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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
6451 | 4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @setfilename ../info/internals | |
6 @node GNU Emacs Internals, Standard Errors, Tips, Top | |
7 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
8 @appendix GNU Emacs Internals | |
9 | |
10 This chapter describes how the runnable Emacs executable is dumped with | |
11 the preloaded Lisp libraries in it, how storage is allocated, and some | |
12 internal aspects of GNU Emacs that may be of interest to C programmers. | |
13 | |
14 @menu | |
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15 * Building Emacs:: How to the dumped Emacs is made. |
6451 | 16 * Pure Storage:: A kludge to make preloaded Lisp functions sharable. |
17 * Garbage Collection:: Reclaiming space for Lisp objects no longer used. | |
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18 * Memory Usage:: Info about total size of Lisp objects made so far. |
6451 | 19 * Writing Emacs Primitives:: Writing C code for Emacs. |
20 * Object Internals:: Data formats of buffers, windows, processes. | |
21 @end menu | |
22 | |
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23 @node Building Emacs |
6451 | 24 @appendixsec Building Emacs |
25 @cindex building Emacs | |
26 @pindex temacs | |
27 | |
28 This section explains the steps involved in building the Emacs | |
29 executable. You don't have to know this material to build and install | |
30 Emacs, since the makefiles do all these things automatically. This | |
31 information is pertinent to Emacs maintenance. | |
32 | |
33 Compilation of the C source files in the @file{src} directory | |
34 produces an executable file called @file{temacs}, also called a | |
35 @dfn{bare impure Emacs}. It contains the Emacs Lisp interpreter and I/O | |
36 routines, but not the editing commands. | |
37 | |
38 @cindex @file{loadup.el} | |
39 The command @w{@samp{temacs -l loadup}} uses @file{temacs} to create | |
40 the real runnable Emacs executable. These arguments direct | |
41 @file{temacs} to evaluate the Lisp files specified in the file | |
42 @file{loadup.el}. These files set up the normal Emacs editing | |
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43 environment, resulting in an Emacs that is still impure but no longer |
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45 | |
46 It takes a substantial time to load the standard Lisp files. Luckily, | |
47 you don't have to do this each time you run Emacs; @file{temacs} can | |
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48 dump out an executable program called @file{emacs} that has these files |
6451 | 49 preloaded. @file{emacs} starts more quickly because it does not need to |
50 load the files. This is the Emacs executable that is normally | |
51 installed. | |
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53 To create @file{emacs}, use the command @samp{temacs -batch -l loadup | |
54 dump}. The purpose of @samp{-batch} here is to prevent @file{temacs} | |
55 from trying to initialize any of its data on the terminal; this ensures | |
56 that the tables of terminal information are empty in the dumped Emacs. | |
57 The argument @samp{dump} tells @file{loadup.el} to dump a new executable | |
58 named @file{emacs}. | |
59 | |
60 Some operating systems don't support dumping. On those systems, you | |
61 must start Emacs with the @samp{temacs -l loadup} command each time you | |
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62 use it. This takes a substantial time, but since you need to start |
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63 Emacs once a day at most---or once a week if you never log out---the |
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66 @cindex @file{site-load.el} | |
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68 @file{site-load.el} that loads them. You may need to increase the value |
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69 of @code{PURESIZE}, in @file{src/puresize.h}, to make room for the |
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70 additional data. (Try adding increments of 20000 until it is big |
6451 | 71 enough.) However, the advantage of preloading additional files |
72 decreases as machines get faster. On modern machines, it is usually not | |
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75 After @file{loadup.el} reads @file{site-load.el}, it finds the |
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76 documentation strings for primitive and preloaded functions (and |
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77 variables) in the file @file{etc/DOC} where they are stored, by calling |
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78 @code{Snarf-documentation} (@pxref{Accessing Documentation}). |
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82 by putting them in a library named @file{site-init.el}. This file is |
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83 executed after the documentation strings are found. |
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85 If you want to preload function or variable definitions, there are |
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86 three ways you can do this and make their documentation strings |
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87 accessible when you subsequently run Emacs: |
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89 @itemize @bullet |
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91 Arrange to scan these files when producing the @file{etc/DOC} file, |
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92 and load them with @file{site-load.el}. |
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95 Load the files with @file{site-init.el}, then copy the files into the |
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96 installation directory for Lisp files when you install Emacs. |
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99 Specify a non-@code{nil} value for |
