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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999
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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/internals
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7 @node GNU Emacs Internals, Standard Errors, Tips, Top
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8 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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9 @appendix GNU Emacs Internals
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11 This chapter describes how the runnable Emacs executable is dumped with
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12 the preloaded Lisp libraries in it, how storage is allocated, and some
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13 internal aspects of GNU Emacs that may be of interest to C programmers.
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15 @menu
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16 * Building Emacs:: How to the dumped Emacs is made.
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17 * Pure Storage:: A kludge to make preloaded Lisp functions sharable.
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18 * Garbage Collection:: Reclaiming space for Lisp objects no longer used.
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19 * Memory Usage:: Info about total size of Lisp objects made so far.
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20 * Writing Emacs Primitives:: Writing C code for Emacs.
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21 * Object Internals:: Data formats of buffers, windows, processes.
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22 @end menu
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24 @node Building Emacs
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25 @appendixsec Building Emacs
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26 @cindex building Emacs
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27 @pindex temacs
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29 This section explains the steps involved in building the Emacs
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30 executable. You don't have to know this material to build and install
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31 Emacs, since the makefiles do all these things automatically. This
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32 information is pertinent to Emacs maintenance.
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34 Compilation of the C source files in the @file{src} directory
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35 produces an executable file called @file{temacs}, also called a
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36 @dfn{bare impure Emacs}. It contains the Emacs Lisp interpreter and I/O
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37 routines, but not the editing commands.
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39 @cindex @file{loadup.el}
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40 The command @w{@samp{temacs -l loadup}} uses @file{temacs} to create
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41 the real runnable Emacs executable. These arguments direct
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42 @file{temacs} to evaluate the Lisp files specified in the file
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43 @file{loadup.el}. These files set up the normal Emacs editing
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45 bare.
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47 It takes a substantial time to load the standard Lisp files. Luckily,
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48 you don't have to do this each time you run Emacs; @file{temacs} can
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49 dump out an executable program called @file{emacs} that has these files
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50 preloaded. @file{emacs} starts more quickly because it does not need to
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51 load the files. This is the Emacs executable that is normally
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52 installed.
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54 To create @file{emacs}, use the command @samp{temacs -batch -l loadup
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55 dump}. The purpose of @samp{-batch} here is to prevent @file{temacs}
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56 from trying to initialize any of its data on the terminal; this ensures
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58 The argument @samp{dump} tells @file{loadup.el} to dump a new executable
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61 Some operating systems don't support dumping. On those systems, you
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62 must start Emacs with the @samp{temacs -l loadup} command each time you
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70 @file{site-load.el} that loads them. You may need to add a definition
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79 advantage of preloading additional files decreases as machines get
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80 faster. On modern machines, it is usually not advisable.
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84 variables) in the file @file{etc/DOC} where they are stored, by calling
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85 @code{Snarf-documentation} (@pxref{Accessing Documentation}).
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88 You can specify other Lisp expressions to execute just before dumping
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89 by putting them in a library named @file{site-init.el}. This file is
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90 executed after the documentation strings are found.
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92 If you want to preload function or variable definitions, there are
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93 three ways you can do this and make their documentation strings
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94 accessible when you subsequently run Emacs:
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96 @itemize @bullet
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97 @item
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98 Arrange to scan these files when producing the @file{etc/DOC} file,
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99 and load them with @file{site-load.el}.
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101 @item
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102 Load the files with @file{site-init.el}, then copy the files into the
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103 installation directory for Lisp files when you install Emacs.
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105 @item
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106 Specify a non-@code{nil} value for
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107 @code{byte-compile-dynamic-docstrings} as a local variable in each of these
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108 files, and load them with either @file{site-load.el} or
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109 @file{site-init.el}. (This method has the drawback that the
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110 documentation strings take up space in Emacs all the time.)
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111 @end itemize
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113 It is not advisable to put anything in @file{site-load.el} or
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114 @file{site-init.el} that would alter any of the features that users
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115 expect in an ordinary unmodified Emacs. If you feel you must override
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116 normal features for your site, do it with @file{default.el}, so that
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117 users can override your changes if they wish. @xref{Startup Summary}.
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119 @defun dump-emacs to-file from-file
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120 @cindex unexec
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121 This function dumps the current state of Emacs into an executable file
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122 @var{to-file}. It takes symbols from @var{from-file} (this is normally
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123 the executable file @file{temacs}).
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125 If you want to use this function in an Emacs that was already dumped,
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126 you must run Emacs with @samp{-batch}.
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127 @end defun
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129 @node Pure Storage
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130 @appendixsec Pure Storage
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131 @cindex pure storage
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133 Emacs Lisp uses two kinds of storage for user-created Lisp objects:
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135 all the new data created during an Emacs session are kept; see the
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138 should never change during actual use of Emacs.
