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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003,
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4 @c 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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6 @setfilename ../info/buffers
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7 @node Buffers, Windows, Backups and Auto-Saving, Top
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8 @chapter Buffers
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9 @cindex buffer
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11 A @dfn{buffer} is a Lisp object containing text to be edited. Buffers
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12 are used to hold the contents of files that are being visited; there may
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13 also be buffers that are not visiting files. While several buffers may
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14 exist at one time, only one buffer is designated the @dfn{current
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15 buffer} at any time. Most editing commands act on the contents of the
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16 current buffer. Each buffer, including the current buffer, may or may
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17 not be displayed in any windows.
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18
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19 @menu
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20 * Buffer Basics:: What is a buffer?
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21 * Current Buffer:: Designating a buffer as current
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22 so that primitives will access its contents.
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23 * Buffer Names:: Accessing and changing buffer names.
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24 * Buffer File Name:: The buffer file name indicates which file is visited.
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25 * Buffer Modification:: A buffer is @dfn{modified} if it needs to be saved.
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26 * Modification Time:: Determining whether the visited file was changed
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27 ``behind Emacs's back''.
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28 * Read Only Buffers:: Modifying text is not allowed in a read-only buffer.
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29 * The Buffer List:: How to look at all the existing buffers.
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30 * Creating Buffers:: Functions that create buffers.
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31 * Killing Buffers:: Buffers exist until explicitly killed.
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32 * Indirect Buffers:: An indirect buffer shares text with some other buffer.
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33 * Buffer Gap:: The gap in the buffer.
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34 @end menu
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36 @node Buffer Basics
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37 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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38 @section Buffer Basics
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40 @ifnottex
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41 A @dfn{buffer} is a Lisp object containing text to be edited. Buffers
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42 are used to hold the contents of files that are being visited; there may
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43 also be buffers that are not visiting files. Although several buffers
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44 normally exist, only one buffer is designated the @dfn{current
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45 buffer} at any time. Most editing commands act on the contents of the
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46 current buffer. Each buffer, including the current buffer, may or may
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47 not be displayed in any windows.
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48 @end ifnottex
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50 Buffers in Emacs editing are objects that have distinct names and hold
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51 text that can be edited. Buffers appear to Lisp programs as a special
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52 data type. You can think of the contents of a buffer as a string that
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53 you can extend; insertions and deletions may occur in any part of the
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54 buffer. @xref{Text}.
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56 A Lisp buffer object contains numerous pieces of information. Some of
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57 this information is directly accessible to the programmer through
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58 variables, while other information is accessible only through
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59 special-purpose functions. For example, the visited file name is
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60 directly accessible through a variable, while the value of point is
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61 accessible only through a primitive function.
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62
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63 Buffer-specific information that is directly accessible is stored in
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64 @dfn{buffer-local} variable bindings, which are variable values that are
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65 effective only in a particular buffer. This feature allows each buffer
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66 to override the values of certain variables. Most major modes override
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67 variables such as @code{fill-column} or @code{comment-column} in this
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68 way. For more information about buffer-local variables and functions
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69 related to them, see @ref{Buffer-Local Variables}.
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70
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71 For functions and variables related to visiting files in buffers, see
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72 @ref{Visiting Files} and @ref{Saving Buffers}. For functions and
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73 variables related to the display of buffers in windows, see
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74 @ref{Buffers and Windows}.
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75
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76 @defun bufferp object
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77 This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a buffer,
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78 @code{nil} otherwise.
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79 @end defun
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81 @node Current Buffer
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82 @section The Current Buffer
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83 @cindex selecting a buffer
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84 @cindex changing to another buffer
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85 @cindex current buffer
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86
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87 There are, in general, many buffers in an Emacs session. At any time,
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88 one of them is designated as the @dfn{current buffer}. This is the
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89 buffer in which most editing takes place, because most of the primitives
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90 for examining or changing text in a buffer operate implicitly on the
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91 current buffer (@pxref{Text}). Normally the buffer that is displayed on
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92 the screen in the selected window is the current buffer, but this is not
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93 always so: a Lisp program can temporarily designate any buffer as
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94 current in order to operate on its contents, without changing what is
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95 displayed on the screen.
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96
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97 The way to designate a current buffer in a Lisp program is by calling
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98 @code{set-buffer}. The specified buffer remains current until a new one
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99 is designated.
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100
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101 When an editing command returns to the editor command loop, the
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102 command loop designates the buffer displayed in the selected window as
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103 current, to prevent confusion: the buffer that the cursor is in when
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104 Emacs reads a command is the buffer that the command will apply to.
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105 (@xref{Command Loop}.) Therefore, @code{set-buffer} is not the way to
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106 switch visibly to a different buffer so that the user can edit it. For
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107 that, you must use the functions described in @ref{Displaying Buffers}.