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100 @code{byte-compile-dynamic-docstrings} as a local variable in each these |
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101 files, and load them with either @file{site-load.el} or |
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102 @file{site-init.el}. (This method has the drawback that the |
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103 documentation strings take up space in Emacs all the time.) |
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107 @file{site-init.el} that would alter any of the features that users |
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108 expect in an ordinary unmodified Emacs. If you feel you must override |
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109 normal features for your site, do it with @file{default.el}, so that |
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110 users can override your changes if they wish. @xref{Start-up Summary}. |
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112 @defun dump-emacs to-file from-file | |
113 @cindex unexec | |
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114 This function dumps the current state of Emacs into an executable file |
6451 | 115 @var{to-file}. It takes symbols from @var{from-file} (this is normally |
116 the executable file @file{temacs}). | |
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118 If you want to use this function in an Emacs that was already dumped, |
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119 you must run Emacs with @samp{-batch}. |
6451 | 120 @end defun |
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122 @node Pure Storage |
6451 | 123 @appendixsec Pure Storage |
124 @cindex pure storage | |
125 | |
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126 Emacs Lisp uses two kinds of storage for user-created Lisp objects: |
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127 @dfn{normal storage} and @dfn{pure storage}. Normal storage is where |
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128 all the new data created during an Emacs session is kept; see the |
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133 Pure storage is allocated only while @file{temacs} is loading the | |
134 standard preloaded Lisp libraries. In the file @file{emacs}, it is | |
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137 machine at once. Pure storage is not expandable; a fixed amount is | |
138 allocated when Emacs is compiled, and if that is not sufficient for the | |
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139 preloaded libraries, @file{temacs} crashes. If that happens, you must |
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140 increase the compilation parameter @code{PURESIZE} in the file |
6451 | 141 @file{src/puresize.h}. This normally won't happen unless you try to |
142 preload additional libraries or add features to the standard ones. | |
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144 @defun purecopy object | |
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145 This function makes a copy of @var{object} in pure storage and returns |
6451 | 146 it. It copies strings by simply making a new string with the same |
147 characters in pure storage. It recursively copies the contents of | |
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148 vectors and cons cells. It does not make copies of other objects such |
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149 as symbols, but just returns them unchanged. It signals an error if |
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152 This function is a no-op except while Emacs is being built and dumped; |
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154 a few packages call it just in case you decide to preload them. |
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157 @defvar pure-bytes-used | |
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158 The value of this variable is the number of bytes of pure storage |
6451 | 159 allocated so far. Typically, in a dumped Emacs, this number is very |
160 close to the total amount of pure storage available---if it were not, | |
161 we would preallocate less. | |
162 @end defvar | |
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164 @defvar purify-flag | |
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165 This variable determines whether @code{defun} should make a copy of the |
6451 | 166 function definition in pure storage. If it is non-@code{nil}, then the |
167 function definition is copied into pure storage. | |
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171 non-collectible). Dumping Emacs as an executable always writes |
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172 @code{nil} in this variable, regardless of the value it actually has |
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178 @node Garbage Collection |
6451 | 179 @appendixsec Garbage Collection |
180 @cindex garbage collector | |
181 | |
182 @cindex memory allocation | |
183 When a program creates a list or the user defines a new function (such | |
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185 normal storage runs low, then Emacs asks the operating system to |
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191 packed into blocks of 8k bytes.) |
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193 It is quite common to use some storage for a while, then release it by |
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6451 | 195 object. Emacs provides a @dfn{garbage collector} to reclaim this |
196 abandoned storage. (This name is traditional, but ``garbage recycler'' | |
197 might be a more intuitive metaphor for this facility.) | |
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223 simply requests the operating system to allocate more storage, and | |
224 processing continues until @code{gc-cons-threshold} bytes have been | |
225 used. | |
226 | |
