au3(9)

SYNOPSIS

au3 - Autoit 3 Scripting Language File.

FILES

hkau3.emf - Autoit 3 Scripting Language file hook definition
au3.etf - Autoit 3 Scripting Language header template file
au3.eaf - Autoit 3 Scripting Language abbreviation file

EXTENSIONS

.au3 - Autoit 3 file

DESCRIPTION

The autoit file type template provides the hilighting, indentation, folding, item list and tools definitions for a perl file.

File recognition is performed using the standard file extension .au3.

General Editing


On creating a new file, a new header is automatically included into the file. time(2m) is by default enabled, allowing the modification time-stamp to be maintained in the header.

Hilighting


The hilighting features allow functions, commands, variables, logical, comments, strings and characters of the language to be differentiated and rendered in different colors.

Abbreviations


The installation comes with a default abbreviation file for Autoit file editing which can be used by writing short abbreviations like "if", "wh" (while) or "fu" (function) - and then pressing the key-binding for the expand-abbrev-handle(3) command. The list of abbreviations can be used interactively in the GUI version of MicroEmacs using the abbrev-list(3) command.

Auto Layout


The indentation mechanism is enabled which performs automatic layout of the text. restyle-region(3) and restyle-buffer(3) are available to reformat (re-layout) selected sections of the buffer, or the whole buffer, respectively.

Folding and Information Hiding


Generic folding is enabled within perl files. The folds occur about Function definitions located on the left-hand margin and their closing EndFunc keyword which is located as well at the beginning of a line. collapse-all(3) (un)folds all regions in the file, collapse-current(3) (un)folds the current region.

Navigation via Item List


The Autoit mode offers beside folding as well support for displaying an outline of the functions for easy navigation using the item-list(3) command.

Short Cuts


The short cut keys used within the buffer are:-

C-c C-c - Comment out the current line.
C-c C-d - Uncomment the current line.
C-c C-o - Restyle comment.
f2 - (un)fold the current region
f3 - (un)fold all regions
f6 - list items
esc f6 - close item list

NOTES

The hilighting is typically extended using a file myau3.emf.

BUGS

None which are currently known. As the author does not use this scripting language anymore, the highlighting and folding and item-list command might be not working as expected in all cicrumstances and support of more modern features of this scripting language on the Windows platform might be not available.

SEE ALSO

abbrev-list(3), collapse-all(3), collapse-current(3), expand-abbrev-handle(3), indent(2), item-list(3), restyle-buffer(3), time(2m).

Supported File Types

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Last Modified: 2025/08/28
Generated On: 2025/09/29