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2 @c %**start of header | |
3 @setfilename elisp | |
4 @settitle GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual | |
5 @c %**end of header | |
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9 * Elisp: (elisp). The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. |
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15 This version is the edition 2.5 of the GNU Emacs Lisp |
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16 Reference Manual. It corresponds to Emacs Version 20.3 |
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18 @c and also in *one* place in intro.texi | |
19 | |
20 Published by the Free Software Foundation | |
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22 Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA | |
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24 Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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26 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this | |
27 manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are | |
28 preserved on all copies. | |
29 | |
30 @ignore | |
31 Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the | |
32 results, provided the printed document carries copying permission notice | |
33 identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph (this | |
34 paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual). | |
35 | |
36 @end ignore | |
37 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this | |
38 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the | |
39 entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a | |
40 permission notice identical to this one. | |
41 | |
42 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual | |
43 into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, | |
44 except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation | |
45 approved by the Foundation. | |
46 | |
47 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this | |
48 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the | |
49 section entitled ``GNU General Public License'' is included exactly as | |
50 in the original, and provided that the entire resulting derived work is | |
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52 one. | |
53 | |
54 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual | |
55 into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, | |
56 except that the section entitled ``GNU General Public License'' may be | |
57 included in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation | |
58 instead of in the original English. | |
59 @end ifinfo | |
60 | |
61 @c Combine indices. | |
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72 @titlepage | |
73 @title GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual | |
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74 @subtitle For Emacs Version 20.3 |
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76 @c and also in the file intro.texi. | |
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77 @subtitle Revision 2.5, May 1998 |
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79 @author by Bil Lewis, Dan LaLiberte, Richard Stallman | |
80 @author and the GNU Manual Group | |
81 @page | |
82 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll | |
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83 Copyright @copyright{} 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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85 @sp 2 | |
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90 ISBN 1-882114-72-8 |
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92 @sp 2 | |
93 Published by the Free Software Foundation @* | |
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95 Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA | |
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97 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this | |
98 manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are | |
99 preserved on all copies. | |
100 | |
101 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this | |
102 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the | |
103 section entitled ``GNU General Public License'' is included | |
104 exactly as in the original, and provided that the entire resulting | |
105 derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice | |
106 identical to this one. | |
107 | |
108 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual | |
109 into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, | |
110 except that the section entitled ``GNU General Public License'' may be | |
111 included in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation | |
112 instead of in the original English. | |
113 | |
114 Cover art by Etienne Suvasa. | |
115 @end titlepage | |
116 @page | |
117 | |
118 @node Top, Copying, (dir), (dir) | |
119 | |
120 @ifinfo | |
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122 Reference Manual, corresponding to GNU Emacs version 20.3. |
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124 | |
125 @menu | |
126 * Copying:: Conditions for copying and changing GNU Emacs. | |
127 * Introduction:: Introduction and conventions used. | |
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128 * Standards: Coding Conventions. Coding conventions for Emacs Lisp. |
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130 * Lisp Data Types:: Data types of objects in Emacs Lisp. |
6451 | 131 * Numbers:: Numbers and arithmetic functions. |
132 * Strings and Characters:: Strings, and functions that work on them. | |
133 * Lists:: Lists, cons cells, and related functions. | |
