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6451 | 1 @c -*-texinfo-*- |
2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
27189 | 3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999 |
4 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
6451 | 5 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
6 @setfilename ../info/internals | |
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 | |
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16 * Building Emacs:: How to the dumped Emacs is made. |
6451 | 17 * Pure Storage:: A kludge to make preloaded Lisp functions sharable. |
18 * Garbage Collection:: Reclaiming space for Lisp objects no longer used. | |
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19 * Memory Usage:: Info about total size of Lisp objects made so far. |
6451 | 20 * Writing Emacs Primitives:: Writing C code for Emacs. |
21 * Object Internals:: Data formats of buffers, windows, processes. | |
22 @end menu | |
23 | |
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24 @node Building Emacs |
6451 | 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 | |
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44 environment, resulting in an Emacs that is still impure but no longer |
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46 | |
47 It takes a substantial time to load the standard Lisp files. Luckily, | |
48 you don't have to do this each time you run Emacs; @file{temacs} can | |
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49 dump out an executable program called @file{emacs} that has these files |
6451 | 50 preloaded. @file{emacs} starts more quickly because it does not need to |
51 load the files. This is the Emacs executable that is normally | |
52 installed. | |
53 | |
54 To create @file{emacs}, use the command @samp{temacs -batch -l loadup | |
55 dump}. The purpose of @samp{-batch} here is to prevent @file{temacs} | |
56 from trying to initialize any of its data on the terminal; this ensures | |
57 that the tables of terminal information are empty in the dumped Emacs. | |
58 The argument @samp{dump} tells @file{loadup.el} to dump a new executable | |
59 named @file{emacs}. | |
60 | |
61 Some operating systems don't support dumping. On those systems, you | |
62 must start Emacs with the @samp{temacs -l loadup} command each time you | |
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63 use it. This takes a substantial time, but since you need to start |
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67 @cindex @file{site-load.el} | |
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6451 | 69 You can specify additional files to preload by writing a library named |
26165 | 70 @file{site-load.el} that loads them. You may need to add a definition |
71 | |
72 @example | |
73 #define SITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA @var{n} | |
74 @end example | |
75 | |
76 @noindent | |
77 to make @var{n} added bytes of pure space to hold the additional files. | |
78 (Try adding increments of 20000 until it is big enough.) However, the | |
79 advantage of preloading additional files decreases as machines get | |
80 faster. On modern machines, it is usually not advisable. | |
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84 variables) in the file @file{etc/DOC} where they are stored, by calling |
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115 expect in an ordinary unmodified Emacs. If you feel you must override |
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119 @defun dump-emacs to-file from-file | |
120 @cindex unexec | |
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121 This function dumps the current state of Emacs into an executable file |
6451 | 122 @var{to-file}. It takes symbols from @var{from-file} (this is normally |
123 the executable file @file{temacs}). | |
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6451 | 127 @end defun |
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6451 | 130 @appendixsec Pure Storage |
131 @cindex pure storage | |
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134 @dfn{normal storage} and @dfn{pure storage}. Normal storage is where |
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135 all the new data created during an Emacs session are kept; see the |
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136 following section for information on normal storage. Pure storage is |
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140 Pure storage is allocated only while @file{temacs} is loading the | |
141 standard preloaded Lisp libraries. In the file @file{emacs}, it is | |
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6451 | 143 the memory space can be shared by all the Emacs jobs running on the |
144 machine at once. Pure storage is not expandable; a fixed amount is | |
145 allocated when Emacs is compiled, and if that is not sufficient for the | |
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147 increase the compilation parameter @code{PURESIZE} in the file |
6451 | 148 @file{src/puresize.h}. This normally won't happen unless you try to |
149 preload additional libraries or add features to the standard ones. | |
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151 @defun purecopy object | |
