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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, | |
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84076 | 7 @node GNU Emacs Internals, Standard Errors, Tips, Top |
8 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
9 @appendix GNU Emacs Internals | |
10 | |
11 This chapter describes how the runnable Emacs executable is dumped with | |
12 the preloaded Lisp libraries in it, how storage is allocated, and some | |
13 internal aspects of GNU Emacs that may be of interest to C programmers. | |
14 | |
15 @menu | |
16 * Building Emacs:: How the dumped Emacs is made. | |
17 * Pure Storage:: A kludge to make preloaded Lisp functions sharable. | |
18 * Garbage Collection:: Reclaiming space for Lisp objects no longer used. | |
19 * Memory Usage:: Info about total size of Lisp objects made so far. | |
20 * Writing Emacs Primitives:: Writing C code for Emacs. | |
21 * Object Internals:: Data formats of buffers, windows, processes. | |
22 @end menu | |
23 | |
24 @node Building Emacs | |
25 @appendixsec Building Emacs | |
26 @cindex building Emacs | |
27 @pindex temacs | |
28 | |
29 This section explains the steps involved in building the Emacs | |
30 executable. You don't have to know this material to build and install | |
31 Emacs, since the makefiles do all these things automatically. This | |
32 information is pertinent to Emacs maintenance. | |
33 | |
34 Compilation of the C source files in the @file{src} directory | |
35 produces an executable file called @file{temacs}, also called a | |
36 @dfn{bare impure Emacs}. It contains the Emacs Lisp interpreter and I/O | |
37 routines, but not the editing commands. | |
38 | |
39 @cindex @file{loadup.el} | |
40 The command @w{@samp{temacs -l loadup}} uses @file{temacs} to create | |
41 the real runnable Emacs executable. These arguments direct | |
42 @file{temacs} to evaluate the Lisp files specified in the file | |
43 @file{loadup.el}. These files set up the normal Emacs editing | |
44 environment, resulting in an Emacs that is still impure but no longer | |
45 bare. | |
46 | |
47 @cindex dumping Emacs | |
48 It takes a substantial time to load the standard Lisp files. Luckily, | |
49 you don't have to do this each time you run Emacs; @file{temacs} can | |
50 dump out an executable program called @file{emacs} that has these files | |
51 preloaded. @file{emacs} starts more quickly because it does not need to | |
52 load the files. This is the Emacs executable that is normally | |
53 installed. | |
54 | |
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56 @cindex dumped Lisp files |
84076 | 57 To create @file{emacs}, use the command @samp{temacs -batch -l loadup |
58 dump}. The purpose of @samp{-batch} here is to prevent @file{temacs} | |
59 from trying to initialize any of its data on the terminal; this ensures | |
60 that the tables of terminal information are empty in the dumped Emacs. | |
61 The argument @samp{dump} tells @file{loadup.el} to dump a new executable | |
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63 list of the Lisp files that were dumped with the @file{emacs} executable. |
84076 | 64 |
65 Some operating systems don't support dumping. On those systems, you | |
66 must start Emacs with the @samp{temacs -l loadup} command each time you | |
67 use it. This takes a substantial time, but since you need to start | |
68 Emacs once a day at most---or once a week if you never log out---the | |
69 extra time is not too severe a problem. | |
70 | |
71 @cindex @file{site-load.el} | |
72 | |
73 You can specify additional files to preload by writing a library named | |
74 @file{site-load.el} that loads them. You may need to add a definition | |
75 | |
76 @example | |
77 #define SITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA @var{n} | |
78 @end example | |
79 | |
80 @noindent | |
81 to make @var{n} added bytes of pure space to hold the additional files. | |
82 (Try adding increments of 20000 until it is big enough.) However, the | |
83 advantage of preloading additional files decreases as machines get | |
84 faster. On modern machines, it is usually not advisable. | |
85 | |
86 After @file{loadup.el} reads @file{site-load.el}, it finds the | |
87 documentation strings for primitive and preloaded functions (and | |
88 variables) in the file @file{etc/DOC} where they are stored, by | |
89 calling @code{Snarf-documentation} (@pxref{Definition of | |
90 Snarf-documentation,, Accessing Documentation}). | |
91 | |
92 @cindex @file{site-init.el} | |
93 @cindex preloading additional functions and variables | |
94 You can specify other Lisp expressions to execute just before dumping | |
95 by putting them in a library named @file{site-init.el}. This file is | |
96 executed after the documentation strings are found. | |
97 | |
98 If you want to preload function or variable definitions, there are | |
99 three ways you can do this and make their documentation strings | |
100 accessible when you subsequently run Emacs: | |
101 | |
102 @itemize @bullet | |
103 @item | |
104 Arrange to scan these files when producing the @file{etc/DOC} file, | |
105 and load them with @file{site-load.el}. | |
106 | |
107 @item | |
108 Load the files with @file{site-init.el}, then copy the files into the | |
109 installation directory for Lisp files when you install Emacs. | |
110 | |
111 @item | |
112 Specify a non-@code{nil} value for | |
113 @code{byte-compile-dynamic-docstrings} as a local variable in each of these | |
114 files, and load them with either @file{site-load.el} or | |
115 @file{site-init.el}. (This method has the drawback that the | |
116 documentation strings take up space in Emacs all the time.) | |
117 @end itemize | |
118 | |
119 It is not advisable to put anything in @file{site-load.el} or | |
120 @file{site-init.el} that would alter any of the features that users | |
121 expect in an ordinary unmodified Emacs. If you feel you must override | |
122 normal features for your site, do it with @file{default.el}, so that | |
123 users can override your changes if they wish. @xref{Startup Summary}. | |
124 | |
125 In a package that can be preloaded, it is sometimes useful to | |
126 specify a computation to be done when Emacs subsequently starts up. | |
127 For this, use @code{eval-at-startup}: | |
128 | |
129 @defmac eval-at-startup body@dots{} | |
130 This evaluates the @var{body} forms, either immediately if running in | |
131 an Emacs that has already started up, or later when Emacs does start | |
132 up. Since the value of the @var{body} forms is not necessarily | |
133 available when the @code{eval-at-startup} form is run, that form | |
134 always returns @code{nil}. | |
135 @end defmac | |
136 | |
137 @defun dump-emacs to-file from-file | |
138 @cindex unexec | |
139 This function dumps the current state of Emacs into an executable file | |
140 @var{to-file}. It takes symbols from @var{from-file} (this is normally | |
141 the executable file @file{temacs}). | |
142 | |
143 If you want to use this function in an Emacs that was already dumped, | |
144 you must run Emacs with @samp{-batch}. | |
145 @end defun | |
146 | |
147 @node Pure Storage | |
148 @appendixsec Pure Storage | |
149 @cindex pure storage | |
150 | |
151 Emacs Lisp uses two kinds of storage for user-created Lisp objects: | |
152 @dfn{normal storage} and @dfn{pure storage}. Normal storage is where | |
153 all the new data created during an Emacs session are kept; see the | |
154 following section for information on normal storage. Pure storage is | |
155 used for certain data in the preloaded standard Lisp files---data that | |
156 should never change during actual use of Emacs. | |
157 | |
158 Pure storage is allocated only while @file{temacs} is loading the | |