134 * Sequences Arrays Vectors:: Lists, strings and vectors are called sequences. | |
135 Certain functions act on any kind of sequence. | |
136 The description of vectors is here as well. | |
137 * Symbols:: Symbols represent names, uniquely. | |
138 | |
139 * Evaluation:: How Lisp expressions are evaluated. | |
140 * Control Structures:: Conditionals, loops, nonlocal exits. | |
141 * Variables:: Using symbols in programs to stand for values. | |
142 * Functions:: A function is a Lisp program | |
143 that can be invoked from other functions. | |
144 * Macros:: Macros are a way to extend the Lisp language. | |
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145 * Customization:: Writing customization declarations. |
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147 * Loading:: Reading files of Lisp code into Lisp. | |
148 * Byte Compilation:: Compilation makes programs run faster. | |
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149 * Advising Functions:: Adding to the definition of a function. |
6451 | 150 * Debugging:: Tools and tips for debugging Lisp programs. |
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152 * Read and Print:: Converting Lisp objects to text and back. |
6451 | 153 * Minibuffers:: Using the minibuffer to read input. |
154 * Command Loop:: How the editor command loop works, | |
155 and how you can call its subroutines. | |
156 * Keymaps:: Defining the bindings from keys to commands. | |
157 * Modes:: Defining major and minor modes. | |
158 * Documentation:: Writing and using documentation strings. | |
159 | |
160 * Files:: Accessing files. | |
161 * Backups and Auto-Saving:: Controlling how backups and auto-save | |
162 files are made. | |
163 * Buffers:: Creating and using buffer objects. | |
164 * Windows:: Manipulating windows and displaying buffers. | |
165 * Frames:: Making multiple X windows. | |
166 * Positions:: Buffer positions and motion functions. | |
167 * Markers:: Markers represent positions and update | |
168 automatically when the text is changed. | |
169 | |
170 * Text:: Examining and changing text in buffers. | |
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171 * Non-ASCII Characters:: Non-ASCII text in buffers and strings. |
6451 | 172 * Searching and Matching:: Searching buffers for strings or regexps. |
173 * Syntax Tables:: The syntax table controls word and list parsing. | |
174 * Abbrevs:: How Abbrev mode works, and its data structures. | |
175 | |
176 * Processes:: Running and communicating with subprocesses. | |
177 * System Interface:: Getting the user id, system type, environment | |
178 variables, and other such things. | |
179 * Display:: Parameters controlling screen usage. | |
180 The bell. Waiting for input. | |
181 * Calendar:: Customizing the calendar and diary. | |
182 | |
183 Appendices | |
184 | |
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185 * Tips:: Advice and coding conventions for Emacs Lisp. |
6451 | 186 * GNU Emacs Internals:: Building and dumping Emacs; |
187 internal data structures. | |
188 * Standard Errors:: List of all error symbols. | |
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190 List of variables buffer-local in all buffers. |
6451 | 191 * Standard Keymaps:: List of standard keymaps. |
192 * Standard Hooks:: List of standard hook variables. | |
193 | |
194 * Index:: Index including concepts, functions, variables, | |
195 and other terms. | |
196 | |
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197 * New Symbols:: New functions and variables in Emacs 20. |
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6451 | 199 --- The Detailed Node Listing --- |
200 | |
201 Here are other nodes that are inferiors of those already listed, | |
202 mentioned here so you can get to them in one step: | |
203 | |
204 Introduction | |
205 | |
206 * Caveats:: Flaws and a request for help. | |
207 * Lisp History:: Emacs Lisp is descended from Maclisp. | |
208 * Conventions:: How the manual is formatted. | |
209 * Acknowledgements:: The authors, editors, and sponsors of this manual. | |
210 | |
211 Conventions | |
212 | |
213 * Some Terms:: Explanation of terms we use in this manual. | |
214 * nil and t:: How the symbols @code{nil} and @code{t} are used. | |
215 * Evaluation Notation:: The format we use for examples of evaluation. | |
216 * Printing Notation:: The format we use for examples that print output. | |
217 * Error Messages:: The format we use for examples of errors. | |
218 * Buffer Text Notation:: The format we use for buffer contents in examples. | |
219 * Format of Descriptions:: Notation for describing functions, variables, etc. | |
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223 * Coding Conventions:: Conventions for clean and robust programs. |
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224 * Compilation Tips:: Making compiled code run fast. |
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225 * Documentation Tips:: Writing readable documentation strings. |
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226 * Comment Tips:: Conventions for writing comments. |
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227 * Library Headers:: Standard headers for library packages. |
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6451 | 229 Format of Descriptions |
230 | |
231 * A Sample Function Description:: | |
232 * A Sample Variable Description:: | |
233 | |
234 Lisp Data Types | |
235 | |
236 * Printed Representation:: How Lisp objects are represented as text. | |
237 * Comments:: Comments and their formatting conventions. | |
238 * Programming Types:: Types found in all Lisp systems. | |
239 * Editing Types:: Types specific to Emacs. | |
240 * Type Predicates:: Tests related to types. | |
