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Require 'tree-widget instead of 'wid-edit. (recentf-filename-handler): Fix widget :type. (recentf-cancel-dialog, recentf-open-more-files) (recentf-open-files-action): Doc fix. (recentf-dialog-goto-first): New function. (recentf-dialog-mode-map): Set parent keymap first. (recentf-dialog-mode): Define with define-derived-mode. Don't display continuation lines in dialogs. (recentf-edit-list): Rename from recentf-edit-selected-items. (recentf-edit-list-select): Rename from recentf-edit-list-action. Simplify. (recentf-edit-list-validate): New function. (recentf-edit-list): Update accordingly. (recentf-open-files-item-shift): Remove. (recentf-open-files-item): Convert menu elements into tree and link widgets. Don't create the widgets. (recentf-open-files): Update accordingly. (recentf-save-list): Untabify.
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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004
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4 @c 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/os
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7 @node System Interface, Antinews, Display, Top
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10 This chapter is about starting and getting out of Emacs, access to
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14 @xref{Building Emacs}, for related information. See also
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18 @menu
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19 * Starting Up:: Customizing Emacs startup processing.
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20 * Getting Out:: How exiting works (permanent or temporary).
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21 * System Environment:: Distinguish the name and kind of system.
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22 * User Identification:: Finding the name and user id of the user.
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23 * Time of Day:: Getting the current time.
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26 * Processor Run Time:: Getting the run time used by Emacs.
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29 * Terminal Input:: Recording terminal input for debugging.
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30 * Terminal Output:: Recording terminal output for debugging.
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31 * Sound Output:: Playing sounds on the computer's speaker.
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32 * X11 Keysyms:: Operating on key symbols for X Windows
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33 * Batch Mode:: Running Emacs without terminal interaction.
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34 * Session Management:: Saving and restoring state with X Session Management.
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37 @node Starting Up
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38 @section Starting Up Emacs
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52 @subsection Summary: Sequence of Actions at Startup
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112 mode.
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128 @item
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131 specify.
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143 This variable inhibits the initial startup messages (the nonwarranty,
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144 etc.). If it is non-@code{nil}, then the messages are not printed.
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146 This variable exists so you can set it in your personal init file, once
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350 all your editing in the same Emacs process. Each time you want to edit
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473 Emacs inadvertently can lose a lot of work, Emacs queries for
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479 @defvar kill-emacs-query-functions
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492 @code{kill-emacs} which runs the functions in this hook.
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518 Suspension is not useful with window systems, because the Emacs job
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524 @defun suspend-emacs &optional string
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535 @code{suspend-hook}.
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537 After the user resumes Emacs, @code{suspend-emacs} runs the normal hook
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538 @code{suspend-resume-hook}. @xref{Hooks}.
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540 The next redisplay after resumption will redraw the entire screen,
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545 Emacs is suspended. But it is read and executed by the shell.
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547 @smallexample
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548 @group
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612 @code{string-match}.
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623 @item aix-v3
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624 AIX.
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625
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626 @item berkeley-unix
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627 Berkeley BSD.
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628
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629 @item cygwin
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630 Cygwin.
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631
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632 @item dgux
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633 Data General DGUX operating system.
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634
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635 @item gnu
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636 the GNU system (using the GNU kernel, which consists of the HURD and Mach).
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637
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638 @item gnu/linux
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639 A GNU/Linux system---that is, a variant GNU system, using the Linux
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640 kernel. (These systems are the ones people often call ``Linux,'' but
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641 actually Linux is just the kernel, not the whole system.)
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642
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643 @item hpux
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644 Hewlett-Packard HPUX operating system.
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645
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646 @item irix
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647 Silicon Graphics Irix system.
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648
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649 @item ms-dos
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650 Microsoft MS-DOS ``operating system.'' Emacs compiled with DJGPP for
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651 MS-DOS binds @code{system-type} to @code{ms-dos} even when you run it on
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652 MS-Windows.
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653
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654 @item next-mach
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655 NeXT Mach-based system.
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656
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657 @item rtu
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658 Masscomp RTU, UCB universe.
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659
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660 @item unisoft-unix
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661 UniSoft UniPlus.
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662
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663 @item usg-unix-v
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664 AT&T System V.
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665
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666 @item vax-vms
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667 VAX VMS.
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668
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669 @item windows-nt
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670 Microsoft windows NT. The same executable supports Windows 9X, but the
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671 value of @code{system-type} is @code{windows-nt} in either case.
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672
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673 @item xenix
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674 SCO Xenix 386.
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675 @end table
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676
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677 We do not wish to add new symbols to make finer distinctions unless it
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679 alternatives in the future. We recommend using
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680 @code{system-configuration} to distinguish between different operating
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681 systems.
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682 @end defvar
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683
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684 @defun system-name
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685 This function returns the name of the machine you are running on.
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686 @example
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687 (system-name)
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688 @result{} "www.gnu.org"
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689 @end example
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690 @end defun
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691
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692 The symbol @code{system-name} is a variable as well as a function. In
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693 fact, the function returns whatever value the variable
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694 @code{system-name} currently holds. Thus, you can set the variable
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695 @code{system-name} in case Emacs is confused about the name of your
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696 system. The variable is also useful for constructing frame titles
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697 (@pxref{Frame Titles}).
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698
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699 @defvar mail-host-address
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700 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, it is used instead of
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701 @code{system-name} for purposes of generating email addresses. For
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702 example, it is used when constructing the default value of
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703 @code{user-mail-address}. @xref{User Identification}. (Since this is
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704 done when Emacs starts up, the value actually used is the one saved when
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705 Emacs was dumped. @xref{Building Emacs}.)
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706 @end defvar
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707
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708 @deffn Command getenv var
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709 @cindex environment variable access
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710 This function returns the value of the environment variable @var{var},
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711 as a string. @var{var} should be a string. If @var{var} is undefined
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712 in the environment, @code{getenv} returns @code{nil}. If returns
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713 @samp{""} if @var{var} is set but null. Within Emacs, the environment
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714 variable values are kept in the Lisp variable @code{process-environment}.
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715
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716 @example
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717 @group
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718 (getenv "USER")
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719 @result{} "lewis"
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720 @end group
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721
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722 @group
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723 lewis@@slug[10] % printenv
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724 PATH=.:/user/lewis/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
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725 USER=lewis
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726 @end group
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727 @group
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728 TERM=ibmapa16
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729 SHELL=/bin/csh
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730 HOME=/user/lewis
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731 @end group
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732 @end example
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733 @end deffn
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735 @c Emacs 19 feature
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736 @deffn Command setenv variable &optional value
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737 This command sets the value of the environment variable named
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738 @var{variable} to @var{value}. @var{variable} should be a string.
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739 Internally, Emacs Lisp can handle any string. However, normally
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740 @var{variable} should be a valid shell identifier, that is, a sequence
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741 of letters, digits and underscores, starting with a letter or
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742 underscore. Otherwise, errors may occur if subprocesses of Emacs try
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743 to access the value of @var{variable}. If @var{value} is omitted or
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744 @code{nil}, @code{setenv} removes @var{variable} from the environment.
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745 Otherwise, @var{value} should be a string.
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746
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747 @code{setenv} works by modifying @code{process-environment}; binding
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748 that variable with @code{let} is also reasonable practice.
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749
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750 @code{setenv} returns the new value of @var{variable}, or @code{nil}
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751 if it removed @var{variable} from the environment.
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752 @end deffn
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753
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754 @defvar process-environment
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755 This variable is a list of strings, each describing one environment
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756 variable. The functions @code{getenv} and @code{setenv} work by means
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757 of this variable.
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758
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759 @smallexample
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760 @group
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761 process-environment
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762 @result{} ("l=/usr/stanford/lib/gnuemacs/lisp"
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763 "PATH=.:/user/lewis/bin:/usr/class:/nfsusr/local/bin"
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764 "USER=lewis"
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765 @end group
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766 @group
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767 "TERM=ibmapa16"
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768 "SHELL=/bin/csh"
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769 "HOME=/user/lewis")
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770 @end group
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771 @end smallexample
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772
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773 If @code{process-environment} contains ``duplicate'' elements that
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774 specify the same environment variable, the first of these elements
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775 specifies the variable, and the other ``duplicates'' are ignored.