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140 Pure storage is allocated only while @file{temacs} is loading the
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340 @end defopt
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349 the threshold is exhausted, but only the next time the Lisp evaluator is
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355 You may want to do this when running a program that creates lots of
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358 You can make collections more frequent by specifying a smaller value,
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361 @code{garbage-collect} will set the threshold back to 10,000.
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364 The value return by @code{garbage-collect} describes the amount of
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365 memory used by Lisp data, broken down by data type. By contrast, the
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366 function @code{memory-limit} provides information on the total amount of
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367 memory Emacs is currently using.
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370 @defun memory-limit
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371 This function returns the address of the last byte Emacs has allocated,
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375 You can use this to get a general idea of how your actions affect the
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376 memory usage.
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377 @end defun
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379 @node Memory Usage
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380 @section Memory Usage
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382 These functions and variables give information about the total amount
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383 of memory allocation that Emacs has done, broken down by data type.
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384 Note the difference between these and the values returned by
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385 @code{(garbage-collect)}; those count objects that currently exist, but
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386 these count the number or size of all allocations, including those for
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387 objects that have since been freed.
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388
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389 @defvar cons-cells-consed
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390 The total number of cons cells that have been allocated so far
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392 @end defvar
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394 @defvar floats-consed
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395 The total number of floats that have been allocated so far
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399 @defvar vector-cells-consed
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405 The total number of symbols that have been allocated so far
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407 @end defvar
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409 @defvar string-chars-consed
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414 @defvar misc-objects-consed
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427 Emacs session.
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430 @node Writing Emacs Primitives
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431 @appendixsec Writing Emacs Primitives
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432 @cindex primitive function internals
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445 @group
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447 "Eval args until one of them yields non-nil; return that value.\n\
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458 @end group
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470 @{
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476 while (!NILP (args_left));
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481 return val;
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482 @}
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487 @code{DEFUN} macro. Here is a template for them:
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490 DEFUN (@var{lname}, @var{fname}, @var{sname}, @var{min}, @var{max}, @var{interactive}, @var{doc})
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518 function @code{or} allows a minimum of zero arguments.
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522 there is a fixed maximum. Alternatively, it can be @code{UNEVALLED},
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524 @code{MANY}, indicating an unlimited number of evaluated arguments (the
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525 equivalent of @code{&rest}). Both @code{UNEVALLED} and @code{MANY} are
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526 macros. If @var{max} is a number, it may not be less than @var{min} and
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527 it may not be greater than seven.
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529 @item interactive
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533 called interactively. A value of @code{""} indicates a function that
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543 After the call to the @code{DEFUN} macro, you must write the argument
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544 name list that every C function must have, followed by ordinary C
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545 declarations for the arguments. For a function with a fixed maximum
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550 arguments, and the second is the address of a block containing their
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551 values. They have types @code{int} and @w{@code{Lisp_Object *}}.
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553 Within the function @code{For} itself, note the use of the macros
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554 @code{GCPRO1} and @code{UNGCPRO}. @code{GCPRO1} is used to ``protect''
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556 it must look in that variable and regard its contents as an accessible
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557 object. This is necessary whenever you call @code{Feval} or anything
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558 that can directly or indirectly call @code{Feval}. At such a time, any
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560 @code{UNGCPRO} cancels the protection of the variables that are
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563 For most data types, it suffices to protect at least one pointer to
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564 the object; as long as the object is not recycled, all pointers to it
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567 all the pointers it knows about; any other pointers become invalid.
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568 Therefore, you must protect all pointers to strings across any point
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571 The macro @code{GCPRO1} protects just one local variable. If you want
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572 to protect two, use @code{GCPRO2} instead; repeating @code{GCPRO1} will
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575 These macros implicitly use local variables such as @code{gcpro1}; you
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584 @xref{Pure Storage}.
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587 variables at top level in the file. This is necessary because Emacs on
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588 some operating systems defines the keyword @code{static} as a null
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589 macro. (This definition is used because those systems put all variables
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591 they have initializers or not.)
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610 file, add to it a @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} (e.g.,
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611 @code{syms_of_myfile}). Then find the spot in @file{emacs.c} where all
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612 of these functions are called, and add a call to
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613 @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} there.
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615 @vindex byte-boolean-vars
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616 The function @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} is also the place to define
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617 any C variables that are to be visible as Lisp variables.
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618 @code{DEFVAR_LISP} makes a C variable of type @code{Lisp_Object} visible
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619 in Lisp. @code{DEFVAR_INT} makes a C variable of type @code{int}
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620 visible in Lisp with a value that is always an integer.
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621 @code{DEFVAR_BOOL} makes a C variable of type @code{int} visible in Lisp
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622 with a value that is either @code{t} or @code{nil}. Note that variables
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623 defined with @code{DEFVAR_BOOL} are automatically added to the list
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624 @code{byte-boolean-vars} used by the byte compiler.