159 standard preloaded Lisp libraries. In the file @file{emacs}, it is | |
160 marked as read-only (on operating systems that permit this), so that | |
161 the memory space can be shared by all the Emacs jobs running on the | |
162 machine at once. Pure storage is not expandable; a fixed amount is | |
163 allocated when Emacs is compiled, and if that is not sufficient for | |
164 the preloaded libraries, @file{temacs} allocates dynamic memory for | |
165 the part that didn't fit. If that happens, you should increase the | |
166 compilation parameter @code{PURESIZE} in the file | |
167 @file{src/puresize.h} and rebuild Emacs, even though the resulting | |
168 image will work: garbage collection is disabled in this situation, | |
169 causing a memory leak. Such an overflow normally won't happen unless you | |
170 try to preload additional libraries or add features to the standard | |
171 ones. Emacs will display a warning about the overflow when it | |
172 starts. | |
173 | |
174 @defun purecopy object | |
175 This function makes a copy in pure storage of @var{object}, and returns | |
176 it. It copies a string by simply making a new string with the same | |
177 characters, but without text properties, in pure storage. It | |
178 recursively copies the contents of vectors and cons cells. It does | |
179 not make copies of other objects such as symbols, but just returns | |
180 them unchanged. It signals an error if asked to copy markers. | |
181 | |
182 This function is a no-op except while Emacs is being built and dumped; | |
183 it is usually called only in the file @file{emacs/lisp/loaddefs.el}, but | |
184 a few packages call it just in case you decide to preload them. | |
185 @end defun | |
186 | |
187 @defvar pure-bytes-used | |
188 The value of this variable is the number of bytes of pure storage | |
189 allocated so far. Typically, in a dumped Emacs, this number is very | |
190 close to the total amount of pure storage available---if it were not, | |
191 we would preallocate less. | |
192 @end defvar | |
193 | |
194 @defvar purify-flag | |
195 This variable determines whether @code{defun} should make a copy of the | |
196 function definition in pure storage. If it is non-@code{nil}, then the | |
197 function definition is copied into pure storage. | |
198 | |
199 This flag is @code{t} while loading all of the basic functions for | |
200 building Emacs initially (allowing those functions to be sharable and | |
201 non-collectible). Dumping Emacs as an executable always writes | |
202 @code{nil} in this variable, regardless of the value it actually has | |
203 before and after dumping. | |
204 | |
205 You should not change this flag in a running Emacs. | |
206 @end defvar | |
207 | |
208 @node Garbage Collection | |
209 @appendixsec Garbage Collection | |
210 @cindex garbage collection | |
211 | |
212 @cindex memory allocation | |
213 When a program creates a list or the user defines a new function (such | |
214 as by loading a library), that data is placed in normal storage. If | |
215 normal storage runs low, then Emacs asks the operating system to | |
216 allocate more memory in blocks of 1k bytes. Each block is used for one | |
217 type of Lisp object, so symbols, cons cells, markers, etc., are | |
218 segregated in distinct blocks in memory. (Vectors, long strings, | |
219 buffers and certain other editing types, which are fairly large, are | |
220 allocated in individual blocks, one per object, while small strings are | |
221 packed into blocks of 8k bytes.) | |
222 | |
223 It is quite common to use some storage for a while, then release it by | |
224 (for example) killing a buffer or deleting the last pointer to an | |
225 object. Emacs provides a @dfn{garbage collector} to reclaim this | |
226 abandoned storage. (This name is traditional, but ``garbage recycler'' | |
227 might be a more intuitive metaphor for this facility.) | |
228 | |
229 The garbage collector operates by finding and marking all Lisp objects | |
230 that are still accessible to Lisp programs. To begin with, it assumes | |
231 all the symbols, their values and associated function definitions, and | |
232 any data presently on the stack, are accessible. Any objects that can | |
233 be reached indirectly through other accessible objects are also | |
234 accessible. | |
235 | |
236 When marking is finished, all objects still unmarked are garbage. No | |
237 matter what the Lisp program or the user does, it is impossible to refer | |
238 to them, since there is no longer a way to reach them. Their space | |
239 might as well be reused, since no one will miss them. The second | |
240 (``sweep'') phase of the garbage collector arranges to reuse them. | |
241 | |
242 @c ??? Maybe add something describing weak hash tables here? | |
243 | |
244 @cindex free list | |
245 The sweep phase puts unused cons cells onto a @dfn{free list} | |
246 for future allocation; likewise for symbols and markers. It compacts | |
247 the accessible strings so they occupy fewer 8k blocks; then it frees the | |
248 other 8k blocks. Vectors, buffers, windows, and other large objects are | |
249 individually allocated and freed using @code{malloc} and @code{free}. | |
250 | |
251 @cindex CL note---allocate more storage | |
252 @quotation | |
253 @b{Common Lisp note:} Unlike other Lisps, GNU Emacs Lisp does not | |
254 call the garbage collector when the free list is empty. Instead, it | |
255 simply requests the operating system to allocate more storage, and | |
256 processing continues until @code{gc-cons-threshold} bytes have been | |
257 used. | |
258 | |
259 This means that you can make sure that the garbage collector will not | |
260 run during a certain portion of a Lisp program by calling the garbage | |
261 collector explicitly just before it (provided that portion of the | |
262 program does not use so much space as to force a second garbage | |
263 collection). | |
264 @end quotation | |
265 | |
266 @deffn Command garbage-collect | |
267 This command runs a garbage collection, and returns information on | |
268 the amount of space in use. (Garbage collection can also occur | |
269 spontaneously if you use more than @code{gc-cons-threshold} bytes of | |
270 Lisp data since the previous garbage collection.) | |
271 | |
272 @code{garbage-collect} returns a list containing the following | |
273 information: | |
274 | |
275 @example | |
276 @group | |
277 ((@var{used-conses} . @var{free-conses}) | |
278 (@var{used-syms} . @var{free-syms}) | |
279 @end group | |
280 (@var{used-miscs} . @var{free-miscs}) | |
281 @var{used-string-chars} | |
282 @var{used-vector-slots} | |
283 (@var{used-floats} . @var{free-floats}) | |
284 (@var{used-intervals} . @var{free-intervals}) | |
285 (@var{used-strings} . @var{free-strings})) | |
286 @end example | |
287 | |
288 Here is an example: | |
289 | |
290 @example | |
291 @group | |
292 (garbage-collect) | |
293 @result{} ((106886 . 13184) (9769 . 0) | |
294 (7731 . 4651) 347543 121628 | |
295 (31 . 94) (1273 . 168) | |
296 (25474 . 3569)) | |
297 @end group | |
298 @end example | |
299 | |
300 Here is a table explaining each element: | |
301 | |
302 @table @var | |
303 @item used-conses | |
304 The number of cons cells in use. | |
305 | |
306 @item free-conses | |
307 The number of cons cells for which space has been obtained from the | |
308 operating system, but that are not currently being used. | |
309 | |
310 @item used-syms | |
311 The number of symbols in use. | |
312 | |
313 @item free-syms | |
314 The number of symbols for which space has been obtained from the | |
315 operating system, but that are not currently being used. | |
316 | |
317 @item used-miscs | |
318 The number of miscellaneous objects in use. These include markers and | |
319 overlays, plus certain objects not visible to users. | |
