Window User Manual

Figure 3: The Emacs editor with an SML program
Figure 4: The SML session window
Meta- means: hold down the “Alt” or “Alt function” key and press the key .
Ctrl- means: hold down the “Ctrl” key and press the key .
This a brief step-by-step guide to editing programs.
1. Start Emacs by use of the emacs button in the button-bar. An empty Emacs window called
*scratch* appears. Move the cursor to the Emacs window and click the left mouse button
to select this window. Do not type your program in the *scratch* window.
2. To create an SML program buffer for a program called “gcd.sml”, type Ctrl-x Ctrl-f,
then gcd.sml, then press return. (Alternatively, use the Files menu.)
If the file gcd.sml exists on disk already, it is loaded into Emacs. Otherwise a new empty
buffer is created. The suffix “.sml” is important: it puts the buffer in Sml mode.
3. Type and edit your program in the SML program buffer. Editing commands are described in the
reference card.
4. Type Ctrl-x Ctrl-s to save the program in a file on the disk. (Alternatively, use the Files
menu.)
5. To load the program into an SML session, type Ctrl-c Ctrl-b in the SML program buffer.
Press return twice to answer the questions Ml command: mosml and Any args:.
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