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152 This function makes a copy in pure storage of @var{object}, and returns |
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153 it. It copies a string by simply making a new string with the same |
6451 | 154 characters in pure storage. It recursively copies the contents of |
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155 vectors and cons cells. It does not make copies of other objects such |
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6451 | 157 asked to copy markers. |
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161 a few packages call it just in case you decide to preload them. |
6451 | 162 @end defun |
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164 @defvar pure-bytes-used | |
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165 The value of this variable is the number of bytes of pure storage |
6451 | 166 allocated so far. Typically, in a dumped Emacs, this number is very |
167 close to the total amount of pure storage available---if it were not, | |
168 we would preallocate less. | |
169 @end defvar | |
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171 @defvar purify-flag | |
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172 This variable determines whether @code{defun} should make a copy of the |
6451 | 173 function definition in pure storage. If it is non-@code{nil}, then the |
174 function definition is copied into pure storage. | |
175 | |
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178 non-collectible). Dumping Emacs as an executable always writes |
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179 @code{nil} in this variable, regardless of the value it actually has |
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180 before and after dumping. |
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182 You should not change this flag in a running Emacs. |
6451 | 183 @end defvar |
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185 @node Garbage Collection |
6451 | 186 @appendixsec Garbage Collection |
187 @cindex garbage collector | |
188 | |
189 @cindex memory allocation | |
190 When a program creates a list or the user defines a new function (such | |
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191 as by loading a library), that data is placed in normal storage. If |
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192 normal storage runs low, then Emacs asks the operating system to |
6451 | 193 allocate more memory in blocks of 1k bytes. Each block is used for one |
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195 segregated in distinct blocks in memory. (Vectors, long strings, |
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197 allocated in individual blocks, one per object, while small strings are |
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198 packed into blocks of 8k bytes.) |
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200 It is quite common to use some storage for a while, then release it by |
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6451 | 202 object. Emacs provides a @dfn{garbage collector} to reclaim this |
203 abandoned storage. (This name is traditional, but ``garbage recycler'' | |
204 might be a more intuitive metaphor for this facility.) | |
205 | |
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207 that are still accessible to Lisp programs. To begin with, it assumes |
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232 simply requests the operating system to allocate more storage, and | |
233 processing continues until @code{gc-cons-threshold} bytes have been | |
234 used. | |
235 | |
236 This means that you can make sure that the garbage collector will not | |
237 run during a certain portion of a Lisp program by calling the garbage | |
238 collector explicitly just before it (provided that portion of the | |
239 program does not use so much space as to force a second garbage | |
240 collection). | |
241 @end quotation | |
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243 @deffn Command garbage-collect | |
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246 spontaneously if you use more than @code{gc-cons-threshold} bytes of | |
247 Lisp data since the previous garbage collection.) | |
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254 ((@var{used-conses} . @var{free-conses}) | |
255 (@var{used-syms} . @var{free-syms}) | |
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275 Here is a table explaining each element: | |
276 | |
277 @table @var | |
278 @item used-conses | |
279 The number of cons cells in use. | |
280 | |
281 @item free-conses | |
282 The number of cons cells for which space has been obtained from the | |
283 operating system, but that are not currently being used. | |
284 | |
285 @item used-syms | |
286 The number of symbols in use. | |
287 | |
288 @item free-syms | |
289 The number of symbols for which space has been obtained from the | |
290 operating system, but that are not currently being used. | |
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300 @item used-string-chars | |
301 The total size of all strings, in characters. | |
302 | |
303 @item used-vector-slots | |
304 The total number of elements of existing vectors. | |
305 | |
306 @item used-floats | |