320 | |
321 @item free-miscs | |
322 The number of miscellaneous objects for which space has been obtained | |
323 from the operating system, but that are not currently being used. | |
324 | |
325 @item used-string-chars | |
326 The total size of all strings, in characters. | |
327 | |
328 @item used-vector-slots | |
329 The total number of elements of existing vectors. | |
330 | |
331 @item used-floats | |
332 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
333 The number of floats in use. | |
334 | |
335 @item free-floats | |
336 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
337 The number of floats for which space has been obtained from the | |
338 operating system, but that are not currently being used. | |
339 | |
340 @item used-intervals | |
341 The number of intervals in use. Intervals are an internal | |
342 data structure used for representing text properties. | |
343 | |
344 @item free-intervals | |
345 The number of intervals for which space has been obtained | |
346 from the operating system, but that are not currently being used. | |
347 | |
348 @item used-strings | |
349 The number of strings in use. | |
350 | |
351 @item free-strings | |
352 The number of string headers for which the space was obtained from the | |
353 operating system, but which are currently not in use. (A string | |
354 object consists of a header and the storage for the string text | |
355 itself; the latter is only allocated when the string is created.) | |
356 @end table | |
357 | |
358 If there was overflow in pure space (see the previous section), | |
359 @code{garbage-collect} returns @code{nil}, because a real garbage | |
360 collection can not be done in this situation. | |
361 @end deffn | |
362 | |
363 @defopt garbage-collection-messages | |
364 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, Emacs displays a message at the | |
365 beginning and end of garbage collection. The default value is | |
366 @code{nil}, meaning there are no such messages. | |
367 @end defopt | |
368 | |
369 @defvar post-gc-hook | |
370 This is a normal hook that is run at the end of garbage collection. | |
371 Garbage collection is inhibited while the hook functions run, so be | |
372 careful writing them. | |
373 @end defvar | |
374 | |
375 @defopt gc-cons-threshold | |
376 The value of this variable is the number of bytes of storage that must | |
377 be allocated for Lisp objects after one garbage collection in order to | |
378 trigger another garbage collection. A cons cell counts as eight bytes, | |
379 a string as one byte per character plus a few bytes of overhead, and so | |
380 on; space allocated to the contents of buffers does not count. Note | |
381 that the subsequent garbage collection does not happen immediately when | |
382 the threshold is exhausted, but only the next time the Lisp evaluator is | |
383 called. | |
384 | |
385 The initial threshold value is 400,000. If you specify a larger | |
386 value, garbage collection will happen less often. This reduces the | |
387 amount of time spent garbage collecting, but increases total memory use. | |
388 You may want to do this when running a program that creates lots of | |
389 Lisp data. | |
390 | |
391 You can make collections more frequent by specifying a smaller value, | |
392 down to 10,000. A value less than 10,000 will remain in effect only | |
393 until the subsequent garbage collection, at which time | |
394 @code{garbage-collect} will set the threshold back to 10,000. | |
395 @end defopt | |
396 | |
397 @defopt gc-cons-percentage | |
398 The value of this variable specifies the amount of consing before a | |
399 garbage collection occurs, as a fraction of the current heap size. | |
400 This criterion and @code{gc-cons-threshold} apply in parallel, and | |
401 garbage collection occurs only when both criteria are satisfied. | |
402 | |
403 As the heap size increases, the time to perform a garbage collection | |
404 increases. Thus, it can be desirable to do them less frequently in | |
405 proportion. | |
406 @end defopt | |
407 | |
408 The value returned by @code{garbage-collect} describes the amount of | |
409 memory used by Lisp data, broken down by data type. By contrast, the | |
410 function @code{memory-limit} provides information on the total amount of | |
411 memory Emacs is currently using. | |
412 | |
413 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
414 @defun memory-limit | |
415 This function returns the address of the last byte Emacs has allocated, | |
416 divided by 1024. We divide the value by 1024 to make sure it fits in a | |
417 Lisp integer. | |
418 | |
419 You can use this to get a general idea of how your actions affect the | |
420 memory usage. | |
421 @end defun | |
422 | |
423 @defvar memory-full | |
424 This variable is @code{t} if Emacs is close to out of memory for Lisp | |
425 objects, and @code{nil} otherwise. | |
426 @end defvar | |
427 | |
428 @defun memory-use-counts | |
429 This returns a list of numbers that count the number of objects | |
430 created in this Emacs session. Each of these counters increments for | |
431 a certain kind of object. See the documentation string for details. | |
432 @end defun | |
433 | |
434 @defvar gcs-done | |
435 This variable contains the total number of garbage collections | |
436 done so far in this Emacs session. | |
437 @end defvar | |
438 | |
439 @defvar gc-elapsed | |
440 This variable contains the total number of seconds of elapsed time | |
441 during garbage collection so far in this Emacs session, as a floating | |
442 point number. | |
443 @end defvar | |
444 | |
445 @node Memory Usage | |
446 @section Memory Usage | |
447 @cindex memory usage | |
448 | |
449 These functions and variables give information about the total amount | |
450 of memory allocation that Emacs has done, broken down by data type. | |
451 Note the difference between these and the values returned by | |
452 @code{(garbage-collect)}; those count objects that currently exist, but | |
453 these count the number or size of all allocations, including those for | |
454 objects that have since been freed. | |
455 | |
456 @defvar cons-cells-consed | |
457 The total number of cons cells that have been allocated so far | |
458 in this Emacs session. | |
459 @end defvar | |
460 | |
461 @defvar floats-consed | |
462 The total number of floats that have been allocated so far | |
463 in this Emacs session. | |
464 @end defvar | |
465 | |
466 @defvar vector-cells-consed | |
467 The total number of vector cells that have been allocated so far | |
468 in this Emacs session. | |
469 @end defvar | |
470 | |
471 @defvar symbols-consed | |
472 The total number of symbols that have been allocated so far | |
473 in this Emacs session. | |
474 @end defvar | |
475 | |
476 @defvar string-chars-consed | |
477 The total number of string characters that have been allocated so far | |
478 in this Emacs session. | |
479 @end defvar | |
480 | |
481 @defvar misc-objects-consed | |
482 The total number of miscellaneous objects that have been allocated so | |
483 far in this Emacs session. These include markers and overlays, plus | |
484 certain objects not visible to users. | |
485 @end defvar | |
486 | |
487 @defvar intervals-consed | |
488 The total number of intervals that have been allocated so far | |
489 in this Emacs session. | |
490 @end defvar | |
491 | |
492 @defvar strings-consed | |
493 The total number of strings that have been allocated so far in this | |
494 Emacs session. | |
495 @end defvar | |
496 | |
497 @node Writing Emacs Primitives | |
498 @appendixsec Writing Emacs Primitives | |
499 @cindex primitive function internals | |
500 @cindex writing Emacs primitives | |
501 | |
502 Lisp primitives are Lisp functions implemented in C. The details of | |