241 * Equality Predicates:: Tests of equality between any two objects. | |
242 | |
243 Programming Types | |
244 | |
245 * Integer Type:: Numbers without fractional parts. | |
246 * Floating Point Type:: Numbers with fractional parts and with a large range. | |
247 * Character Type:: The representation of letters, numbers and | |
248 control characters. | |
249 * Sequence Type:: Both lists and arrays are classified as sequences. | |
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250 * Cons Cell Type:: Cons cells, and lists (which are made from cons cells). |
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252 * String Type:: An (efficient) array of characters. | |
253 * Vector Type:: One-dimensional arrays. | |
254 * Symbol Type:: A multi-use object that refers to a function, | |
255 variable, property list, or itself. | |
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256 * Function Type:: A piece of executable code you can call from elsewhere. |
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257 * Macro Type:: A method of expanding an expression into another |
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259 * Primitive Function Type:: A function written in C, callable from Lisp. | |
260 * Byte-Code Type:: A function written in Lisp, then compiled. | |
261 * Autoload Type:: A type used for automatically loading seldom-used | |
262 functions. | |
263 | |
264 List Type | |
265 | |
266 * Dotted Pair Notation:: An alternative syntax for lists. | |
267 * Association List Type:: A specially constructed list. | |
268 | |
269 Editing Types | |
270 | |
271 * Buffer Type:: The basic object of editing. | |
272 * Window Type:: What makes buffers visible. | |
273 * Window Configuration Type::Save what the screen looks like. | |
274 * Marker Type:: A position in a buffer. | |
275 * Process Type:: A process running on the underlying OS. | |
276 * Stream Type:: Receive or send characters. | |
277 * Keymap Type:: What function a keystroke invokes. | |
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278 * Overlay Type:: How an overlay is represented. |
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280 Numbers | |
281 | |
282 * Integer Basics:: Representation and range of integers. | |
283 * Float Basics:: Representation and range of floating point. | |
284 * Predicates on Numbers:: Testing for numbers. | |
285 * Comparison of Numbers:: Equality and inequality predicates. | |
286 * Arithmetic Operations:: How to add, subtract, multiply and divide. | |
287 * Bitwise Operations:: Logical and, or, not, shifting. | |
288 * Numeric Conversions:: Converting float to integer and vice versa. | |
12067 | 289 * Math Functions:: Trig, exponential and logarithmic functions. |
6451 | 290 * Random Numbers:: Obtaining random integers, predictable or not. |
291 | |
292 Strings and Characters | |
293 | |
294 * String Basics:: Basic properties of strings and characters. | |
295 * Predicates for Strings:: Testing whether an object is a string or char. | |
296 * Creating Strings:: Functions to allocate new strings. | |
297 * Text Comparison:: Comparing characters or strings. | |
298 * String Conversion:: Converting characters or strings and vice versa. | |
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300 * Case Conversion:: Case conversion functions. |
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302 Lists | |
303 | |
304 * Cons Cells:: How lists are made out of cons cells. | |
305 * Lists as Boxes:: Graphical notation to explain lists. | |
306 * List-related Predicates:: Is this object a list? Comparing two lists. | |
307 * List Elements:: Extracting the pieces of a list. | |
308 * Building Lists:: Creating list structure. | |
309 * Modifying Lists:: Storing new pieces into an existing list. | |
310 * Sets And Lists:: A list can represent a finite mathematical set. | |
311 * Association Lists:: A list can represent a finite relation or mapping. | |
312 | |
313 Modifying Existing List Structure | |
314 | |
315 * Setcar:: Replacing an element in a list. | |
316 * Setcdr:: Replacing part of the list backbone. | |
317 This can be used to remove or add elements. | |
318 * Rearrangement:: Reordering the elements in a list; combining lists. | |
319 | |
320 Sequences, Arrays, and Vectors | |
321 | |
322 * Sequence Functions:: Functions that accept any kind of sequence. | |
323 * Arrays:: Characteristics of arrays in Emacs Lisp. | |
324 * Array Functions:: Functions specifically for arrays. | |
325 * Vectors:: Functions specifically for vectors. | |
326 | |
327 Symbols | |
328 | |
329 * Symbol Components:: Symbols have names, values, function definitions | |
330 and property lists. | |
331 * Definitions:: A definition says how a symbol will be used. | |
332 * Creating Symbols:: How symbols are kept unique. | |
333 * Property Lists:: Each symbol has a property list | |
334 for recording miscellaneous information. | |
335 | |
336 Evaluation | |
337 | |
338 * Intro Eval:: Evaluation in the scheme of things. | |
339 * Eval:: How to invoke the Lisp interpreter explicitly. | |
340 * Forms:: How various sorts of objects are evaluated. | |
341 * Quoting:: Avoiding evaluation (to put constants in | |
342 the program). | |
343 | |
344 Kinds of Forms | |
345 | |
346 * Self-Evaluating Forms:: Forms that evaluate to themselves. | |
347 * Symbol Forms:: Symbols evaluate as variables. | |
348 * Classifying Lists:: How to distinguish various sorts of list forms. | |
349 * Function Forms:: Forms that call functions. | |
350 * Macro Forms:: Forms that call macros. | |
351 * Special Forms:: ``Special forms'' are idiosyncratic primitives, | |
352 most of them extremely important. | |
353 * Autoloading:: Functions set up to load files | |
354 containing their real definitions. | |