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776 @end defvar
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778 @defvar path-separator
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779 This variable holds a string which says which character separates
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780 directories in a search path (as found in an environment variable). Its
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781 value is @code{":"} for Unix and GNU systems, and @code{";"} for MS-DOS
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782 and MS-Windows.
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783 @end defvar
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784
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785 @defun parse-colon-path path
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786 @tindex parse-colon-path
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787 This function takes a search path string such as would be the value of
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788 the @code{PATH} environment variable, and splits it at the separators,
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789 returning a list of directory names. @code{nil} in this list stands for
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790 ``use the current directory.'' Although the function's name says
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791 ``colon,'' it actually uses the value of @code{path-separator}.
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792
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793 @example
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794 (parse-colon-path ":/foo:/bar")
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795 @result{} (nil "/foo/" "/bar/")
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796 @end example
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797 @end defun
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798
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799 @defvar invocation-name
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800 This variable holds the program name under which Emacs was invoked. The
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801 value is a string, and does not include a directory name.
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802 @end defvar
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803
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804 @defvar invocation-directory
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805 This variable holds the directory from which the Emacs executable was
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806 invoked, or perhaps @code{nil} if that directory cannot be determined.
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807 @end defvar
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808
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809 @defvar installation-directory
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810 If non-@code{nil}, this is a directory within which to look for the
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811 @file{lib-src} and @file{etc} subdirectories. This is non-@code{nil}
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812 when Emacs can't find those directories in their standard installed
9009
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813 locations, but can find them in a directory related somehow to the one
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814 containing the Emacs executable.
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815 @end defvar
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816
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817 @defun load-average &optional use-float
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818 This function returns the current 1-minute, 5-minute, and 15-minute load
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819 averages, in a list.
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820
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821 By default, the values are integers that are 100 times the system load
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822 averages, which indicate the average number of processes trying to run.
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823 If @var{use-float} is non-@code{nil}, then they are returned
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824 as floating point numbers and without multiplying by 100.
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825
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826 If it is impossible to obtain the load average, this function signals
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827 an error. On some platforms, access to load averages requires
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828 installing Emacs as setuid or setgid so that it can read kernel
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829 information, and that usually isn't advisable.
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830
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831 If the 1-minute load average is available, but the 5- or 15-minute
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832 averages are not, this function returns a shortened list containing
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833 the available averages.
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834
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835 @example
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836 @group
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837 (load-average)
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838 @result{} (169 48 36)
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839 @end group
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840 @group
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841 (load-average t)
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842 @result{} (1.69 0.48 0.36)
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843 @end group
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844
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845 @group
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846 lewis@@rocky[5] % uptime
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847 11:55am up 1 day, 19:37, 3 users,
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848 load average: 1.69, 0.48, 0.36
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849 @end group
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850 @end example
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851 @end defun
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852
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853 @defun emacs-pid
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854 This function returns the process @acronym{ID} of the Emacs process,
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855 as an integer.
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856 @end defun
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857
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858 @defvar tty-erase-char
21007
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859 This variable holds the erase character that was selected
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860 in the system's terminal driver, before Emacs was started.
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861 The value is @code{nil} if Emacs is running under a window system.
21007
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862 @end defvar
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863
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864 @defun setprv privilege-name &optional setp getprv
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865 This function sets or resets a VMS privilege. (It does not exist on
25751
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866 other systems.) The first argument is the privilege name, as a string.
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867 The second argument, @var{setp}, is @code{t} or @code{nil}, indicating
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868 whether the privilege is to be turned on or off. Its default is
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869 @code{nil}. The function returns @code{t} if successful, @code{nil}
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870 otherwise.
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871
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872 If the third argument, @var{getprv}, is non-@code{nil}, @code{setprv}
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873 does not change the privilege, but returns @code{t} or @code{nil}
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874 indicating whether the privilege is currently enabled.
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875 @end defun
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876
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877 @node User Identification
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878 @section User Identification
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879
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880 @defvar init-file-user
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881 This variable says which user's init files should be used by
6578797626ea Various small changes in addition to:
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882 Emacs---or @code{nil} if none. @code{""} stands for the user who
6578797626ea Various small changes in addition to:
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883 originally logged in. The value reflects command-line options such as
21007
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884 @samp{-q} or @samp{-u @var{user}}.
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885
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886 Lisp packages that load files of customizations, or any other sort of
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887 user profile, should obey this variable in deciding where to find it.
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888 They should load the profile of the user name found in this variable.
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889 If @code{init-file-user} is @code{nil}, meaning that the @samp{-q}
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890 option was used, then Lisp packages should not load any customization
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891 files or user profile.
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892 @end defvar
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893
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894 @defvar user-mail-address
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895 This holds the nominal email address of the user who is using Emacs.
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896 Emacs normally sets this variable to a default value after reading your
a3e8c1d2492f Explain when user-mail-address is set.
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897 init files, but not if you have already set it. So you can set the
25875
6a17c48b52ef *** empty log message ***
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898 variable to some other value in your init file if you do not
13367
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899 want to use the default value.
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900 @end defvar
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parents: 9009
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901
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902 @defun user-login-name &optional uid
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parents: 9009
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903 If you don't specify @var{uid}, this function returns the name under
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parents: 9009
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904 which the user is logged in. If the environment variable @code{LOGNAME}
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905 is set, that value is used. Otherwise, if the environment variable
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906 @code{USER} is set, that value is used. Otherwise, the value is based
52978
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907 on the effective @acronym{UID}, not the real @acronym{UID}.
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908
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parents: 9009
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909 If you specify @var{uid}, the value is the user name that corresponds
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910 to @var{uid} (which should be an integer), or @code{nil} if there is
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911 no such user.
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912
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913 @example
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914 @group
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915 (user-login-name)
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916 @result{} "lewis"
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917 @end group
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918 @end example
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919 @end defun
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920
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921 @defun user-real-login-name
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922 This function returns the user name corresponding to Emacs's real
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923 @acronym{UID}. This ignores the effective @acronym{UID} and ignores the
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924 environment variables @code{LOGNAME} and @code{USER}.
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925 @end defun
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926
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927 @defun user-full-name &optional uid
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928 This function returns the full name of the logged-in user---or the value
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929 of the environment variable @code{NAME}, if that is set.
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930
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931 @c "Bil" is the correct spelling.
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932 @example
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933 @group
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934 (user-full-name)
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935 @result{} "Bil Lewis"
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936 @end group
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937 @end example
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938
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939 If the Emacs job's user-id does not correspond to any known user (and
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940 provided @code{NAME} is not set), the value is @code{"unknown"}.
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941
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942 If @var{uid} is non-@code{nil}, then it should be a number (a user-id)
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943 or a string (a login name). Then @code{user-full-name} returns the full
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944 name corresponding to that user-id or login name. If you specify a
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945 user-id or login name that isn't defined, it returns @code{nil}.
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946 @end defun
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947
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948 @vindex user-full-name
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949 @vindex user-real-login-name
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950 @vindex user-login-name
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951 The symbols @code{user-login-name}, @code{user-real-login-name} and
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952 @code{user-full-name} are variables as well as functions. The functions
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953 return the same values that the variables hold. These variables allow
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954 you to ``fake out'' Emacs by telling the functions what to return. The
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955 variables are also useful for constructing frame titles (@pxref{Frame
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956 Titles}).
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957
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958 @defun user-real-uid
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959 This function returns the real @acronym{UID} of the user.
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960 The value may be a floating point number.
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961
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962 @example
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963 @group
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964 (user-real-uid)
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965 @result{} 19
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966 @end group
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967 @end example
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968 @end defun
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969
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970 @defun user-uid
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971 This function returns the effective @acronym{UID} of the user.
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972 The value may be a floating point number.
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973 @end defun
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974
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975 @node Time of Day
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976 @section Time of Day
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977
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978 This section explains how to determine the current time and the time
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979 zone.
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980
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981 @defun current-time-string &optional time-value
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982 This function returns the current time and date as a human-readable
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983 string. The format of the string is unvarying; the number of characters
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984 used for each part is always the same, so you can reliably use
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985 @code{substring} to extract pieces of it. It is wise to count the
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986 characters from the beginning of the string rather than from the end, as
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987 additional information may some day be added at the end.