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626 If you define a file-scope C variable of type @code{Lisp_Object},
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627 you must protect it from garbage-collection by calling @code{staticpro}
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628 in @code{syms_of_@var{filename}}, like this:
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630 @example
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631 staticpro (&@var{variable});
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632 @end example
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633
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634 Here is another example function, with more complicated arguments.
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635 This comes from the code in @file{window.c}, and it demonstrates the use
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636 of macros and functions to manipulate Lisp objects.
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638 @smallexample
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639 @group
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640 DEFUN ("coordinates-in-window-p", Fcoordinates_in_window_p,
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641 Scoordinates_in_window_p, 2, 2,
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642 "xSpecify coordinate pair: \nXExpression which evals to window: ",
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643 "Return non-nil if COORDINATES is in WINDOW.\n\
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644 COORDINATES is a cons of the form (X . Y), X and Y being distances\n\
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645 ...
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646 @end group
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647 @group
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648 If they are on the border between WINDOW and its right sibling,\n\
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649 `vertical-line' is returned.")
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650 (coordinates, window)
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651 register Lisp_Object coordinates, window;
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652 @{
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653 int x, y;
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654 @end group
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656 @group
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657 CHECK_LIVE_WINDOW (window, 0);
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658 CHECK_CONS (coordinates, 1);
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659 x = XINT (Fcar (coordinates));
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660 y = XINT (Fcdr (coordinates));
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663 @group
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664 switch (coordinates_in_window (XWINDOW (window), &x, &y))
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665 @{
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666 case 0: /* NOT in window at all. */
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667 return Qnil;
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670 @group
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671 case 1: /* In text part of window. */
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672 return Fcons (make_number (x), make_number (y));
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673 @end group
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675 @group
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676 case 2: /* In mode line of window. */
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677 return Qmode_line;
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681 case 3: /* On right border of window. */
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682 return Qvertical_line;
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686 default:
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687 abort ();
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688 @}
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689 @}
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690 @end group
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693 Note that C code cannot call functions by name unless they are defined
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694 in C. The way to call a function written in Lisp is to use
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695 @code{Ffuncall}, which embodies the Lisp function @code{funcall}. Since
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696 the Lisp function @code{funcall} accepts an unlimited number of
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697 arguments, in C it takes two: the number of Lisp-level arguments, and a
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698 one-dimensional array containing their values. The first Lisp-level
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699 argument is the Lisp function to call, and the rest are the arguments to
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700 pass to it. Since @code{Ffuncall} can call the evaluator, you must
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701 protect pointers from garbage collection around the call to
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702 @code{Ffuncall}.
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704 The C functions @code{call0}, @code{call1}, @code{call2}, and so on,
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705 provide handy ways to call a Lisp function conveniently with a fixed
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706 number of arguments. They work by calling @code{Ffuncall}.
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710 functions.
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712 If you define a function which is side-effect free, update the code in
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713 @file{byte-opt.el} which binds @code{side-effect-free-fns} and
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714 @code{side-effect-and-error-free-fns} to include it. This will help the
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715 optimizer.
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717 @node Object Internals
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718 @appendixsec Object Internals
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719 @cindex object internals
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722 data are stored in a heap and the only access that programs have to it
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723 is through pointers. Pointers are thirty-two bits wide in most
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725 for which you compile Emacs, twenty-eight bits are used to address the
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726 object, and the remaining four bits are used for a GC mark bit and the
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729 Because Lisp objects are represented as tagged pointers, it is always
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730 possible to determine the Lisp data type of any object. The C data type
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731 @code{Lisp_Object} can hold any Lisp object of any data type. Ordinary
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732 variables have type @code{Lisp_Object}, which means they can hold any
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733 type of Lisp value; you can determine the actual data type only at run
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734 time. The same is true for function arguments; if you want a function
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735 to accept only a certain type of argument, you must check the type
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736 explicitly using a suitable predicate (@pxref{Type Predicates}).
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739 @menu
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742 * Process Internals:: Components of a process structure.
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743 @end menu
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745 @node Buffer Internals
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746 @appendixsubsec Buffer Internals
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747 @cindex internals, of buffer
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748 @cindex buffer internals
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752 Many are accessible indirectly in Lisp programs via Lisp primitives.
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754 Two structures are used to represent buffers in C. The
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755 @code{buffer_text} structure contains fields describing the text of a
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756 buffer; the @code{buffer} structure holds other fields. In the case
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757 of indirect buffers, two or more @code{buffer} structures reference
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758 the same @code{buffer_text} structure.
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760 Here is a list of the @code{struct buffer_text} fields:
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763 @item beg
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764 This field contains the actual address of the buffer contents.
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765
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766 @item gpt
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767 This holds the character position of the gap in the buffer.
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768
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769 @item z
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770 This field contains the character position of the end of the buffer
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771 text.
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772
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773 @item gpt_byte
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774 Contains the byte position of the gap.
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775
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776 @item z_byte
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777 Holds the byte position of the end of the buffer text.