355 | |
356 Control Structures | |
357 | |
358 * Sequencing:: Evaluation in textual order. | |
359 * Conditionals:: @code{if}, @code{cond}. | |
360 * Combining Conditions:: @code{and}, @code{or}, @code{not}. | |
361 * Iteration:: @code{while} loops. | |
362 * Nonlocal Exits:: Jumping out of a sequence. | |
363 | |
364 Nonlocal Exits | |
365 | |
366 * Catch and Throw:: Nonlocal exits for the program's own purposes. | |
367 * Examples of Catch:: Showing how such nonlocal exits can be written. | |
368 * Errors:: How errors are signaled and handled. | |
369 * Cleanups:: Arranging to run a cleanup form if an | |
370 error happens. | |
371 | |
372 Errors | |
373 | |
374 * Signaling Errors:: How to report an error. | |
375 * Processing of Errors:: What Emacs does when you report an error. | |
376 * Handling Errors:: How you can trap errors and continue execution. | |
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377 * Error Symbols:: How errors are classified for trapping them. |
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379 Variables | |
380 | |
381 * Global Variables:: Variable values that exist permanently, everywhere. | |
382 * Constant Variables:: Certain "variables" have values that never change. | |
383 * Local Variables:: Variable values that exist only temporarily. | |
384 * Void Variables:: Symbols that lack values. | |
385 * Defining Variables:: A definition says a symbol is used as a variable. | |
386 * Accessing Variables:: Examining values of variables whose names | |
387 are known only at run time. | |
388 * Setting Variables:: Storing new values in variables. | |
389 * Variable Scoping:: How Lisp chooses among local and global values. | |
390 * Buffer-Local Variables:: Variable values in effect only in one buffer. | |
391 | |
392 Scoping Rules for Variable Bindings | |
393 | |
394 * Scope:: Scope means where in the program a value | |
395 is visible. Comparison with other languages. | |
396 * Extent:: Extent means how long in time a value exists. | |
397 * Impl of Scope:: Two ways to implement dynamic scoping. | |
398 * Using Scoping:: How to use dynamic scoping carefully and | |
399 avoid problems. | |
400 | |
401 Buffer-Local Variables | |
402 | |
403 * Intro to Buffer-Local:: Introduction and concepts. | |
404 * Creating Buffer-Local:: Creating and destroying buffer-local bindings. | |
405 * Default Value:: The default value is seen in buffers | |
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408 Functions | |
409 | |
410 * What Is a Function:: Lisp functions vs primitives; terminology. | |
411 * Lambda Expressions:: How functions are expressed as Lisp objects. | |
412 * Function Names:: A symbol can serve as the name of a function. | |
413 * Defining Functions:: Lisp expressions for defining functions. | |
414 * Calling Functions:: How to use an existing function. | |
415 * Mapping Functions:: Applying a function to each element of a list, etc. | |
416 * Anonymous Functions:: Lambda-expressions are functions with no names. | |
417 * Function Cells:: Accessing or setting the function definition | |
418 of a symbol. | |
419 * Related Topics:: Cross-references to specific Lisp primitives | |
420 that have a special bearing on how | |
421 functions work. | |
422 | |
423 Lambda Expressions | |
424 | |
425 * Lambda Components:: The parts of a lambda expression. | |
426 * Simple Lambda:: A simple example. | |
427 * Argument List:: Details and special features of argument lists. | |
428 * Function Documentation:: How to put documentation in a function. | |
429 | |
430 Macros | |
431 | |
432 * Simple Macro:: A basic example. | |
433 * Expansion:: How, when and why macros are expanded. | |
434 * Compiling Macros:: How macros are expanded by the compiler. | |
435 * Defining Macros:: How to write a macro definition. | |
436 * Backquote:: Easier construction of list structure. | |
437 * Problems with Macros:: Don't evaluate the macro arguments too many times. | |
438 Don't hide the user's variables. | |
439 | |
440 Loading | |
441 | |
442 * How Programs Do Loading:: The @code{load} function and others. | |
443 * Autoload:: Setting up a function to autoload. | |
12098 | 444 * Named Features:: Loading a library if it isn't already loaded. |
6451 | 445 * Repeated Loading:: Precautions about loading a file twice. |
446 | |
447 Byte Compilation | |
448 | |
449 * Compilation Functions:: Byte compilation functions. | |
450 * Disassembly:: Disassembling byte-code; how to read byte-code. | |
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466 | |
467 * Debugger:: How the Emacs Lisp debugger is implemented. | |
468 * Syntax Errors:: How to find syntax errors. | |
469 * Compilation Errors:: How to find errors that show up in | |
470 byte compilation. | |
471 * Edebug:: A source-level Emacs Lisp debugger. | |
472 | |
473 The Lisp Debugger | |
474 | |
475 * Error Debugging:: Entering the debugger when an error happens. | |
476 * Function Debugging:: Entering it when a certain function is called. | |
477 * Explicit Debug:: Entering it at a certain point in the program. | |
478 * Using Debugger:: What the debugger does; what you see while in it. | |
479 * Debugger Commands:: Commands used while in the debugger. | |
480 * Invoking the Debugger:: How to call the function @code{debug}. | |
481 * Internals of Debugger:: Subroutines of the debugger, and global variables. | |
482 | |
483 Debugging Invalid Lisp Syntax | |
484 | |
485 * Excess Open:: How to find a spurious open paren or missing close. | |
486 * Excess Close:: How to find a spurious close paren or missing open. | |
487 | |
488 Reading and Printing Lisp Objects | |
489 | |
490 * Streams Intro:: Overview of streams, reading and printing. | |
