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5 <title>Haskell Mode for Emacs</title>
9 <h1>Haskell Mode for Emacs</h1>
11 <p>The Haskell mode itself is very basic, but provides a base on which to
12 build modules. The currently supported modules are:</p>
15 <li>Font Locking: Colours keywords, comments, strings, etc.
17 <li>Declaration Scanning: Scans declarations and places them in a
18 menu. <em>Seems to hang on some files.</em>
20 <li>Documentation: Echoes types of functions or syntax of keywords
21 when the cursor is idle. <em>Not up-to-date for Haskell-98.</em>
23 <li><a HREF="http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~lapalme/layout/">Indentation</a>:
24 Provides semi-automatic intelligent indentation.
26 <li>Simple Indentation: Provides simple indentation.
28 <li>Interaction with an inferior Haskell interpreter. This module
29 supersedes the previous two modules:
31 <li><a HREF="http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~lapalme/Hugs-interaction.html">
32 Hugs Interaction</a>: Allows interaction with the Hugs interpreter.
34 <li><a HREF="http://home.arachsys.com/~chris/haskell-ghci.el">GHCi
35 Interaction</a>: Allows interaction with the GHCi interpreter.
39 <p><em>Work on further modules is encouraged! Please
40 <a HREF="mailto:monnier@iro.umontreal.ca">mail</a> if you have an idea, or
41 a module we might hook into.</em></p>
43 <p><a HREF="haskell-mode-2.1.tar.gz">The latest versions of the basic mode
44 and the above modules</a>.</p>
46 <p>The basic mode was written by Graeme E Moss, Tommy Thorn and Simon
47 Marlow. Modules with their own links above are maintained by their
48 authors; the rest are looking for a maintainer (please
49 volunteer!). These modules support Haskell 98, except where stated, and
50 have been tested on GNU Emacs versions 19.34 and 20.7, and XEmacs versions
51 21.1.14 and 21.4.x. Please mail bugs and suggestions to the maintainer of
52 the appropriate module. General comments can be mailed
53 to <a HREF="mailto:monnier@iro.umontreal.ca">Stefan
54 Monnier</a>. When mailing, quote the version of the module or mode you
55 are using, the version of Emacs you are using, and a small example of the
56 problem or suggestion. Please check the list of known problems (towards
57 the start of each relevant file) before doing so.</p>
59 <p><strong><a HREF="installation-guide.html">A guide on how to install
60 and customise the mode</a></strong>.</p>
62 <p>To test the mode:</p>
65 <li>To test font locking, declaration scanning, and documentation
66 modules, try them on <a HREF="fontlock.hs">the Haskell
67 script</a> used to illustrate these modules in action.
69 <li>To test indentation and simple indentation modules, try them
70 on <a HREF="indent.hs">this Haskell script</a>.