2 Overview of the Manual

The manual starts with several introductory chapters (including this one).

The next chunk of the manual describes the day to day use of CC Mode (as contrasted with how to customize it).

• The chapter “Commands” describes in detail how to use (nearly) all of CC Mode's features. There are extensive cross-references from here to the corresponding sections later in the manual which tell you how to customize these features.
• “Font Locking” describes how “syntax highlighting” is applied to your buffers. It is mainly background information and can be skipped over at a first reading.

The next chunk of the manual describes how to customize CC Mode. Typically, an overview of a topic is given at the chapter level, then the sections and subsections describe the material in increasing detail.

• The chapter “Configuration Basics” tells you how to write customizations - whether in hooks, in styles, in both, or in neither, depending on your needs. It describes the CC Mode style system and lists the standard styles that CC Mode supplies.
• The next few chapters describe in detail how to customize the various features of CC Mode.
• Finally, there is a sample .emacs fragment, which might help you in creating your own customization.

The manual ends with “this and that”, things that don't fit cleanly into any of the previous chunks.

• Two chapters discuss the performance of CC Mode and known bugs/limitations.
• The FAQ contains a list of common problems and questions.
• The next two chapters tell you how to get in touch with the CC Mode project - whether for updating CC Mode or submitting bug reports.

Finally, there are the customary indices.