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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, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004,
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4 @c 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/internals
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7 @node GNU Emacs Internals, Standard Errors, Tips, Top
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8 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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9 @appendix GNU Emacs Internals
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11 This chapter describes how the runnable Emacs executable is dumped with
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12 the preloaded Lisp libraries in it, how storage is allocated, and some
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13 internal aspects of GNU Emacs that may be of interest to C programmers.
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15 @menu
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16 * Building Emacs:: How the dumped Emacs is made.
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17 * Pure Storage:: A kludge to make preloaded Lisp functions sharable.
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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.
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20 * Writing Emacs Primitives:: Writing C code for Emacs.
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21 * Object Internals:: Data formats of buffers, windows, processes.
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22 @end menu
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24 @node Building Emacs
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25 @appendixsec Building Emacs
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26 @cindex building Emacs
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27 @pindex temacs
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29 This section explains the steps involved in building the Emacs
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30 executable. You don't have to know this material to build and install
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31 Emacs, since the makefiles do all these things automatically. This
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32 information is pertinent to Emacs maintenance.
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34 Compilation of the C source files in the @file{src} directory
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35 produces an executable file called @file{temacs}, also called a
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36 @dfn{bare impure Emacs}. It contains the Emacs Lisp interpreter and I/O
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37 routines, but not the editing commands.
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39 @cindex @file{loadup.el}
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40 The command @w{@samp{temacs -l loadup}} uses @file{temacs} to create
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41 the real runnable Emacs executable. These arguments direct
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42 @file{temacs} to evaluate the Lisp files specified in the file
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45 bare.
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47 It takes a substantial time to load the standard Lisp files. Luckily,
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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
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51 load the files. This is the Emacs executable that is normally
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52 installed.
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54 To create @file{emacs}, use the command @samp{temacs -batch -l loadup
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55 dump}. The purpose of @samp{-batch} here is to prevent @file{temacs}
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56 from trying to initialize any of its data on the terminal; this ensures
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58 The argument @samp{dump} tells @file{loadup.el} to dump a new executable
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61 Some operating systems don't support dumping. On those systems, you
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79 advantage of preloading additional files decreases as machines get
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80 faster. On modern machines, it is usually not advisable.
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90 by putting them in a library named @file{site-init.el}. This file is
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91 executed after the documentation strings are found.
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93 If you want to preload function or variable definitions, there are
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94 three ways you can do this and make their documentation strings
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95 accessible when you subsequently run Emacs:
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97 @itemize @bullet
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98 @item
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99 Arrange to scan these files when producing the @file{etc/DOC} file,
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100 and load them with @file{site-load.el}.
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102 @item
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103 Load the files with @file{site-init.el}, then copy the files into the
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104 installation directory for Lisp files when you install Emacs.
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106 @item
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107 Specify a non-@code{nil} value for
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110 @file{site-init.el}. (This method has the drawback that the
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111 documentation strings take up space in Emacs all the time.)
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112 @end itemize
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114 It is not advisable to put anything in @file{site-load.el} or
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115 @file{site-init.el} that would alter any of the features that users
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116 expect in an ordinary unmodified Emacs. If you feel you must override
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117 normal features for your site, do it with @file{default.el}, so that
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118 users can override your changes if they wish. @xref{Startup Summary}.
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120 @defun dump-emacs to-file from-file
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121 @cindex unexec
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122 This function dumps the current state of Emacs into an executable file
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124 the executable file @file{temacs}).
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126 If you want to use this function in an Emacs that was already dumped,
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127 you must run Emacs with @samp{-batch}.
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128 @end defun
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130 @node Pure Storage
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131 @appendixsec Pure Storage
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132 @cindex pure storage
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134 Emacs Lisp uses two kinds of storage for user-created Lisp objects:
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300 The number of miscellaneous objects for which space has been obtained
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341 @end defopt
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343 @defvar post-gc-hook
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352 trigger another garbage collection. A cons cell counts as eight bytes,
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356 the threshold is exhausted, but only the next time the Lisp evaluator is
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359 The initial threshold value is 400,000. If you specify a larger
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362 You may want to do this when running a program that creates lots of
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363 Lisp data.
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365 You can make collections more frequent by specifying a smaller value,
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367 until the subsequent garbage collection, at which time
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368 @code{garbage-collect} will set the threshold back to 10,000.
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371 @defopt gc-cons-percentage
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372 The value of this variable specifies the amount of consing before a
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373 garbage collection occurs, as a fraction of the current heap size.
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374 This criterion and @code{gc-cons-threshold} apply in parallel, and
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375 garbage collection occurs only when both criteria are satisfied.
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377 As the heap size increases, the time to perform a garbage collection
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378 increases. Thus, it can be desirable to do them less frequently in
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379 proportion.
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380 @end defopt
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382 The value returned by @code{garbage-collect} describes the amount of
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383 memory used by Lisp data, broken down by data type. By contrast, the
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384 function @code{memory-limit} provides information on the total amount of
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385 memory Emacs is currently using.
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388 @defun memory-limit
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389 This function returns the address of the last byte Emacs has allocated,
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394 memory usage.