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778
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779 @item gap_size
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780 Contains the size of buffer's gap.
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781
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782 @item modiff
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783 This field counts buffer-modification events for this buffer. It is
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784 incremented for each such event, and never otherwise changed.
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785
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786 @item save_modiff
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787 Contains the previous value of @code{modiff}, as of the last time a
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788 buffer was visited or saved in a file.
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789
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790 @item overlay_modiff
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791 Counts modifications to overlays analogous to @code{modiff}.
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792
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793 @item beg_unchanged
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794 Holds the number of characters at the start of the text that are known
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795 to be unchanged since the last redisplay that finished.
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796
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797 @item end_unchanged
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798 Holds the number of characters at the end of the text that are known to
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799 be unchanged since the last redisplay that finished.
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800
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801 @item unchanged_modified
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802 Contains the value of @code{modiff} at the time of the last redisplay
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803 that finished. If this value matches @code{modiff},
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804 @code{beg_unchanged} and @code{end_unchanged} contain no useful
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805 information.
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806
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807 @item overlay_unchanged_modified
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808 Contains the value of @code{overlay_modiff} at the time of the last
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809 redisplay that finished. If this value matches @code{overlay_modiff},
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810 @code{beg_unchanged} and @code{end_unchanged} contain no useful
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811 information.
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812
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813 @item markers
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814 The markers that refer to this buffer. This is actually a single
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815 marker, and successive elements in its marker @code{chain} are the other
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816 markers referring to this buffer text.
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817
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818 @item intervals
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819 Contains the interval tree which records the text properties of this
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820 buffer.
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821 @end table
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822
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823 The fields of @code{struct buffer} are:
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824
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825 @table @code
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826 @item next
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827 Points to the next buffer, in the chain of all buffers including killed
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828 buffers. This chain is used only for garbage collection, in order to
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829 collect killed buffers properly. Note that vectors, and most kinds of
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830 objects allocated as vectors, are all on one chain, but buffers are on a
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831 separate chain of their own.
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832
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833 @item own_text
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834 This is a @code{struct buffer_text} structure. In an ordinary buffer,
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835 it holds the buffer contents. In indirect buffers, this field is not
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836 used.
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837
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838 @item text
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839 This points to the @code{buffer_text} structure that is used for this
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840 buffer. In an ordinary buffer, this is the @code{own_text} field above.
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841 In an indirect buffer, this is the @code{own_text} field of the base
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842 buffer.
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843
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844 @item pt
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845 Contains the character position of point in a buffer.
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846
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847 @item pt_byte
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848 Contains the byte position of point in a buffer.
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849
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850 @item begv
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851 This field contains the character position of the beginning of the
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parents: 25751
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852 accessible range of text in the buffer.
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853
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854 @item begv_byte
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855 This field contains the byte position of the beginning of the
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parents: 25751
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856 accessible range of text in the buffer.
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857
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858 @item zv
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859 This field contains the character position of the end of the
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860 accessible range of text in the buffer.
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861
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862 @item zv_byte
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863 This field contains the byte position of the end of the
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864 accessible range of text in the buffer.
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865
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866 @item base_buffer
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diff changeset
867 In an indirect buffer, this points to the base buffer. In an ordinary
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868 buffer, it is null.
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869
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870 @item local_var_flags
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871 This field contains flags indicating that certain variables are local in
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872 this buffer. Such variables are declared in the C code using
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873 @code{DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER}, and their buffer-local bindings are stored in
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874 fields in the buffer structure itself. (Some of these fields are
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875 described in this table.)
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876
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877 @item modtime
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878 This field contains the modification time of the visited file. It is
25751
467b88fab665 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 22138
diff changeset
879 set when the file is written or read. Before writing the buffer into a
467b88fab665 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 22138
diff changeset
880 file, this field is compared to the modification time of the file to see
467b88fab665 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 22138
diff changeset
881 if the file has changed on disk. @xref{Buffer Modification}.
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882
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883 @item auto_save_modified
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884 This field contains the time when the buffer was last auto-saved.
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885
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886 @item auto_save_failure_time
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887 The time at which we detected a failure to auto-save, or -1 if we didn't
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888 have a failure.
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889
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890 @item last_window_start
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891 This field contains the @code{window-start} position in the buffer as of
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parents:
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892 the last time the buffer was displayed in a window.
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893
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894 @item clip_changed
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895 This flag is set when narrowing changes in a buffer.
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896
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897 @item prevent_redisplay_optimizations_p
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898 this flag indicates that redisplay optimizations should not be used
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899 to display this buffer.
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900
7086
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parents: 6451
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901 @item undo_list
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parents: 6451
diff changeset
902 This field points to the buffer's undo list. @xref{Undo}.
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903
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904 @item name
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diff changeset
905 The buffer name is a string that names the buffer. It is guaranteed to
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parents: 25751
diff changeset
906 be unique. @xref{Buffer Names}.
