Re: Moving to XEmacs

>>> 1. Customized Syntax Highlighting:
      Don't know if it's useful, I use Gnu emacs with
      the following to syntax highlight *.ini files on
      Windows. In GNU emacs, the feature you are looking
      for is called "font-lock". Same in Xemacs?

      Basically, you define a series of regex'es that
      meet your needs and assign appropriate font-lock
      settings to them.

      I wouldn't consider it a "good" example, it was one
      of my first and simplest attempts, and I still have
      more to learn, but, if it gets you started... (Folks
      who know better: feedback would be most appreciated!)

=================================================================
(defvar ini-keywords
  "^\\[[a-zA-Z_-0-9 ]+\\]"          ; Matches group header, e.g.: [group]
  "*Keywords used in ini files and the djgpp.env file, basically, the
section header.")

(defvar ini-font-lock-keywords
  (list (cons ini-keywords 'font-lock-keyword-face)
      '("^[#;*].*" . font-lock-comment-face) )
  "Additional expressions to highlight in ini mode.")

(defvar ini-mode-map nil
  "Keymap for ini-file mode.")

(defun ini-mode ()
  "Major mode for editing ini (.ini) files.

Major differences are in the way comments and group headers are
handled, tabs, and indentation.

Turning on Ini-File mode calls the value of the variable `ini-mode-hook',
if that value is non-nil."
  (interactive)
  (kill-all-local-variables)
  (use-local-map ini-mode-map)
  (setq mode-name "Ini-File")
  (setq major-mode 'ini-mode)
  (set-variable 'tab-width 3)
  (set-variable 'indent-tabs-mode nil)
  (set-variable 'truncate-partial-width-windows nil) ;line wrap on.
  (set-variable 'comment-column 42)
  (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults)
  (setq font-lock-defaults '(ini-font-lock-keywords t))

  (run-hooks 'ini-mode-hook) )
=================================================================


>>> 3. Autocompletion like Visual C++

      You want to type, in C++, e.g., with STL:
            ...
      list<string> var;
            ...
          var.f_            (_ = current cursor pos'n).

      And Xemacs will recognize that "f" is the start of "front"
      and automagically suggest it in for you? Or will provide a
      list of all the methods or variables starting with "f"
      in this class or template? I haven't found
      that feature, don't think it's there yet, though I would
      think it's a natural extension of the TAG files concept.