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397 @defun memory-use-counts
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398 This returns a list of numbers that count the number of objects
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403 @defvar gcs-done
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404 This variable contains the total number of garbage collections
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408 @defvar gc-elapsed
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414 @node Memory Usage
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415 @section Memory Usage
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417 These functions and variables give information about the total amount
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418 of memory allocation that Emacs has done, broken down by data type.
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419 Note the difference between these and the values returned by
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420 @code{(garbage-collect)}; those count objects that currently exist, but
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424 @defvar cons-cells-consed
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425 The total number of cons cells that have been allocated so far
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429 @defvar floats-consed
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430 The total number of floats that have been allocated so far
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434 @defvar vector-cells-consed
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435 The total number of vector cells that have been allocated so far
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439 @defvar symbols-consed
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440 The total number of symbols that have been allocated so far
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442 @end defvar
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445 The total number of string characters that have been allocated so far
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446 in this Emacs session.
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447 @end defvar
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449 @defvar misc-objects-consed
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450 The total number of miscellaneous objects that have been allocated so
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451 far in this Emacs session. These include markers and overlays, plus
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452 certain objects not visible to users.
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453 @end defvar
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455 @defvar intervals-consed
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462 Emacs session.
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463 @end defvar
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465 @node Writing Emacs Primitives
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466 @appendixsec Writing Emacs Primitives
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467 @cindex primitive function internals
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468
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469 Lisp primitives are Lisp functions implemented in C. The details of
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471 C macros. The only way to really understand how to write new C code is
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473
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475 @file{eval.c}. (An ordinary function would have the same general
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476 appearance.)
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478 @cindex garbage collection protection
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479 @smallexample
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480 @group
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481 DEFUN ("or", For, Sor, 0, UNEVALLED, 0,
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482 doc: /* Eval args until one of them yields non-nil, then return that value.
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483 The remaining args are not evalled at all.
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484 If all args return nil, return nil.
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486 @group
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487 usage: (or CONDITIONS ...) */)
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490 @{
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491 register Lisp_Object val = Qnil;
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492 struct gcpro gcpro1;
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493 @end group
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495 @group
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496 GCPRO1 (args);
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499 @group
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500 while (CONSP (args))
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501 @{
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502 val = Feval (XCAR (args));
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503 if (!NILP (val))
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504 break;
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505 args = XCDR (args);
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507 @end group
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509 @group
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511 return val;
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512 @}
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517 @code{DEFUN} macro. Here is a template for them:
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519 @example
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520 DEFUN (@var{lname}, @var{fname}, @var{sname}, @var{min}, @var{max}, @var{interactive}, @var{doc})
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521 @end example
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524 @item lname
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525 This is the name of the Lisp symbol to define as the function name; in
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526 the example above, it is @code{or}.
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531 by convention, @samp{F} prepended to the Lisp name, with all dashes
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535 values of type @code{Lisp_Object} are declared in the file
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536 @file{lisp.h}.
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538 @item sname
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539 This is a C variable name to use for a structure that holds the data for
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541 conveys the Lisp symbol name to the initialization routine that will
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542 create the symbol and store the subr object as its definition. By
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543 convention, this name is always @var{fname} with @samp{F} replaced with
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544 @samp{S}.
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546 @item min
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547 This is the minimum number of arguments that the function requires. The
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548 function @code{or} allows a minimum of zero arguments.
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550 @item max
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551 This is the maximum number of arguments that the function accepts, if
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552 there is a fixed maximum. Alternatively, it can be @code{UNEVALLED},
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553 indicating a special form that receives unevaluated arguments, or
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554 @code{MANY}, indicating an unlimited number of evaluated arguments (the
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555 equivalent of @code{&rest}). Both @code{UNEVALLED} and @code{MANY} are
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556 macros. If @var{max} is a number, it may not be less than @var{min} and
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557 it may not be greater than eight.
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559 @item interactive
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560 This is an interactive specification, a string such as might be used as
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561 the argument of @code{interactive} in a Lisp function. In the case of
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563 called interactively. A value of @code{""} indicates a function that
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566 @item doc
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567 This is the documentation string. It uses C comment syntax rather
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568 than C string syntax because comment syntax requires nothing special
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569 to include multiple lines. The @samp{doc:} identifies the comment
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570 that follows as the documentation string. The @samp{/*} and @samp{*/}
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571 delimiters that begin and end the comment are not part of the
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572 documentation string.
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573
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574 If the last line of the documentation string begins with the keyword
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575 @samp{usage:}, the rest of the line is treated as the argument list
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579 arguments.
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581 All the usual rules for documentation strings in Lisp code
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582 (@pxref{Documentation Tips}) apply to C code documentation strings
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583 too.
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586 After the call to the @code{DEFUN} macro, you must write the argument
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587 name list that every C function must have, followed by ordinary C
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588 declarations for the arguments. For a function with a fixed maximum
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589 number of arguments, declare a C argument for each Lisp argument, and
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594 values. They have types @code{int} and @w{@code{Lisp_Object *}}.