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109 @strong{Warning:} Lisp functions that change to a different current buffer
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110 should not depend on the command loop to set it back afterwards.
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111 Editing commands written in Emacs Lisp can be called from other programs
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112 as well as from the command loop; it is convenient for the caller if
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113 the subroutine does not change which buffer is current (unless, of
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114 course, that is the subroutine's purpose). Therefore, you should
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115 normally use @code{set-buffer} within a @code{save-current-buffer} or
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116 @code{save-excursion} (@pxref{Excursions}) form that will restore the
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117 current buffer when your function is done. Here is an example, the
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118 code for the command @code{append-to-buffer} (with the documentation
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119 string abridged):
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121 @example
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122 @group
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123 (defun append-to-buffer (buffer start end)
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124 "Append to specified buffer the text of the region.
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125 @dots{}"
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126 (interactive "BAppend to buffer: \nr")
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127 (let ((oldbuf (current-buffer)))
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128 (save-current-buffer
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129 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create buffer))
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130 (insert-buffer-substring oldbuf start end))))
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131 @end group
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132 @end example
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134 @noindent
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135 This function binds a local variable to record the current buffer, and
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136 then @code{save-current-buffer} arranges to make it current again.
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137 Next, @code{set-buffer} makes the specified buffer current. Finally,
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138 @code{insert-buffer-substring} copies the string from the original
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139 current buffer to the specified (and now current) buffer.
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141 If the buffer appended to happens to be displayed in some window,
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142 the next redisplay will show how its text has changed. Otherwise, you
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143 will not see the change immediately on the screen. The buffer becomes
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144 current temporarily during the execution of the command, but this does
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145 not cause it to be displayed.
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147 If you make local bindings (with @code{let} or function arguments) for
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148 a variable that may also have buffer-local bindings, make sure that the
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149 same buffer is current at the beginning and at the end of the local
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150 binding's scope. Otherwise you might bind it in one buffer and unbind
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151 it in another! There are two ways to do this. In simple cases, you may
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190 @result{} #<buffer buffers.texi>
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197 not display the buffer in any window, so the user cannot necessarily see
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251 @cindex buffer names
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310 This function returns the name actually given to the buffer.
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314 This function returns the buffer specified by @var{buffer-or-name}.
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323 @result{} #<buffer lewis>
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327 @result{} #<buffer lewis>
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329 @group
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330 (get-buffer "Frazzle-nots")
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331 @result{} nil
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332 @end group
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336 @end defun
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339 @defun generate-new-buffer-name starting-name &optional ignore
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340 This function returns a name that would be unique for a new buffer---but
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344 incrementing the number until it is not the name of an existing buffer.
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350 buffers named @samp{foo}, @samp{foo<2>}, @samp{foo<3>} and
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351 @samp{foo<4>} exist,
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353 @example
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354 (generate-new-buffer-name "foo")
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355 @result{} "foo<5>"
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356 (generate-new-buffer-name "foo" "foo<3>")
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357 @result{} "foo<3>"
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358 (generate-new-buffer-name "foo" "foo<6>")
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359 @result{} "foo<5>"
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360 @end example
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363 Buffers}.
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364 @end defun
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365
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367 @section Buffer File Name
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368 @cindex visited file
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369 @cindex buffer file name
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370 @cindex file name of buffer
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372 The @dfn{buffer file name} is the name of the file that is visited in
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376 the buffer name are distinct and can be set independently.
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377 @xref{Visiting Files}.
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379 @defun buffer-file-name &optional buffer
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380 This function returns the absolute file name of the file that
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381 @var{buffer} is visiting. If @var{buffer} is not visiting any file,
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382 @code{buffer-file-name} returns @code{nil}. If @var{buffer} is not
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386 @group
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387 (buffer-file-name (other-buffer))
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388 @result{} "/usr/user/lewis/manual/files.texi"
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389 @end group
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391 @end defun
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393 @defvar buffer-file-name
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394 This buffer-local variable contains the name of the file being visited
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397 @code{kill-all-local-variables}.
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401 buffer-file-name
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402 @result{} "/usr/user/lewis/manual/buffers.texi"
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403 @end group
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410 Emacs.
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417 @code{kill-all-local-variables}. @xref{Truenames}, and
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418 @ref{Definition of abbreviate-file-name}.
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421 @defvar buffer-file-number
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422 This buffer-local variable holds the file number and directory device
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423 number of the file visited in the current buffer, or @code{nil} if no
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425 unaffected by @code{kill-all-local-variables}.
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428 @var{devnum})}. This pair of numbers uniquely identifies the file among
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438 This function returns the buffer visiting file @var{filename}. If
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443 the expansion of @var{filename} exactly. This function will not
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444 recognize other names for the same file.