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parents: 25751
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907
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908 @item filename
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909 The name of the file visited in this buffer, or @code{nil}.
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910
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911 @item directory
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912 The directory for expanding relative file names.
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913
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914 @item save_length
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915 Length of the file this buffer is visiting, when last read or saved.
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916 This and other fields concerned with saving are not kept in the
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917 @code{buffer_text} structure because indirect buffers are never saved.
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918
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919 @item auto_save_file_name
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920 File name used for auto-saving this buffer. This is not in the
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921 @code{buffer_text} because it's not used in indirect buffers at all.
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922
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923 @item read_only
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924 Non-@code{nil} means this buffer is read-only.
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925
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926 @item mark
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927 This field contains the mark for the buffer. The mark is a marker,
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928 hence it is also included on the list @code{markers}. @xref{The Mark}.
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929
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930 @item local_var_alist
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931 This field contains the association list describing the buffer-local
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932 variable bindings of this buffer, not including the built-in
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933 buffer-local bindings that have special slots in the buffer object.
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934 (Those slots are omitted from this table.) @xref{Buffer-Local
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935 Variables}.
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936
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937 @item major_mode
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938 Symbol naming the major mode of this buffer, e.g., @code{lisp-mode}.
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939
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940 @item mode_name
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941 Pretty name of major mode, e.g., @code{"Lisp"}.
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942
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943 @item mode_line_format
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944 Mode line element that controls the format of the mode line. If this
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945 is @code{nil}, no mode line will be displayed.
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946
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947 @item header_line_format
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948 This field is analoguous to @code{mode_line_format} for the mode
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949 line displayed at the top of windows.
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950
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951 @item keymap
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952 This field holds the buffer's local keymap. @xref{Keymaps}.
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953
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954 @item abbrev_table
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955 This buffer's local abbrevs.
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956
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957 @item syntax_table
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958 This field contains the syntax table for the buffer. @xref{Syntax Tables}.
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959
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960 @item category_table
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961 This field contains the category table for the buffer.
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962
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963 @item case_fold_search
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964 The value of @code{case-fold-search} in this buffer.
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965
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966 @item tab_width
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967 The value of @code{tab-width} in this buffer.
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968
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969 @item fill_column
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970 The value of @code{fill-column} in this buffer.
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971
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972 @item left_margin
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973 The value of @code{left-margin} in this buffer.
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974
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975 @item auto_fill_function
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976 The value of @code{auto-fill-function} in this buffer.
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977
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978 @item downcase_table
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979 This field contains the conversion table for converting text to lower case.
21682
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980 @xref{Case Tables}.
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981
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982 @item upcase_table
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diff changeset
983 This field contains the conversion table for converting text to upper case.
21682
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984 @xref{Case Tables}.
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diff changeset
985
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diff changeset
986 @item case_canon_table
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diff changeset
987 This field contains the conversion table for canonicalizing text for
21682
90da2489c498 *** empty log message ***
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988 case-folding search. @xref{Case Tables}.
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diff changeset
989
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diff changeset
990 @item case_eqv_table
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diff changeset
991 This field contains the equivalence table for case-folding search.
21682
90da2489c498 *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
992 @xref{Case Tables}.
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diff changeset
993
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994 @item truncate_lines
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995 The value of @code{truncate-lines} in this buffer.
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996
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diff changeset
997 @item ctl_arrow
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998 The value of @code{ctl-arrow} in this buffer.
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diff changeset
999
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diff changeset
1000 @item selective_display
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1001 The value of @code{selective-display} in this buffer.
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diff changeset
1002
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diff changeset
1003 @item selective_display_ellipsis
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1004 The value of @code{selective-display-ellipsis} in this buffer.
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diff changeset
1005
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1006 @item minor_modes
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diff changeset
1007 An alist of the minor modes of this buffer.
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1008
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diff changeset
1009 @item overwrite_mode
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diff changeset
1010 The value of @code{overwrite_mode} in this buffer.
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diff changeset
1011
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diff changeset
1012 @item abbrev_mode
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1013 The value of @code{abbrev-mode} in this buffer.
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diff changeset
1014
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1015 @item display_table
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diff changeset
1016 This field contains the buffer's display table, or @code{nil} if it doesn't
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parents:
diff changeset
1017 have one. @xref{Display Tables}.
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diff changeset
1018
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1019 @item save_modified
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1020 This field contains the time when the buffer was last saved, as an integer.
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1021 @xref{Buffer Modification}.
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1022
7086
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diff changeset
1023 @item mark_active
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diff changeset
1024 This field is non-@code{nil} if the buffer's mark is active.
075343a6b32b *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
1025
075343a6b32b *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
1026 @item overlays_before
075343a6b32b *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
1027 This field holds a list of the overlays in this buffer that end at or
075343a6b32b *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
1028 before the current overlay center position. They are sorted in order of
075343a6b32b *** empty log message ***
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parents: 6451
diff changeset
1029 decreasing end position.