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988
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989 @c Emacs 19 feature
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990 The argument @var{time-value}, if given, specifies a time to format
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991 instead of the current time. The argument should be a list whose first
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992 two elements are integers. Thus, you can use times obtained from
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993 @code{current-time} (see below) and from @code{file-attributes}
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994 (@pxref{Definition of file-attributes}). @var{time-value} can also be
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995 a cons of two integers, but this is considered obsolete.
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996
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997 @example
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998 @group
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999 (current-time-string)
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1000 @result{} "Wed Oct 14 22:21:05 1987"
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1001 @end group
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1002 @end example
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1003 @end defun
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1004
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1005 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1006 @defun current-time
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1007 This function returns the system's time value as a list of three
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1008 integers: @code{(@var{high} @var{low} @var{microsec})}. The integers
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1009 @var{high} and @var{low} combine to give the number of seconds since
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1010 0:00 January 1, 1970 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), which is
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1011 @ifnottex
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1012 @var{high} * 2**16 + @var{low}.
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1013 @end ifnottex
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1014 @tex
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1015 $high*2^{16}+low$.
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1016 @end tex
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1017
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1018 The third element, @var{microsec}, gives the microseconds since the
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1019 start of the current second (or 0 for systems that return time with
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1020 the resolution of only one second).
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1021
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1022 The first two elements can be compared with file time values such as you
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1023 get with the function @code{file-attributes}.
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1024 @xref{Definition of file-attributes}.
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1025 @end defun
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1026
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1027 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1028 @defun current-time-zone &optional time-value
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1029 This function returns a list describing the time zone that the user is
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1030 in.
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1031
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1032 The value has the form @code{(@var{offset} @var{name})}. Here
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1033 @var{offset} is an integer giving the number of seconds ahead of UTC
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1034 (east of Greenwich). A negative value means west of Greenwich. The
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1035 second element, @var{name}, is a string giving the name of the time
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1036 zone. Both elements change when daylight savings time begins or ends;
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1037 if the user has specified a time zone that does not use a seasonal time
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1038 adjustment, then the value is constant through time.
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1039
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1040 If the operating system doesn't supply all the information necessary to
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1041 compute the value, the unknown elements of the list are @code{nil}.
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1042
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1043 The argument @var{time-value}, if given, specifies a time to analyze
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1044 instead of the current time. The argument should have the same form
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1045 as for @code{current-time-string} (see above). Thus, you can use
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1046 times obtained from @code{current-time} (see above) and from
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1047 @code{file-attributes}. @xref{Definition of file-attributes}.
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1048 @end defun
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1049
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1050 @defun set-time-zone-rule tz
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1051 This function specifies the local time zone according to @var{tz}. If
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1052 @var{tz} is @code{nil}, that means to use an implementation-defined
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1053 default time zone. If @var{tz} is @code{t}, that means to use
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1054 Universal Time. Otherwise, @var{tz} should be a string specifying a
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1055 time zone rule.
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1056 @end defun
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1057
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1058 @defun float-time &optional time-value
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1059 This function returns the current time as a floating-point number of
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1060 seconds since the epoch. The argument @var{time-value}, if given,
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1061 specifies a time to convert instead of the current time. The argument
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1062 should have the same form as for @code{current-time-string} (see
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1063 above). Thus, it accepts the output of @code{current-time} and
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1064 @code{file-attributes}.
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1065
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1066 @emph{Warning}: Since the result is floating point, it may not be
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1067 exact. Do not use this function if precise time stamps are required.
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1068 @end defun
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1069
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1070 @node Time Conversion
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1071 @section Time Conversion
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1072
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1073 These functions convert time values (lists of two or three integers)
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1074 to strings or to calendrical information. There is also a function to
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1075 convert calendrical information to a time value. You can get time
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1076 values from the functions @code{current-time} (@pxref{Time of Day}) and
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1077 @code{file-attributes} (@pxref{Definition of file-attributes}).
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1078
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1079 Many operating systems are limited to time values that contain 32 bits
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1080 of information; these systems typically handle only the times from
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1081 1901-12-13 20:45:52 UTC through 2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC. However, some
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1082 operating systems have larger time values, and can represent times far
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1083 in the past or future.
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1084
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1085 Time conversion functions always use the Gregorian calendar, even for
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1086 dates before the Gregorian calendar was introduced. Year numbers count
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1087 the number of years since the year 1 B.C., and do not skip zero as
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1088 traditional Gregorian years do; for example, the year number @minus{}37
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1089 represents the Gregorian year 38 B.C@.
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1090
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1091 @defun date-to-time string
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1092 This function parses the time-string @var{string} and returns the
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1093 corresponding time value.
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1094 @end defun
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1095
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1096 @defun format-time-string format-string &optional time universal
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1097 This function converts @var{time} (or the current time, if @var{time} is
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1098 omitted) to a string according to @var{format-string}. The argument
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1099 @var{format-string} may contain @samp{%}-sequences which say to
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1100 substitute parts of the time. Here is a table of what the
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1101 @samp{%}-sequences mean:
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1102
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1103 @table @samp
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1104 @item %a
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1105 This stands for the abbreviated name of the day of week.
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1106 @item %A
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1107 This stands for the full name of the day of week.
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1108 @item %b
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1109 This stands for the abbreviated name of the month.
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1110 @item %B
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1111 This stands for the full name of the month.
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1112 @item %c
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1113 This is a synonym for @samp{%x %X}.
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1114 @item %C
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1115 This has a locale-specific meaning. In the default locale (named C), it
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1116 is equivalent to @samp{%A, %B %e, %Y}.
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1117 @item %d
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1118 This stands for the day of month, zero-padded.
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1119 @item %D
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1120 This is a synonym for @samp{%m/%d/%y}.
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1121 @item %e
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1122 This stands for the day of month, blank-padded.
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1123 @item %h
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1124 This is a synonym for @samp{%b}.
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1125 @item %H
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1126 This stands for the hour (00-23).
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1127 @item %I
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1128 This stands for the hour (01-12).
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1129 @item %j
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1130 This stands for the day of the year (001-366).
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1131 @item %k
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1132 This stands for the hour (0-23), blank padded.
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1133 @item %l
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1134 This stands for the hour (1-12), blank padded.
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1135 @item %m
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1136 This stands for the month (01-12).
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1137 @item %M
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1138 This stands for the minute (00-59).
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1139 @item %n
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1140 This stands for a newline.
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1141 @item %p
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1142 This stands for @samp{AM} or @samp{PM}, as appropriate.
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1143 @item %r
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1144 This is a synonym for @samp{%I:%M:%S %p}.
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1145 @item %R
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1146 This is a synonym for @samp{%H:%M}.
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1147 @item %S
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1148 This stands for the seconds (00-59).
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1149 @item %t
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1150 This stands for a tab character.
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1151 @item %T
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1152 This is a synonym for @samp{%H:%M:%S}.
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1153 @item %U
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1154 This stands for the week of the year (01-52), assuming that weeks
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1155 start on Sunday.
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1156 @item %w
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1157 This stands for the numeric day of week (0-6). Sunday is day 0.
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1158 @item %W
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1159 This stands for the week of the year (01-52), assuming that weeks
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1160 start on Monday.
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1161 @item %x
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1162 This has a locale-specific meaning. In the default locale (named
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1163 @samp{C}), it is equivalent to @samp{%D}.
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1164 @item %X
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1165 This has a locale-specific meaning. In the default locale (named
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1166 @samp{C}), it is equivalent to @samp{%T}.
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1167 @item %y
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1168 This stands for the year without century (00-99).
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parents: 9009
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1169 @item %Y
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1170 This stands for the year with century.
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1171 @item %Z
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1172 This stands for the time zone abbreviation.
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1173 @end table
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1174
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1175 You can also specify the field width and type of padding for any of
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1176 these @samp{%}-sequences. This works as in @code{printf}: you write
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1177 the field width as digits in the middle of a @samp{%}-sequences. If you
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1178 start the field width with @samp{0}, it means to pad with zeros. If you
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1179 start the field width with @samp{_}, it means to pad with spaces.
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1180
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1181 For example, @samp{%S} specifies the number of seconds since the minute;
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1182 @samp{%03S} means to pad this with zeros to 3 positions, @samp{%_3S} to
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1183 pad with spaces to 3 positions. Plain @samp{%3S} pads with zeros,
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1184 because that is how @samp{%S} normally pads to two positions.