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448 (get-file-buffer "buffers.texi")
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449 @result{} #<buffer buffers.texi>
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450 @end group
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458 @defun find-buffer-visiting filename &optional predicate
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460 buffer visiting the file @emph{possibly under a different name}. That
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463 same file. If @var{predicate} is non-@code{nil}, it should be a
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464 function of one argument, a buffer visiting @var{filename}. The
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468 @end defun
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469
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470 @deffn Command set-visited-file-name filename &optional no-query along-with-file
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472 name of the file visited in the current buffer to @var{filename}. (If the
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474 the buffer is saved it will go in the newly-specified file.
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476 This command marks the buffer as modified, since it does not (as far
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477 as Emacs knows) match the contents of @var{filename}, even if it
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478 matched the former visited file. It also renames the buffer to
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479 correspond to the new file name, unless the new name is already in
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480 use.
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482 If @var{filename} is @code{nil} or the empty string, that stands for
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484 the buffer as having no visited file, without changing the buffer's
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485 modified flag.
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487 Normally, this function asks the user for confirmation if there
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488 already is a buffer visiting @var{filename}. If @var{no-query} is
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489 non-@code{nil}, that prevents asking this question. If there already
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490 is a buffer visiting @var{filename}, and the user confirms or
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491 @var{query} is non-@code{nil}, this function makes the new buffer name
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492 unique by appending a number inside of @samp{<@dots{}>} to @var{filename}.
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494 If @var{along-with-file} is non-@code{nil}, that means to assume that
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495 the former visited file has been renamed to @var{filename}. In this
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496 case, the command does not change the buffer's modified flag, nor the
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497 buffer's recorded last file modification time as reported by
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498 @code{visited-file-modtime} (@pxref{Modification Time}). If
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499 @var{along-with-file} is @code{nil}, this function clears the recorded
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500 last file modification time, after which @code{visited-file-modtime}
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501 returns zero.
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502
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504 When the function @code{set-visited-file-name} is called interactively, it
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505 prompts for @var{filename} in the minibuffer.
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506 @end deffn
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507
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508 @defvar list-buffers-directory
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509 This buffer-local variable specifies a string to display in a buffer
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510 listing where the visited file name would go, for buffers that don't
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511 have a visited file name. Dired buffers use this variable.
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512 @end defvar
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513
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514 @node Buffer Modification
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515 @section Buffer Modification
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516 @cindex buffer modification
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517 @cindex modification flag (of buffer)
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518
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519 Emacs keeps a flag called the @dfn{modified flag} for each buffer, to
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520 record whether you have changed the text of the buffer. This flag is
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521 set to @code{t} whenever you alter the contents of the buffer, and
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522 cleared to @code{nil} when you save it. Thus, the flag shows whether
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523 there are unsaved changes. The flag value is normally shown in the mode
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524 line (@pxref{Mode Line Variables}), and controls saving (@pxref{Saving
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525 Buffers}) and auto-saving (@pxref{Auto-Saving}).
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527 Some Lisp programs set the flag explicitly. For example, the function
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528 @code{set-visited-file-name} sets the flag to @code{t}, because the text
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529 does not match the newly-visited file, even if it is unchanged from the
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530 file formerly visited.
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531
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532 The functions that modify the contents of buffers are described in
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533 @ref{Text}.
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535 @defun buffer-modified-p &optional buffer
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536 This function returns @code{t} if the buffer @var{buffer} has been modified
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537 since it was last read in from a file or saved, or @code{nil}
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538 otherwise. If @var{buffer} is not supplied, the current buffer
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539 is tested.
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540 @end defun
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541
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542 @defun set-buffer-modified-p flag
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543 This function marks the current buffer as modified if @var{flag} is
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544 non-@code{nil}, or as unmodified if the flag is @code{nil}.
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545
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546 Another effect of calling this function is to cause unconditional
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547 redisplay of the mode line for the current buffer. In fact, the
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548 function @code{force-mode-line-update} works by doing this:
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550 @example
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551 @group
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552 (set-buffer-modified-p (buffer-modified-p))
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553 @end group
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554 @end example
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555 @end defun
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556
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557 @defun restore-buffer-modified-p flag
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558 Like @code{set-buffer-modified-p}, but does not force redisplay
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559 of mode lines.
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560 @end defun
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561
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562 @deffn Command not-modified &optional arg
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563 This command marks the current buffer as unmodified, and not needing
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564 to be saved. If @var{arg} is non-@code{nil}, it marks the buffer as
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565 modified, so that it will be saved at the next suitable occasion.
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566 Interactively, @var{arg} is the prefix argument.