307 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
308 The number of floats in use. | |
309 | |
310 @item free-floats | |
311 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
312 The number of floats for which space has been obtained from the | |
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349 until the subsequent garbage collection, at which time | |
350 @code{garbage-collect} will set the threshold back to 10,000. | |
351 @end defopt | |
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359 @defun memory-limit | |
360 This function returns the address of the last byte Emacs has allocated, | |
361 divided by 1024. We divide the value by 1024 to make sure it fits in a | |
362 Lisp integer. | |
363 | |
364 You can use this to get a general idea of how your actions affect the | |
365 memory usage. | |
366 @end defun | |
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416 @cindex primitive function internals | |
417 | |
418 Lisp primitives are Lisp functions implemented in C. The details of | |
419 interfacing the C function so that Lisp can call it are handled by a few | |
420 C macros. The only way to really understand how to write new C code is | |
421 to read the source, but we can explain some things here. | |
422 | |
423 An example of a special form is the definition of @code{or}, from | |
424 @file{eval.c}. (An ordinary function would have the same general | |
425 appearance.) | |
426 | |
427 @cindex garbage collection protection | |
428 @smallexample | |
429 @group | |
430 DEFUN ("or", For, Sor, 0, UNEVALLED, 0, | |
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433 @end group | |
434 @group | |
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437 Lisp_Object args; | |
438 @{ | |
439 register Lisp_Object val; | |
440 Lisp_Object args_left; | |
441 struct gcpro gcpro1; | |
442 @end group | |
443 | |
444 @group | |
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447 | |
448 args_left = args; | |
449 GCPRO1 (args_left); | |
450 @end group | |
451 | |
452 @group | |
453 do | |
454 @{ | |
455 val = Feval (Fcar (args_left)); | |
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458 args_left = Fcdr (args_left); | |
459 @} | |
26165 | 460 while (!NILP (args_left)); |
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462 | |
463 @group | |
464 UNGCPRO; | |
465 return val; | |
466 @} | |
467 @end group | |
468 @end smallexample | |
469 | |
470 Let's start with a precise explanation of the arguments to the | |
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471 @code{DEFUN} macro. Here is a template for them: |
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473 @example | |
474 DEFUN (@var{lname}, @var{fname}, @var{sname}, @var{min}, @var{max}, @var{interactive}, @var{doc}) | |
475 @end example | |
476 | |
477 @table @var | |
478 @item lname | |
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482 @item fname | |
483 This is the C function name for this function. This is | |
484 the name that is used in C code for calling the function. The name is, | |
485 by convention, @samp{F} prepended to the Lisp name, with all dashes | |
486 (@samp{-}) in the Lisp name changed to underscores. Thus, to call this | |
487 function from C code, call @code{For}. Remember that the arguments must | |
488 be of type @code{Lisp_Object}; various macros and functions for creating | |
489 values of type @code{Lisp_Object} are declared in the file | |
490 @file{lisp.h}. | |
491 | |
492 @item sname | |
493 This is a C variable name to use for a structure that holds the data for | |
494 the subr object that represents the function in Lisp. This structure | |
495 conveys the Lisp symbol name to the initialization routine that will | |
496 create the symbol and store the subr object as its definition. By | |
497 convention, this name is always @var{fname} with @samp{F} replaced with | |
498 @samp{S}. | |
499 | |
500 @item min | |
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504 @item max | |
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513 @item interactive | |
514 This is an interactive specification, a string such as might be used as | |
515 the argument of @code{interactive} in a Lisp function. In the case of | |
516 @code{or}, it is 0 (a null pointer), indicating that @code{or} cannot be | |
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520 @item doc | |
521 This is the documentation string. It is written just like a | |
522 documentation string for a function defined in Lisp, except you must | |
523 write @samp{\n\} at the end of each line. In particular, the first line | |
524 should be a single sentence. | |
525 @end table | |
526 | |
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538 @code{GCPRO1} and @code{UNGCPRO}. @code{GCPRO1} is used to ``protect'' | |
539 a variable from garbage collection---to inform the garbage collector that | |
540 it must look in that variable and regard its contents as an accessible | |
541 object. This is necessary whenever you call @code{Feval} or anything | |
542 that can directly or indirectly call @code{Feval}. At such a time, any | |
543 Lisp object that you intend to refer to again must be protected somehow. | |
544 @code{UNGCPRO} cancels the protection of the variables that are | |
545 protected in the current function. It is necessary to do this explicitly. | |
