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==ncl-mode== | ==ncl-mode== | ||
| − | '''NOTE:''' There are two version of ncl.el. One is the official | + | |
| + | '''NOTE:''' There are two version of ncl.el. One is the | ||
| + | [http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Files/ncl.el official ] | ||
version by NCL folks which contains only ncl.el. The forked version | version by NCL folks which contains only ncl.el. The forked version | ||
contains few fixes to ncl.el and and ncl-doc el and other goodies to | contains few fixes to ncl.el and and ncl-doc el and other goodies to | ||
be used by other Emacs packages | be used by other Emacs packages | ||
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| + | === Basic Setup === | ||
| + | To activate ncl-mode automatically for all files with an | ||
| + | [[file extension | extension ]] ".ncl" add add the following your [[.emacs]] | ||
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| + | <syntaxhighlight lang="lisp"> | ||
| + | (setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\.ncl$" . ncl-mode) auto-mode-alist)) | ||
| + | (autoload 'ncl-mode "~/bin/ncl.el") | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
==ncl-doc-mode == | ==ncl-doc-mode == | ||
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(require 'ncl-doc) | (require 'ncl-doc) | ||
(add-hook 'ncl-mode-hook | (add-hook 'ncl-mode-hook | ||
| − | + | (lambda () | |
| − | + | (ncl-doc-minor-mode 1))) | |
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
=== Usage === | === Usage === | ||
| − | + | ; {{CommandKeys|C-c C-s| ncl-doc-query-at-point}} | |
| − | + | :This function does few things. | |
| − | + | ::1) It prompts for a string/keyword and collects a given string | |
| − | + | ::2) It tries to find a URL for the given string | |
| − | + | ::: + if it finds URL for the string call the browser to open that URL | |
| − | + | ::: + If no URL is found, then goes on to search for the given string. | |
| − | + | ::: + Displays all search matches in separate buffer category wise. In that buffer RET in any search match will call browser for take you to that page. | |
| − | + | ::: + If no matches found for a given string it leaves you there | |
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| + | ; {{CommandKeys|C-c C-o| ncl-doc-query-open}} | ||
| + | : Use this function you lets you choose from the all keywords ncl-doc has in its database and takes you to that page. | ||
[[Category:Programming languages]][[Category:Sciences]] | [[Category:Programming languages]][[Category:Sciences]] | ||
Revision as of 08:46, 31 March 2012
| Description | ncl-mode for editing NCL files. |
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| Author | name of author |
| Maintainer | ncl folks (forked version by Yagnesh) |
| Source | http://github.com/yyr/ncl.el |
| Part of Emacs | no |
NCL (NCAR Command Language) is popular language in Earth science to display scientific data.
ncl-mode
NOTE: There are two version of ncl.el. One is the official version by NCL folks which contains only ncl.el. The forked version contains few fixes to ncl.el and and ncl-doc el and other goodies to be used by other Emacs packages
Basic Setup
To activate ncl-mode automatically for all files with an extension ".ncl" add add the following your .emacs
(setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\.ncl$" . ncl-mode) auto-mode-alist))
(autoload 'ncl-mode "~/bin/ncl.el")
ncl-doc-mode
ncl-doc minor mode helps you read NCL documentation from UCAR website
Basic Setup
to start ncl-doc-mode for each ncl buffer add the following your .emacs
(require 'ncl-doc)
(add-hook 'ncl-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(ncl-doc-minor-mode 1)))
Usage
- [C-c C-s] (or M-x ncl-doc-query-at-point)
- This function does few things.
- 1) It prompts for a string/keyword and collects a given string
- 2) It tries to find a URL for the given string
- + if it finds URL for the string call the browser to open that URL
- + If no URL is found, then goes on to search for the given string.
- + Displays all search matches in separate buffer category wise. In that buffer RET in any search match will call browser for take you to that page.
- + If no matches found for a given string it leaves you there
- [C-c C-o] (or M-x ncl-doc-query-open)
- Use this function you lets you choose from the all keywords ncl-doc has in its database and takes you to that page.