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567
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568 Don't use this function in programs, since it prints a message in the
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569 echo area; use @code{set-buffer-modified-p} (above) instead.
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570 @end deffn
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572 @c Emacs 19 feature
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573 @defun buffer-modified-tick &optional buffer
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574 This function returns @var{buffer}'s modification-count. This is a
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575 counter that increments every time the buffer is modified. If
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576 @var{buffer} is @code{nil} (or omitted), the current buffer is used.
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577 The counter can wrap around occasionally.
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578 @end defun
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579
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580 @node Modification Time
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581 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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582 @section Comparison of Modification Time
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583 @cindex comparison of modification time
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584 @cindex modification time, comparison of
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586 Suppose that you visit a file and make changes in its buffer, and
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587 meanwhile the file itself is changed on disk. At this point, saving the
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588 buffer would overwrite the changes in the file. Occasionally this may
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589 be what you want, but usually it would lose valuable information. Emacs
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590 therefore checks the file's modification time using the functions
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591 described below before saving the file.
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592
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593 @defun verify-visited-file-modtime buffer
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594 This function compares what @var{buffer} has recorded for the
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595 modification time of its visited file against the actual modification
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596 time of the file as recorded by the operating system. The two should be
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597 the same unless some other process has written the file since Emacs
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598 visited or saved it.
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599
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600 The function returns @code{t} if the last actual modification time and
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601 Emacs's recorded modification time are the same, @code{nil} otherwise.
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602 It also returns @code{t} if the buffer has no recorded last
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603 modification time, that is if @code{visited-file-modtime} would return
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604 zero.
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605
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606 It always returns @code{t} for buffers that are not visiting a file,
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607 even if @code{visited-file-modtime} returns a non-zero value. For
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608 instance, it always returns @code{t} for dired buffers. It returns
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609 @code{t} for buffers that are visiting a file that does not exist and
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610 never existed, but @code{nil} for file-visiting buffers whose file has
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611 been deleted.
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612 @end defun
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614 @defun clear-visited-file-modtime
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615 This function clears out the record of the last modification time of
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616 the file being visited by the current buffer. As a result, the next
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617 attempt to save this buffer will not complain of a discrepancy in
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618 file modification times.
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619
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620 This function is called in @code{set-visited-file-name} and other
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621 exceptional places where the usual test to avoid overwriting a changed
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622 file should not be done.
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623 @end defun
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624
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625 @c Emacs 19 feature
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626 @defun visited-file-modtime
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627 This function returns the current buffer's recorded last file
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628 modification time, as a list of the form @code{(@var{high} @var{low})}.
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629 (This is the same format that @code{file-attributes} uses to return
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630 time values; see @ref{File Attributes}.)
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631
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632 If the buffer has no recorded last modification time, this function
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634 visiting a file or if the time has been explicitly cleared by
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635 @code{clear-visited-file-modtime}. Note, however, that
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636 @code{visited-file-modtime} returns a list for some non-file buffers
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637 too. For instance, in a Dired buffer listing a directory, it returns
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638 the last modification time of that directory, as recorded by Dired.
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639
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640 For a new buffer visiting a not yet existing file, @var{high} is
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641 @minus{}1 and @var{low} is 65535, that is,
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642 @ifnottex
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643 @w{2**16 - 1.}
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644 @end ifnottex
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645 @tex
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646 @math{2^{16}-1}.
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647 @end tex
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648 @end defun
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649
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650 @c Emacs 19 feature
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651 @defun set-visited-file-modtime &optional time
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652 This function updates the buffer's record of the last modification time
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653 of the visited file, to the value specified by @var{time} if @var{time}
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654 is not @code{nil}, and otherwise to the last modification time of the
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655 visited file.
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656
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657 If @var{time} is neither @code{nil} nor zero, it should have the form
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658 @code{(@var{high} . @var{low})} or @code{(@var{high} @var{low})}, in
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659 either case containing two integers, each of which holds 16 bits of the
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660 time.
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661
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662 This function is useful if the buffer was not read from the file
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663 normally, or if the file itself has been changed for some known benign
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664 reason.
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665 @end defun
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666
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667 @defun ask-user-about-supersession-threat filename
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668 @cindex obsolete buffer
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669 This function is used to ask a user how to proceed after an attempt to
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670 modify an obsolete buffer visiting file @var{filename}. An
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671 @dfn{obsolete buffer} is an unmodified buffer for which the associated
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672 file on disk is newer than the last save-time of the buffer. This means
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673 some other program has probably altered the file.
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674
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675 @kindex file-supersession
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676 Depending on the user's answer, the function may return normally, in
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677 which case the modification of the buffer proceeds, or it may signal a
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678 @code{file-supersession} error with data @code{(@var{filename})}, in which
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679 case the proposed buffer modification is not allowed.