075343a6b32b *** empty log message ***
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parents: 6451
diff changeset
1030
075343a6b32b *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 6451
diff changeset
1031 @item overlays_after
075343a6b32b *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
1032 This field holds a list of the overlays in this buffer that end after
075343a6b32b *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 6451
diff changeset
1033 the current overlay center position. They are sorted in order of
075343a6b32b *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
1034 increasing beginning position.
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1035
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1036 @item overlay_center
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diff changeset
1037 This field holds the current overlay center position. @xref{Overlays}.
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1038
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1039 @item enable_multibyte_characters
90da2489c498 *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
1040 This field holds the buffer's local value of
90da2489c498 *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
1041 @code{enable-multibyte-characters}---either @code{t} or @code{nil}.
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1042
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diff changeset
1043 @item buffer_file_coding_system
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parents: 25751
diff changeset
1044 The value of @code{buffer-file-coding-system} in this buffer.
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diff changeset
1045
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1046 @item file_format
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parents: 25751
diff changeset
1047 The value of @code{buffer-file-format} in this buffer.
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parents: 25751
diff changeset
1048
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1049 @item pt_marker
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diff changeset
1050 In an indirect buffer, or a buffer that is the base of an indirect
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diff changeset
1051 buffer, this holds a marker that records point for this buffer when the
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diff changeset
1052 buffer is not current.
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diff changeset
1053
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1054 @item begv_marker
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parents: 25751
diff changeset
1055 In an indirect buffer, or a buffer that is the base of an indirect
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diff changeset
1056 buffer, this holds a marker that records @code{begv} for this buffer
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parents: 25751
diff changeset
1057 when the buffer is not current.
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diff changeset
1058
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diff changeset
1059 @item zv_marker
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diff changeset
1060 In an indirect buffer, or a buffer that is the base of an indirect
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parents: 25751
diff changeset
1061 buffer, this holds a marker that records @code{zv} for this buffer when
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diff changeset
1062 the buffer is not current.
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diff changeset
1063
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diff changeset
1064 @item file_truename
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parents: 25751
diff changeset
1065 The truename of the visited file, or @code{nil}.
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diff changeset
1066
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diff changeset
1067 @item invisibility_spec
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parents: 25751
diff changeset
1068 The value of @code{buffer-invisibility-spec} in this buffer.
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parents: 25751
diff changeset
1069
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diff changeset
1070 @item last_selected_window
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1071 This is the last window that was selected with this buffer in it, or @code{nil}
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1072 if that window no longer displays this buffer.
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1073
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1074 @item display_count
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1075 This field is incremented each time the buffer is displayed in a window.
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1076
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1077 @item left_margin_width
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1078 The value of @code{left-margin-width} in this buffer.
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1079
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1080 @item right_margin_width
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1081 The value of @code{right-margin-width} in this buffer.
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1082
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1083 @item indicate_empty_lines
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1084 Non-@code{nil} means indicate empty lines (lines with no text) with a
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1085 small bitmap in the fringe, when using a window system that can do it.
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1086
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1087 @item display_time
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1088 This holds a time stamp that is updated each time this buffer is
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1089 displayed in a window.
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1090
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1091 @item scroll_up_aggressively
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1092 The value of @code{scroll-up-aggressively} in this buffer.
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1093
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1094 @item scroll_down_aggressively
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1095 The value of @code{scroll-down-aggressively} in this buffer.
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1096 @end table
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1097
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1098 @node Window Internals
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1099 @appendixsubsec Window Internals
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1100 @cindex internals, of window
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1101 @cindex window internals
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1102
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1104
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1105 @table @code
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1106 @item frame
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1107 The frame that this window is on.
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1108
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1109 @item mini_p
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1110 Non-@code{nil} if this window is a minibuffer window.
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1111
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1112 @item parent
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1113 Internally, Emacs arranges windows in a tree; each group of siblings has
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1114 a parent window whose area includes all the siblings. This field points
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1115 to a window's parent.
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1116
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1117 Parent windows do not display buffers, and play little role in display
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1118 except to shape their child windows. Emacs Lisp programs usually have
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1119 no access to the parent windows; they operate on the windows at the
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1120 leaves of the tree, which actually display buffers.
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1121
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1122 The following four fields also describe the window tree structure.
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1123
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1124 @item hchild
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1125 In a window subdivided horizontally by child windows, the leftmost child.
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1126 Otherwise, @code{nil}.
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1127
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1128 @item vchild
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1129 In a window subdivided vertically by child windows, the topmost child.
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1130 Otherwise, @code{nil}.
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1131
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1132 @item next
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1133 The next sibling of this window. It is @code{nil} in a window that is
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1134 the rightmost or bottommost of a group of siblings.
