README-File for the REXX-MODE - Package for GNU EMACS19


This is 
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1) A very simple rexx-mode for Emacs 19.
   It currently provides only commenting and uncommenting regions,
	inserting comments and making keywords all
	upper-, lowercase or capitalizing.
   Derived from pascal.el which is supplied with emacs.

2) A patch for hilit19.el to get REXX-Syntax Highlighting.
   Also highlights OS/2 specific rexx statements and
   supports VXREXX.

Installation:
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If you do not have hilit19.el, copy this file to your emacs-lisp
directory and follow installation instructions at the beginning
of the file.
If you do have hilit19 installed, add the hilit19.add - file
to the end of the file (well actually not quite the end -- see
the comments in the file).

To install rexx-mode.el also copy it to your emacs-lisp-directory.

Then byte-compile both files (M-x byte-compile-file)

OH, and then of course you have to tell emacs to use rexx-mode.
Add the following to your .emacs ( or site-start.el) - file:

(autoload 'rexx-mode "rexx-mode" "REXX EditMode" t)
(setq auto-mode-alist
      (append '(("\\.cmd$"  . rexx-mode)
                ) auto-mode-alist))


Have fun,

Ralf Grohmann
Universit"atsbibliothek Karlsruhe, Germany
email: ralf@ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de


Revision History
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* Version 0.01, 20. Juli 1994
	First edition