227 This means that you can make sure that the garbage collector will not | |
228 run during a certain portion of a Lisp program by calling the garbage | |
229 collector explicitly just before it (provided that portion of the | |
230 program does not use so much space as to force a second garbage | |
231 collection). | |
232 @end quotation | |
233 | |
234 @deffn Command garbage-collect | |
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237 spontaneously if you use more than @code{gc-cons-threshold} bytes of | |
238 Lisp data since the previous garbage collection.) | |
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245 ((@var{used-conses} . @var{free-conses}) | |
246 (@var{used-syms} . @var{free-syms}) | |
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266 Here is a table explaining each element: | |
267 | |
268 @table @var | |
269 @item used-conses | |
270 The number of cons cells in use. | |
271 | |
272 @item free-conses | |
273 The number of cons cells for which space has been obtained from the | |
274 operating system, but that are not currently being used. | |
275 | |
276 @item used-syms | |
277 The number of symbols in use. | |
278 | |
279 @item free-syms | |
280 The number of symbols for which space has been obtained from the | |
281 operating system, but that are not currently being used. | |
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291 @item used-string-chars | |
292 The total size of all strings, in characters. | |
293 | |
294 @item used-vector-slots | |
295 The total number of elements of existing vectors. | |
296 | |
297 @item used-floats | |
298 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
299 The number of floats in use. | |
300 | |
301 @item free-floats | |
302 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
303 The number of floats for which space has been obtained from the | |
304 operating system, but that are not currently being used. | |
305 @end table | |
306 @end deffn | |
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321 the threshold is exhausted, but only the next time the Lisp evaluator is |
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332 until the subsequent garbage collection, at which time | |
333 @code{garbage-collect} will set the threshold back to 10,000. | |
334 @end defopt | |
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342 @defun memory-limit | |
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344 divided by 1024. We divide the value by 1024 to make sure it fits in a | |
345 Lisp integer. | |
346 | |
347 You can use this to get a general idea of how your actions affect the | |
348 memory usage. | |
349 @end defun | |
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399 @cindex primitive function internals | |
400 | |
401 Lisp primitives are Lisp functions implemented in C. The details of | |
402 interfacing the C function so that Lisp can call it are handled by a few | |
403 C macros. The only way to really understand how to write new C code is | |
404 to read the source, but we can explain some things here. | |
405 | |
406 An example of a special form is the definition of @code{or}, from | |
407 @file{eval.c}. (An ordinary function would have the same general | |
408 appearance.) | |
409 | |
410 @cindex garbage collection protection | |
411 @smallexample | |
412 @group | |
413 DEFUN ("or", For, Sor, 0, UNEVALLED, 0, | |
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420 Lisp_Object args; | |
421 @{ | |
422 register Lisp_Object val; | |
423 Lisp_Object args_left; | |
424 struct gcpro gcpro1; | |
425 @end group | |
426 | |
427 @group | |
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430 | |
431 args_left = args; | |
432 GCPRO1 (args_left); | |
433 @end group | |
434 | |
435 @group | |
436 do | |
437 @{ | |
438 val = Feval (Fcar (args_left)); | |
439 if (!NULL (val)) | |
440 break; | |
441 args_left = Fcdr (args_left); | |
442 @} | |
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445 | |
446 @group | |
447 UNGCPRO; | |
448 return val; | |
449 @} | |
450 @end group | |
451 @end smallexample | |
452 | |
453 Let's start with a precise explanation of the arguments to the | |
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456 @example | |
457 DEFUN (@var{lname}, @var{fname}, @var{sname}, @var{min}, @var{max}, @var{interactive}, @var{doc}) | |
458 @end example | |
459 | |
460 @table @var | |
461 @item lname | |
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463 the example above, it is @code{or}. |
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465 @item fname | |
466 This is the C function name for this function. This is | |
467 the name that is used in C code for calling the function. The name is, | |
468 by convention, @samp{F} prepended to the Lisp name, with all dashes | |
469 (@samp{-}) in the Lisp name changed to underscores. Thus, to call this | |
470 function from C code, call @code{For}. Remember that the arguments must | |
471 be of type @code{Lisp_Object}; various macros and functions for creating | |
472 values of type @code{Lisp_Object} are declared in the file | |
473 @file{lisp.h}. | |
474 | |
475 @item sname | |
476 This is a C variable name to use for a structure that holds the data for | |
477 the subr object that represents the function in Lisp. This structure | |
478 conveys the Lisp symbol name to the initialization routine that will | |
479 create the symbol and store the subr object as its definition. By | |
480 convention, this name is always @var{fname} with @samp{F} replaced with | |
481 @samp{S}. | |
482 | |
483 @item min | |
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487 @item max | |
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494 it may not be greater than seven. |
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496 @item interactive | |
497 This is an interactive specification, a string such as might be used as | |
498 the argument of @code{interactive} in a Lisp function. In the case of | |
499 @code{or}, it is 0 (a null pointer), indicating that @code{or} cannot be | |