491 * Input Streams:: Various data types that can be used as | |
492 input streams. | |
493 * Input Functions:: Functions to read Lisp objects from text. | |
494 * Output Streams:: Various data types that can be used as | |
495 output streams. | |
496 * Output Functions:: Functions to print Lisp objects as text. | |
497 | |
498 Minibuffers | |
499 | |
500 * Intro to Minibuffers:: Basic information about minibuffers. | |
501 * Text from Minibuffer:: How to read a straight text string. | |
502 * Object from Minibuffer:: How to read a Lisp object or expression. | |
503 * Completion:: How to invoke and customize completion. | |
504 * Yes-or-No Queries:: Asking a question with a simple answer. | |
505 * Minibuffer Misc:: Various customization hooks and variables. | |
506 | |
507 Completion | |
508 | |
509 * Basic Completion:: Low-level functions for completing strings. | |
510 (These are too low level to use the minibuffer.) | |
511 * Minibuffer Completion:: Invoking the minibuffer with completion. | |
512 * Completion Commands:: Minibuffer commands that do completion. | |
513 * High-Level Completion:: Convenient special cases of completion | |
514 (reading buffer name, file name, etc.) | |
515 * Reading File Names:: Using completion to read file names. | |
516 * Programmed Completion:: Finding the completions for a given file name. | |
517 | |
518 Command Loop | |
519 | |
520 * Command Overview:: How the command loop reads commands. | |
521 * Defining Commands:: Specifying how a function should read arguments. | |
522 * Interactive Call:: Calling a command, so that it will read arguments. | |
523 * Command Loop Info:: Variables set by the command loop for you to examine. | |
524 * Input Events:: What input looks like when you read it. | |
525 * Reading Input:: How to read input events from the keyboard or mouse. | |
526 * Waiting:: Waiting for user input or elapsed time. | |
527 * Quitting:: How @kbd{C-g} works. How to catch or defer quitting. | |
528 * Prefix Command Arguments:: How the commands to set prefix args work. | |
529 * Recursive Editing:: Entering a recursive edit, | |
530 and why you usually shouldn't. | |
531 * Disabling Commands:: How the command loop handles disabled commands. | |
532 * Command History:: How the command history is set up, and how accessed. | |
533 * Keyboard Macros:: How keyboard macros are implemented. | |
534 | |
535 Defining Commands | |
536 | |
537 * Using Interactive:: General rules for @code{interactive}. | |
538 * Interactive Codes:: The standard letter-codes for reading arguments | |
539 in various ways. | |
540 * Interactive Examples:: Examples of how to read interactive arguments. | |
541 | |
542 Keymaps | |
543 | |
544 * Keymap Terminology:: Definitions of terms pertaining to keymaps. | |
545 * Format of Keymaps:: What a keymap looks like as a Lisp object. | |
546 * Creating Keymaps:: Functions to create and copy keymaps. | |
547 * Inheritance and Keymaps:: How one keymap can inherit the bindings | |
548 of another keymap. | |
549 * Prefix Keys:: Defining a key with a keymap as its definition. | |
550 * Menu Keymaps:: A keymap can define a menu for X windows | |
551 or for use from the terminal. | |
552 * Active Keymaps:: Each buffer has a local keymap | |
553 to override the standard (global) bindings. | |
554 Each minor mode can also override them. | |
555 * Key Lookup:: How extracting elements from keymaps works. | |
556 * Functions for Key Lookup:: How to request key lookup. | |
557 * Changing Key Bindings:: Redefining a key in a keymap. | |
558 * Key Binding Commands:: Interactive interfaces for redefining keys. | |
559 * Scanning Keymaps:: Looking through all keymaps, for printing help. | |
560 | |
561 Major and Minor Modes | |
562 | |
563 * Major Modes:: Defining major modes. | |
564 * Minor Modes:: Defining minor modes. | |
565 * Mode Line Format:: Customizing the text that appears in the mode line. | |
566 * Hooks:: How to use hooks; how to write code that | |
567 provides hooks. | |
568 | |
569 Major Modes | |
570 | |
571 * Major Mode Conventions:: Coding conventions for keymaps, etc. | |
572 * Example Major Modes:: Text mode and Lisp modes. | |
573 * Auto Major Mode:: How Emacs chooses the major mode automatically. | |
574 * Mode Help:: Finding out how to use a mode. | |
575 | |
576 Minor Modes | |
577 | |
578 * Minor Mode Conventions:: Tips for writing a minor mode. | |
579 * Keymaps and Minor Modes:: How a minor mode can have its own keymap. | |
580 | |
581 Mode Line Format | |
582 | |
583 * Mode Line Data:: The data structure that controls the mode line. | |
584 * Mode Line Variables:: Variables used in that data structure. | |
585 * %-Constructs:: Putting information into a mode line. | |
586 | |
587 Documentation | |
588 | |
589 * Documentation Basics:: Good style for doc strings. | |
590 Where to put them. How Emacs stores them. | |
591 * Accessing Documentation:: How Lisp programs can access doc strings. | |
592 * Keys in Documentation:: Substituting current key bindings. | |
593 * Describing Characters:: Making printable descriptions of | |
594 non-printing characters and key sequences. | |
595 * Help Functions:: Subroutines used by Emacs help facilities. | |
596 | |
597 Files | |
598 | |
599 * Visiting Files:: Reading files into Emacs buffers for editing. | |
600 * Saving Buffers:: Writing changed buffers back into files. | |
601 * Reading from Files:: Reading files into other buffers. | |
602 * Writing to Files:: Writing new files from parts of buffers. | |
603 * File Locks:: Locking and unlocking files, to prevent | |
604 simultaneous editing by two people. | |
605 * Information about Files:: Testing existence, accessibility, size of files. | |
606 * Contents of Directories:: Getting a list of the files in a directory. | |