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1185
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1186 The characters @samp{E} and @samp{O} act as modifiers when used between
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1187 @samp{%} and one of the letters in the table above. @samp{E} specifies
26288
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1188 using the current locale's ``alternative'' version of the date and time.
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1189 In a Japanese locale, for example, @code{%Ex} might yield a date format
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1190 based on the Japanese Emperors' reigns. @samp{E} is allowed in
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1191 @samp{%Ec}, @samp{%EC}, @samp{%Ex}, @samp{%EX}, @samp{%Ey}, and
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1192 @samp{%EY}.
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1193
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1194 @samp{O} means to use the current locale's ``alternative''
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1195 representation of numbers, instead of the ordinary decimal digits. This
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1196 is allowed with most letters, all the ones that output numbers.
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1197
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1198 If @var{universal} is non-@code{nil}, that means to describe the time as
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1199 Universal Time; @code{nil} means describe it using what Emacs believes
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1200 is the local time zone (see @code{current-time-zone}).
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1201
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parents: 26288
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1202 This function uses the C library function @code{strftime} to do most of
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parents: 26288
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1203 the work. In order to communicate with that function, it first encodes
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parents: 26288
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1204 its argument using the coding system specified by
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1205 @code{locale-coding-system} (@pxref{Locales}); after @code{strftime}
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diff changeset
1206 returns the resulting string, @code{format-time-string} decodes the
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1207 string using that same coding system.
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1208 @end defun
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1209
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1210 @defun seconds-to-time seconds
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1211 This function converts @var{seconds}, a floating point number of
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1212 seconds since the epoch, to a time value and returns that. To perform
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1213 the inverse conversion, use @code{float-time}.
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1214 @end defun
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1215
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1216 @defun decode-time &optional time
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1217 This function converts a time value into calendrical information. If
8a1df18a9368 (Time Conversion): decode-time arg is optional.
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1218 you don't specify @var{time}, it decodes the current time. The return
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1219 value is a list of nine elements, as follows:
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1220
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1221 @example
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1222 (@var{seconds} @var{minutes} @var{hour} @var{day} @var{month} @var{year} @var{dow} @var{dst} @var{zone})
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1223 @end example
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1224
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1225 Here is what the elements mean:
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1226
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1227 @table @var
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1228 @item seconds
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1229 The number of seconds past the minute, as an integer between 0 and 59.
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1230 On some operating systems, this is 60 for leap seconds.
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1231 @item minutes
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1232 The number of minutes past the hour, as an integer between 0 and 59.
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1233 @item hour
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1234 The hour of the day, as an integer between 0 and 23.
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1235 @item day
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1236 The day of the month, as an integer between 1 and 31.
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1237 @item month
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1238 The month of the year, as an integer between 1 and 12.
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1239 @item year
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1240 The year, an integer typically greater than 1900.
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1241 @item dow
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1242 The day of week, as an integer between 0 and 6, where 0 stands for
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1243 Sunday.
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1244 @item dst
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1245 @code{t} if daylight savings time is effect, otherwise @code{nil}.
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1246 @item zone
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1247 An integer indicating the time zone, as the number of seconds east of
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1248 Greenwich.
12067
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1249 @end table
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1250
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1251 @strong{Common Lisp Note:} Common Lisp has different meanings for
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1252 @var{dow} and @var{zone}.
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1253 @end defun
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1254
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1255 @defun encode-time seconds minutes hour day month year &optional zone
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1256 This function is the inverse of @code{decode-time}. It converts seven
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1257 items of calendrical data into a time value. For the meanings of the
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1258 arguments, see the table above under @code{decode-time}.
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1259
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1260 Year numbers less than 100 are not treated specially. If you want them
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1261 to stand for years above 1900, or years above 2000, you must alter them
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1262 yourself before you call @code{encode-time}.
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1263
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1264 The optional argument @var{zone} defaults to the current time zone and
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1265 its daylight savings time rules. If specified, it can be either a list
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1266 (as you would get from @code{current-time-zone}), a string as in the
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1267 @code{TZ} environment variable, @code{t} for Universal Time, or an
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1268 integer (as you would get from @code{decode-time}). The specified
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1269 zone is used without any further alteration for daylight savings time.
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1270
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1271 If you pass more than seven arguments to @code{encode-time}, the first
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1272 six are used as @var{seconds} through @var{year}, the last argument is
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1273 used as @var{zone}, and the arguments in between are ignored. This
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1274 feature makes it possible to use the elements of a list returned by
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1275 @code{decode-time} as the arguments to @code{encode-time}, like this:
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1276
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1277 @example
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1278 (apply 'encode-time (decode-time @dots{}))
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1279 @end example
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1280
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1281 You can perform simple date arithmetic by using out-of-range values for
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1282 the @var{seconds}, @var{minutes}, @var{hour}, @var{day}, and @var{month}
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1283 arguments; for example, day 0 means the day preceding the given month.
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1284
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1285 The operating system puts limits on the range of possible time values;
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1286 if you try to encode a time that is out of range, an error results.
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1287 For instance, years before 1970 do not work on some systems;
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1288 on others, years as early as 1901 do work.
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1289 @end defun
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1290
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1291 @node Processor Run Time
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1292 @section Processor Run time
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1293
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1294 @defun get-internal-run-time
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1295 This function returns the processor run time used by Emacs as a list
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1296 of three integers: @code{(@var{high} @var{low} @var{microsec})}. The
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1297 integers @var{high} and @var{low} combine to give the number of
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parents: 56617
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1298 seconds, which is
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parents: 56617
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1299 @ifnottex
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parents: 56617
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1300 @var{high} * 2**16 + @var{low}.
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1301 @end ifnottex
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1302 @tex
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1303 $high*2^{16}+low$.
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1304 @end tex
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1305
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parents: 56617
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1306 The third element, @var{microsec}, gives the microseconds (or 0 for
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parents: 56617
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1307 systems that return time with the resolution of only one second).
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parents: 56617
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1308
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parents: 56617
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1309 If the system doesn't provide a way to determine the processor run
2f160b3f3283 (Processor Run Time): New section documenting get-internal-run-time.
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parents: 56617
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1310 time, get-internal-run-time returns the same time as current-time.
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parents: 56617
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1311 @end defun
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1312
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1313 @node Time Calculations
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1314 @section Time Calculations
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1315
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1316 These functions perform calendrical computations using time values
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1317 (the kind of list that @code{current-time} returns).
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1318
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1319 @defun time-less-p t1 t2
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1320 This returns @code{t} if time value @var{t1} is less than time value
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1321 @var{t2}.
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1322 @end defun
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1323
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1324 @defun time-subtract t1 t2
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1325 This returns the time difference @var{t1} @minus{} @var{t2} between
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1326 two time values, in the same format as a time value.
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1327 @end defun
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1328
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1329 @defun time-add t1 t2
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1330 This returns the sum of two time values, one of which ought to
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1331 represent a time difference rather than a point in time.
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1332 Here is how to add a number of seconds to a time value:
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1333
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1334 @example
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1335 (time-add @var{time} (seconds-to-time @var{seconds}))
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1336 @end example
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1337 @end defun
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1338
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1339 @defun time-to-days time
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1340 This function returns the number of days between the beginning of year
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1341 1 and @var{time}.
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1342 @end defun
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1343
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1344 @defun time-to-day-in-year time
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1345 This returns the day number within the year corresponding to @var{time}.
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1346 @end defun
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1347
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1348 @defun date-leap-year-p year
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1349 This function returns @code{t} if @var{year} is a leap year.
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1350 @end defun
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1351
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1352 @node Timers
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1353 @section Timers for Delayed Execution
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1354 @cindex timer
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1355
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1356 You can set up a @dfn{timer} to call a function at a specified
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1357 future time or after a certain length of idleness.
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1358
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1359 Emacs cannot run timers at any arbitrary point in a Lisp program; it
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1360 can run them only when Emacs could accept output from a subprocess:
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1361 namely, while waiting or inside certain primitive functions such as
22252
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1362 @code{sit-for} or @code{read-event} which @emph{can} wait. Therefore, a
15762
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1363 timer's execution may be delayed if Emacs is busy. However, the time of
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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1364 execution is very precise if Emacs is idle.