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503 @item doc | |
504 This is the documentation string. It is written just like a | |
505 documentation string for a function defined in Lisp, except you must | |
506 write @samp{\n\} at the end of each line. In particular, the first line | |
507 should be a single sentence. | |
508 @end table | |
509 | |
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511 name list that every C function must have, followed by ordinary C |
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513 number of arguments, declare a C argument for each Lisp argument, and |
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518 values. They have types @code{int} and @w{@code{Lisp_Object *}}. |
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520 Within the function @code{For} itself, note the use of the macros | |
521 @code{GCPRO1} and @code{UNGCPRO}. @code{GCPRO1} is used to ``protect'' | |
522 a variable from garbage collection---to inform the garbage collector that | |
523 it must look in that variable and regard its contents as an accessible | |
524 object. This is necessary whenever you call @code{Feval} or anything | |
525 that can directly or indirectly call @code{Feval}. At such a time, any | |
526 Lisp object that you intend to refer to again must be protected somehow. | |
527 @code{UNGCPRO} cancels the protection of the variables that are | |
528 protected in the current function. It is necessary to do this explicitly. | |
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539 to protect two, use @code{GCPRO2} instead; repeating @code{GCPRO1} will |
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545 Alas, we can't explain all the tricky details here. |
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548 they are never written once Emacs is dumped. These variables with | |
549 initializers are allocated in an area of memory that becomes read-only | |
550 (on certain operating systems) as a result of dumping Emacs. @xref{Pure | |
551 Storage}. | |
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554 variables at top level in the file. This is necessary because Emacs on | |
555 some operating systems defines the keyword @code{static} as a null | |
556 macro. (This definition is used because those systems put all variables | |
557 declared static in a place that becomes read-only after dumping, whether | |
558 they have initializers or not.) | |
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565 @example | |
566 defsubr (&@var{subr-structure-name}); | |
567 @end example | |
568 | |
569 @noindent | |
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603 @group | |
604 DEFUN ("coordinates-in-window-p", Fcoordinates_in_window_p, | |
605 Scoordinates_in_window_p, 2, 2, | |
606 "xSpecify coordinate pair: \nXExpression which evals to window: ", | |
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641 return Qmode_line; |
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645 case 3: /* On right border of window. */ |
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646 return Qvertical_line; |
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654 @end group | |
655 @end smallexample | |
656 | |
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658 in C. The way to call a function written in Lisp is to use |
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659 @code{Ffuncall}, which embodies the Lisp function @code{funcall}. Since |
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660 the Lisp function @code{funcall} accepts an unlimited number of |
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661 arguments, in C it takes two: the number of Lisp-level arguments, and a |
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662 one-dimensional array containing their values. The first Lisp-level |
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663 argument is the Lisp function to call, and the rest are the arguments to |
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664 pass to it. Since @code{Ffuncall} can call the evaluator, you must |
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665 protect pointers from garbage collection around the call to |
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666 @code{Ffuncall}. |
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670 number of arguments. They work by calling @code{Ffuncall}. |
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672 @file{eval.c} is a very good file to look through for examples; | |
673 @file{lisp.h} contains the definitions for some important macros and | |
674 functions. | |
675 | |
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676 @node Object Internals |
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678 @cindex object internals | |
679 | |
680 GNU Emacs Lisp manipulates many different types of data. The actual | |
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687 | |
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689 possible to determine the Lisp data type of any object. The C data type |
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690 @code{Lisp_Object} can hold any Lisp object of any data type. Ordinary |
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691 variables have type @code{Lisp_Object}, which means they can hold any |
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692 type of Lisp value; you can determine the actual data type only at run |
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693 time. The same is true for function arguments; if you want a function |
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695 explicitly using a suitable predicate (@pxref{Type Predicates}). |
6451 | 696 @cindex type checking internals |
697 | |
698 @menu | |
699 * Buffer Internals:: Components of a buffer structure. | |
700 * Window Internals:: Components of a window structure. | |
701 * Process Internals:: Components of a process structure. | |
702 @end menu | |
703 | |