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610 Visiting Files | |
611 | |
612 * Visiting Functions:: The usual interface functions for visiting. | |
613 * Subroutines of Visiting:: Lower-level subroutines that they use. | |
614 | |
615 Information about Files | |
616 | |
617 * Testing Accessibility:: Is a given file readable? Writable? | |
618 * Kinds of Files:: Is it a directory? A link? | |
619 * File Attributes:: How large is it? Any other names? Etc. | |
620 | |
621 File Names | |
622 | |
623 * File Name Components:: The directory part of a file name, and the rest. | |
624 * Directory Names:: A directory's name as a directory | |
625 is different from its name as a file. | |
626 * Relative File Names:: Some file names are relative to a | |
627 current directory. | |
628 * File Name Expansion:: Converting relative file names to absolute ones. | |
629 * Unique File Names:: Generating names for temporary files. | |
630 * File Name Completion:: Finding the completions for a given file name. | |
631 | |
632 Backups and Auto-Saving | |
633 | |
634 * Backup Files:: How backup files are made; how their names | |
635 are chosen. | |
636 * Auto-Saving:: How auto-save files are made; how their | |
637 names are chosen. | |
638 * Reverting:: @code{revert-buffer}, and how to customize | |
639 what it does. | |
640 | |
641 Backup Files | |
642 | |
643 * Making Backups:: How Emacs makes backup files, and when. | |
644 * Rename or Copy:: Two alternatives: renaming the old file | |
645 or copying it. | |
646 * Numbered Backups:: Keeping multiple backups for each source file. | |
647 * Backup Names:: How backup file names are computed; customization. | |
648 | |
649 Buffers | |
650 | |
651 * Buffer Basics:: What is a buffer? | |
652 * Buffer Names:: Accessing and changing buffer names. | |
653 * Buffer File Name:: The buffer file name indicates which file | |
654 is visited. | |
655 * Buffer Modification:: A buffer is @dfn{modified} if it needs to be saved. | |
656 * Modification Time:: Determining whether the visited file was changed | |
657 ``behind Emacs's back''. | |
658 * Read Only Buffers:: Modifying text is not allowed in a | |
659 read-only buffer. | |
660 * The Buffer List:: How to look at all the existing buffers. | |
661 * Creating Buffers:: Functions that create buffers. | |
662 * Killing Buffers:: Buffers exist until explicitly killed. | |
663 * Current Buffer:: Designating a buffer as current | |
664 so primitives will access its contents. | |
665 | |
666 Windows | |
667 | |
668 * Basic Windows:: Basic information on using windows. | |
669 * Splitting Windows:: Splitting one window into two windows. | |
670 * Deleting Windows:: Deleting a window gives its space to other windows. | |
671 * Selecting Windows:: The selected window is the one that you edit in. | |
672 * Cyclic Window Ordering:: Moving around the existing windows. | |
673 * Buffers and Windows:: Each window displays the contents of a buffer. | |
674 * Displaying Buffers:: Higher-lever functions for displaying a buffer | |
675 and choosing a window for it. | |
676 * Window Point:: Each window has its own location of point. | |
677 * Window Start:: The display-start position controls which text | |
678 is on-screen in the window. | |
679 * Vertical Scrolling:: Moving text up and down in the window. | |
680 * Horizontal Scrolling:: Moving text sideways on the window. | |
681 * Size of Window:: Accessing the size of a window. | |
682 * Resizing Windows:: Changing the size of a window. | |
683 * Window Configurations:: Saving and restoring the state of the screen. | |
684 | |
12098 | 685 Frames |
686 | |
687 * Creating Frames:: Creating additional frames. | |
688 * Multiple Displays:: Creating frames on other X displays. | |
689 * Frame Parameters:: Controlling frame size, position, font, etc. | |
690 * Frame Titles:: Automatic updating of frame titles. | |
691 * Deleting Frames:: Frames last until explicitly deleted. | |
692 * Finding All Frames:: How to examine all existing frames. | |
693 * Frames and Windows:: A frame contains windows; | |
694 display of text always works through windows. | |
695 * Minibuffers and Frames:: How a frame finds the minibuffer to use. | |
696 * Input Focus:: Specifying the selected frame. | |
697 * Visibility of Frames:: Frames may be visible or invisible, or icons. | |
698 * Raising and Lowering:: Raising a frame makes it hide other X windows; | |
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12098 | 700 * Frame Configurations:: Saving the state of all frames. |
701 * Mouse Tracking:: Getting events that say when the mouse moves. | |
702 * Mouse Position:: Asking where the mouse is, or moving it. | |
703 * Pop-Up Menus:: Displaying a menu for the user to select from. | |
704 * Dialog Boxes:: Displaying a box to ask yes or no. | |
705 * Pointer Shapes:: Specifying the shape of the mouse pointer. | |
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12098 | 707 * Color Names:: Getting the definitions of color names. |
708 * Resources:: Getting resource values from the server. | |
709 * Server Data:: Getting info about the X server. | |
710 | |
6451 | 711 Positions |
712 | |
713 * Point:: The special position where editing takes place. | |
714 * Motion:: Changing point. | |
715 * Excursions:: Temporary motion and buffer changes. | |
716 * Narrowing:: Restricting editing to a portion of the buffer. | |
717 | |
718 Motion | |
719 | |
720 * Character Motion:: Moving in terms of characters. | |
721 * Word Motion:: Moving in terms of words. | |
722 * Buffer End Motion:: Moving to the beginning or end of the buffer. | |
723 * Text Lines:: Moving in terms of lines of text. | |
724 * Screen Lines:: Moving in terms of lines as displayed. | |
