although you'll need to create the file manually,
	there are commands that allow you to add, view, and change
	diary entries. Most of these commands are Emacspeak-enabled.
	</P
><P
>	Diary entries come in a number of formats and entries can be
	set to repeat.  Below are some examples:
	</P
><P
></P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
>12/22/2001	</TD
><TD
>Mom arrives for visit	</TD
><TD
>Appears once on 12/22/2001</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
>October 17	</TD
><TD
>Joe's birthday	</TD
><TD
>Repeats yearly on October 17th</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
>Friday	</TD
><TD
>Time cards due	</TD
><TD
>Repeats every Friday</TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
><P
>	Of course, there are many more options than those shown here.
	You can find a complete listing of diary features in the
	GNU Emacs manual, located at <A
HREF="http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/emacs/emacs_376.html"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/emacs/emacs_376.html</A
>.
	</P
><P
>	You can view the diary entries for the current date using the
	command <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>M-x diary</B
>. Alternatively, you can
	have the day's appointments automatically displayed when you
	enter Emacs by adding the following line to your
	<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.emacs</TT
> file:
	</P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>	(diary)
	</PRE
></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
><P
>	You can also have your events emailed to you on a daily basis
	by running the command <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>M-x
	diary-mail-entries</B
>.  You'll probably get an error
	message the first time you do this that says, "No buffer named *Fancy
	Diary Entries*." This error message was reported as a bug to
	the bug-gnu-emacs mailing list by Tim Hesterberg.
	However, the command does in fact work, so you can just ignore
	the error message. By default, you'll be e-mailed the
	calendar entries for the next seven days.  Also, when you
	enter Emacs it will automatically show you the calendar
	entries for the next seven days. According to the GNU Emacs
	Manual, there is a way to change the
	number of days the email covers, but according to Tim that
	feature also has bugs and doesn't seem to work. At the time of writing, these problems have not been
	addressed.
	</P
><P
>	For complete instructions on using the calendar and diary,
	refer to the section on the calendar and diary in the GNU
	Emacs Manual, located at <A
HREF="http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/emacs/emacs_376.html"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/emacs/emacs_376.html</A
>.
	</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="WRITING-TEXT"
>7.5. Writing text in Emacs</A
></H2
><P
>	Emacs provides for many modes of text editing, and the tools
	you should use are task-dependent.
	</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT3"
><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="WRITING-PRINT-PDF-POSTSCRIPT"
>7.5.1. Writing for print, PDF, or postscript</A
></H3
><P
>	If you want to output your writing in print, postscript, or
	PDF, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>LaTeX</SPAN
> is the way to go.
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>LaTeX</SPAN
> is essentially a markup
	language that produces high-quality print, PDF, or postscript
	output.  <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>LaTeX</SPAN
> was designed for the production of technical and
	scientific documentation, and in addition to allowing for
	detailed formatting, it also provides support for mathematical
	functions, automatic generation of bibliographies and indexes,
	graphics support, and much more. You can find out more about
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>LaTeX</SPAN
> from <A
HREF="http://www.latex-project.org"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.latex-project.org</A
>. In the
	documentation section at the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>LaTeX</SPAN
>
	site, you will find an introduction to
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>LaTeX</SPAN
>, as well as a complete
	reference manual.
	</P
><P
> 	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>AUC Tex</SPAN
> is the Emacs editing mode
	for <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>LaTeX</SPAN
>. The <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>AUC
	Tex</SPAN
> home page is located at 
	<A
HREF="http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/auctex/www/auctex/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/auctex/www/auctex/</A
>.
	You can download <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>AUC
	Tex</SPAN
> from <A
HREF="ftp://sunsite.dk/packages/auctex/auctex.tar.gz"
TARGET="_top"
>ftp://sunsite.dk/packages/auctex/auctex.tar.gz</A
>.
	Once you've downloaded the file, you'll need to install it as follows:
	</P
><P
></P
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
>			Open an Emacs command shell as root, using the
			command <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>M-x emacspeak-root</B
>.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			Change directories to where the downloaded
			file <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>auctex.tar.gz</TT
> is
			located.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> 			Unzip the file using the command
			<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>gunzip auctex.tar.gz</B
>.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			Unpack the resulting tarball using the command
			<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>tar -xvf auctex.tar</B
>.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			Change directories into the new
			<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>auctex-10.0g</TT
> directory,
			then type the command
			<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>make</B
>.