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596 Within the function @code{For} itself, note the use of the macros
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597 @code{GCPRO1} and @code{UNGCPRO}. @code{GCPRO1} is used to ``protect''
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610 variable does not need a @code{GCPRO}. (Formerly, strings were an
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616 @code{GCPRO1} will not work. Macros, @code{GCPRO3}, @code{GCPRO4},
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621 Alas, we can't explain all the tricky details here.
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628 arguments from GC if necessary rests with the caller in this case,
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629 since the caller allocated or found the storage for them.
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631 You must not use C initializers for static or global variables unless
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634 read-only (on certain operating systems) as a result of dumping Emacs.
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635 @xref{Pure Storage}.
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637 Do not use static variables within functions---place all static
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638 variables at top level in the file. This is necessary because Emacs on
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639 some operating systems defines the keyword @code{static} as a null
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640 macro. (This definition is used because those systems put all variables
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641 declared static in a place that becomes read-only after dumping, whether
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642 they have initializers or not.)
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644 Defining the C function is not enough to make a Lisp primitive
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645 available; you must also create the Lisp symbol for the primitive and
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646 store a suitable subr object in its function cell. The code looks like
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647 this:
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649 @example
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650 defsubr (&@var{subr-structure-name});
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651 @end example
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653 @noindent
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654 Here @var{subr-structure-name} is the name you used as the third
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655 argument to @code{DEFUN}.
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657 If you add a new primitive to a file that already has Lisp primitives
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658 defined in it, find the function (near the end of the file) named
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659 @code{syms_of_@var{something}}, and add the call to @code{defsubr}
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660 there. If the file doesn't have this function, or if you create a new
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661 file, add to it a @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} (e.g.,
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662 @code{syms_of_myfile}). Then find the spot in @file{emacs.c} where all
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663 of these functions are called, and add a call to
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664 @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} there.
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666 @anchor{Defining Lisp variables in C}
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667 @vindex byte-boolean-vars
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668 The function @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} is also the place to define
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669 any C variables that are to be visible as Lisp variables.
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670 @code{DEFVAR_LISP} makes a C variable of type @code{Lisp_Object} visible
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671 in Lisp. @code{DEFVAR_INT} makes a C variable of type @code{int}
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673 @code{DEFVAR_BOOL} makes a C variable of type @code{int} visible in Lisp
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675 defined with @code{DEFVAR_BOOL} are automatically added to the list
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676 @code{byte-boolean-vars} used by the byte compiler.
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679 you must protect it from garbage-collection by calling @code{staticpro}
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680 in @code{syms_of_@var{filename}}, like this:
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681
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682 @example
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683 staticpro (&@var{variable});
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684 @end example
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686 Here is another example function, with more complicated arguments.
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687 This comes from the code in @file{window.c}, and it demonstrates the use
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688 of macros and functions to manipulate Lisp objects.
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690 @smallexample
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691 @group
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692 DEFUN ("coordinates-in-window-p", Fcoordinates_in_window_p,
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695 "Return non-nil if COORDINATES is in WINDOW.\n\
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696 COORDINATES is a cons of the form (X . Y), X and Y being distances\n\
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697 ...
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700 If they are on the border between WINDOW and its right sibling,\n\
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701 `vertical-line' is returned.")
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702 (coordinates, window)
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703 register Lisp_Object coordinates, window;
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705 int x, y;
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706 @end group
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708 @group
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709 CHECK_LIVE_WINDOW (window, 0);
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710 CHECK_CONS (coordinates, 1);
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711 x = XINT (Fcar (coordinates));
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712 y = XINT (Fcdr (coordinates));
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716 switch (coordinates_in_window (XWINDOW (window), &x, &y))
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717 @{
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719 return Qnil;
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722 @group
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723 case 1: /* In text part of window. */
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724 return Fcons (make_number (x), make_number (y));
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725 @end group
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728 case 2: /* In mode line of window. */
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729 return Qmode_line;
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733 case 3: /* On right border of window. */
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734 return Qvertical_line;
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738 default:
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739 abort ();
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740 @}
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745 Note that C code cannot call functions by name unless they are defined
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746 in C. The way to call a function written in Lisp is to use
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747 @code{Ffuncall}, which embodies the Lisp function @code{funcall}. Since
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748 the Lisp function @code{funcall} accepts an unlimited number of
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749 arguments, in C it takes two: the number of Lisp-level arguments, and a
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750 one-dimensional array containing their values. The first Lisp-level
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751 argument is the Lisp function to call, and the rest are the arguments to
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752 pass to it. Since @code{Ffuncall} can call the evaluator, you must
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753 protect pointers from garbage collection around the call to
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754 @code{Ffuncall}.
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755
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756 The C functions @code{call0}, @code{call1}, @code{call2}, and so on,
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757 provide handy ways to call a Lisp function conveniently with a fixed
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758 number of arguments. They work by calling @code{Ffuncall}.
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759
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760 @file{eval.c} is a very good file to look through for examples;
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761 @file{lisp.h} contains the definitions for some important macros and
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762 functions.
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763
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764 If you define a function which is side-effect free, update the code
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765 in @file{byte-opt.el} which binds @code{side-effect-free-fns} and
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766 @code{side-effect-and-error-free-fns} so that the compiler optimizer
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767 knows about it.