503 interfacing the C function so that Lisp can call it are handled by a few | |
504 C macros. The only way to really understand how to write new C code is | |
505 to read the source, but we can explain some things here. | |
506 | |
507 An example of a special form is the definition of @code{or}, from | |
508 @file{eval.c}. (An ordinary function would have the same general | |
509 appearance.) | |
510 | |
511 @cindex garbage collection protection | |
512 @smallexample | |
513 @group | |
514 DEFUN ("or", For, Sor, 0, UNEVALLED, 0, | |
515 doc: /* Eval args until one of them yields non-nil, then return that | |
516 value. The remaining args are not evalled at all. | |
517 If all args return nil, return nil. | |
518 @end group | |
519 @group | |
520 usage: (or CONDITIONS ...) */) | |
521 (args) | |
522 Lisp_Object args; | |
523 @{ | |
524 register Lisp_Object val = Qnil; | |
525 struct gcpro gcpro1; | |
526 @end group | |
527 | |
528 @group | |
529 GCPRO1 (args); | |
530 @end group | |
531 | |
532 @group | |
533 while (CONSP (args)) | |
534 @{ | |
535 val = Feval (XCAR (args)); | |
536 if (!NILP (val)) | |
537 break; | |
538 args = XCDR (args); | |
539 @} | |
540 @end group | |
541 | |
542 @group | |
543 UNGCPRO; | |
544 return val; | |
545 @} | |
546 @end group | |
547 @end smallexample | |
548 | |
549 @cindex @code{DEFUN}, C macro to define Lisp primitives | |
550 Let's start with a precise explanation of the arguments to the | |
551 @code{DEFUN} macro. Here is a template for them: | |
552 | |
553 @example | |
554 DEFUN (@var{lname}, @var{fname}, @var{sname}, @var{min}, @var{max}, @var{interactive}, @var{doc}) | |
555 @end example | |
556 | |
557 @table @var | |
558 @item lname | |
559 This is the name of the Lisp symbol to define as the function name; in | |
560 the example above, it is @code{or}. | |
561 | |
562 @item fname | |
563 This is the C function name for this function. This is | |
564 the name that is used in C code for calling the function. The name is, | |
565 by convention, @samp{F} prepended to the Lisp name, with all dashes | |
566 (@samp{-}) in the Lisp name changed to underscores. Thus, to call this | |
567 function from C code, call @code{For}. Remember that the arguments must | |
568 be of type @code{Lisp_Object}; various macros and functions for creating | |
569 values of type @code{Lisp_Object} are declared in the file | |
570 @file{lisp.h}. | |
571 | |
572 @item sname | |
573 This is a C variable name to use for a structure that holds the data for | |
574 the subr object that represents the function in Lisp. This structure | |
575 conveys the Lisp symbol name to the initialization routine that will | |
576 create the symbol and store the subr object as its definition. By | |
577 convention, this name is always @var{fname} with @samp{F} replaced with | |
578 @samp{S}. | |
579 | |
580 @item min | |
581 This is the minimum number of arguments that the function requires. The | |
582 function @code{or} allows a minimum of zero arguments. | |
583 | |
584 @item max | |
585 This is the maximum number of arguments that the function accepts, if | |
586 there is a fixed maximum. Alternatively, it can be @code{UNEVALLED}, | |
587 indicating a special form that receives unevaluated arguments, or | |
588 @code{MANY}, indicating an unlimited number of evaluated arguments (the | |
589 equivalent of @code{&rest}). Both @code{UNEVALLED} and @code{MANY} are | |
590 macros. If @var{max} is a number, it may not be less than @var{min} and | |
591 it may not be greater than eight. | |
592 | |
593 @item interactive | |
594 This is an interactive specification, a string such as might be used as | |
595 the argument of @code{interactive} in a Lisp function. In the case of | |
596 @code{or}, it is 0 (a null pointer), indicating that @code{or} cannot be | |
597 called interactively. A value of @code{""} indicates a function that | |
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601 @item doc | |
602 This is the documentation string. It uses C comment syntax rather | |
603 than C string syntax because comment syntax requires nothing special | |
604 to include multiple lines. The @samp{doc:} identifies the comment | |
605 that follows as the documentation string. The @samp{/*} and @samp{*/} | |
606 delimiters that begin and end the comment are not part of the | |
607 documentation string. | |
608 | |
609 If the last line of the documentation string begins with the keyword | |
610 @samp{usage:}, the rest of the line is treated as the argument list | |
611 for documentation purposes. This way, you can use different argument | |
612 names in the documentation string from the ones used in the C code. | |
613 @samp{usage:} is required if the function has an unlimited number of | |
614 arguments. | |
615 | |
616 All the usual rules for documentation strings in Lisp code | |
617 (@pxref{Documentation Tips}) apply to C code documentation strings | |
618 too. | |
619 @end table | |
620 | |
621 After the call to the @code{DEFUN} macro, you must write the argument | |
622 name list that every C function must have, followed by ordinary C | |
623 declarations for the arguments. For a function with a fixed maximum | |
624 number of arguments, declare a C argument for each Lisp argument, and | |
625 give them all type @code{Lisp_Object}. When a Lisp function has no | |
626 upper limit on the number of arguments, its implementation in C actually | |
627 receives exactly two arguments: the first is the number of Lisp | |
628 arguments, and the second is the address of a block containing their | |
629 values. They have types @code{int} and @w{@code{Lisp_Object *}}. | |
630 | |
631 @cindex @code{GCPRO} and @code{UNGCPRO} | |
632 @cindex protect C variables from garbage collection | |
633 Within the function @code{For} itself, note the use of the macros | |
634 @code{GCPRO1} and @code{UNGCPRO}. @code{GCPRO1} is used to | |
635 ``protect'' a variable from garbage collection---to inform the garbage | |
636 collector that it must look in that variable and regard its contents | |
637 as an accessible object. GC protection is necessary whenever you call | |
638 @code{Feval} or anything that can directly or indirectly call | |
639 @code{Feval}. At such a time, any Lisp object that this function may | |
640 refer to again must be protected somehow. | |
641 | |
642 It suffices to ensure that at least one pointer to each object is | |
643 GC-protected; that way, the object cannot be recycled, so all pointers | |
644 to it remain valid. Thus, a particular local variable can do without | |
645 protection if it is certain that the object it points to will be | |
646 preserved by some other pointer (such as another local variable which | |
647 has a @code{GCPRO})@footnote{Formerly, strings were a special | |
648 exception; in older Emacs versions, every local variable that might | |
649 point to a string needed a @code{GCPRO}.}. Otherwise, the local | |
650 variable needs a @code{GCPRO}. | |
651 | |
652 The macro @code{GCPRO1} protects just one local variable. If you | |
653 want to protect two variables, use @code{GCPRO2} instead; repeating | |
654 @code{GCPRO1} will not work. Macros @code{GCPRO3}, @code{GCPRO4}, | |
655 @code{GCPRO5}, and @code{GCPRO6} also exist. All these macros | |
656 implicitly use local variables such as @code{gcpro1}; you must declare | |
657 these explicitly, with type @code{struct gcpro}. Thus, if you use | |
658 @code{GCPRO2}, you must declare @code{gcpro1} and @code{gcpro2}. | |
659 Alas, we can't explain all the tricky details here. | |
660 | |
661 @code{UNGCPRO} cancels the protection of the variables that are | |
662 protected in the current function. It is necessary to do this | |
663 explicitly. | |
664 | |