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571 variables at top level in the file. This is necessary because Emacs on | |
572 some operating systems defines the keyword @code{static} as a null | |
573 macro. (This definition is used because those systems put all variables | |
574 declared static in a place that becomes read-only after dumping, whether | |
575 they have initializers or not.) | |
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582 @example | |
583 defsubr (&@var{subr-structure-name}); | |
584 @end example | |
585 | |
586 @noindent | |
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623 @group | |
624 DEFUN ("coordinates-in-window-p", Fcoordinates_in_window_p, | |
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626 "xSpecify coordinate pair: \nXExpression which evals to window: ", | |
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656 return Fcons (make_number (x), make_number (y)); |
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660 case 2: /* In mode line of window. */ |
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674 @end group | |
675 @end smallexample | |
676 | |
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686 @code{Ffuncall}. |
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690 number of arguments. They work by calling @code{Ffuncall}. |
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692 @file{eval.c} is a very good file to look through for examples; | |
693 @file{lisp.h} contains the definitions for some important macros and | |
694 functions. | |
695 | |
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6451 | 702 @appendixsec Object Internals |
703 @cindex object internals | |
704 | |
705 GNU Emacs Lisp manipulates many different types of data. The actual | |
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6451 | 721 @cindex type checking internals |
722 | |
723 @menu | |
724 * Buffer Internals:: Components of a buffer structure. | |
725 * Window Internals:: Components of a window structure. | |
726 * Process Internals:: Components of a process structure. | |
727 @end menu | |
728 | |
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6451 | 730 @appendixsubsec Buffer Internals |
731 @cindex internals, of buffer | |
732 @cindex buffer internals | |
733 | |
734 Buffers contain fields not directly accessible by the Lisp programmer. | |
735 We describe them here, naming them by the names used in the C code. | |
736 Many are accessible indirectly in Lisp programs via Lisp primitives. | |
737 | |
26165 | 738 Two structures are used to represent buffers in C. The |
739 @code{buffer_text} structure contains fields describing the text of a | |
740 buffer; the @code{buffer} structure holds other fields. In the case | |
741 of indirect buffers, two or more @code{buffer} structures reference | |
742 the same @code{buffer_text} structure. | |
743 | |
744 Here is a list of the @code{struct buffer_text} fields: | |
745 | |
6451 | 746 @table @code |
26165 | 747 @item beg |
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750 @item got | |
751 This holds the character position of the gap in the buffer. | |
752 | |
753 @item z | |
754 This field contains the character position of the end of the buffer | |
755 text. | |
756 | |
757 @item gpt_byte | |
758 Contains the byte position of the gap. | |
759 | |
760 @item z_byte | |
761 Holds the byte position of the end of the buffer text. | |
762 | |
763 @item gap_size | |
764 Contains the size of buffer's gap. | |
765 | |
766 @item modiff | |
767 This field counts buffer-modification events for this buffer. It is | |
768 incremented for each such event, and never otherwise changed. | |
769 | |
770 @item save_modiff | |
771 Contains the previous value of @code{modiff}, as of the last time a | |
772 buffer was visited or saved in a file. | |
773 | |
774 @item overlay_modiff | |
775 Counts modifications to overlays analogous to @code{modiff}. | |
776 | |
777 @item beg_unchanged | |
778 Holds the number of characters at the start of the text that are known | |
779 to be unchanged since the last redisplay that finished. | |
780 | |
781 @item end_unchanged | |
782 Holds the number of characters at the end of the text that are known to | |
783 be unchanged since the last redisplay that finished. | |
784 | |
785 @item unchanged_modified | |
786 Contains the value of @code{modiff} at the time of the last redisplay | |
787 that finished. If this value matches @code{modiff}, | |
788 @code{beg_unchanged} and @code{end_unchanged} contain no useful | |
789 information. | |
790 | |
791 @item overlay_unchanged_modified | |
792 Contains the value of @code{overlay_modiff} at the time of the last | |
793 redisplay that finished. If this value matches @code{overlay_modiff}, | |
794 @code{beg_unchanged} and @code{end_unchanged} contain no useful | |
795 information. | |
796 | |
797 @item markers | |
798 The markers that refer to this buffer. This is actually a single | |
799 marker, and successive elements in its marker @code{chain} are the other | |
800 markers referring to this buffer text. | |
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26165 | 802 @item intervals |
803 Contains the interval tree which records the text properties of this | |
804 buffer. | |
805 @end table | |