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768
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769 @node Object Internals
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770 @appendixsec Object Internals
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771 @cindex object internals
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772
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773 GNU Emacs Lisp manipulates many different types of data. The actual
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774 data are stored in a heap and the only access that programs have to it
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775 is through pointers. Pointers are thirty-two bits wide in most
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776 implementations. Depending on the operating system and type of machine
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777 for which you compile Emacs, twenty-nine bits are used to address the
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778 object, and the remaining three bits are used for the tag that
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779 identifies the object's type.
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780
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781 Because Lisp objects are represented as tagged pointers, it is always
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782 possible to determine the Lisp data type of any object. The C data type
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783 @code{Lisp_Object} can hold any Lisp object of any data type. Ordinary
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784 variables have type @code{Lisp_Object}, which means they can hold any
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785 type of Lisp value; you can determine the actual data type only at run
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786 time. The same is true for function arguments; if you want a function
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787 to accept only a certain type of argument, you must check the type
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788 explicitly using a suitable predicate (@pxref{Type Predicates}).
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789 @cindex type checking internals
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790
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791 @menu
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792 * Buffer Internals:: Components of a buffer structure.
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793 * Window Internals:: Components of a window structure.
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794 * Process Internals:: Components of a process structure.
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795 @end menu
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796
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797 @node Buffer Internals
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798 @appendixsubsec Buffer Internals
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799 @cindex internals, of buffer
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800 @cindex buffer internals
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801
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802 Buffers contain fields not directly accessible by the Lisp programmer.
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803 We describe them here, naming them by the names used in the C code.
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804 Many are accessible indirectly in Lisp programs via Lisp primitives.
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805
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806 Two structures are used to represent buffers in C. The
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807 @code{buffer_text} structure contains fields describing the text of a
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808 buffer; the @code{buffer} structure holds other fields. In the case
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809 of indirect buffers, two or more @code{buffer} structures reference
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810 the same @code{buffer_text} structure.
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811
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812 Here is a list of the @code{struct buffer_text} fields:
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813
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814 @table @code
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815 @item beg
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816 This field contains the actual address of the buffer contents.
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817
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818 @item gpt
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819 This holds the character position of the gap in the buffer.
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820 @xref{Buffer Gap}.
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821
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822 @item z
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823 This field contains the character position of the end of the buffer
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824 text.
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825
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826 @item gpt_byte
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827 Contains the byte position of the gap.
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828
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829 @item z_byte
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830 Holds the byte position of the end of the buffer text.
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831
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832 @item gap_size
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833 Contains the size of buffer's gap. @xref{Buffer Gap}.
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834
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835 @item modiff
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836 This field counts buffer-modification events for this buffer. It is
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837 incremented for each such event, and never otherwise changed.
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838
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839 @item save_modiff
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840 Contains the previous value of @code{modiff}, as of the last time a
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841 buffer was visited or saved in a file.
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842
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843 @item overlay_modiff
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844 Counts modifications to overlays analogous to @code{modiff}.
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845
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846 @item beg_unchanged
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847 Holds the number of characters at the start of the text that are known
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848 to be unchanged since the last redisplay that finished.
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849
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850 @item end_unchanged
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851 Holds the number of characters at the end of the text that are known to
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852 be unchanged since the last redisplay that finished.
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853
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854 @item unchanged_modified
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855 Contains the value of @code{modiff} at the time of the last redisplay
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856 that finished. If this value matches @code{modiff},
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857 @code{beg_unchanged} and @code{end_unchanged} contain no useful
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858 information.
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859
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860 @item overlay_unchanged_modified
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861 Contains the value of @code{overlay_modiff} at the time of the last
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862 redisplay that finished. If this value matches @code{overlay_modiff},
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863 @code{beg_unchanged} and @code{end_unchanged} contain no useful
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864 information.
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865
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866 @item markers
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867 The markers that refer to this buffer. This is actually a single
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868 marker, and successive elements in its marker @code{chain} are the other
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869 markers referring to this buffer text.
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871 @item intervals
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872 Contains the interval tree which records the text properties of this
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873 buffer.
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874 @end table
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875
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876 The fields of @code{struct buffer} are:
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877
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878 @table @code
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879 @item next
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880 Points to the next buffer, in the chain of all buffers including killed
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881 buffers. This chain is used only for garbage collection, in order to
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882 collect killed buffers properly. Note that vectors, and most kinds of
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883 objects allocated as vectors, are all on one chain, but buffers are on a
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884 separate chain of their own.
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885
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886 @item own_text
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887 This is a @code{struct buffer_text} structure. In an ordinary buffer,
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888 it holds the buffer contents. In indirect buffers, this field is not
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889 used.
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890
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891 @item text
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892 This points to the @code{buffer_text} structure that is used for this
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893 buffer. In an ordinary buffer, this is the @code{own_text} field above.
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894 In an indirect buffer, this is the @code{own_text} field of the base
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895 buffer.
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896
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897 @item pt
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898 Contains the character position of point in a buffer.
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899
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900 @item pt_byte
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901 Contains the byte position of point in a buffer.