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680
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681 This function is called automatically by Emacs on the proper
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682 occasions. It exists so you can customize Emacs by redefining it.
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683 See the file @file{userlock.el} for the standard definition.
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684
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685 See also the file locking mechanism in @ref{File Locks}.
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686 @end defun
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687
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688 @node Read Only Buffers
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689 @section Read-Only Buffers
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690 @cindex read-only buffer
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691 @cindex buffer, read-only
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692
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693 If a buffer is @dfn{read-only}, then you cannot change its contents,
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694 although you may change your view of the contents by scrolling and
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695 narrowing.
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696
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697 Read-only buffers are used in two kinds of situations:
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698
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699 @itemize @bullet
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700 @item
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701 A buffer visiting a write-protected file is normally read-only.
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702
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703 Here, the purpose is to inform the user that editing the buffer with the
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704 aim of saving it in the file may be futile or undesirable. The user who
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705 wants to change the buffer text despite this can do so after clearing
12098
a6eb5f12b0f3 *** empty log message ***
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706 the read-only flag with @kbd{C-x C-q}.
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707
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708 @item
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709 Modes such as Dired and Rmail make buffers read-only when altering the
25751
467b88fab665 *** empty log message ***
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710 contents with the usual editing commands would probably be a mistake.
6564
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711
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712 The special commands of these modes bind @code{buffer-read-only} to
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713 @code{nil} (with @code{let}) or bind @code{inhibit-read-only} to
21007
66d807bdc5b4 *** empty log message ***
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714 @code{t} around the places where they themselves change the text.
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715 @end itemize
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716
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717 @defvar buffer-read-only
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718 This buffer-local variable specifies whether the buffer is read-only.
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719 The buffer is read-only if this variable is non-@code{nil}.
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720 @end defvar
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721
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722 @defvar inhibit-read-only
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723 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, then read-only buffers and,
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724 depending on the actual value, some or all read-only characters may be
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725 modified. Read-only characters in a buffer are those that have
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726 non-@code{nil} @code{read-only} properties (either text properties or
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727 overlay properties). @xref{Special Properties}, for more information
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728 about text properties. @xref{Overlays}, for more information about
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729 overlays and their properties.
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730
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731 If @code{inhibit-read-only} is @code{t}, all @code{read-only} character
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732 properties have no effect. If @code{inhibit-read-only} is a list, then
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733 @code{read-only} character properties have no effect if they are members
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734 of the list (comparison is done with @code{eq}).
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735 @end defvar
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736
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737 @deffn Command toggle-read-only &optional arg
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738 This command toggles whether the current buffer is read-only. It is
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467b88fab665 *** empty log message ***
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739 intended for interactive use; do not use it in programs. At any given
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740 point in a program, you should know whether you want the read-only flag
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741 on or off; so you can set @code{buffer-read-only} explicitly to the
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742 proper value, @code{t} or @code{nil}.
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743
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744 If @var{arg} is non-@code{nil}, it should be a raw prefix argument.
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745 @code{toggle-read-only} sets @code{buffer-read-only} to @code{t} if
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746 the numeric value of that prefix argument is positive and to
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747 @code{nil} otherwise. @xref{Prefix Command Arguments}.
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748 @end deffn
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749
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750 @defun barf-if-buffer-read-only
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751 This function signals a @code{buffer-read-only} error if the current
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752 buffer is read-only. @xref{Using Interactive}, for another way to
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753 signal an error if the current buffer is read-only.
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754 @end defun
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755
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756 @node The Buffer List
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757 @section The Buffer List
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758 @cindex buffer list
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759
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760 The @dfn{buffer list} is a list of all live buffers. The order of
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761 the buffers in the list is based primarily on how recently each buffer
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762 has been displayed in a window. Several functions, notably
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763 @code{other-buffer}, use this ordering. A buffer list displayed for
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764 the user also follows this order.
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766 Creating a buffer adds it to the end of the buffer list, and killing
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769 to the end when they are buried (see @code{bury-buffer}, below).
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770 There are no functions available to the Lisp programmer which directly
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771 manipulate the buffer list.
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772
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773 In addition to the fundamental Emacs buffer list, each frame has its
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775 selected in that frame come first, starting with the buffers most
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776 recently selected @emph{in that frame}. (This order is recorded in
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777 @var{frame}'s @code{buffer-list} frame parameter; see @ref{Buffer
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778 Parameters}.) The buffers that were never selected in @var{frame} come
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779 afterward, ordered according to the fundamental Emacs buffer list.
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780
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781 @defun buffer-list &optional frame
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782 This function returns the buffer list, including all buffers, even those
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783 whose names begin with a space. The elements are actual buffers, not
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784 their names.