806 | |
807 The fields of @code{struct buffer} are: | |
808 | |
809 @table @code | |
810 @item next | |
811 Points to the next buffer, in the chain of all buffers including killed | |
812 buffers. This chain is used only for garbage collection, in order to | |
813 collect killed buffers properly. Note that vectors, and most kinds of | |
814 objects allocated as vectors, are all on one chain, but buffers are on a | |
815 separate chain of their own. | |
816 | |
817 @item own_text | |
818 This is a @code{struct buffer_text} structure. In an ordinary buffer, | |
819 it holds the buffer contents. In indirect buffers, this field is not | |
820 used. | |
821 | |
822 @item text | |
823 This points to the @code{buffer_text} structure that is used for this | |
824 buffer. In an ordinary buffer, this is the @code{own_text} field above. | |
825 In an indirect buffer, this is the @code{own_text} field of the base | |
826 buffer. | |
827 | |
828 @item pt | |
829 Contains the character position of point in a buffer. | |
830 | |
831 @item pt_byte | |
832 Contains the byte position of point in a buffer. | |
833 | |
834 @item begv | |
835 This field contains the character position of the beginning of the | |
836 accessible range of text in the buffer. | |
837 | |
838 @item begv_byte | |
839 This field contains the byte position of the beginning of the | |
840 accessible range of text in the buffer. | |
841 | |
842 @item zv | |
843 This field contains the character position of the end of the | |
844 accessible range of text in the buffer. | |
845 | |
846 @item zv_byte | |
847 This field contains the byte position of the end of the | |
848 accessible range of text in the buffer. | |
849 | |
850 @item base_buffer | |
851 In an indirect buffer, this points to the base buffer. In an ordinary | |
852 buffer, it is null. | |
853 | |
854 @item local_var_flags | |
855 This field contains flags indicating that certain variables are local in | |
856 this buffer. Such variables are declared in the C code using | |
857 @code{DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER}, and their buffer-local bindings are stored in | |
858 fields in the buffer structure itself. (Some of these fields are | |
859 described in this table.) | |
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861 @item modtime | |
862 This field contains the modification time of the visited file. It is | |
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867 @item auto_save_modified | |
868 This field contains the time when the buffer was last auto-saved. | |
869 | |
26165 | 870 @item auto_save_failure_time |
871 The time at which we detected a failure to auto-save, or -1 if we didn't | |
872 have a failure. | |
873 | |
6451 | 874 @item last_window_start |
875 This field contains the @code{window-start} position in the buffer as of | |
876 the last time the buffer was displayed in a window. | |
877 | |
26165 | 878 @item clip_changed |
879 This flag is set when narrowing changes in a buffer. | |
880 | |
881 @item prevent_redisplay_optimizations_p | |
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884 | |
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26165 | 888 @item name |
889 The buffer name is a string that names the buffer. It is guaranteed to | |
890 be unique. @xref{Buffer Names}. | |
891 | |
892 @item filename | |
893 The name of the file visited in this buffer, or @code{nil}. | |
894 | |
895 @item directory | |
896 The directory for expanding relative file names. | |
897 | |
898 @item save_length | |
899 Length of the file this buffer is visiting, when last read or saved. | |
900 This and other fields concerned with saving are not kept in the | |
901 @code{buffer_text} structure because indirect buffers are never saved. | |
902 | |
903 @item auto_save_file_name | |
904 File name used for auto-saving this buffer. This is not in the | |
905 @code{buffer_text} because it's not used in indirect buffers at all. | |
906 | |
907 @item read_only | |
908 Non-@code{nil} means this buffer is read-only. | |
909 | |
910 @item mark | |
911 This field contains the mark for the buffer. The mark is a marker, | |
912 hence it is also included on the list @code{markers}. @xref{The Mark}. | |
913 | |
914 @item local_var_alist | |
915 This field contains the association list describing the buffer-local | |
916 variable bindings of this buffer, not including the built-in | |
917 buffer-local bindings that have special slots in the buffer object. | |
918 (Those slots are omitted from this table.) @xref{Buffer-Local | |
919 Variables}. | |
920 | |
921 @item major_mode | |
922 Symbol naming the major mode of this buffer, e.g., @code{lisp-mode}. | |
923 | |
924 @item mode_name | |
925 Pretty name of major mode, e.g., @code{"Lisp"}. | |
926 | |
927 @item mode_line_format | |
928 Mode line element that controls the format of the mode line. If this | |
929 is @code{nil}, no mode line will be displayed. | |
930 | |
931 @item header_line_format | |
932 This field is analoguous to @code{mode_line_format} for the mode | |
933 line displayed at the top of windows. | |
934 | |
935 @item keymap | |
936 This field holds the buffer's local keymap. @xref{Keymaps}. | |
937 | |
938 @item abbrev_table | |
939 This buffer's local abbrevs. | |
940 | |
941 @item syntax_table | |