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1135
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1136 @item prev
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1137 The previous sibling of this window. It is @code{nil} in a window that
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1138 is the leftmost or topmost of a group of siblings.
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1139
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1140 @item left
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1141 This is the left-hand edge of the window, measured in columns. (The
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1142 leftmost column on the screen is @w{column 0}.)
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1143
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1144 @item top
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1145 This is the top edge of the window, measured in lines. (The top line on
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1146 the screen is @w{line 0}.)
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1147
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1148 @item height
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1149 The height of the window, measured in lines.
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1150
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1151 @item width
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1152 The width of the window, measured in columns. This width includes the
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1153 scroll bar and fringes, and/or the separator line on the right of the
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1154 window (if any).
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1155
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1156 @item buffer
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1157 The buffer that the window is displaying. This may change often during
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1158 the life of the window.
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1159
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1160 @item start
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1161 The position in the buffer that is the first character to be displayed
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1162 in the window.
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1163
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1164 @item pointm
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1165 @cindex window point internals
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1166 This is the value of point in the current buffer when this window is
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1167 selected; when it is not selected, it retains its previous value.
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1168
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1169 @item force_start
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1170 If this flag is non-@code{nil}, it says that the window has been
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1171 scrolled explicitly by the Lisp program. This affects what the next
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1172 redisplay does if point is off the screen: instead of scrolling the
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1173 window to show the text around point, it moves point to a location that
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1174 is on the screen.
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1175
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1176 @item frozen_window_start_p
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1177 This field is set temporarily to 1 to indicate to redisplay that
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1178 @code{start} of this window should not be changed, even if point
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1179 gets invisible.
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1180
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1181 @item start_at_line_beg
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1182 Non-@code{nil} means current value of @code{start} was the beginning of a line
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1183 when it was chosen.
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1184
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1185 @item too_small_ok
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1186 Non-@code{nil} means don't delete this window for becoming ``too small''.
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1187
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1188 @item height_fixed_p
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1189 This field is temporarily set to 1 to fix the height of the selected
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1190 window when the echo area is resized.
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1191
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1192 @item use_time
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1193 This is the last time that the window was selected. The function
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1194 @code{get-lru-window} uses this field.
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1195
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1196 @item sequence_number
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1197 A unique number assigned to this window when it was created.
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1198
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1199 @item last_modified
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1200 The @code{modiff} field of the window's buffer, as of the last time
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1201 a redisplay completed in this window.
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1202
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1203 @item last_overlay_modified
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1204 The @code{overlay_modiff} field of the window's buffer, as of the last
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1205 time a redisplay completed in this window.
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1206
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1207 @item last_point
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1208 The buffer's value of point, as of the last time a redisplay completed
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1209 in this window.
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1210
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1211 @item last_had_star
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1212 A non-@code{nil} value means the window's buffer was ``modified'' when the
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1213 window was last updated.
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1214
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1215 @item vertical_scroll_bar
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1216 This window's vertical scroll bar.
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1217
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1218 @item left_margin_width
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1219 The width of the left margin in this window, or @code{nil} not to
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1220 specify it (in which case the buffer's value of @code{left-margin-width}
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1221 is used.
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1222
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1223 @item right_margin_width
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1224 Likewise for the right margin.
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1225
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1226 @ignore
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1227 @item last_mark_x
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1228 @item last_mark_y
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1229 ???Not used.
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1230 @end ignore
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1231
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1232 @item window_end_pos
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1233 This is computed as @code{z} minus the buffer position of the last glyph
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1235 @code{window_end_valid} is not @code{nil}.
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1236
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1237 @item window_end_bytepos
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1238 The byte position corresponding to @code{window_end_pos}.
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1239
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1240 @item window_end_vpos
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1241 The window-relative vertical position of the line containing
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1242 @code{window_end_pos}.
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1243
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1244 @item window_end_valid
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1245 This field is set to a non-@code{nil} value if @code{window_end_pos} is truly
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1246 valid. This is @code{nil} if nontrivial redisplay is preempted since in that
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1247 case the display that @code{window_end_pos} was computed for did not get
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1248 onto the screen.
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1249
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1250 @item redisplay_end_trigger
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1251 If redisplay in this window goes beyond this buffer position, it runs
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1252 run the @code{redisplay-end-trigger-hook}.
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1253
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1254 @ignore
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1255 @item orig_height
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1256 @item orig_top
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1257 ??? Are temporary storage areas.
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1258 @end ignore
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1259
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1260 @item cursor
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1261 A structure describing where the cursor is in this window.
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1262
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1263 @item last_cursor
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1264 The value of @code{cursor} as of the last redisplay that finished.
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1265
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1266 @item phys_cursor
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1267 A structure describing where the cursor of this window physically is.
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1268
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1269 @item phys_cursor_type
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1270 The type of cursor that was last displayed on this window.
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1271
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1272 @item phys_cursor_on_p
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1273 This field is non-zero if the cursor is physically on.
