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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 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @setfilename ../info/internals
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6 @node GNU Emacs Internals, Standard Errors, Tips, Top
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7 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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8 @appendix GNU Emacs Internals
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9
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10 This chapter describes how the runnable Emacs executable is dumped with
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11 the preloaded Lisp libraries in it, how storage is allocated, and some
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12 internal aspects of GNU Emacs that may be of interest to C programmers.
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13
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14 @menu
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15 * Building Emacs:: How to preload Lisp libraries into Emacs.
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16 * Pure Storage:: A kludge to make preloaded Lisp functions sharable.
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17 * Garbage Collection:: Reclaiming space for Lisp objects no longer used.
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18 * Writing Emacs Primitives:: Writing C code for Emacs.
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19 * Object Internals:: Data formats of buffers, windows, processes.
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20 @end menu
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21
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22 @node Building Emacs, Pure Storage, GNU Emacs Internals, GNU Emacs Internals
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23 @appendixsec Building Emacs
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24 @cindex building Emacs
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25 @pindex temacs
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26
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27 This section explains the steps involved in building the Emacs
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28 executable. You don't have to know this material to build and install
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29 Emacs, since the makefiles do all these things automatically. This
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30 information is pertinent to Emacs maintenance.
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32 Compilation of the C source files in the @file{src} directory
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33 produces an executable file called @file{temacs}, also called a
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34 @dfn{bare impure Emacs}. It contains the Emacs Lisp interpreter and I/O
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35 routines, but not the editing commands.
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37 @cindex @file{loadup.el}
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38 The command @w{@samp{temacs -l loadup}} uses @file{temacs} to create
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39 the real runnable Emacs executable. These arguments direct
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40 @file{temacs} to evaluate the Lisp files specified in the file
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41 @file{loadup.el}. These files set up the normal Emacs editing
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43 bare.
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45 It takes a substantial time to load the standard Lisp files. Luckily,
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46 you don't have to do this each time you run Emacs; @file{temacs} can
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47 dump out an executable program called @file{emacs} that has these files
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48 preloaded. @file{emacs} starts more quickly because it does not need to
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49 load the files. This is the Emacs executable that is normally
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50 installed.
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52 To create @file{emacs}, use the command @samp{temacs -batch -l loadup
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53 dump}. The purpose of @samp{-batch} here is to prevent @file{temacs}
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54 from trying to initialize any of its data on the terminal; this ensures
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55 that the tables of terminal information are empty in the dumped Emacs.
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56 The argument @samp{dump} tells @file{loadup.el} to dump a new executable
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57 named @file{emacs}.
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59 Some operating systems don't support dumping. On those systems, you
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60 must start Emacs with the @samp{temacs -l loadup} command each time you
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61 use it. This takes a substantial time, but since you need to start
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63 extra time is not too severe a problem.
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65 @cindex @file{site-load.el}
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66 You can specify additional files to preload by writing a library named
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67 @file{site-load.el} that loads them. You may need to increase the
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69 additional files. (Try adding increments of 20000 until it is big
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70 enough.) However, the advantage of preloading additional files
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71 decreases as machines get faster. On modern machines, it is usually not
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72 advisable.
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74 @cindex @file{site-init.el}
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75 You can specify other Lisp expressions to execute just before dumping
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76 by putting them in a library named @file{site-init.el}. However, if
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77 they might alter the behavior that users expect from an ordinary
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78 unmodified Emacs, it is better to put them in @file{default.el}, so that
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79 users can override them if they wish. @xref{Start-up Summary}.
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81 Before @file{loadup.el} dumps the new executable, it finds the
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82 documentation strings for primitive and preloaded functions (and
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83 variables) in the file where they are stored, by calling
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84 @code{Snarf-documentation} (@pxref{Accessing Documentation}). These
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86 smaller. @xref{Documentation Basics}.
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88 @defun dump-emacs to-file from-file
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89 @cindex unexec
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90 This function dumps the current state of Emacs into an executable file
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91 @var{to-file}. It takes symbols from @var{from-file} (this is normally
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92 the executable file @file{temacs}).
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94 If you use this function in an Emacs that was already dumped, you must
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95 set @code{command-line-processed} to @code{nil} first for good results.
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96 @xref{Command Line Arguments}.
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97 @end defun
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99 @deffn Command emacs-version
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100 This function returns a string describing the version of Emacs that is
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101 running. It is useful to include this string in bug reports.
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103 @example
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104 @group
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105 (emacs-version)
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106 @result{} "GNU Emacs 19.22.1 of Fri Feb 27 1994 \
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107 on slug (berkeley-unix)"
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108 @end group
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109 @end example
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111 Called interactively, the function prints the same information in the
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112 echo area.
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113 @end deffn
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115 @defvar emacs-build-time
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116 The value of this variable is the time at which Emacs was built at the
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117 local site.