6451 | 942 This field contains the syntax table for the buffer. @xref{Syntax Tables}. |
943 | |
26165 | 944 @item category_table |
945 This field contains the category table for the buffer. | |
946 | |
947 @item case_fold_search | |
948 The value of @code{case-fold-search} in this buffer. | |
949 | |
950 @item tab_width | |
951 The value of @code{tab-width} in this buffer. | |
952 | |
953 @item fill_column | |
954 The value of @code{fill-column} in this buffer. | |
955 | |
956 @item left_margin | |
957 The value of @code{left-margin} in this buffer. | |
958 | |
959 @item auto_fill_function | |
960 The value of @code{auto-fill-function} in this buffer. | |
961 | |
6451 | 962 @item downcase_table |
963 This field contains the conversion table for converting text to lower case. | |
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966 @item upcase_table | |
967 This field contains the conversion table for converting text to upper case. | |
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970 @item case_canon_table | |
971 This field contains the conversion table for canonicalizing text for | |
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974 @item case_eqv_table | |
975 This field contains the equivalence table for case-folding search. | |
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26165 | 978 @item truncate_lines |
979 The value of @code{truncate-lines} in this buffer. | |
980 | |
981 @item ctl_arrow | |
982 The value of @code{ctl-arrow} in this buffer. | |
983 | |
984 @item selective_display | |
985 The value of @code{selective-display} in this buffer. | |
986 | |
987 @item selective_display_ellipsis | |
988 The value of @code{selective-display-ellipsis} in this buffer. | |
989 | |
990 @item minor_modes | |
991 An alist of the minor modes of this buffer. | |
992 | |
993 @item overwrite_mode | |
994 The value of @code{overwrite_mode} in this buffer. | |
995 | |
996 @item abbrev_mode | |
997 The value of @code{abbrev-mode} in this buffer. | |
998 | |
6451 | 999 @item display_table |
1000 This field contains the buffer's display table, or @code{nil} if it doesn't | |
1001 have one. @xref{Display Tables}. | |
1002 | |
26165 | 1003 @item save_modified |
1004 This field contains the time when the buffer was last saved, as an integer. | |
1005 @xref{Buffer Modification}. | |
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26165 | 1020 @item overlay_center |
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1022 | |
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1025 @code{enable-multibyte-characters}---either @code{t} or @code{nil}. |
26165 | 1026 |
1027 @item buffer_file_coding_system | |
1028 The value of @code{buffer-file-coding-system} in this buffer. | |
1029 | |
1030 @item file_format | |
1031 The value of @code{buffer-file-format} in this buffer. | |
1032 | |
1033 @item pt_marker | |
1034 In an indirect buffer, or a buffer that is the base of an indirect | |
1035 buffer, this holds a marker that records point for this buffer when the | |
1036 buffer is not current. | |
1037 | |
1038 @item begv_marker | |
1039 In an indirect buffer, or a buffer that is the base of an indirect | |
1040 buffer, this holds a marker that records @code{begv} for this buffer | |
1041 when the buffer is not current. | |
1042 | |
1043 @item zv_marker | |
1044 In an indirect buffer, or a buffer that is the base of an indirect | |
1045 buffer, this holds a marker that records @code{zv} for this buffer when | |
1046 the buffer is not current. | |
1047 | |
1048 @item file_truename | |
1049 The truename of the visited file, or @code{nil}. | |
1050 | |
1051 @item invisibility_spec | |
1052 The value of @code{buffer-invisibility-spec} in this buffer. | |
1053 | |
1054 @item last_selected_window | |
1055 This is the last window that was selected with this buffer in it, or @code{nil} | |
1056 if that window no longer displays this buffer. | |
1057 | |
1058 @item display_count | |
1059 This field is incremented each time the buffer is displayed in a window. | |
1060 | |
1061 @item left_margin_width | |
1062 The value of @code{left-margin-width} in this buffer. | |
1063 | |
1064 @item right_margin_width | |
1065 The value of @code{right-margin-width} in this buffer. | |
1066 | |
1067 @item indicate_empty_lines | |
1068 Non-@code{nil} means indicate empty lines (lines with no text) with a | |
1069 small bitmap in the fringe, when using a window system that can do it. | |
1070 | |
1071 @item display_time | |
1072 This holds a time stamp that is updated each time this buffer is | |
1073 displayed in a window. | |
1074 | |
1075 @item scroll_up_aggressively | |
1076 The value of @code{scroll-up-aggressively} in this buffer. | |
1077 | |
1078 @item scroll_down_aggressively | |
1079 The value of @code{scroll-down-aggressively} in this buffer. | |
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1081 | |
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6451 | 1083 @appendixsubsec Window Internals |
1084 @cindex internals, of window | |
1085 @cindex window internals | |
1086 | |
1087 Windows have the following accessible fields: | |
1088 | |
1089 @table @code | |
1090 @item frame | |
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1093 @item mini_p | |
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26165 | 1096 @item parent |