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785
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786 If @var{frame} is a frame, this returns @var{frame}'s buffer list. If
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788 all the buffers appear in order of most recent selection, regardless of
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789 which frames they were selected in.
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790
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791 @example
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792 @group
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793 (buffer-list)
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794 @result{} (#<buffer buffers.texi>
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795 #<buffer *Minibuf-1*> #<buffer buffer.c>
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796 #<buffer *Help*> #<buffer TAGS>)
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797 @end group
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799 @group
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800 ;; @r{Note that the name of the minibuffer}
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801 ;; @r{begins with a space!}
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802 (mapcar (function buffer-name) (buffer-list))
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803 @result{} ("buffers.texi" " *Minibuf-1*"
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804 "buffer.c" "*Help*" "TAGS")
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805 @end group
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806 @end example
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807 @end defun
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809 The list that @code{buffer-list} returns is constructed specifically
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810 by @code{buffer-list}; it is not an internal Emacs data structure, and
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811 modifying it has no effect on the order of buffers. If you want to
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812 change the order of buffers in the frame-independent buffer list, here
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813 is an easy way:
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814
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815 @example
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816 (defun reorder-buffer-list (new-list)
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817 (while new-list
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818 (bury-buffer (car new-list))
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819 (setq new-list (cdr new-list))))
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820 @end example
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821
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822 With this method, you can specify any order for the list, but there is
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823 no danger of losing a buffer or adding something that is not a valid
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824 live buffer.
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826 To change the order or value of a frame's buffer list, set the frame's
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827 @code{buffer-list} frame parameter with @code{modify-frame-parameters}
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828 (@pxref{Parameter Access}).
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829
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830 @defun other-buffer &optional buffer visible-ok frame
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831 This function returns the first buffer in the buffer list other than
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832 @var{buffer}. Usually this is the buffer selected most recently (in
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833 frame @var{frame} or else the currently selected frame, @pxref{Input
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834 Focus}), aside from @var{buffer}. Buffers whose names start with a
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835 space are not considered at all.
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837 If @var{buffer} is not supplied (or if it is not a buffer), then
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838 @code{other-buffer} returns the first buffer in the selected frame's
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839 buffer list that is not now visible in any window in a visible frame.
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841 If @var{frame} has a non-@code{nil} @code{buffer-predicate} parameter,
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843 consider. It calls the predicate once for each buffer, and if the value
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844 is @code{nil}, that buffer is ignored. @xref{Buffer Parameters}.
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848 a buffer visible in any window on any visible frame, except as a last
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849 resort. If @var{visible-ok} is non-@code{nil}, then it does not matter
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850 whether a buffer is displayed somewhere or not.
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852 If no suitable buffer exists, the buffer @samp{*scratch*} is returned
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853 (and created, if necessary).
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854 @end defun
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856 @deffn Command bury-buffer &optional buffer-or-name
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857 This function puts @var{buffer-or-name} at the end of the buffer list,
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859 This buffer therefore becomes the least desirable candidate for
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860 @code{other-buffer} to return. The argument can be either a buffer
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861 itself or the name of one.
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863 @code{bury-buffer} operates on each frame's @code{buffer-list} parameter
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865 buffer that you bury will come last in the value of @code{(buffer-list
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866 @var{frame})} and in the value of @code{(buffer-list nil)}.
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868 If @var{buffer-or-name} is @code{nil} or omitted, this means to bury the
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869 current buffer. In addition, if the buffer is displayed in the selected
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870 window, this switches to some other buffer (obtained using
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874 To replace a buffer in all the windows that display it, use
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878 @node Creating Buffers
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879 @section Creating Buffers
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880 @cindex creating buffers
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881 @cindex buffers, creating
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886 buffer and gives it a unique name.
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910 The major mode for a newly created buffer is set to Fundamental mode.
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916 This function returns a newly created, empty buffer, but does not make
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917 it current. If there is no buffer named @var{name}, then that is the
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918 name of the new buffer. If that name is in use, this function adds
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919 suffixes of the form @samp{<@var{n}>} to @var{name}, where @var{n} is an
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920 integer. It tries successive integers starting with 2 until it finds an
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921 available name.
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922
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923 An error is signaled if @var{name} is not a string.
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924
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925 @example
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926 @group
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927 (generate-new-buffer "bar")
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928 @result{} #<buffer bar>
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929 @end group
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930 @group
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931 (generate-new-buffer "bar")
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932 @result{} #<buffer bar<2>>
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933 @end group
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934 @group
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935 (generate-new-buffer "bar")
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936 @result{} #<buffer bar<3>>
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937 @end group
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938 @end example
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939
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940 The major mode for the new buffer is set to Fundamental mode. The
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941 variable @code{default-major-mode} is handled at a higher level.