665 Built-in functions that take a variable number of arguments actually | |
666 accept two arguments at the C level: the number of Lisp arguments, and | |
667 a @code{Lisp_Object *} pointer to a C vector containing those Lisp | |
668 arguments. This C vector may be part of a Lisp vector, but it need | |
669 not be. The responsibility for using @code{GCPRO} to protect the Lisp | |
670 arguments from GC if necessary rests with the caller in this case, | |
671 since the caller allocated or found the storage for them. | |
672 | |
673 You must not use C initializers for static or global variables unless | |
674 the variables are never written once Emacs is dumped. These variables | |
675 with initializers are allocated in an area of memory that becomes | |
676 read-only (on certain operating systems) as a result of dumping Emacs. | |
677 @xref{Pure Storage}. | |
678 | |
679 Do not use static variables within functions---place all static | |
680 variables at top level in the file. This is necessary because Emacs on | |
681 some operating systems defines the keyword @code{static} as a null | |
682 macro. (This definition is used because those systems put all variables | |
683 declared static in a place that becomes read-only after dumping, whether | |
684 they have initializers or not.) | |
685 | |
686 @cindex @code{defsubr}, Lisp symbol for a primitive | |
687 Defining the C function is not enough to make a Lisp primitive | |
688 available; you must also create the Lisp symbol for the primitive and | |
689 store a suitable subr object in its function cell. The code looks like | |
690 this: | |
691 | |
692 @example | |
693 defsubr (&@var{subr-structure-name}); | |
694 @end example | |
695 | |
696 @noindent | |
697 Here @var{subr-structure-name} is the name you used as the third | |
698 argument to @code{DEFUN}. | |
699 | |
700 If you add a new primitive to a file that already has Lisp primitives | |
701 defined in it, find the function (near the end of the file) named | |
702 @code{syms_of_@var{something}}, and add the call to @code{defsubr} | |
703 there. If the file doesn't have this function, or if you create a new | |
704 file, add to it a @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} (e.g., | |
705 @code{syms_of_myfile}). Then find the spot in @file{emacs.c} where all | |
706 of these functions are called, and add a call to | |
707 @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} there. | |
708 | |
709 @anchor{Defining Lisp variables in C} | |
710 @vindex byte-boolean-vars | |
711 @cindex defining Lisp variables in C | |
712 @cindex @code{DEFVAR_INT}, @code{DEFVAR_LISP}, @code{DEFVAR_BOOL} | |
713 The function @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} is also the place to define | |
714 any C variables that are to be visible as Lisp variables. | |
715 @code{DEFVAR_LISP} makes a C variable of type @code{Lisp_Object} visible | |
716 in Lisp. @code{DEFVAR_INT} makes a C variable of type @code{int} | |
717 visible in Lisp with a value that is always an integer. | |
718 @code{DEFVAR_BOOL} makes a C variable of type @code{int} visible in Lisp | |
719 with a value that is either @code{t} or @code{nil}. Note that variables | |
720 defined with @code{DEFVAR_BOOL} are automatically added to the list | |
721 @code{byte-boolean-vars} used by the byte compiler. | |
722 | |
723 @cindex @code{staticpro}, protection from GC | |
724 If you define a file-scope C variable of type @code{Lisp_Object}, | |
725 you must protect it from garbage-collection by calling @code{staticpro} | |
726 in @code{syms_of_@var{filename}}, like this: | |
727 | |
728 @example | |
729 staticpro (&@var{variable}); | |
730 @end example | |
731 | |
732 Here is another example function, with more complicated arguments. | |
733 This comes from the code in @file{window.c}, and it demonstrates the use | |
734 of macros and functions to manipulate Lisp objects. | |
735 | |
736 @smallexample | |
737 @group | |
738 DEFUN ("coordinates-in-window-p", Fcoordinates_in_window_p, | |
739 Scoordinates_in_window_p, 2, 2, | |
740 "xSpecify coordinate pair: \nXExpression which evals to window: ", | |
741 "Return non-nil if COORDINATES is in WINDOW.\n\ | |
742 COORDINATES is a cons of the form (X . Y), X and Y being distances\n\ | |
743 ... | |
744 @end group | |
745 @group | |
746 If they are on the border between WINDOW and its right sibling,\n\ | |
747 `vertical-line' is returned.") | |
748 (coordinates, window) | |
749 register Lisp_Object coordinates, window; | |
750 @{ | |
751 int x, y; | |
752 @end group | |
753 | |
754 @group | |
755 CHECK_LIVE_WINDOW (window, 0); | |
756 CHECK_CONS (coordinates, 1); | |
757 x = XINT (Fcar (coordinates)); | |
758 y = XINT (Fcdr (coordinates)); | |
759 @end group | |
760 | |
761 @group | |
762 switch (coordinates_in_window (XWINDOW (window), &x, &y)) | |
763 @{ | |
764 case 0: /* NOT in window at all. */ | |
765 return Qnil; | |
766 @end group | |
767 | |
768 @group | |
769 case 1: /* In text part of window. */ | |
770 return Fcons (make_number (x), make_number (y)); | |
771 @end group | |
772 | |
773 @group | |
774 case 2: /* In mode line of window. */ | |
775 return Qmode_line; | |
776 @end group | |
777 | |
778 @group | |
779 case 3: /* On right border of window. */ | |
780 return Qvertical_line; | |
781 @end group | |
782 | |
783 @group | |
784 default: | |
785 abort (); | |
786 @} | |
787 @} | |
788 @end group | |
789 @end smallexample | |
790 | |
791 Note that C code cannot call functions by name unless they are defined | |
792 in C. The way to call a function written in Lisp is to use | |
793 @code{Ffuncall}, which embodies the Lisp function @code{funcall}. Since | |
794 the Lisp function @code{funcall} accepts an unlimited number of | |
795 arguments, in C it takes two: the number of Lisp-level arguments, and a | |
796 one-dimensional array containing their values. The first Lisp-level | |
797 argument is the Lisp function to call, and the rest are the arguments to | |
798 pass to it. Since @code{Ffuncall} can call the evaluator, you must | |
799 protect pointers from garbage collection around the call to | |
800 @code{Ffuncall}. | |
801 | |
802 The C functions @code{call0}, @code{call1}, @code{call2}, and so on, | |
803 provide handy ways to call a Lisp function conveniently with a fixed | |
804 number of arguments. They work by calling @code{Ffuncall}. | |
805 | |
806 @file{eval.c} is a very good file to look through for examples; | |
807 @file{lisp.h} contains the definitions for some important macros and | |
808 functions. | |
809 | |
810 If you define a function which is side-effect free, update the code | |
811 in @file{byte-opt.el} which binds @code{side-effect-free-fns} and | |
812 @code{side-effect-and-error-free-fns} so that the compiler optimizer | |
813 knows about it. | |
814 | |
815 @node Object Internals | |
816 @appendixsec Object Internals | |
817 @cindex object internals | |
818 | |
819 GNU Emacs Lisp manipulates many different types of data. The actual | |
820 data are stored in a heap and the only access that programs have to it | |
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826 Because Lisp objects are represented as tagged pointers, it is always | |
827 possible to determine the Lisp data type of any object. The C data type | |
828 @code{Lisp_Object} can hold any Lisp object of any data type. Ordinary | |
829 variables have type @code{Lisp_Object}, which means they can hold any | |
830 type of Lisp value; you can determine the actual data type only at run | |
831 time. The same is true for function arguments; if you want a function | |
832 to accept only a certain type of argument, you must check the type | |
833 explicitly using a suitable predicate (@pxref{Type Predicates}). | |
834 @cindex type checking internals | |
835 | |
