[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/building.texi

[Richard M . Stallman]

Index: emacs/man/building.texi
diff -c emacs/man/building.texi:1.50 emacs/man/building.texi:1.51
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  * Compilation Shell::   Customizing your shell properly
                            for use in the compilation buffer.
  * Grep Searching::      Searching with grep.
+ * Flymake::             Finding syntax errors on the fly.
  * Debuggers::         Running symbolic debuggers for non-Lisp programs.
  * Executing Lisp::      Various modes for editing Lisp programs,
                            with different facilities for running
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  @code{grep}, so as to search every file in a directory tree.  See also
  the @code{find-grep-dired} command, in @ref{Dired and Find}.
  
+ @node Flymake
+ @section Finding Syntax Errors On The Fly
+ @cindex checking syntax
+ 
+   Flymake mode is a minor mode that performs on-the-fly syntax
+ checking for many programming and markup languages, including C, C++,
+ Perl, HTML, and @TeX{}/address@hidden  It is somewhat analogous to Flyspell
+ mode, which performs spell checking for ordinary human languages in a
+ similar fashion (@pxref{Spelling}).  As you edit a file, Flymake mode
+ runs an appropriate syntax checking tool in the background, using a
+ temporary copy of the buffer.  It then parses the error and warning
+ messages, and highlights the erroneous lines in the buffer.  The
+ syntax checking tool used depends on the language; for example, for
+ C/C++ files this is usually the C compiler.  Flymake can also use
+ build tools such as @code{make} for checking complicated projects.
+ 
+   To activate Flymake mode, type @kbd{M-x flymake-mode}.  You can move
+ to the errors spotted by Flymake mode with @kbd{M-x
+ flymake-goto-next-error} and @kbd{M-x flymake-goto-prev-error}.  To
+ display any error messages associated with the current line, use
+ @kbd{M-x flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line}.
+ 
+   For more details about using Flymake, see @ref{Top, Flymake,
+ Flymake, flymake, The Flymake Manual}.
+ 
  @node Debuggers
  @section Running Debuggers Under Emacs
  @cindex debuggers