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942 @xref{Auto Major Mode}.
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943
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944 See the related function @code{generate-new-buffer-name} in @ref{Buffer
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945 Names}.
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946 @end defun
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947
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948 @node Killing Buffers
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949 @section Killing Buffers
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950 @cindex killing buffers
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951 @cindex buffers, killing
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952
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953 @dfn{Killing a buffer} makes its name unknown to Emacs and makes the
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954 memory space it occupied available for other use.
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955
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956 The buffer object for the buffer that has been killed remains in
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957 existence as long as anything refers to it, but it is specially marked
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958 so that you cannot make it current or display it. Killed buffers retain
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959 their identity, however; if you kill two distinct buffers, they remain
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960 distinct according to @code{eq} although both are dead.
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961
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962 If you kill a buffer that is current or displayed in a window, Emacs
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963 automatically selects or displays some other buffer instead. This means
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964 that killing a buffer can in general change the current buffer.
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965 Therefore, when you kill a buffer, you should also take the precautions
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966 associated with changing the current buffer (unless you happen to know
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967 that the buffer being killed isn't current). @xref{Current Buffer}.
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968
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969 If you kill a buffer that is the base buffer of one or more indirect
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970 buffers, the indirect buffers are automatically killed as well.
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971
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972 The @code{buffer-name} of a killed buffer is @code{nil}. You can use
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973 this feature to test whether a buffer has been killed:
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974
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975 @example
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976 @group
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977 (defun buffer-killed-p (buffer)
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978 "Return t if BUFFER is killed."
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979 (not (buffer-name buffer)))
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980 @end group
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981 @end example
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982
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983 @deffn Command kill-buffer buffer-or-name
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984 This function kills the buffer @var{buffer-or-name}, freeing all its
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985 memory for other uses or to be returned to the operating system. If
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986 @var{buffer-or-name} is @code{nil}, it kills the current buffer.
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988 Any processes that have this buffer as the @code{process-buffer} are
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989 sent the @code{SIGHUP} signal, which normally causes them to terminate.
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990 (The basic meaning of @code{SIGHUP} is that a dialup line has been
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991 disconnected.) @xref{Signals to Processes}.
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992
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993 If the buffer is visiting a file and contains unsaved changes,
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994 @code{kill-buffer} asks the user to confirm before the buffer is killed.
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995 It does this even if not called interactively. To prevent the request
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996 for confirmation, clear the modified flag before calling
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997 @code{kill-buffer}. @xref{Buffer Modification}.
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998
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999 Killing a buffer that is already dead has no effect.
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1000
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1001 This function returns @code{t} if it actually killed the buffer. It
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1002 returns @code{nil} if the user refuses to confirm or if
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1003 @var{buffer-or-name} was already dead.
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1004
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1005 @smallexample
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1006 (kill-buffer "foo.unchanged")
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1007 @result{} t
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1008 (kill-buffer "foo.changed")
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1009
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1010 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ----------
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1011 Buffer foo.changed modified; kill anyway? (yes or no) @kbd{yes}
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1012 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ----------
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1013
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1014 @result{} t
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1015 @end smallexample
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1016 @end deffn
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1017
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1018 @defvar kill-buffer-query-functions
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1019 After confirming unsaved changes, @code{kill-buffer} calls the functions
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1020 in the list @code{kill-buffer-query-functions}, in order of appearance,
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1021 with no arguments. The buffer being killed is the current buffer when
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1022 they are called. The idea of this feature is that these functions will
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1023 ask for confirmation from the user. If any of them returns @code{nil},
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1024 @code{kill-buffer} spares the buffer's life.
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1025 @end defvar
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1026
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1027 @defvar kill-buffer-hook
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1028 This is a normal hook run by @code{kill-buffer} after asking all the
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1029 questions it is going to ask, just before actually killing the buffer.
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1030 The buffer to be killed is current when the hook functions run.
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1031 @xref{Hooks}. This variable is a permanent local, so its local binding
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1032 is not cleared by changing major modes.
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1033 @end defvar
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1034
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1035 @defvar buffer-offer-save
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1036 This variable, if non-@code{nil} in a particular buffer, tells
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1037 @code{save-buffers-kill-emacs} and @code{save-some-buffers} (if the
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1038 second optional argument to that function is @code{t}) to offer to
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1039 save that buffer, just as they offer to save file-visiting buffers.
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1040 @xref{Definition of save-some-buffers}. The variable
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1041 @code{buffer-offer-save} automatically becomes buffer-local when set
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1042 for any reason. @xref{Buffer-Local Variables}.