836 @menu | |
837 * Buffer Internals:: Components of a buffer structure. | |
838 * Window Internals:: Components of a window structure. | |
839 * Process Internals:: Components of a process structure. | |
840 @end menu | |
841 | |
842 @node Buffer Internals | |
843 @appendixsubsec Buffer Internals | |
844 @cindex internals, of buffer | |
845 @cindex buffer internals | |
846 | |
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849 buffer; the @code{buffer} structure holds other fields. In the case | |
850 of indirect buffers, two or more @code{buffer} structures reference | |
851 the same @code{buffer_text} structure. | |
852 | |
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855 @table @code | |
856 @item beg | |
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859 @item gpt | |
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864 @item z | |
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868 @item gap_size | |
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871 @item modiff | |
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884 @item beg_unchanged | |
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889 @item unchanged_modified | |
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895 information. | |
896 | |
897 @item markers | |
898 The markers that refer to this buffer. This is actually a single | |
899 marker, and successive elements in its marker @code{chain} are the other | |
900 markers referring to this buffer text. | |
901 | |
902 @item intervals | |
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908 @table @code | |
909 @item next | |
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917 A @code{struct buffer_text} structure that ordinarily holds the buffer |
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918 contents. In indirect buffers, this field is not used. |
84076 | 919 |
920 @item text | |
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921 A pointer to the @code{buffer_text} structure for this buffer. In an |
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922 ordinary buffer, this is the @code{own_text} field above. In an |
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923 indirect buffer, this is the @code{own_text} field of the base buffer. |
84076 | 924 |
925 @item pt | |
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926 @itemx pt_byte |
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927 The character and byte positions of point in a buffer. |
84076 | 928 |
929 @item begv | |
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931 The character and byte positions of the beginning of the accessible |
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932 range of text in the buffer. |
84076 | 933 |
934 @item zv | |
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935 @itemx zv_byte |
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936 The character and byte positions of the end of the accessible range of |
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937 text in the buffer. |
84076 | 938 |
939 @item base_buffer | |
940 In an indirect buffer, this points to the base buffer. In an ordinary | |
941 buffer, it is null. | |
942 | |
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943 @item local_flags |
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944 This field contains flags indicating that certain variables are local |
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945 in this buffer. Such variables are declared in the C code using |
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946 @code{DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER}, and their buffer-local bindings are stored |
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947 in fields in the buffer structure itself. (Some of these fields are |
84076 | 948 described in this table.) |
949 | |
950 @item modtime | |
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951 The modification time of the visited file. It is set when the file is |
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952 written or read. Before writing the buffer into a file, this field is |
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953 compared to the modification time of the file to see if the file has |
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954 changed on disk. @xref{Buffer Modification}. |
84076 | 955 |
956 @item auto_save_modified | |
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957 The time when the buffer was last auto-saved. |
84076 | 958 |
959 @item last_window_start | |
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960 The @code{window-start} position in the buffer as of the last time the |
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961 buffer was displayed in a window. |
84076 | 962 |
963 @item clip_changed | |
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964 This flag indicates that narrowing has changed in the buffer. |
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965 @xref{Narrowing}. |
84076 | 966 |
967 @item prevent_redisplay_optimizations_p | |
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968 This flag indicates that redisplay optimizations should not be used to |
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969 display this buffer. |
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970 |
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971 @item overlay_center |
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972 This field holds the current overlay center position. @xref{Managing |
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973 Overlays}. |
84076 | 974 |
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975 @item overlays_before |
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976 @itemx overlays_after |
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977 These fields hold, respectively, a list of overlays that end at or |
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978 before the current overlay center, and a list of overlays that end |
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979 after the current overlay center. @xref{Managing Overlays}. |
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980 @code{overlays_before} is sorted in order of decreasing end position, |
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981 and @code{overlays_after} is sorted in order of increasing beginning |
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982 position. |
84076 | 983 |
984 @item name | |
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985 A Lisp string that names the buffer. It is guaranteed to be unique. |
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986 @xref{Buffer Names}. |
84076 | 987 |
988 @item save_length | |
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989 The length of the file this buffer is visiting, when last read or |
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990 saved. This and other fields concerned with saving are not kept in |
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991 the @code{buffer_text} structure because indirect buffers are never |
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992 saved. |
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993 |
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994 @item directory |
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995 The directory for expanding relative file names. This is the value of |
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996 the buffer-local variable @code{default-directory} (@pxref{File Name Expansion}). |
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997 |
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998 @item filename |