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1365
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1366 Emacs binds @code{inhibit-quit} to @code{t} before calling the timer
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1367 function, because quitting out of many timer functions can leave
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1368 things in an inconsistent state. This is normally unproblematical
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1369 because most timer functions don't do a lot of work. Indeed, for a
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1370 timer to call a function that takes substantial time to run is likely
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1371 to be annoying.
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1372
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1373 It is usually a bad idea for timer functions to alter buffer
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1374 contents. When they do, they usually should call @code{undo-boundary}
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1375 both before and after changing the buffer, to separate the timer's
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1376 changes from user commands' changes and prevent a single undo entry
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1377 from growing to be quite large.
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1378
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1379 If a timer function calls functions that can change the match data,
da42b07587f1 (Timers): Timers should save and restore the match data if they change it.
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1380 it should save and restore the match data. @xref{Saving Match Data}.
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1381
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1382 @deffn Command run-at-time time repeat function &rest args
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1383 This sets up a timer that calls the function @var{function} with
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1384 arguments @var{args} at time @var{time}. If @var{repeat} is a number
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1385 (integer or floating point), the timer also runs every @var{repeat}
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1386 seconds after that. If @var{repeat} is @code{nil}, the timer runs
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1387 only once.
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1388
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1389 @var{time} may specify an absolute or a relative time.
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1390
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1391 Absolute times may be specified in a wide variety of formats; this
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1392 function tries to accept all the commonly used date formats. The most
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1393 convenient formats are strings. Valid such formats include these two,
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1394
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1395 @example
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1396 @var{year}-@var{month}-@var{day} @var{hour}:@var{min}:@var{sec} @var{timezone}
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1397
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1398 @var{hour}:@var{min}:@var{sec} @var{timezone} @var{month}/@var{day}/@var{year}
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1399 @end example
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1400
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1401 @noindent
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1402 where in both examples all fields are numbers; the format that
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1403 @code{current-time-string} returns is also allowed, and many others
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1404 as well.
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1405
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1406 To specify a relative time as a string, use numbers followed by units.
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1407 For example:
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1408
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1409 @table @samp
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1410 @item 1 min
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1411 denotes 1 minute from now.
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1412 @item 1 min 5 sec
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1413 denotes 65 seconds from now.
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1414 @item 1 min 2 sec 3 hour 4 day 5 week 6 fortnight 7 month 8 year
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1415 denotes exactly 103 months, 123 days, and 10862 seconds from now.
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1416 @end table
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1417
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1418 For relative time values, Emacs considers a month to be exactly thirty
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1419 days, and a year to be exactly 365.25 days.
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1420
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1421 Not all convenient formats are strings. If @var{time} is a number
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parents: 56353
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1422 (integer or floating point), that specifies a relative time measured
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parents: 56353
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1423 in seconds.
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1424
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1425 In most cases, @var{repeat} has no effect on when @emph{first} call
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1426 takes place---@var{time} alone specifies that. There is one exception:
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parents: 20103
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1427 if @var{time} is @code{t}, then the timer runs whenever the time is a
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parents: 20103
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1428 multiple of @var{repeat} seconds after the epoch. This is useful for
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parents: 20103
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1429 functions like @code{display-time}.
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1430
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parents: 7277
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1431 The function @code{run-at-time} returns a timer value that identifies
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parents: 7277
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1432 the particular scheduled future action. You can use this value to call
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parents: 13367
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1433 @code{cancel-timer} (see below).
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1434 @end deffn
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1435
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1436 @defmac with-timeout (seconds timeout-forms@dots{}) body@dots{}
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parents: 13367
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1437 Execute @var{body}, but give up after @var{seconds} seconds. If
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1438 @var{body} finishes before the time is up, @code{with-timeout} returns
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parents: 13367
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1439 the value of the last form in @var{body}. If, however, the execution of
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1440 @var{body} is cut short by the timeout, then @code{with-timeout}
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parents: 13367
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1441 executes all the @var{timeout-forms} and returns the value of the last
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1442 of them.
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parents: 13367
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1443
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1444 This macro works by setting a timer to run after @var{seconds} seconds. If
15762
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1445 @var{body} finishes before that time, it cancels the timer. If the
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1446 timer actually runs, it terminates execution of @var{body}, then
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1447 executes @var{timeout-forms}.
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parents: 13367
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1448
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parents: 13367
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1449 Since timers can run within a Lisp program only when the program calls a
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1450 primitive that can wait, @code{with-timeout} cannot stop executing
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1451 @var{body} while it is in the midst of a computation---only when it
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parents: 13367
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1452 calls one of those primitives. So use @code{with-timeout} only with a
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parents: 13367
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1453 @var{body} that waits for input, not one that does a long computation.
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parents: 13367
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1454 @end defmac
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parents: 13367
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1455
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parents: 13367
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1456 The function @code{y-or-n-p-with-timeout} provides a simple way to use
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1457 a timer to avoid waiting too long for an answer. @xref{Yes-or-No
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1458 Queries}.
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1459
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1460 @deffn Command run-with-idle-timer secs repeat function &rest args
15762
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parents: 13367
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1461 Set up a timer which runs when Emacs has been idle for @var{secs}
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1462 seconds. The value of @var{secs} may be an integer or a floating point
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1463 number.
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parents: 13367
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1464
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parents: 13367
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1465 If @var{repeat} is @code{nil}, the timer runs just once, the first time
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1466 Emacs remains idle for a long enough time. More often @var{repeat} is
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1467 non-@code{nil}, which means to run the timer @emph{each time} Emacs
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1468 remains idle for @var{secs} seconds.
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1469
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parents: 13367
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1470 The function @code{run-with-idle-timer} returns a timer value which you
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parents: 13367
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1471 can use in calling @code{cancel-timer} (see below).
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1472 @end deffn
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1473
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parents: 13367
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1474 @cindex idleness
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parents: 13367
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1475 Emacs becomes ``idle'' when it starts waiting for user input, and it
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1476 remains idle until the user provides some input. If a timer is set for
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1477 five seconds of idleness, it runs approximately five seconds after Emacs
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1478 first becomes idle. Even if @var{repeat} is non-@code{nil}, this timer
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parents: 25479
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1479 will not run again as long as Emacs remains idle, because the duration
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parents: 25479
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1480 of idleness will continue to increase and will not go down to five
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1481 seconds again.
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1482
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1483 Emacs can do various things while idle: garbage collect, autosave or
21682
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parents: 21007
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1484 handle data from a subprocess. But these interludes during idleness do
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parents: 21007
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1485 not interfere with idle timers, because they do not reset the clock of
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parents: 21007
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1486 idleness to zero. An idle timer set for 600 seconds will run when ten
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parents: 21007
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1487 minutes have elapsed since the last user command was finished, even if
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parents: 21007
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1488 subprocess output has been accepted thousands of times within those ten
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1489 minutes, and even if there have been garbage collections and autosaves.
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1490
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1491 When the user supplies input, Emacs becomes non-idle while executing the
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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1492 input. Then it becomes idle again, and all the idle timers that are
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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parents: 13367
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1493 set up to repeat will subsequently run another time, one by one.
9305e83c313d Lots of timer feature updates.
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1494
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1495 @defun cancel-timer timer
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1496 Cancel the requested action for @var{timer}, which should be a value
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1497 previously returned by @code{run-at-time} or @code{run-with-idle-timer}.
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1498 This cancels the effect of that call to one of these functions; the
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1499 arrival of the specified time will not cause anything special to happen.
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1500 @end defun
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1501
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1502 @node Terminal Input
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1503 @section Terminal Input
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1504 @cindex terminal input
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1505
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1506 This section describes functions and variables for recording or
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1507 manipulating terminal input. See @ref{Display}, for related
fa8ff07eaafc Initial revision
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1508 functions.
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1509
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1510 @menu
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1511 * Input Modes:: Options for how input is processed.
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1512 * Translating Input:: Low level conversion of some characters or events
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1513 into others.
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1514 * Recording Input:: Saving histories of recent or all input events.