725 * List Motion:: Moving by parsing lists and sexps. | |
726 * Skipping Characters:: Skipping characters belonging to a certain set. | |
727 | |
728 Markers | |
729 | |
730 * Overview of Markers:: The components of a marker, and how it relocates. | |
731 * Predicates on Markers:: Testing whether an object is a marker. | |
732 * Creating Markers:: Making empty markers or markers at certain places. | |
733 * Information from Markers:: Finding the marker's buffer or character | |
734 position. | |
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6451 | 736 * The Mark:: How ``the mark'' is implemented with a marker. |
737 * The Region:: How to access ``the region''. | |
738 | |
739 Text | |
740 | |
741 * Near Point:: Examining text in the vicinity of point. | |
742 * Buffer Contents:: Examining text in a general fashion. | |
743 * Insertion:: Adding new text to a buffer. | |
744 * Commands for Insertion:: User-level commands to insert text. | |
745 * Deletion:: Removing text from a buffer. | |
746 * User-Level Deletion:: User-level commands to delete text. | |
747 * The Kill Ring:: Where removed text sometimes is saved for | |
748 later use. | |
749 * Undo:: Undoing changes to the text of a buffer. | |
750 * Auto Filling:: How auto-fill mode is implemented to break lines. | |
751 * Filling:: Functions for explicit filling. | |
12098 | 752 * Margins:: How to specify margins for filling commands. |
6451 | 753 * Sorting:: Functions for sorting parts of the buffer. |
754 * Indentation:: Functions to insert or adjust indentation. | |
755 * Columns:: Computing horizontal positions, and using them. | |
756 * Case Changes:: Case conversion of parts of the buffer. | |
15725 | 757 * Text Properties:: Assigning Lisp property lists to text characters. |
6451 | 758 * Substitution:: Replacing a given character wherever it appears. |
15725 | 759 * Transposition:: Swapping two portions of a buffer. |
6451 | 760 * Registers:: How registers are implemented. Accessing |
761 the text or position stored in a register. | |
15725 | 762 * Change Hooks:: Supplying functions to be run when text is changed. |
6451 | 763 |
764 The Kill Ring | |
765 | |
766 * Kill Ring Concepts:: What text looks like in the kill ring. | |
767 * Kill Functions:: Functions that kill text. | |
768 * Yank Commands:: Commands that access the kill ring. | |
12067 | 769 * Low-Level Kill Ring:: Functions and variables for kill ring access. |
6451 | 770 * Internals of Kill Ring:: Variables that hold kill-ring data. |
771 | |
772 Indentation | |
773 | |
774 * Primitive Indent:: Functions used to count and insert indentation. | |
775 * Mode-Specific Indent:: Customize indentation for different modes. | |
776 * Region Indent:: Indent all the lines in a region. | |
777 * Relative Indent:: Indent the current line based on previous lines. | |
778 * Indent Tabs:: Adjustable, typewriter-like tab stops. | |
779 * Motion by Indent:: Move to first non-blank character. | |
780 | |
15725 | 781 Text Properties |
782 | |
783 * Examining Properties:: Looking at the properties of one character. | |
784 * Changing Properties:: Setting the properties of a range of text. | |
785 * Property Search:: Searching for where a property changes value. | |
786 * Special Properties:: Particular properties with special meanings. | |
787 * Format Properties:: Properties for representing formatting of text. | |
788 * Sticky Properties:: How inserted text gets properties from | |
789 neighboring text. | |
790 * Saving Properties:: Saving text properties in files, and reading | |
791 them back. | |
792 * Lazy Properties:: Computing text properties in a lazy fashion | |
793 only when text is examined. | |
794 * Not Intervals:: Why text properties do not use | |
795 Lisp-visible text intervals. | |
796 | |
6451 | 797 Searching and Matching |
798 | |
799 * String Search:: Search for an exact match. | |
800 * Regular Expressions:: Describing classes of strings. | |
801 * Regexp Search:: Searching for a match for a regexp. | |
802 * Match Data:: Finding out which part of the text matched | |
803 various parts of a regexp, after regexp search. | |
804 * Saving Match Data:: Saving and restoring this information. | |
805 * Standard Regexps:: Useful regexps for finding sentences, pages,... | |
806 * Searching and Case:: Case-independent or case-significant searching. | |
807 | |
808 Regular Expressions | |
809 | |
810 * Syntax of Regexps:: Rules for writing regular expressions. | |
811 * Regexp Example:: Illustrates regular expression syntax. | |
812 | |
813 Syntax Tables | |
814 | |
815 * Syntax Descriptors:: How characters are classified. | |
816 * Syntax Table Functions:: How to create, examine and alter syntax tables. | |
817 * Parsing Expressions:: Parsing balanced expressions | |
818 using the syntax table. | |
819 * Standard Syntax Tables:: Syntax tables used by various major modes. | |
820 * Syntax Table Internals:: How syntax table information is stored. | |
821 | |
822 Syntax Descriptors | |
823 | |
824 * Syntax Class Table:: Table of syntax classes. | |
825 * Syntax Flags:: Additional flags each character can have. | |
826 | |
827 Abbrevs And Abbrev Expansion | |
828 | |
829 * Abbrev Mode:: Setting up Emacs for abbreviation. | |
830 * Tables: Abbrev Tables. Creating and working with abbrev tables. | |
831 * Defining Abbrevs:: Specifying abbreviations and their expansions. | |
832 * Files: Abbrev Files. Saving abbrevs in files. | |
833 * Expansion: Abbrev Expansion. Controlling expansion; expansion subroutines. | |
834 * Standard Abbrev Tables:: Abbrev tables used by various major modes. | |
835 | |
836 Processes | |
837 | |
838 * Subprocess Creation:: Functions that start subprocesses. | |
839 * Synchronous Processes:: Details of using synchronous subprocesses. | |