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999 The name of the file visited in this buffer, or @code{nil}. This is |
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1000 the value of the buffer-local variable @code{buffer-file-name} |
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1001 (@pxref{Buffer File Name}). |
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1003 @item undo_list |
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1004 @itemx backed_up |
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1005 @itemx auto_save_file_name |
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1006 @itemx read_only |
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1007 @itemx file_format |
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1008 @itemx file_truename |
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1009 @itemx invisibility_spec |
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1010 @itemx display_count |
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1011 @itemx display_time |
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1012 These fields store the values of Lisp variables that are automatically |
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1013 buffer-local (@pxref{Buffer-Local Variables}), whose corresponding |
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1014 variable names have the additional prefix @code{buffer-} and have |
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1015 underscores replaced with dashes. For instance, @code{undo_list} |
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1016 stores the value of @code{buffer-undo-list}. @xref{Standard |
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1017 Buffer-Local Variables}. |
84076 | 1018 |
1019 @item mark | |
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1020 The mark for the buffer. The mark is a marker, hence it is also |
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1021 included on the list @code{markers}. @xref{The Mark}. |
84076 | 1022 |
1023 @item local_var_alist | |
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1024 The association list describing the buffer-local variable bindings of |
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1025 this buffer, not including the built-in buffer-local bindings that |
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1026 have special slots in the buffer object. (Those slots are omitted |
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1027 from this table.) @xref{Buffer-Local Variables}. |
84076 | 1028 |
1029 @item major_mode | |
1030 Symbol naming the major mode of this buffer, e.g., @code{lisp-mode}. | |
1031 | |
1032 @item mode_name | |
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1033 Pretty name of the major mode, e.g., @code{"Lisp"}. |
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1035 @item keymap | |
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1036 @itemx abbrev_table |
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1037 @itemx syntax_table |
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1038 @itemx category_table |
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1039 @itemx display_table |
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1040 These fields store the buffer's local keymap (@pxref{Keymaps}), abbrev |
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1041 table (@pxref{Abbrev Tables}), syntax table (@pxref{Syntax Tables}), |
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1042 category table (@pxref{Categories}), and display table (@pxref{Display |
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1043 Tables}). |
84076 | 1044 |
1045 @item downcase_table | |
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1046 @itemx upcase_table |
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1047 @itemx case_canon_table |
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1048 These fields store the conversion tables for converting text to lower |
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1049 case, upper case, and for canonicalizing text for case-fold search. |
84076 | 1050 @xref{Case Tables}. |
1051 | |
1052 @item minor_modes | |
1053 An alist of the minor modes of this buffer. | |
1054 | |
1055 @item pt_marker | |
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1056 @itemx begv_marker |
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1057 @itemx zv_marker |
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1058 These fields are only used in an indirect buffer, or in a buffer that |
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1059 is the base of an indirect buffer. Each holds a marker that records |
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1062 | |
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1065 @itemx case_fold_search |
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1100 @xref{Standard Buffer-Local Variables}. |
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1102 @item last_selected_window | |
1103 This is the last window that was selected with this buffer in it, or @code{nil} | |
1104 if that window no longer displays this buffer. | |
1105 @end table | |
1106 | |
1107 @node Window Internals | |
1108 @appendixsubsec Window Internals | |
1109 @cindex internals, of window | |
1110 @cindex window internals | |
1111 | |
1112 Windows have the following accessible fields: | |
1113 | |
1114 @table @code | |
1115 @item frame | |
1116 The frame that this window is on. | |
1117 | |
1118 @item mini_p | |
1119 Non-@code{nil} if this window is a minibuffer window. | |
1120 | |
1121 @item parent | |
1122 Internally, Emacs arranges windows in a tree; each group of siblings has | |
1123 a parent window whose area includes all the siblings. This field points | |
1124 to a window's parent. | |
1125 | |
1126 Parent windows do not display buffers, and play little role in display | |
1127 except to shape their child windows. Emacs Lisp programs usually have | |
1128 no access to the parent windows; they operate on the windows at the | |
1129 leaves of the tree, which actually display buffers. | |
1130 | |
1131 @item hchild | |
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1138 @item next | |
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1147 leftmost column in the frame (column 0). |
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1151 line in the frame (line 0). |
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1157 the separator line on the right of the window (if any). |
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1159 @item buffer | |
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1162 @item start | |
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1166 @item pointm | |
1167 @cindex window point internals | |
1168 This is the value of point in the current buffer when this window is | |
1169 selected; when it is not selected, it retains its previous value. | |
1170 | |
1171 @item force_start | |
1172 If this flag is non-@code{nil}, it says that the window has been | |
1173 scrolled explicitly by the Lisp program. This affects what the next | |
1174 redisplay does if point is off the screen: instead of scrolling the | |
1175 window to show the text around point, it moves point to a location that | |
1176 is on the screen. | |
1177 | |
1178 @item frozen_window_start_p | |
1179 This field is set temporarily to 1 to indicate to redisplay that | |
1180 @code{start} of this window should not be changed, even if point | |
1181 gets invisible. | |
1182 | |
1183 @item start_at_line_beg | |
1184 Non-@code{nil} means current value of @code{start} was the beginning of a line | |
1185 when it was chosen. | |
1186 | |
1187 @item use_time | |