1097 Internally, Emacs arranges windows in a tree; each group of siblings has | |
1098 a parent window whose area includes all the siblings. This field points | |
1099 to a window's parent. | |
6451 | 1100 |
26165 | 1101 Parent windows do not display buffers, and play little role in display |
1102 except to shape their child windows. Emacs Lisp programs usually have | |
1103 no access to the parent windows; they operate on the windows at the | |
1104 leaves of the tree, which actually display buffers. | |
6451 | 1105 |
26165 | 1106 The following four fields also describe the window tree structure. |
6451 | 1107 |
26165 | 1108 @item hchild |
1109 In a window subdivided horizontally by child windows, the leftmost child. | |
1110 Otherwise, @code{nil}. | |
1111 | |
1112 @item vchild | |
1113 In a window subdivided vertically by child windows, the topmost child. | |
1114 Otherwise, @code{nil}. | |
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26165 | 1116 @item next |
1117 The next sibling of this window. It is @code{nil} in a window that is | |
1118 the rightmost or bottommost of a group of siblings. | |
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26165 | 1120 @item prev |
1121 The previous sibling of this window. It is @code{nil} in a window that | |
1122 is the leftmost or topmost of a group of siblings. | |
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6451 | 1126 leftmost column on the screen is @w{column 0}.) |
1127 | |
1128 @item top | |
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6451 | 1130 the screen is @w{line 0}.) |
1131 | |
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1133 The height of the window, measured in lines. |
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1137 scroll bar and fringes, and/or the separator line on the right of the |
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1138 window (if any). |
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26165 | 1140 @item buffer |
1141 The buffer that the window is displaying. This may change often during | |
1142 the life of the window. | |
1143 | |
1144 @item start | |
1145 The position in the buffer that is the first character to be displayed | |
1146 in the window. | |
1147 | |
1148 @item pointm | |
1149 @cindex window point internals | |
1150 This is the value of point in the current buffer when this window is | |
1151 selected; when it is not selected, it retains its previous value. | |
1152 | |
1153 @item force_start | |
1154 If this flag is non-@code{nil}, it says that the window has been | |
1155 scrolled explicitly by the Lisp program. This affects what the next | |
1156 redisplay does if point is off the screen: instead of scrolling the | |
1157 window to show the text around point, it moves point to a location that | |
1158 is on the screen. | |
1159 | |
1160 @item frozen_window_start_p | |
1161 This field is set temporarily to 1 to indicate to redisplay that | |
1162 @code{start} of this window should not be changed, even if point | |
1163 gets invisible. | |
6451 | 1164 |
26165 | 1165 @item start_at_line_beg |
1166 Non-@code{nil} means current value of @code{start} was the beginning of a line | |
1167 when it was chosen. | |
1168 | |
1169 @item too_small_ok | |
1170 Non-@code{nil} means don't delete this window for becoming ``too small''. | |
1171 | |
1172 @item height_fixed_p | |
1173 This field is temporarily set to 1 to fix the height of the selected | |
1174 window when the echo area is resized. | |
1175 | |
1176 @item use_time | |
1177 This is the last time that the window was selected. The function | |
1178 @code{get-lru-window} uses this field. | |
1179 | |
1180 @item sequence_number | |
1181 A unique number assigned to this window when it was created. | |
1182 | |
1183 @item last_modified | |
1184 The @code{modiff} field of the window's buffer, as of the last time | |
1185 a redisplay completed in this window. | |
1186 | |
1187 @item last_overlay_modified | |
1188 The @code{overlay_modiff} field of the window's buffer, as of the last | |
1189 time a redisplay completed in this window. | |
1190 | |
1191 @item last_point | |
1192 The buffer's value of point, as of the last time a redisplay completed | |
1193 in this window. | |
1194 | |
1195 @item last_had_star | |
1196 A non-@code{nil} value means the window's buffer was ``modified'' when the | |
1197 window was last updated. | |
1198 | |
1199 @item vertical_scroll_bar | |
1200 This window's vertical scroll bar. | |
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26165 | 1202 @item left_margin_width |
1203 The width of the left margin in this window, or @code{nil} not to | |
1204 specify it (in which case the buffer's value of @code{left-margin-width} | |
1205 is used. | |
1206 | |
1207 @item right_margin_width | |
1208 Likewise for the right margin. | |
1209 | |
26783 | 1210 @ignore |
26165 | 1211 @item last_mark_x |
1212 @item last_mark_y | |
1213 ???Not used. | |
1214 @end ignore | |
1215 | |
1216 @item window_end_pos | |
1217 This is computed as @code{z} minus the buffer position of the last glyph | |
1218 in the current matrix of the window. The value is only valid if | |
1219 @code{window_end_valid} is not @code{nil}. | |
1220 | |
1221 @item window_end_bytepos | |
1222 The byte position corresponding to @code{window_end_pos}. | |