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704 @node Buffer Internals |
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706 @cindex internals, of buffer | |
707 @cindex buffer internals | |
708 | |
709 Buffers contain fields not directly accessible by the Lisp programmer. | |
710 We describe them here, naming them by the names used in the C code. | |
711 Many are accessible indirectly in Lisp programs via Lisp primitives. | |
712 | |
713 @table @code | |
714 @item name | |
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6451 | 716 be unique. @xref{Buffer Names}. |
717 | |
718 @item save_modified | |
719 This field contains the time when the buffer was last saved, as an integer. | |
720 @xref{Buffer Modification}. | |
721 | |
722 @item modtime | |
723 This field contains the modification time of the visited file. It is | |
724 set when the file is written or read. Every time the buffer is written | |
725 to the file, this field is compared to the modification time of the | |
726 file. @xref{Buffer Modification}. | |
727 | |
728 @item auto_save_modified | |
729 This field contains the time when the buffer was last auto-saved. | |
730 | |
731 @item last_window_start | |
732 This field contains the @code{window-start} position in the buffer as of | |
733 the last time the buffer was displayed in a window. | |
734 | |
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736 This field points to the buffer's undo list. @xref{Undo}. |
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738 @item syntax_table_v | |
739 This field contains the syntax table for the buffer. @xref{Syntax Tables}. | |
740 | |
741 @item downcase_table | |
742 This field contains the conversion table for converting text to lower case. | |
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743 @xref{Case Tables}. |
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745 @item upcase_table | |
746 This field contains the conversion table for converting text to upper case. | |
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747 @xref{Case Tables}. |
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749 @item case_canon_table | |
750 This field contains the conversion table for canonicalizing text for | |
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751 case-folding search. @xref{Case Tables}. |
6451 | 752 |
753 @item case_eqv_table | |
754 This field contains the equivalence table for case-folding search. | |
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755 @xref{Case Tables}. |
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757 @item display_table | |
758 This field contains the buffer's display table, or @code{nil} if it doesn't | |
759 have one. @xref{Display Tables}. | |
760 | |
761 @item markers | |
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762 This field contains the chain of all markers that currently point into |
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763 the buffer. Deletion of text in the buffer, and motion of the buffer's |
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764 gap, must check each of these markers and perhaps update it. |
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765 @xref{Markers}. |
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767 @item backed_up | |
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768 This field is a flag that tells whether a backup file has been made |
6451 | 769 for the visited file of this buffer. |
770 | |
771 @item mark | |
772 This field contains the mark for the buffer. The mark is a marker, | |
773 hence it is also included on the list @code{markers}. @xref{The Mark}. | |
774 | |
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776 This field is non-@code{nil} if the buffer's mark is active. |
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781 buffer-local bindings that that have special slots in the buffer object. |
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782 (Those slots are omitted from this table.) @xref{Buffer-Local |
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783 Variables}. |
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12098 | 785 @item base_buffer |
786 This field holds the buffer's base buffer (if it is an indirect buffer), | |
787 or @code{nil}. | |
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789 @item keymap |
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790 This field holds the buffer's local keymap. @xref{Keymaps}. |
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792 @item overlay_center |
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793 This field holds the current overlay center position. @xref{Overlays}. |
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795 @item overlays_before |
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796 This field holds a list of the overlays in this buffer that end at or |
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797 before the current overlay center position. They are sorted in order of |
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798 decreasing end position. |
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800 @item overlays_after |
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801 This field holds a list of the overlays in this buffer that end after |
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802 the current overlay center position. They are sorted in order of |
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805 @item enable_multibyte_characters |
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807 @code{enable-multibyte-characters}---either @code{t} or @code{nil}. |
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809 | |
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810 @node Window Internals |
6451 | 811 @appendixsubsec Window Internals |
812 @cindex internals, of window | |
813 @cindex window internals | |
814 | |
815 Windows have the following accessible fields: | |
816 | |
817 @table @code | |
818 @item frame | |