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1043 @end defvar
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1044
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1045 @defvar buffer-save-without-query
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1046 This variable, if non-@code{nil} in a particular buffer, tells
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1047 @code{save-buffers-kill-emacs} and @code{save-some-buffers} to save
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1048 this buffer (if it's modified) without asking the user. The variable
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1049 automatically becomes buffer-local when set for any reason.
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1050 @end defvar
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1051
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1052 @defun buffer-live-p object
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1053 This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a buffer which has
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1054 not been killed, @code{nil} otherwise.
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1055 @end defun
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1056
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1057 @node Indirect Buffers
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1058 @section Indirect Buffers
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1059 @cindex indirect buffers
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1060 @cindex base buffer
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1062 An @dfn{indirect buffer} shares the text of some other buffer, which
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1063 is called the @dfn{base buffer} of the indirect buffer. In some ways it
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1064 is the analogue, for buffers, of a symbolic link among files. The base
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1065 buffer may not itself be an indirect buffer.
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1067 The text of the indirect buffer is always identical to the text of its
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1068 base buffer; changes made by editing either one are visible immediately
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1069 in the other. This includes the text properties as well as the characters
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1070 themselves.
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1072 In all other respects, the indirect buffer and its base buffer are
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1073 completely separate. They have different names, independent values of
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1074 point, independent narrowing, independent markers and overlays (though
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1075 inserting or deleting text in either buffer relocates the markers and
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1076 overlays for both), independent major modes, and independent
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1077 buffer-local variable bindings.
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1079 An indirect buffer cannot visit a file, but its base buffer can. If
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1080 you try to save the indirect buffer, that actually saves the base
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1081 buffer.
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1082
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1083 Killing an indirect buffer has no effect on its base buffer. Killing
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1084 the base buffer effectively kills the indirect buffer in that it cannot
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1085 ever again be the current buffer.
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1087 @deffn Command make-indirect-buffer base-buffer name &optional clone
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1088 This creates and returns an indirect buffer named @var{name} whose
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1089 base buffer is @var{base-buffer}. The argument @var{base-buffer} may
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1090 be a live buffer or the name (a string) of an existing buffer. If
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1091 @var{name} is the name of an existing buffer, an error is signaled.
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1092
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1093 If @var{clone} is non-@code{nil}, then the indirect buffer originally
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1094 shares the ``state'' of @var{base-buffer} such as major mode, minor
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1095 modes, buffer local variables and so on. If @var{clone} is omitted
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1096 or @code{nil} the indirect buffer's state is set to the default state
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1097 for new buffers.
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1098
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1099 If @var{base-buffer} is an indirect buffer, its base buffer is used as
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1100 the base for the new buffer. If, in addition, @var{clone} is
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1101 non-@code{nil}, the initial state is copied from the actual base
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1102 buffer, not from @var{base-buffer}.
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1103 @end deffn
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1105 @defun clone-indirect-buffer newname display-flag &optional norecord
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1106 This function creates and returns a new indirect buffer that shares
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1107 the current buffer's base buffer and copies the rest of the current
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1108 buffer's attributes. (If the current buffer is not indirect, it is
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1109 used as the base buffer.)
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1111 If @var{display-flag} is non-@code{nil}, that means to display the new
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1112 buffer by calling @code{pop-to-buffer}. If @var{norecord} is
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1113 non-@code{nil}, that means not to put the new buffer to the front of
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1114 the buffer list.
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1115 @end defun
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1116
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1117 @defun buffer-base-buffer &optional buffer
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1118 This function returns the base buffer of @var{buffer}, which defaults
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1119 to the current buffer. If @var{buffer} is not indirect, the value is
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1120 @code{nil}. Otherwise, the value is another buffer, which is never an
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1121 indirect buffer.
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1122 @end defun
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1123
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1124 @node Buffer Gap
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1125 @section The Buffer Gap
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1126
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1127 Emacs buffers are implemented using an invisible @dfn{gap} to make
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1128 insertion and deletion faster. Insertion works by filling in part of
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1129 the gap, and deletion adds to the gap. Of course, this means that the
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1130 gap must first be moved to the locus of the insertion or deletion.
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1131 Emacs moves the gap only when you try to insert or delete. This is why
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1132 your first editing command in one part of a large buffer, after
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1133 previously editing in another far-away part, sometimes involves a
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1134 noticeable delay.
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1135
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1136 This mechanism works invisibly, and Lisp code should never be affected
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1137 by the gap's current location, but these functions are available for
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1138 getting information about the gap status.
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1139
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1140 @defun gap-position
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1141 This function returns the current gap position in the current buffer.
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1142 @end defun
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1143
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1144 @defun gap-size
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1145 This function returns the current gap size of the current buffer.
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1146 @end defun
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1147
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1148 @ignore
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1149 arch-tag: 2e53cfab-5691-41f6-b5a8-9c6a3462399c
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1150 @end ignore