			</P
><P
>			The next several steps are covered
			in greater detail in the
			<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>INSTALLATION</TT
> file
			included in the
			<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>auctex-10.0g</TT
> directory.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			When the Makefile is finished building, type
			the command <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
> make
			lispdir=/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp
			install</B
>. If the Emacs path defined as
			"lispdir" in this command is not correct for
			your machine, supply the correct path to your
			Emacs installation.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			Check to make sure the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>tex-*.el</TT
> files were placed
			in the directory specified in the
			<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>lispdir</TT
> command above.
			If not, copy them there.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			Add the following line to your
			<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.emacs</TT
> file:
			</P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="90%"
><TR
><TD
><FONT
COLOR="#000000"
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>			(require 'tex-site)
			</PRE
></FONT
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
><P
>			When you are finished, save and close your
			<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.emacs</TT
> file.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			To invoke the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>AUC
		Tex</SPAN
> editing mode, create a new file with
		a <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.tex</TT
> extension.
			</P
></LI
></OL
><P
>	You'll probably also want to install the online
	documentation. This is located in the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>doc</TT
>
	directory within the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>auctex-10.0g</TT
>
	directory.  To install the documentation:
	</P
><P
></P
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
>			Change directories to the
			<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>doc</TT
> directory.
			</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>			At the command prompt, type
			<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>make</B
>. When the makefile is
			finished, type <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>make
			install</B
>.
			</P
><P
>			Result: The documentation is installed in the
			<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/usr/local/info/</TT
>
			directory.
			</P
></LI
></OL
><P
>	You can also get this information in the online manual at <A
HREF="http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/auctex/www/auctex/doc/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/auctex/www/auctex/doc/</A
>.
	</P
><P
>	Since <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>AUC TeX</SPAN
> is a part of
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>LaTeX</SPAN
>, you'll need to know
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>LaTeX</SPAN
> to use it. There's a good
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>LaTeX</SPAN
> manual by David R. Wilkins
	called "Getting Started with LaTeX" located at
	<A
HREF="http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/</A
>. 
	</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT3"
><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="WRITING-FOR-ONLINE"
>7.5.2. Writing for online viewing</A
></H3
><P
>	If you're writing a document that will be read online, you have several
	choices: HTML, SGML, and XML, to name a few. Emacs comes with
	a built-in HTML editor, called
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>html-mode</SPAN
>. This editor provides you with
	additional commands for adding appropriate HTML tags to your
	document. To start <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>html-mode</SPAN
>, type
	<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>M-x html-mode</B
>.
	</P
><P
>	If you do a lot of HTML coding, you may wish to use 
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>html-helper-mode</SPAN
>. This mode has a
	slightly different interface and many more features than
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>html-mode</SPAN
>. The home page for
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>html-helper-mode</SPAN
> is located at
	<A
HREF="http://www.santafe.edu/~nelson/tools/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.santafe.edu/~nelson/tools/</A
>. You can
	either download just the
	<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>html-helper-mode.el</TT
> file from <A
HREF="http://www.santafe.edu/~nelson/tools/html-helper-mode.el"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.santafe.edu/~nelson/tools/html-helper-mode.el</A
>,
	or you can download the entire distribution, including
	documentation, from <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.reed.edu/pub/src/html-helper-mode.tar.gz"
TARGET="_top"
>ftp://ftp.reed.edu/pub/src/html-helper-mode.tar.gz</A
>.
	Installation instructions for both of these options are located
	at the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>html-helper-mode</SPAN
> website at
	<A
HREF="http://www.gest.unipd.it/~saint/hth.html"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.gest.unipd.it/~saint/hth.html</A
>. 
	</P
><P
>	If you're authoring larger documents or want to author in
	SGML, the PSGML mode for Emacs is recommended. The home page
	for PSGML is located at <A
HREF="http://www.lysator.liu.se/projects/about_psgml.html"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.lysator.liu.se/projects/about_psgml.html</A
>.
	</P
><P
>	There's also an XML editor for Emacs, called
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>sxml-mode</SPAN
>.  The home page is
	located at <A
HREF="http://koala.ilog.fr/plh/sxml.html"
TARGET="_top"
>http://koala.ilog.fr/plh/sxml.html</A
>. You must
	have a Java Virtual Machine, as well as PSGML 1.0.1 or better
	to run <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>sxml-mode</SPAN
>.  Complete
	instructions for downloading and installing are available on
	the web site.
	</P
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