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821 @item mini_p | |
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824 @item buffer | |
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827 | |
828 @item dedicated | |
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829 Non-@code{nil} if this window is dedicated to its buffer. |
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831 @item pointm | |
832 @cindex window point internals | |
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6451 | 834 selected; when it is not selected, it retains its previous value. |
835 | |
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837 The position in the buffer that is the first character to be displayed |
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6451 | 857 leftmost column on the screen is @w{column 0}.) |
858 | |
859 @item top | |
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864 The height of the window, measured in lines. |
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867 The width of the window, measured in columns. |
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871 @code{nil} in a window that is the rightmost or bottommost of a group of |
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875 This is the window that is the previous in the chain of siblings. It is |
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880 Internally, Emacs arranges windows in a tree; each group of siblings has |
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881 a parent window whose area includes all the siblings. This field points |
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885 except to shape their child windows. Emacs Lisp programs usually have |
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889 @item hscroll | |
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892 | |
893 @item use_time | |
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894 This is the last time that the window was selected. The function |
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896 | |
897 @item display_table | |
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898 The window's display table, or @code{nil} if none is specified for it. |
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901 Non-@code{nil} means this window's mode line needs to be updated. |
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903 @item base_line_number |
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904 The line number of a certain position in the buffer, or @code{nil}. |
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905 This is used for displaying the line number of point in the mode line. |
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907 @item base_line_pos |
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908 The position in the buffer for which the line number is known, or |
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909 @code{nil} meaning none is known. |
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912 If the region (or part of it) is highlighted in this window, this field |
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919 @cindex internals, of process | |
920 @cindex process internals | |
921 | |
922 The fields of a process are: | |
923 | |
924 @table @code | |
925 @item name | |
926 A string, the name of the process. | |
927 | |
928 @item command | |
929 A list containing the command arguments that were used to start this | |
930 process. | |
931 | |
932 @item filter | |
933 A function used to accept output from the process instead of a buffer, | |
934 or @code{nil}. | |
935 | |
936 @item sentinel | |
937 A function called whenever the process receives a signal, or @code{nil}. | |
938 | |
939 @item buffer | |
940 The associated buffer of the process. | |
941 | |
942 @item pid | |
943 An integer, the Unix process @sc{id}. | |
944 | |
945 @item childp | |
946 A flag, non-@code{nil} if this is really a child process. | |
947 It is @code{nil} for a network connection. | |
948 | |
949 @item mark | |
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956 running does not ask for confirmation about killing the process. |
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959 @itemx raw_status_high |
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960 These two fields record 16 bits each of the process status returned by |
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961 the @code{wait} system call. |
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964 The process status, as @code{process-status} should return it. |
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967 @itemx update_tick |
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968 If these two fields are not equal, a change in the status of the process |
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970 message in the process buffer. |
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972 @item pty_flag |
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973 Non-@code{nil} if communication with the subprocess uses a @sc{pty}; |
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974 @code{nil} if it uses a pipe. |
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977 The file descriptor for input from the process. |
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980 The file descriptor for output to the process. |
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982 @item subtty |
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983 The file descriptor for the terminal that the subprocess is using. (On |
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984 some systems, there is no need to record this, so the value is |
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985 @code{nil}.) |
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987 @item tty_name | |
988 The name of the terminal that the subprocess is using, | |
989 or @code{nil} if it is using pipes. | |
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