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1515 @end menu
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1516
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1517 @node Input Modes
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1518 @subsection Input Modes
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1519 @cindex input modes
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1520 @cindex terminal input modes
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1521
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1522 @defun set-input-mode interrupt flow meta &optional quit-char
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1523 This function sets the mode for reading keyboard input. If
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1524 @var{interrupt} is non-null, then Emacs uses input interrupts. If it is
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1525 @code{nil}, then it uses @sc{cbreak} mode. The default setting is
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1526 system-dependent. Some systems always use @sc{cbreak} mode regardless
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1527 of what is specified.
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1528
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1529 When Emacs communicates directly with X, it ignores this argument and
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1530 uses interrupts if that is the way it knows how to communicate.
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1531
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1532 If @var{flow} is non-@code{nil}, then Emacs uses @sc{xon/xoff}
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1533 (@kbd{C-q}, @kbd{C-s}) flow control for output to the terminal. This
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1534 has no effect except in @sc{cbreak} mode.
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1535
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1536 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1537 The argument @var{meta} controls support for input character codes
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1538 above 127. If @var{meta} is @code{t}, Emacs converts characters with
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1539 the 8th bit set into Meta characters. If @var{meta} is @code{nil},
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1540 Emacs disregards the 8th bit; this is necessary when the terminal uses
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1541 it as a parity bit. If @var{meta} is neither @code{t} nor @code{nil},
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1542 Emacs uses all 8 bits of input unchanged. This is good for terminals
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1543 that use 8-bit character sets.
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1544
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1545 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1546 If @var{quit-char} is non-@code{nil}, it specifies the character to
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1547 use for quitting. Normally this character is @kbd{C-g}.
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1548 @xref{Quitting}.
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1549 @end defun
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1550
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1551 The @code{current-input-mode} function returns the input mode settings
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1552 Emacs is currently using.
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1553
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1554 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1555 @defun current-input-mode
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1556 This function returns the current mode for reading keyboard input. It
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1557 returns a list, corresponding to the arguments of @code{set-input-mode},
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1558 of the form @code{(@var{interrupt} @var{flow} @var{meta} @var{quit})} in
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1559 which:
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1560 @table @var
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1561 @item interrupt
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1562 is non-@code{nil} when Emacs is using interrupt-driven input. If
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1563 @code{nil}, Emacs is using @sc{cbreak} mode.
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1564 @item flow
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1566 flow control for output to the terminal. This value is meaningful only
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1567 when @var{interrupt} is @code{nil}.
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1568 @item meta
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1569 is @code{t} if Emacs treats the eighth bit of input characters as
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1570 the meta bit; @code{nil} means Emacs clears the eighth bit of every
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1571 input character; any other value means Emacs uses all eight bits as the
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1572 basic character code.
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1573 @item quit
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1574 is the character Emacs currently uses for quitting, usually @kbd{C-g}.
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1575 @end table
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1576 @end defun
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1577
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1578 @node Translating Input
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1579 @subsection Translating Input Events
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1580 @cindex translating input events
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1581
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1582 This section describes features for translating input events into
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1583 other input events before they become part of key sequences. These
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1584 features apply to each event in the order they are described here: each
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1585 event is first modified according to @code{extra-keyboard-modifiers},
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1586 then translated through @code{keyboard-translate-table} (if applicable),
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1587 and finally decoded with the specified keyboard coding system. If it is
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1588 being read as part of a key sequence, it is then added to the sequence
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1589 being read; then subsequences containing it are checked first with
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1590 @code{function-key-map} and then with @code{key-translation-map}.
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1591
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1592 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1593 @defvar extra-keyboard-modifiers
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1594 This variable lets Lisp programs ``press'' the modifier keys on the
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1595 keyboard. The value is a character. Only the modifiers of the
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1596 character matter. Each time the user types a keyboard key, it is
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1597 altered as if those modifier keys were held down. For instance, if
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1598 you bind @code{extra-keyboard-modifiers} to @code{?\C-\M-a}, then all
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1599 keyboard input characters typed during the scope of the binding will
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1600 have the control and meta modifiers applied to them. The character
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1601 @code{?\C-@@}, equivalent to the integer 0, does not count as a control
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1602 character for this purpose, but as a character with no modifiers.
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1603 Thus, setting @code{extra-keyboard-modifiers} to zero cancels any
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1604 modification.
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1605
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1606 When using a window system, the program can ``press'' any of the
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1607 modifier keys in this way. Otherwise, only the @key{CTL} and @key{META}
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1608 keys can be virtually pressed.
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1609
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1610 Note that this variable applies only to events that really come from
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1611 the keyboard, and has no effect on mouse events or any other events.
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1612 @end defvar
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1613
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1614 @defvar keyboard-translate-table
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1615 This variable is the translate table for keyboard characters. It lets
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1616 you reshuffle the keys on the keyboard without changing any command
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1617 bindings. Its value is normally a char-table, or else @code{nil}.
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1618 (It can also be a string or vector, but this is considered obsolete.)
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1619
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1620 If @code{keyboard-translate-table} is a char-table
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1621 (@pxref{Char-Tables}), then each character read from the keyboard is
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1622 looked up in this char-table. If the value found there is
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1623 non-@code{nil}, then it is used instead of the actual input character.
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1624
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1625 Note that this translation is the first thing that happens to a
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1626 character after it is read from the terminal. Record-keeping features
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1627 such as @code{recent-keys} and dribble files record the characters after
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1628 translation.
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1629
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1630 Note also that this translation is done before the characters are
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1631 supplied to input methods (@pxref{Input Methods}). Use
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1632 @code{translation-table-for-input} (@pxref{Translation of Characters}),
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1633 if you want to translate characters after input methods operate.
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1634 @end defvar
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1635
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1636 @defun keyboard-translate from to
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1637 This function modifies @code{keyboard-translate-table} to translate
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1638 character code @var{from} into character code @var{to}. It creates
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1639 the keyboard translate table if necessary.
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1640 @end defun
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1641
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1642 Here's an example of using the @code{keyboard-translate-table} to
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1643 make @kbd{C-x}, @kbd{C-c} and @kbd{C-v} perform the cut, copy and paste
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1644 operations:
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1645
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1646 @example
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1647 (keyboard-translate ?\C-x 'control-x)
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1648 (keyboard-translate ?\C-c 'control-c)
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1649 (keyboard-translate ?\C-v 'control-v)
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1650 (global-set-key [control-x] 'kill-region)
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1651 (global-set-key [control-c] 'kill-ring-save)
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1652 (global-set-key [control-v] 'yank)
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1653 @end example
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1654
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1655 @noindent
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1656 On a graphical terminal that supports extended @acronym{ASCII} input,
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1657 you can still get the standard Emacs meanings of one of those
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1658 characters by typing it with the shift key. That makes it a different
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1659 character as far as keyboard translation is concerned, but it has the
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1660 same usual meaning.
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1661
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1662 The remaining translation features translate subsequences of key
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1663 sequences being read. They are implemented in @code{read-key-sequence}
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1664 and have no effect on input read with @code{read-event}.
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1665
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1666 @defvar function-key-map
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1667 This variable holds a keymap that describes the character sequences sent
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1668 by function keys on an ordinary character terminal. This keymap has the
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1669 same structure as other keymaps, but is used differently: it specifies
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1670 translations to make while reading key sequences, rather than bindings
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1671 for key sequences.
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1672
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1673 If @code{function-key-map} ``binds'' a key sequence @var{k} to a vector
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1674 @var{v}, then when @var{k} appears as a subsequence @emph{anywhere} in a
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1675 key sequence, it is replaced with the events in @var{v}.
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1676
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1677 For example, VT100 terminals send @kbd{@key{ESC} O P} when the
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1678 keypad @key{PF1} key is pressed. Therefore, we want Emacs to translate
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1679 that sequence of events into the single event @code{pf1}. We accomplish
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1680 this by ``binding'' @kbd{@key{ESC} O P} to @code{[pf1]} in
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1681 @code{function-key-map}, when using a VT100.
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1682
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1683 Thus, typing @kbd{C-c @key{PF1}} sends the character sequence @kbd{C-c
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1684 @key{ESC} O P}; later the function @code{read-key-sequence} translates
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1685 this back into @kbd{C-c @key{PF1}}, which it returns as the vector
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1686 @code{[?\C-c pf1]}.
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1687
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1688 Entries in @code{function-key-map} are ignored if they conflict with
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1689 bindings made in the minor mode, local, or global keymaps. The intent
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1690 is that the character sequences that function keys send should not have
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1691 command bindings in their own right---but if they do, the ordinary
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1692 bindings take priority.