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902
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903 @item begv
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904 This field contains the character position of the beginning of the
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905 accessible range of text in the buffer.
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906
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907 @item begv_byte
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908 This field contains the byte position of the beginning of the
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909 accessible range of text in the buffer.
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910
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911 @item zv
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912 This field contains the character position of the end of the
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913 accessible range of text in the buffer.
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914
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915 @item zv_byte
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916 This field contains the byte position of the end of the
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917 accessible range of text in the buffer.
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918
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919 @item base_buffer
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920 In an indirect buffer, this points to the base buffer. In an ordinary
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921 buffer, it is null.
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922
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923 @item local_var_flags
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924 This field contains flags indicating that certain variables are local in
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925 this buffer. Such variables are declared in the C code using
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926 @code{DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER}, and their buffer-local bindings are stored in
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927 fields in the buffer structure itself. (Some of these fields are
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928 described in this table.)
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929
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930 @item modtime
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931 This field contains the modification time of the visited file. It is
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932 set when the file is written or read. Before writing the buffer into a
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933 file, this field is compared to the modification time of the file to see
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934 if the file has changed on disk. @xref{Buffer Modification}.
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935
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936 @item auto_save_modified
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937 This field contains the time when the buffer was last auto-saved.
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938
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939 @item auto_save_failure_time
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940 The time at which we detected a failure to auto-save, or -1 if we didn't
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941 have a failure.
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942
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943 @item last_window_start
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944 This field contains the @code{window-start} position in the buffer as of
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945 the last time the buffer was displayed in a window.
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946
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947 @item clip_changed
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948 This flag is set when narrowing changes in a buffer.
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949
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950 @item prevent_redisplay_optimizations_p
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951 this flag indicates that redisplay optimizations should not be used
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952 to display this buffer.
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953
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954 @item undo_list
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955 This field points to the buffer's undo list. @xref{Undo}.
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956
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957 @item name
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958 The buffer name is a string that names the buffer. It is guaranteed to
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959 be unique. @xref{Buffer Names}.
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960
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961 @item filename
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962 The name of the file visited in this buffer, or @code{nil}.
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963
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964 @item directory
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965 The directory for expanding relative file names.
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966
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967 @item save_length
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968 Length of the file this buffer is visiting, when last read or saved.
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969 This and other fields concerned with saving are not kept in the
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970 @code{buffer_text} structure because indirect buffers are never saved.
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971
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972 @item auto_save_file_name
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973 File name used for auto-saving this buffer. This is not in the
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974 @code{buffer_text} because it's not used in indirect buffers at all.
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975
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976 @item read_only
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977 Non-@code{nil} means this buffer is read-only.
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978
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979 @item mark
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980 This field contains the mark for the buffer. The mark is a marker,
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981 hence it is also included on the list @code{markers}. @xref{The Mark}.
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982
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983 @item local_var_alist
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984 This field contains the association list describing the buffer-local
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985 variable bindings of this buffer, not including the built-in
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986 buffer-local bindings that have special slots in the buffer object.
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987 (Those slots are omitted from this table.) @xref{Buffer-Local
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988 Variables}.
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989
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990 @item major_mode
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991 Symbol naming the major mode of this buffer, e.g., @code{lisp-mode}.
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992
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993 @item mode_name
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994 Pretty name of major mode, e.g., @code{"Lisp"}.
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diff changeset
995
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996 @item mode_line_format
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parents: 25751
diff changeset
997 Mode line element that controls the format of the mode line. If this
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parents: 25751
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998 is @code{nil}, no mode line will be displayed.
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999
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1000 @item header_line_format
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1001 This field is analoguous to @code{mode_line_format} for the mode
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1002 line displayed at the top of windows.
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1003
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1004 @item keymap
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1005 This field holds the buffer's local keymap. @xref{Keymaps}.
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1006
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1007 @item abbrev_table
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1008 This buffer's local abbrevs.
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1009
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1010 @item syntax_table
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1011 This field contains the syntax table for the buffer. @xref{Syntax Tables}.
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1012
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1013 @item category_table
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1014 This field contains the category table for the buffer.
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1015
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1016 @item case_fold_search
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1017 The value of @code{case-fold-search} in this buffer.
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1018
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1019 @item tab_width
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1020 The value of @code{tab-width} in this buffer.
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1021
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1022 @item fill_column
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1023 The value of @code{fill-column} in this buffer.
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1024
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1025 @item left_margin
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1026 The value of @code{left-margin} in this buffer.
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1027
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1028 @item auto_fill_function
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1029 The value of @code{auto-fill-function} in this buffer.
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1030
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1031 @item downcase_table
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1032 This field contains the conversion table for converting text to lower case.
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1033 @xref{Case Tables}.
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1034
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1035 @item upcase_table
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1036 This field contains the conversion table for converting text to upper case.
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1037 @xref{Case Tables}.
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1038
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1039 @item case_canon_table
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1040 This field contains the conversion table for canonicalizing text for
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diff changeset
1041 case-folding search. @xref{Case Tables}.
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1042
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1043 @item case_eqv_table
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1044 This field contains the equivalence table for case-folding search.
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1045 @xref{Case Tables}.