840 * Asynchronous Processes:: Starting up an asynchronous subprocess. | |
841 * Deleting Processes:: Eliminating an asynchronous subprocess. | |
842 * Process Information:: Accessing run-status and other attributes. | |
843 * Input to Processes:: Sending input to an asynchronous subprocess. | |
844 * Signals to Processes:: Stopping, continuing or interrupting | |
845 an asynchronous subprocess. | |
846 * Output from Processes:: Collecting output from an asynchronous subprocess. | |
847 * Sentinels:: Sentinels run when process run-status changes. | |
12098 | 848 * Network:: Opening network connections. |
6451 | 849 |
850 Receiving Output from Processes | |
851 | |
852 * Process Buffers:: If no filter, output is put in a buffer. | |
853 * Filter Functions:: Filter functions accept output from the process. | |
854 * Accepting Output:: How to wait until process output arrives. | |
855 | |
856 Operating System Interface | |
857 | |
858 * Starting Up:: Customizing Emacs start-up processing. | |
859 * Getting Out:: How exiting works (permanent or temporary). | |
860 * System Environment:: Distinguish the name and kind of system. | |
861 * Terminal Input:: Recording terminal input for debugging. | |
862 * Terminal Output:: Recording terminal output for debugging. | |
863 * Flow Control:: How to turn output flow control on or off. | |
864 * Batch Mode:: Running Emacs without terminal interaction. | |
865 | |
866 Starting Up Emacs | |
867 | |
868 * Start-up Summary:: Sequence of actions Emacs performs at start-up. | |
869 * Init File:: Details on reading the init file (@file{.emacs}). | |
870 * Terminal-Specific:: How the terminal-specific Lisp file is read. | |
871 * Command Line Arguments:: How command line arguments are processed, | |
872 and how you can customize them. | |
873 | |
874 Getting out of Emacs | |
875 | |
876 * Killing Emacs:: Exiting Emacs irreversibly. | |
877 * Suspending Emacs:: Exiting Emacs reversibly. | |
878 | |
879 Emacs Display | |
880 | |
881 * Refresh Screen:: Clearing the screen and redrawing everything on it. | |
882 * Truncation:: Folding or wrapping long text lines. | |
883 * The Echo Area:: Where messages are displayed. | |
884 * Selective Display:: Hiding part of the buffer text. | |
885 * Overlay Arrow:: Display of an arrow to indicate position. | |
886 * Temporary Displays:: Displays that go away automatically. | |
887 * Waiting:: Forcing display update and waiting for user. | |
888 * Blinking:: How Emacs shows the matching open parenthesis. | |
889 * Usual Display:: How control characters are displayed. | |
890 * Beeping:: Audible signal to the user. | |
891 * Window Systems:: Which window system is being used. | |
892 | |
893 GNU Emacs Internals | |
894 | |
895 * Building Emacs:: How to preload Lisp libraries into Emacs. | |
896 * Pure Storage:: A kludge to make preloaded Lisp functions sharable. | |
897 * Garbage Collection:: Reclaiming space for Lisp objects no longer used. | |
898 * Object Internals:: Data formats of buffers, windows, processes. | |
899 * Writing Emacs Primitives:: Writing C code for Emacs. | |
900 | |
901 Object Internals | |
902 | |
903 * Buffer Internals:: Components of a buffer structure. | |
904 * Window Internals:: Components of a window structure. | |
905 * Process Internals:: Components of a process structure. | |
906 @end menu | |
907 | |
908 @include intro.texi | |
909 @include objects.texi | |
910 @include numbers.texi | |
911 @include strings.texi | |
912 | |
913 @include lists.texi | |
914 @include sequences.texi | |
915 @include symbols.texi | |
916 @include eval.texi | |
917 | |
918 @include control.texi | |
919 @include variables.texi | |
920 @include functions.texi | |
921 @include macros.texi | |
922 | |
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925 @include compile.texi | |
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926 @include advice.texi |
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929 @include streams.texi | |
930 @include minibuf.texi | |
931 @include commands.texi | |
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934 @include modes.texi | |
935 @include help.texi | |
936 @include files.texi | |
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939 @include buffers.texi | |
940 @include windows.texi | |
941 @include frames.texi | |
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944 @include markers.texi | |
945 @include text.texi | |
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946 @include nonascii.texi |
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948 @include searching.texi |
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950 @include abbrevs.texi | |
951 @include processes.texi | |
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952 |
6451 | 953 @include os.texi |
954 @include display.texi | |
955 @include calendar.texi | |
956 | |
957 @c MOVE to Emacs Manual: include misc-modes.texi | |
958 | |
959 @c appendices | |
960 | |
961 @c REMOVE this: include non-hacker.texi | |
962 | |
963 @include tips.texi | |
964 @include internals.texi | |
965 @include errors.texi | |
966 @include locals.texi | |
967 @include maps.texi | |
968 @include hooks.texi | |
969 | |
970 @include index.texi | |
971 | |
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972 @node New Symbols, , Index, Top |
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973 @unnumbered New Symbols Since the Previous Edition |
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975 @printindex tp |
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978 @summarycontents | |
979 @contents | |
980 @c That's all | |
981 | |
982 @bye | |
983 | |
984 | |
985 These words prevent "local variables" above from confusing Emacs. |