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1693
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1694 The value of @code{function-key-map} is usually set up automatically
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1695 according to the terminal's Terminfo or Termcap entry, but sometimes
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1696 those need help from terminal-specific Lisp files. Emacs comes with
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1697 terminal-specific files for many common terminals; their main purpose is
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1698 to make entries in @code{function-key-map} beyond those that can be
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1699 deduced from Termcap and Terminfo. @xref{Terminal-Specific}.
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1700 @end defvar
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1701
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1702 @defvar key-translation-map
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1703 This variable is another keymap used just like @code{function-key-map}
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1704 to translate input events into other events. It differs from
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1705 @code{function-key-map} in two ways:
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1706
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1707 @itemize @bullet
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1708 @item
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1709 @code{key-translation-map} goes to work after @code{function-key-map} is
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1710 finished; it receives the results of translation by
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1711 @code{function-key-map}.
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1712
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1713 @item
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1714 Non-prefix bindings in @code{key-translation-map} override actual key
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1715 bindings. For example, if @kbd{C-x f} has a non-prefix binding in
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1716 @code{key-translation-map}, that translation takes effect even though
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1717 @kbd{C-x f} also has a key binding in the global map.
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1718 @end itemize
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1719
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1720 Note however that actual key bindings can have an effect on
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1721 @code{key-translation-map}, even though they are overridden by it.
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1722 Indeed, actual key bindings override @code{function-key-map} and thus
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1723 may alter the key sequence that @code{key-translation-map} receives.
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1724 Clearly, it is better to avoid to avoid this type of situation.
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1725
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1726 The intent of @code{key-translation-map} is for users to map one
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1727 character set to another, including ordinary characters normally bound
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1728 to @code{self-insert-command}.
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1729 @end defvar
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1730
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1731 @cindex key translation function
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1732 You can use @code{function-key-map} or @code{key-translation-map} for
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1733 more than simple aliases, by using a function, instead of a key
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1734 sequence, as the ``translation'' of a key. Then this function is called
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1735 to compute the translation of that key.
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1736
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1737 The key translation function receives one argument, which is the prompt
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1738 that was specified in @code{read-key-sequence}---or @code{nil} if the
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1739 key sequence is being read by the editor command loop. In most cases
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1740 you can ignore the prompt value.
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1741
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1742 If the function reads input itself, it can have the effect of altering
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1743 the event that follows. For example, here's how to define @kbd{C-c h}
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1744 to turn the character that follows into a Hyper character:
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1745
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1746 @example
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1747 @group
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1748 (defun hyperify (prompt)
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1749 (let ((e (read-event)))
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1750 (vector (if (numberp e)
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1751 (logior (lsh 1 24) e)
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1752 (if (memq 'hyper (event-modifiers e))
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1753 e
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1754 (add-event-modifier "H-" e))))))
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1755
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1756 (defun add-event-modifier (string e)
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1757 (let ((symbol (if (symbolp e) e (car e))))
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1758 (setq symbol (intern (concat string
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1759 (symbol-name symbol))))
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1760 @end group
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1761 @group
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1762 (if (symbolp e)
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1763 symbol
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1764 (cons symbol (cdr e)))))
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1765
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1766 (define-key function-key-map "\C-ch" 'hyperify)
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1767 @end group
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1768 @end example
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1769
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1770 Finally, if you have enabled keyboard character set decoding using
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1771 @code{set-keyboard-coding-system}, decoding is done after the
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1772 translations listed above. @xref{Terminal I/O Encoding}. In future
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1773 Emacs versions, character set decoding may be done before the other
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1774 translations.
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1775
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1776 @node Recording Input
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1777 @subsection Recording Input
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1778
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1779 @defun recent-keys
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1780 This function returns a vector containing the last 100 input events from
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1781 the keyboard or mouse. All input events are included, whether or not
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1782 they were used as parts of key sequences. Thus, you always get the last
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1783 100 input events, not counting events generated by keyboard macros.
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1784 (These are excluded because they are less interesting for debugging; it
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1785 should be enough to see the events that invoked the macros.)
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1786
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1787 A call to @code{clear-this-command-keys} (@pxref{Command Loop Info})
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1788 causes this function to return an empty vector immediately afterward.
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1789 @end defun
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1790
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1791 @deffn Command open-dribble-file filename
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1792 @cindex dribble file
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1793 This function opens a @dfn{dribble file} named @var{filename}. When a
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1794 dribble file is open, each input event from the keyboard or mouse (but
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1795 not those from keyboard macros) is written in that file. A
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1796 non-character event is expressed using its printed representation
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1797 surrounded by @samp{<@dots{}>}.
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1798
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1799 You close the dribble file by calling this function with an argument
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1800 of @code{nil}.
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1801
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1802 This function is normally used to record the input necessary to
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1804
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1805 @example
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1806 @group
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1807 (open-dribble-file "~/dribble")
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1808 @result{} nil
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1809 @end group
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1810 @end example
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1811 @end deffn
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1812
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1813 See also the @code{open-termscript} function (@pxref{Terminal Output}).
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1814
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1815 @node Terminal Output
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1816 @section Terminal Output
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1817 @cindex terminal output
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1819 The terminal output functions send output to a text terminal, or keep
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1820 track of output sent to the terminal. The variable @code{baud-rate}
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1823 @defvar baud-rate
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1824 This variable's value is the output speed of the terminal, as far as
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1825 Emacs knows. Setting this variable does not change the speed of actual
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1826 data transmission, but the value is used for calculations such as
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1827 padding. It also affects decisions about whether to scroll part of the
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1828 screen or repaint---even when using a window system. (We designed it
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1829 this way despite the fact that a window system has no true ``output
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1830 speed'', to give you a way to tune these decisions.)
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1831
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1832 The value is measured in baud.
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1833 @end defvar
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1834
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1835 If you are running across a network, and different parts of the
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1836 network work at different baud rates, the value returned by Emacs may be
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1837 different from the value used by your local terminal. Some network
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1838 protocols communicate the local terminal speed to the remote machine, so
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1839 that Emacs and other programs can get the proper value, but others do
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1840 not. If Emacs has the wrong value, it makes decisions that are less
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1841 than optimal. To fix the problem, set @code{baud-rate}.
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1842
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1843 @defun baud-rate
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1844 This obsolete function returns the value of the variable
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1845 @code{baud-rate}.
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1846 @end defun
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1847
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1848 @defun send-string-to-terminal string
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1849 This function sends @var{string} to the terminal without alteration.
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1850 Control characters in @var{string} have terminal-dependent effects.
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1851 This function operates only on text terminals.
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1852
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1853 One use of this function is to define function keys on terminals that
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1854 have downloadable function key definitions. For example, this is how (on
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1855 certain terminals) to define function key 4 to move forward four
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1856 characters (by transmitting the characters @kbd{C-u C-f} to the
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1859 @example
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1860 @group
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1861 (send-string-to-terminal "\eF4\^U\^F")
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1862 @result{} nil
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1863 @end group
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1864 @end example
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1865 @end defun
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1866
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1867 @deffn Command open-termscript filename
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1868 @cindex termscript file
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1869 This function is used to open a @dfn{termscript file} that will record
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1870 all the characters sent by Emacs to the terminal. It returns
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1871 @code{nil}. Termscript files are useful for investigating problems
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1872 where Emacs garbles the screen, problems that are due to incorrect
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1873 Termcap entries or to undesirable settings of terminal options more
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1874 often than to actual Emacs bugs. Once you are certain which characters
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1875 were actually output, you can determine reliably whether they correspond
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1876 to the Termcap specifications in use.
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1877
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1878 You close the termscript file by calling this function with an
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1879 argument of @code{nil}.
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1880
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1881 See also @code{open-dribble-file} in @ref{Recording Input}.
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1882
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1883 @example
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1884 @group
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1885 (open-termscript "../junk/termscript")
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1886 @result{} nil
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1887 @end group
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1888 @end example
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1889 @end deffn
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1890
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1891 @node Sound Output
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1892 @section Sound Output
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1893 @cindex sound
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1894
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1895 To play sound using Emacs, use the function @code{play-sound}. Only
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1896 certain systems are supported; if you call @code{play-sound} on a system
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1897 which cannot really do the job, it gives an error. Emacs version 20 and
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1898 earlier did not support sound at all.