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1274
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1275 @item cursor_off_p
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1276 Non-zero means the cursor in this window is logically on.
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1277
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1278 @item last_cursor_off_p
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1279 This field contains the value of @code{cursor_off_p} as of the time of
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1280 the last redisplay.
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1281
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1282 @item must_be_updated_p
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1283 This is set to 1 during redisplay when this window must be updated.
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1284
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1285 @item hscroll
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1286 This is the number of columns that the display in the window is scrolled
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1287 horizontally to the left. Normally, this is 0.
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1288
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1289 @item vscroll
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1290 Vertical scroll amount, in pixels. Normally, this is 0.
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1291
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1292 @item dedicated
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1293 Non-@code{nil} if this window is dedicated to its buffer.
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1294
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1295 @item display_table
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1296 The window's display table, or @code{nil} if none is specified for it.
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1297
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1298 @item update_mode_line
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1299 Non-@code{nil} means this window's mode line needs to be updated.
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1300
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1301 @item base_line_number
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1302 The line number of a certain position in the buffer, or @code{nil}.
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1303 This is used for displaying the line number of point in the mode line.
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1304
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1305 @item base_line_pos
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1306 The position in the buffer for which the line number is known, or
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1307 @code{nil} meaning none is known.
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1308
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1309 @item region_showing
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1310 If the region (or part of it) is highlighted in this window, this field
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1311 holds the mark position that made one end of that region. Otherwise,
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1312 this field is @code{nil}.
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1313
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1314 @item column_number_displayed
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1315 The column number currently displayed in this window's mode line, or @code{nil}
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1316 if column numbers are not being displayed.
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1317
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1318 @item current_matrix
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1319 A glyph matrix describing the current display of this window.
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1320
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1321 @item desired_matrix
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1322 A glyph matrix describing the desired display of this window.
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1323 @end table
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1324
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1325 @node Process Internals
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1326 @appendixsubsec Process Internals
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1327 @cindex internals, of process
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1328 @cindex process internals
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1329
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1330 The fields of a process are:
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1331
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1332 @table @code
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1333 @item name
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1334 A string, the name of the process.
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1335
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1336 @item command
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1337 A list containing the command arguments that were used to start this
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1338 process.
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1339
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1340 @item filter
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1341 A function used to accept output from the process instead of a buffer,
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1342 or @code{nil}.
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1343
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1344 @item sentinel
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1345 A function called whenever the process receives a signal, or @code{nil}.
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1346
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1347 @item buffer
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1348 The associated buffer of the process.
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1349
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1350 @item pid
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1351 An integer, the Unix process @sc{id}.
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1352
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1353 @item childp
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1354 A flag, non-@code{nil} if this is really a child process.
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1355 It is @code{nil} for a network connection.
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1356
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1357 @item mark
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1358 A marker indicating the position of the end of the last output from this
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1359 process inserted into the buffer. This is often but not always the end
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1360 of the buffer.
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1361
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1362 @item kill_without_query
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1363 If this is non-@code{nil}, killing Emacs while this process is still
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1364 running does not ask for confirmation about killing the process.
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1365
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1366 @item raw_status_low
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1367 @itemx raw_status_high
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1368 These two fields record 16 bits each of the process status returned by
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1369 the @code{wait} system call.
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1370
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1371 @item status
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1372 The process status, as @code{process-status} should return it.
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1373
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1374 @item tick
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1375 @itemx update_tick
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1376 If these two fields are not equal, a change in the status of the process
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1377 needs to be reported, either by running the sentinel or by inserting a
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1378 message in the process buffer.
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1379
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1380 @item pty_flag
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1381 Non-@code{nil} if communication with the subprocess uses a @sc{pty};
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1382 @code{nil} if it uses a pipe.
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1384 @item infd
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1385 The file descriptor for input from the process.
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1386
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1387 @item outfd
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1388 The file descriptor for output to the process.
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1389
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1390 @item subtty
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1391 The file descriptor for the terminal that the subprocess is using. (On
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1392 some systems, there is no need to record this, so the value is
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1393 @code{nil}.)
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1395 @item tty_name
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1396 The name of the terminal that the subprocess is using,
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1397 or @code{nil} if it is using pipes.
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1398
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1399 @item decode_coding_system
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1400 Coding-system for decoding the input from this process.
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1401
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1402 @item decoding_buf
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1403 A working buffer for decoding.
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1404
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1405 @item decoding_carryover
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1406 Size of carryover in decoding.
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1407
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1408 @item encode_coding_system
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1409 Coding-system for encoding the output to this process.
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1410
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1411 @item encoding_buf
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1412 A working buffer for enecoding.
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1413
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1414 @item encoding_carryover
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1415 Size of carryover in encoding.
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1416
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1417 @item inherit_coding_system_flag
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1418 Flag to set @code{coding-system} of the process buffer from the
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1419 coding system used to decode process output.
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1420 @end table