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1046
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1047 @item truncate_lines
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1048 The value of @code{truncate-lines} in this buffer.
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1049
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1050 @item ctl_arrow
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1051 The value of @code{ctl-arrow} in this buffer.
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1052
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1053 @item selective_display
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1054 The value of @code{selective-display} in this buffer.
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1055
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1056 @item selective_display_ellipsis
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1057 The value of @code{selective-display-ellipsis} in this buffer.
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1058
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1059 @item minor_modes
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1060 An alist of the minor modes of this buffer.
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1061
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1062 @item overwrite_mode
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1063 The value of @code{overwrite_mode} in this buffer.
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1064
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1065 @item abbrev_mode
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1066 The value of @code{abbrev-mode} in this buffer.
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1067
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1068 @item display_table
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1069 This field contains the buffer's display table, or @code{nil} if it doesn't
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1071
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1072 @item save_modified
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1073 This field contains the time when the buffer was last saved, as an integer.
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1074 @xref{Buffer Modification}.
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1075
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1076 @item mark_active
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1077 This field is non-@code{nil} if the buffer's mark is active.
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1078
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1079 @item overlays_before
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1080 This field holds a list of the overlays in this buffer that end at or
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1081 before the current overlay center position. They are sorted in order of
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1082 decreasing end position.
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1083
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1084 @item overlays_after
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1085 This field holds a list of the overlays in this buffer that end after
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1086 the current overlay center position. They are sorted in order of
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1087 increasing beginning position.
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1088
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1089 @item overlay_center
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1090 This field holds the current overlay center position. @xref{Overlays}.
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1091
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1092 @item enable_multibyte_characters
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1093 This field holds the buffer's local value of
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1094 @code{enable-multibyte-characters}---either @code{t} or @code{nil}.
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1095
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1096 @item buffer_file_coding_system
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1097 The value of @code{buffer-file-coding-system} in this buffer.
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1098
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1099 @item file_format
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1100 The value of @code{buffer-file-format} in this buffer.
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1101
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1102 @item auto_save_file_format
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1103 The value of @code{buffer-auto-save-file-format} in this buffer.
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Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
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1104
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1105 @item pt_marker
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1106 In an indirect buffer, or a buffer that is the base of an indirect
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1107 buffer, this holds a marker that records point for this buffer when the
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1108 buffer is not current.
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1109
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1110 @item begv_marker
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1111 In an indirect buffer, or a buffer that is the base of an indirect
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1112 buffer, this holds a marker that records @code{begv} for this buffer
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1113 when the buffer is not current.
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1114
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1115 @item zv_marker
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1116 In an indirect buffer, or a buffer that is the base of an indirect
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1117 buffer, this holds a marker that records @code{zv} for this buffer when
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1118 the buffer is not current.
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1119
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1120 @item file_truename
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1121 The truename of the visited file, or @code{nil}.
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1122
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1123 @item invisibility_spec
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1124 The value of @code{buffer-invisibility-spec} in this buffer.
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1125
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1126 @item last_selected_window
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1127 This is the last window that was selected with this buffer in it, or @code{nil}
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1128 if that window no longer displays this buffer.
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1129
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1130 @item display_count
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1131 This field is incremented each time the buffer is displayed in a window.
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1132
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1133 @item left_margin_width
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1134 The value of @code{left-margin-width} in this buffer.
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1135
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1136 @item right_margin_width
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1137 The value of @code{right-margin-width} in this buffer.
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1138
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1139 @item indicate_empty_lines
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1140 Non-@code{nil} means indicate empty lines (lines with no text) with a
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1141 small bitmap in the fringe, when using a window system that can do it.
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1142
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1143 @item display_time
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1144 This holds a time stamp that is updated each time this buffer is
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1145 displayed in a window.
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1146
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1147 @item scroll_up_aggressively
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1148 The value of @code{scroll-up-aggressively} in this buffer.
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1149
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1150 @item scroll_down_aggressively
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1151 The value of @code{scroll-down-aggressively} in this buffer.
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1152 @end table
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1153
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1154 @node Window Internals
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1155 @appendixsubsec Window Internals
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1156 @cindex internals, of window
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1157 @cindex window internals
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1158
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1159 Windows have the following accessible fields:
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1160
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1161 @table @code
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1162 @item frame
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1163 The frame that this window is on.
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1164
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1165 @item mini_p
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1166 Non-@code{nil} if this window is a minibuffer window.
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1167
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1168 @item parent
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1169 Internally, Emacs arranges windows in a tree; each group of siblings has
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1170 a parent window whose area includes all the siblings. This field points
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1171 to a window's parent.
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1172
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1173 Parent windows do not display buffers, and play little role in display
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1174 except to shape their child windows. Emacs Lisp programs usually have
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1175 no access to the parent windows; they operate on the windows at the
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1176 leaves of the tree, which actually display buffers.
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1177
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1178 The following four fields also describe the window tree structure.
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1179
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1180 @item hchild
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1181 In a window subdivided horizontally by child windows, the leftmost child.
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1182 Otherwise, @code{nil}.
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1183
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1184 @item vchild
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1185 In a window subdivided vertically by child windows, the topmost child.