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1899
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1900 The sound must be stored as a file in RIFF-WAVE format (@samp{.wav})
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1901 or Sun Audio format (@samp{.au}).
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1902
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1903 @tindex play-sound
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1904 @defun play-sound sound
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1905 This function plays a specified sound. The argument, @var{sound}, has
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1906 the form @code{(sound @var{properties}...)}, where the @var{properties}
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1907 consist of alternating keywords (particular symbols recognized
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1908 specially) and values corresponding to them.
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1909
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1910 Here is a table of the keywords that are currently meaningful in
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1911 @var{sound}, and their meanings:
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1912
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1913 @table @code
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1914 @item :file @var{file}
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1915 This specifies the file containing the sound to play.
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1916 If the file name is not absolute, it is expanded against
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1917 the directory @code{data-directory}.
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1918
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1919 @item :data @var{data}
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1920 This specifies the sound to play without need to refer to a file. The
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1921 value, @var{data}, should be a string containing the same bytes as a
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1922 sound file. We recommend using a unibyte string.
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1923
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1924 @item :volume @var{volume}
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1925 This specifies how loud to play the sound. It should be a number in the
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1926 range of 0 to 1. The default is to use whatever volume has been
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1927 specified before.
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1928
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1929 @item :device @var{device}
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1930 This specifies the system device on which to play the sound, as a
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1931 string. The default device is system-dependent.
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1932 @end table
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1933
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1934 Before actually playing the sound, @code{play-sound}
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1935 calls the functions in the list @code{play-sound-functions}.
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1936 Each function is called with one argument, @var{sound}.
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1937 @end defun
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1938
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1939 @defun play-sound-file file &optional volume device
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1940 @tindex play-sound-file
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1941 This function is an alternative interface to playing a sound @var{file}
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1942 specifying an optional @var{volume} and @var{device}.
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1943 @end defun
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1944
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1945 @tindex play-sound-functions
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1946 @defvar play-sound-functions
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1947 A list of functions to be called before playing a sound. Each function
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1948 is called with one argument, a property list that describes the sound.
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1949 @end defvar
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1950
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1951 @node X11 Keysyms
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1952 @section Operating on X11 Keysyms
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1953
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1954 To define system-specific X11 keysyms, set the variable
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1955 @code{system-key-alist}.
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1956
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1957 @defvar system-key-alist
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1958 This variable's value should be an alist with one element for each
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1959 system-specific keysym. Each element has the form @code{(@var{code}
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1960 . @var{symbol})}, where @var{code} is the numeric keysym code (not
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1961 including the ``vendor specific'' bit,
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1962 @ifnottex
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1963 -2**28),
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1964 @end ifnottex
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1965 @tex
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1966 $-2^{28}$),
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1967 @end tex
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1968 and @var{symbol} is the name for the function key.
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1969
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1970 For example @code{(168 . mute-acute)} defines a system-specific key (used
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1971 by HP X servers) whose numeric code is
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1972 @ifnottex
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1973 -2**28
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1974 @end ifnottex
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1975 @tex
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1976 $-2^{28}$
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1977 @end tex
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1978 + 168.
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1979
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1980 It is not crucial to exclude from the alist the keysyms of other X
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1981 servers; those do no harm, as long as they don't conflict with the ones
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1982 used by the X server actually in use.
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1983
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1984 The variable is always local to the current terminal, and cannot be
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1985 buffer-local. @xref{Multiple Displays}.
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1986 @end defvar
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1987
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1988 You can specify which keysyms Emacs should use for the Meta, Alt, Hyper, and Super modifiers by setting these variables:
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1989
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1990 @defvar x-alt-keysym
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1991 @defvarx x-meta-keysym
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1992 @defvarx x-hyper-keysym
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1993 @defvarx x-super-keysym
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1994 The name of the keysym that should stand for the Alt modifier
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1995 (respectively, for Meta, Hyper, and Super). For example, here is
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1996 how to swap the Meta and Alt modifiers within Emacs:
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1997 @lisp
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1998 (setq x-alt-keysym 'meta)
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1999 (setq x-meta-keysym 'alt)
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2000 @end lisp
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2001 @end defvar
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2002
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2003 @node Batch Mode
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2004 @section Batch Mode
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2005 @cindex batch mode
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2006 @cindex noninteractive use
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2007
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2008 The command-line option @samp{-batch} causes Emacs to run
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2009 noninteractively. In this mode, Emacs does not read commands from the
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2010 terminal, it does not alter the terminal modes, and it does not expect
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2011 to be outputting to an erasable screen. The idea is that you specify
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2012 Lisp programs to run; when they are finished, Emacs should exit. The
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2013 way to specify the programs to run is with @samp{-l @var{file}}, which
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2014 loads the library named @var{file}, or @samp{-f @var{function}}, which
cf30c1463800 (Startup Summary): Correct the options; add missing ones.
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parents: 59390
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2015 calls @var{function} with no arguments, or @samp{--eval @var{form}}.
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2016
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2017 Any Lisp program output that would normally go to the echo area,
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2018 either using @code{message}, or using @code{prin1}, etc., with @code{t}
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2019 as the stream, goes instead to Emacs's standard error descriptor when
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Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2020 in batch mode. Similarly, input that would normally come from the
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Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 35476
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2021 minibuffer is read from the standard input descriptor.
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parents: 35476
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2022 Thus, Emacs behaves much like a noninteractive
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2023 application program. (The echo area output that Emacs itself normally
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2024 generates, such as command echoing, is suppressed entirely.)
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2025
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2026 @defvar noninteractive
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2027 This variable is non-@code{nil} when Emacs is running in batch mode.
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2028 @end defvar
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2029
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2030 @node Session Management
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2031 @section Session Management
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2032 @cindex session manager
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2033
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2034 Emacs supports the X Session Management Protocol for suspension and
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parents: 43822
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2035 restart of applications. In the X Window System, a program called the
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parents: 43822
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2036 @dfn{session manager} has the responsibility to keep track of the
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parents: 43822
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2037 applications that are running. During shutdown, the session manager
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parents: 43822
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2038 asks applications to save their state, and delays the actual shutdown
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parents: 43822
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2039 until they respond. An application can also cancel the shutdown.
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2040
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2041 When the session manager restarts a suspended session, it directs
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2042 these applications to individually reload their saved state. It does
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parents: 43822
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2043 this by specifying a special command-line argument that says what
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2044 saved session to restore. For Emacs, this argument is @samp{--smid
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2045 @var{session}}.
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2046
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2047 @defvar emacs-save-session-functions
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2048 @tindex emacs-save-session-functions
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2049 Emacs supports saving state by using a hook called
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parents: 43037
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2050 @code{emacs-save-session-functions}. Each function in this hook is
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parents: 43037
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2051 called when the session manager tells Emacs that the window system is
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2052 shutting down. The functions are called with no arguments and with the
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parents: 56353
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2053 current buffer set to a temporary buffer. Each function can use
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parents: 56353
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2054 @code{insert} to add Lisp code to this buffer. At the end, Emacs
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Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
parents: 56353
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2055 saves the buffer in a file that a subsequent Emacs invocation will
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parents: 56353
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2056 load in order to restart the saved session.
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2057
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2058 If a function in @code{emacs-save-session-functions} returns
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parents: 43822
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2059 non-@code{nil}, Emacs tells the session manager to cancel the
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parents: 43822
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2060 shutdown.
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2061 @end defvar
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2062
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Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org>
parents: 54037
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2063 Here is an example that just inserts some text into @samp{*scratch*} when
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2064 Emacs is restarted by the session manager.
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2065
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2066 @example
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2067 @group
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2068 (add-hook 'emacs-save-session-functions 'save-yourself-test)
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2069 @end group
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2070
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2071 @group
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2072 (defun save-yourself-test ()
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2073 (insert "(save-excursion
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2074 (switch-to-buffer \"*scratch*\")
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2075 (insert \"I am restored\"))")
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2076 nil)
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2077 @end group
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2078 @end example
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2079
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2080 @ignore
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2081 arch-tag: 8378814a-30d7-467c-9615-74a80b9988a7
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2082 @end ignore