1188 This is the last time that the window was selected. The function | |
1189 @code{get-lru-window} uses this field. | |
1190 | |
1191 @item sequence_number | |
1192 A unique number assigned to this window when it was created. | |
1193 | |
1194 @item last_modified | |
1195 The @code{modiff} field of the window's buffer, as of the last time | |
1196 a redisplay completed in this window. | |
1197 | |
1198 @item last_overlay_modified | |
1199 The @code{overlay_modiff} field of the window's buffer, as of the last | |
1200 time a redisplay completed in this window. | |
1201 | |
1202 @item last_point | |
1203 The buffer's value of point, as of the last time a redisplay completed | |
1204 in this window. | |
1205 | |
1206 @item last_had_star | |
1207 A non-@code{nil} value means the window's buffer was ``modified'' when the | |
1208 window was last updated. | |
1209 | |
1210 @item vertical_scroll_bar | |
1211 This window's vertical scroll bar. | |
1212 | |
1213 @item left_margin_width | |
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1219 @item window_end_pos | |
1220 This is computed as @code{z} minus the buffer position of the last glyph | |
1221 in the current matrix of the window. The value is only valid if | |
1222 @code{window_end_valid} is not @code{nil}. | |
1223 | |
1224 @item window_end_bytepos | |
1225 The byte position corresponding to @code{window_end_pos}. | |
1226 | |
1227 @item window_end_vpos | |
1228 The window-relative vertical position of the line containing | |
1229 @code{window_end_pos}. | |
1230 | |
1231 @item window_end_valid | |
1232 This field is set to a non-@code{nil} value if @code{window_end_pos} is truly | |
1233 valid. This is @code{nil} if nontrivial redisplay is preempted since in that | |
1234 case the display that @code{window_end_pos} was computed for did not get | |
1235 onto the screen. | |
1236 | |
1237 @item cursor | |
1238 A structure describing where the cursor is in this window. | |
1239 | |
1240 @item last_cursor | |
1241 The value of @code{cursor} as of the last redisplay that finished. | |
1242 | |
1243 @item phys_cursor | |
1244 A structure describing where the cursor of this window physically is. | |
1245 | |
1246 @item phys_cursor_type | |
1247 The type of cursor that was last displayed on this window. | |
1248 | |
1249 @item phys_cursor_on_p | |
1250 This field is non-zero if the cursor is physically on. | |
1251 | |
1252 @item cursor_off_p | |
1253 Non-zero means the cursor in this window is logically on. | |
1254 | |
1255 @item last_cursor_off_p | |
1256 This field contains the value of @code{cursor_off_p} as of the time of | |
1257 the last redisplay. | |
1258 | |
1259 @item must_be_updated_p | |
1260 This is set to 1 during redisplay when this window must be updated. | |
1261 | |
1262 @item hscroll | |
1263 This is the number of columns that the display in the window is scrolled | |
1264 horizontally to the left. Normally, this is 0. | |
1265 | |
1266 @item vscroll | |
1267 Vertical scroll amount, in pixels. Normally, this is 0. | |
1268 | |
1269 @item dedicated | |
1270 Non-@code{nil} if this window is dedicated to its buffer. | |
1271 | |
1272 @item display_table | |
1273 The window's display table, or @code{nil} if none is specified for it. | |
1274 | |
1275 @item update_mode_line | |
1276 Non-@code{nil} means this window's mode line needs to be updated. | |
1277 | |
1278 @item base_line_number | |
1279 The line number of a certain position in the buffer, or @code{nil}. | |
1280 This is used for displaying the line number of point in the mode line. | |
1281 | |
1282 @item base_line_pos | |
1283 The position in the buffer for which the line number is known, or | |
1284 @code{nil} meaning none is known. | |
1285 | |
1286 @item region_showing | |
1287 If the region (or part of it) is highlighted in this window, this field | |
1288 holds the mark position that made one end of that region. Otherwise, | |
1289 this field is @code{nil}. | |
1290 | |
1291 @item column_number_displayed | |
1292 The column number currently displayed in this window's mode line, or @code{nil} | |
1293 if column numbers are not being displayed. | |
1294 | |
1295 @item current_matrix | |
1296 A glyph matrix describing the current display of this window. | |
1297 | |
1298 @item desired_matrix | |
1299 A glyph matrix describing the desired display of this window. | |
1300 @end table | |
1301 | |
1302 @node Process Internals | |
1303 @appendixsubsec Process Internals | |
1304 @cindex internals, of process | |
1305 @cindex process internals | |
1306 | |
1307 The fields of a process are: | |
1308 | |
1309 @table @code | |
1310 @item name | |
1311 A string, the name of the process. | |
1312 | |
1313 @item command | |
1314 A list containing the command arguments that were used to start this | |
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1318 @item filter | |
1319 A function used to accept output from the process instead of a buffer, | |
1320 or @code{nil}. | |
1321 | |
1322 @item sentinel | |
1323 A function called whenever the process receives a signal, or @code{nil}. | |
1324 | |
1325 @item buffer | |
1326 The associated buffer of the process. | |
1327 | |
1328 @item pid | |
1329 An integer, the operating system's process @acronym{ID}. | |
1330 | |
1331 @item childp | |
1332 A flag, non-@code{nil} if this is really a child process. | |
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1335 @item mark | |
1336 A marker indicating the position of the end of the last output from this | |
1337 process inserted into the buffer. This is often but not always the end | |
1338 of the buffer. | |
1339 | |
1340 @item kill_without_query | |
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1344 @item raw_status_low | |
1345 @itemx raw_status_high | |
1346 These two fields record 16 bits each of the process status returned by | |
1347 the @code{wait} system call. | |
1348 | |
1349 @item status | |
1350 The process status, as @code{process-status} should return it. | |
1351 | |
1352 @item tick | |
1353 @itemx update_tick | |
1354 If these two fields are not equal, a change in the status of the process | |
1355 needs to be reported, either by running the sentinel or by inserting a | |
1356 message in the process buffer. | |
1357 | |
1358 @item pty_flag | |
1359 Non-@code{nil} if communication with the subprocess uses a @acronym{PTY}; | |
1360 @code{nil} if it uses a pipe. | |
1361 | |
1362 @item infd | |
1363 The file descriptor for input from the process. | |
1364 | |
1365 @item outfd | |
1366 The file descriptor for output to the process. | |
1367 | |
1368 @item subtty | |
1369 The file descriptor for the terminal that the subprocess is using. (On | |
1370 some systems, there is no need to record this, so the value is | |
1371 @code{nil}.) | |
1372 | |
1373 @item tty_name | |
1374 The name of the terminal that the subprocess is using, | |
1375 or @code{nil} if it is using pipes. | |
1376 | |
1377 @item decode_coding_system | |
1378 Coding-system for decoding the input from this process. | |
1379 | |
1380 @item decoding_buf | |
1381 A working buffer for decoding. | |
1382 | |
1383 @item decoding_carryover | |
1384 Size of carryover in decoding. | |
1385 | |
1386 @item encode_coding_system | |
1387 Coding-system for encoding the output to this process. | |
1388 | |
1389 @item encoding_buf | |
1390 A working buffer for encoding. | |
1391 | |
1392 @item encoding_carryover | |
1393 Size of carryover in encoding. | |
1394 | |
1395 @item inherit_coding_system_flag | |
1396 Flag to set @code{coding-system} of the process buffer from the | |
1397 coding system used to decode process output. | |
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1404 | |
1405 @ignore | |
1406 arch-tag: 4b2c33bc-d7e4-43f5-bc20-27c0db52a53e | |
1407 @end ignore |