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1186 Otherwise, @code{nil}.
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1187
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1188 @item next
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1189 The next sibling of this window. It is @code{nil} in a window that is
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1190 the rightmost or bottommost of a group of siblings.
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1191
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1192 @item prev
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1193 The previous sibling of this window. It is @code{nil} in a window that
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1194 is the leftmost or topmost of a group of siblings.
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1195
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1196 @item left
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1197 This is the left-hand edge of the window, measured in columns. (The
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1198 leftmost column on the screen is @w{column 0}.)
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1200 @item top
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1201 This is the top edge of the window, measured in lines. (The top line on
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1202 the screen is @w{line 0}.)
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1203
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1204 @item height
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1205 The height of the window, measured in lines.
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1206
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1207 @item width
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1208 The width of the window, measured in columns. This width includes the
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1209 scroll bar and fringes, and/or the separator line on the right of the
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1210 window (if any).
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1211
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1212 @item buffer
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1213 The buffer that the window is displaying. This may change often during
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1214 the life of the window.
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1215
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1216 @item start
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1217 The position in the buffer that is the first character to be displayed
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1218 in the window.
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1219
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1220 @item pointm
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1221 @cindex window point internals
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1222 This is the value of point in the current buffer when this window is
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1223 selected; when it is not selected, it retains its previous value.
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1224
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1225 @item force_start
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1226 If this flag is non-@code{nil}, it says that the window has been
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1227 scrolled explicitly by the Lisp program. This affects what the next
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1228 redisplay does if point is off the screen: instead of scrolling the
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1229 window to show the text around point, it moves point to a location that
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1230 is on the screen.
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1231
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1232 @item frozen_window_start_p
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1233 This field is set temporarily to 1 to indicate to redisplay that
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1234 @code{start} of this window should not be changed, even if point
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1235 gets invisible.
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1236
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1237 @item start_at_line_beg
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1238 Non-@code{nil} means current value of @code{start} was the beginning of a line
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1239 when it was chosen.
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1240
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1241 @item too_small_ok
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1242 Non-@code{nil} means don't delete this window for becoming ``too small''.
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1243
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1244 @item height_fixed_p
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1245 This field is temporarily set to 1 to fix the height of the selected
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1246 window when the echo area is resized.
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1247
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1248 @item use_time
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1249 This is the last time that the window was selected. The function
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1250 @code{get-lru-window} uses this field.
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1251
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1252 @item sequence_number
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1253 A unique number assigned to this window when it was created.
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1254
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1255 @item last_modified
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1256 The @code{modiff} field of the window's buffer, as of the last time
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1257 a redisplay completed in this window.
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1258
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1259 @item last_overlay_modified
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1260 The @code{overlay_modiff} field of the window's buffer, as of the last
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1261 time a redisplay completed in this window.
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1262
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1263 @item last_point
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1264 The buffer's value of point, as of the last time a redisplay completed
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1265 in this window.
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1266
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1267 @item last_had_star
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1268 A non-@code{nil} value means the window's buffer was ``modified'' when the
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1269 window was last updated.
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1270
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1271 @item vertical_scroll_bar
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1272 This window's vertical scroll bar.
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1273
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1274 @item left_margin_width
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1275 The width of the left margin in this window, or @code{nil} not to
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1276 specify it (in which case the buffer's value of @code{left-margin-width}
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1277 is used.
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1278
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1279 @item right_margin_width
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1280 Likewise for the right margin.
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1281
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1282 @ignore
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1283 @item last_mark_x
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1284 @item last_mark_y
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1285 ???Not used.
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1286 @end ignore
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1287
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1288 @item window_end_pos
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1289 This is computed as @code{z} minus the buffer position of the last glyph
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1290 in the current matrix of the window. The value is only valid if
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1291 @code{window_end_valid} is not @code{nil}.
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1292
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1293 @item window_end_bytepos
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1294 The byte position corresponding to @code{window_end_pos}.
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1295
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1296 @item window_end_vpos
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1297 The window-relative vertical position of the line containing
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1298 @code{window_end_pos}.
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1299
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1300 @item window_end_valid
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1301 This field is set to a non-@code{nil} value if @code{window_end_pos} is truly
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1302 valid. This is @code{nil} if nontrivial redisplay is preempted since in that
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1303 case the display that @code{window_end_pos} was computed for did not get
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1304 onto the screen.
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1305
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1306 @item redisplay_end_trigger
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1307 If redisplay in this window goes beyond this buffer position, it runs
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1308 the @code{redisplay-end-trigger-hook}.
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1309
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1310 @ignore
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1311 @item orig_height
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1312 @item orig_top
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1313 ??? Are temporary storage areas.
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1314 @end ignore
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1315
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1316 @item cursor
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1317 A structure describing where the cursor is in this window.
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1318
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1319 @item last_cursor
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1320 The value of @code{cursor} as of the last redisplay that finished.
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1321
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1322 @item phys_cursor
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1323 A structure describing where the cursor of this window physically is.
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1324
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1325 @item phys_cursor_type
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1326 The type of cursor that was last displayed on this window.