1223 | |
1224 @item window_end_vpos | |
1225 The window-relative vertical position of the line containing | |
1226 @code{window_end_pos}. | |
1227 | |
1228 @item window_end_valid | |
1229 This field is set to a non-@code{nil} value if @code{window_end_pos} is truly | |
1230 valid. This is @code{nil} if nontrivial redisplay is preempted since in that | |
1231 case the display that @code{window_end_pos} was computed for did not get | |
1232 onto the screen. | |
1233 | |
1234 @item redisplay_end_trigger | |
1235 If redisplay in this window goes beyond this buffer position, it runs | |
1236 run the @code{redisplay-end-trigger-hook}. | |
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26783 | 1238 @ignore |
26165 | 1239 @item orig_height |
1240 @item orig_top | |
1241 ??? Are temporary storage areas. | |
1242 @end ignore | |
1243 | |
1244 @item cursor | |
1245 A structure describing where the cursor is in this window. | |
1246 | |
1247 @item last_cursor | |
1248 The value of @code{cursor} as of the last redisplay that finished. | |
1249 | |
1250 @item phys_cursor | |
1251 A structure describing where the cursor of this window physically is. | |
1252 | |
1253 @item phys_cursor_type | |
1254 The type of cursor that was last displayed on this window. | |
6451 | 1255 |
26165 | 1256 @item phys_cursor_on_p |
1257 This field is non-zero if the cursor is physically on. | |
1258 | |
1259 @item cursor_off_p | |
1260 Non-zero means the cursor in this window is logically on. | |
1261 | |
1262 @item last_cursor_off_p | |
1263 This field contains the value of @code{cursor_off_p} as of the time of | |
1264 the last redisplay. | |
1265 | |
1266 @item must_be_updated_p | |
1267 This is set to 1 during redisplay when this window must be updated. | |
1268 | |
6451 | 1269 @item hscroll |
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6451 | 1271 horizontally to the left. Normally, this is 0. |
1272 | |
26165 | 1273 @item vscroll |
1274 Vertical scroll amount, in pixels. Normally, this is 0. | |
1275 | |
1276 @item dedicated | |
1277 Non-@code{nil} if this window is dedicated to its buffer. | |
6451 | 1278 |
1279 @item display_table | |
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1280 The window's display table, or @code{nil} if none is specified for it. |
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1283 Non-@code{nil} means this window's mode line needs to be updated. |
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1286 The line number of a certain position in the buffer, or @code{nil}. |
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1291 @code{nil} meaning none is known. |
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1298 @item column_number_displayed | |
1299 The column number currently displayed in this window's mode line, or @code{nil} | |
1300 if column numbers are not being displayed. | |
1301 | |
1302 @item current_matrix | |
1303 A glyph matrix describing the current display of this window. | |
1304 | |
1305 @item desired_matrix | |
1306 A glyph matrix describing the desired display of this window. | |
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1308 | |
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1311 @cindex internals, of process | |
1312 @cindex process internals | |
1313 | |
1314 The fields of a process are: | |
1315 | |
1316 @table @code | |
1317 @item name | |
1318 A string, the name of the process. | |
1319 | |
1320 @item command | |
1321 A list containing the command arguments that were used to start this | |
1322 process. | |
1323 | |
1324 @item filter | |
1325 A function used to accept output from the process instead of a buffer, | |
1326 or @code{nil}. | |
1327 | |
1328 @item sentinel | |
1329 A function called whenever the process receives a signal, or @code{nil}. | |
1330 | |
1331 @item buffer | |
1332 The associated buffer of the process. | |
1333 | |
1334 @item pid | |
1335 An integer, the Unix process @sc{id}. | |
1336 | |
1337 @item childp | |
1338 A flag, non-@code{nil} if this is really a child process. | |
1339 It is @code{nil} for a network connection. | |
1340 | |
1341 @item mark | |
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1346 @item kill_without_query | |
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1366 @code{nil} if it uses a pipe. |
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1379 @item tty_name | |
1380 The name of the terminal that the subprocess is using, | |
1381 or @code{nil} if it is using pipes. | |
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1383 @item decode_coding_system | |
1384 Coding-system for decoding the input from this process. | |
1385 | |
1386 @item decoding_buf | |
1387 A working buffer for decoding. | |
1388 | |
1389 @item decoding_carryover | |
1390 Size of carryover in decoding. | |
1391 | |
1392 @item encode_coding_system | |
1393 Coding-system for encoding the output to this process. | |
1394 | |
1395 @item encoding_buf | |
1396 A working buffer for enecoding. | |
1397 | |
1398 @item encoding_carryover | |
1399 Size of carryover in encoding. | |
1400 | |
1401 @item inherit_coding_system_flag | |
1402 Flag to set @code{coding-system} of the process buffer from the | |
1403 coding system used to decode process output. | |
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