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1327
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1328 @item phys_cursor_on_p
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1329 This field is non-zero if the cursor is physically on.
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1330
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1331 @item cursor_off_p
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1332 Non-zero means the cursor in this window is logically on.
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1333
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1334 @item last_cursor_off_p
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1335 This field contains the value of @code{cursor_off_p} as of the time of
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1336 the last redisplay.
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1337
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1338 @item must_be_updated_p
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1339 This is set to 1 during redisplay when this window must be updated.
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1340
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1341 @item hscroll
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1342 This is the number of columns that the display in the window is scrolled
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1343 horizontally to the left. Normally, this is 0.
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1344
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1345 @item vscroll
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1346 Vertical scroll amount, in pixels. Normally, this is 0.
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1347
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1348 @item dedicated
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1349 Non-@code{nil} if this window is dedicated to its buffer.
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1351 @item display_table
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1352 The window's display table, or @code{nil} if none is specified for it.
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1353
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1354 @item update_mode_line
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1355 Non-@code{nil} means this window's mode line needs to be updated.
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1356
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1357 @item base_line_number
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1358 The line number of a certain position in the buffer, or @code{nil}.
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1359 This is used for displaying the line number of point in the mode line.
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1360
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1361 @item base_line_pos
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1362 The position in the buffer for which the line number is known, or
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1363 @code{nil} meaning none is known.
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1364
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1365 @item region_showing
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1366 If the region (or part of it) is highlighted in this window, this field
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1367 holds the mark position that made one end of that region. Otherwise,
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1368 this field is @code{nil}.
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1369
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1370 @item column_number_displayed
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1371 The column number currently displayed in this window's mode line, or @code{nil}
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1372 if column numbers are not being displayed.
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1373
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1374 @item current_matrix
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1375 A glyph matrix describing the current display of this window.
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1376
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1377 @item desired_matrix
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1378 A glyph matrix describing the desired display of this window.
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1379 @end table
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1380
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1381 @node Process Internals
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1382 @appendixsubsec Process Internals
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1383 @cindex internals, of process
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1384 @cindex process internals
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1385
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1386 The fields of a process are:
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1387
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1388 @table @code
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1389 @item name
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1390 A string, the name of the process.
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1391
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1392 @item command
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1393 A list containing the command arguments that were used to start this
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1394 process.
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1395
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1396 @item filter
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1397 A function used to accept output from the process instead of a buffer,
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1398 or @code{nil}.
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1399
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1400 @item sentinel
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1401 A function called whenever the process receives a signal, or @code{nil}.
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1402
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1403 @item buffer
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1404 The associated buffer of the process.
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1405
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1406 @item pid
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1407 An integer, the operating system's process @acronym{ID}.
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1408
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1409 @item childp
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1410 A flag, non-@code{nil} if this is really a child process.
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1411 It is @code{nil} for a network connection.
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1412
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1413 @item mark
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1414 A marker indicating the position of the end of the last output from this
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1415 process inserted into the buffer. This is often but not always the end
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1416 of the buffer.
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1417
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1418 @item kill_without_query
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1419 If this is non-@code{nil}, killing Emacs while this process is still
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1420 running does not ask for confirmation about killing the process.
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1421
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1422 @item raw_status_low
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1423 @itemx raw_status_high
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1424 These two fields record 16 bits each of the process status returned by
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1425 the @code{wait} system call.
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1426
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1427 @item status
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1428 The process status, as @code{process-status} should return it.
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1429
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1430 @item tick
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1431 @itemx update_tick
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1432 If these two fields are not equal, a change in the status of the process
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1433 needs to be reported, either by running the sentinel or by inserting a
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1434 message in the process buffer.
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1435
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1436 @item pty_flag
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1437 Non-@code{nil} if communication with the subprocess uses a @acronym{PTY};
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1438 @code{nil} if it uses a pipe.
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1439
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1440 @item infd
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1441 The file descriptor for input from the process.
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1442
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1443 @item outfd
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1444 The file descriptor for output to the process.
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1445
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1446 @item subtty
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1447 The file descriptor for the terminal that the subprocess is using. (On
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1448 some systems, there is no need to record this, so the value is
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1449 @code{nil}.)
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1450
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1451 @item tty_name
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1452 The name of the terminal that the subprocess is using,
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1453 or @code{nil} if it is using pipes.
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1454
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1455 @item decode_coding_system
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1456 Coding-system for decoding the input from this process.
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1457
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1458 @item decoding_buf
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1459 A working buffer for decoding.
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1460
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1461 @item decoding_carryover
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1462 Size of carryover in decoding.
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1463
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1464 @item encode_coding_system
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1465 Coding-system for encoding the output to this process.
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1466
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1467 @item encoding_buf
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1468 A working buffer for encoding.
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1469
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1470 @item encoding_carryover
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1471 Size of carryover in encoding.
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1472
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1473 @item inherit_coding_system_flag
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1474 Flag to set @code{coding-system} of the process buffer from the
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1475 coding system used to decode process output.
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1476 @end table
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1477
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1478 @ignore
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1479 arch-tag: 4b2c33bc-d7e4-43f5-bc20-27c0db52a53e
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1480 @end ignore