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119 @example
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120 @group
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121 emacs-build-time
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122 @result{} "Fri Feb 27 14:55:57 1994"
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123 @end group
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124 @end example
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125 @end defvar
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127 @defvar emacs-version
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128 The value of this variable is the version of Emacs being run. It is a
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129 string such as @code{"19.22.1"}.
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130 @end defvar
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132 The following two variables did not exist before Emacs version 19.23,
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133 which reduces their usefulness at present, but we hope they will be
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134 convenient in the future.
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136 @defvar emacs-major-version
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137 The major version number of Emacs, as an integer. For Emacs version
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138 19.23, the value is 19.
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139 @end defvar
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141 @defvar emacs-minor-version
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142 The minor version number of Emacs, as an integer. For Emacs version
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143 19.23, the value is 23.
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144 @end defvar
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146 @node Pure Storage, Garbage Collection, Building Emacs, GNU Emacs Internals
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147 @appendixsec Pure Storage
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148 @cindex pure storage
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150 Emacs Lisp uses two kinds of storage for user-created Lisp objects:
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151 @dfn{normal storage} and @dfn{pure storage}. Normal storage is where
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152 all the new data created during an Emacs session is kept; see the
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153 following section for information on normal storage. Pure storage is
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154 used for certain data in the preloaded standard Lisp files---data that
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155 should never change during actual use of Emacs.
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316 The number of floats in use.
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320 The number of floats for which space has been obtained from the
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322 @end table
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328 trigger another garbage collection. A cons cell counts as eight bytes,
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332 the threshold is exhausted, but only the next time the Lisp evaluator is
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335 The initial threshold value is 100,000. If you specify a larger
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338 You may want to do this when running a program that creates lots of
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341 You can make collections more frequent by specifying a smaller value,
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344 @code{garbage-collect} will set the threshold back to 10,000.
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348 @defun memory-limit
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349 This function returns the address of the last byte Emacs has allocated,
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350 divided by 1024. We divide the value by 1024 to make sure it fits in a
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353 You can use this to get a general idea of how your actions affect the
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354 memory usage.
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355 @end defun
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357 @node Writing Emacs Primitives, Object Internals, Garbage Collection, GNU Emacs Internals
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358 @appendixsec Writing Emacs Primitives
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359 @cindex primitive function internals
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360
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361 Lisp primitives are Lisp functions implemented in C. The details of
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362 interfacing the C function so that Lisp can call it are handled by a few
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363 C macros. The only way to really understand how to write new C code is
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364 to read the source, but we can explain some things here.
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365
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366 An example of a special form is the definition of @code{or}, from
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367 @file{eval.c}. (An ordinary function would have the same general
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368 appearance.)
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370 @cindex garbage collection protection
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371 @smallexample
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372 @group
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373 DEFUN ("or", For, Sor, 0, UNEVALLED, 0,
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374 "Eval args until one of them yields non-nil, then return that value.\n\
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377 @group
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378 If all args return nil, return nil.")
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381 @{
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382 register Lisp_Object val;
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383 Lisp_Object args_left;
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384 struct gcpro gcpro1;
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385 @end group
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388 if (NULL (args))
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392 GCPRO1 (args_left);
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395 @group
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397 @{
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407 UNGCPRO;
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408 return val;
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409 @}
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414 @code{DEFUN} macro. Here is a template for them:
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417 DEFUN (@var{lname}, @var{fname}, @var{sname}, @var{min}, @var{max}, @var{interactive}, @var{doc})
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428 by convention, @samp{F} prepended to the Lisp name, with all dashes
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430 function from C code, call @code{For}. Remember that the arguments must
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432 values of type @code{Lisp_Object} are declared in the file
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433 @file{lisp.h}.
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437 the subr object that represents the function in Lisp. This structure
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438 conveys the Lisp symbol name to the initialization routine that will
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439 create the symbol and store the subr object as its definition. By
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440 convention, this name is always @var{fname} with @samp{F} replaced with
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448 This is the maximum number of arguments that the function accepts, if
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449 there is a fixed maximum. Alternatively, it can be @code{UNEVALLED},
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451 @code{MANY}, indicating an unlimited number of evaluated arguments (the
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452 equivalent of @code{&rest}). Both @code{UNEVALLED} and @code{MANY} are
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453 macros. If @var{max} is a number, it may not be less than @var{min} and
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454 it may not be greater than seven.
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457 This is an interactive specification, a string such as might be used as
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458 the argument of @code{interactive} in a Lisp function. In the case of
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459 @code{or}, it is 0 (a null pointer), indicating that @code{or} cannot be
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460 called interactively. A value of @code{""} indicates a function that
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463 @item doc
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465 documentation string for a function defined in Lisp, except you must
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466 write @samp{\n\} at the end of each line. In particular, the first line
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468 @end table
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470 After the call to the @code{DEFUN} macro, you must write the argument
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471 name list that every C function must have, followed by ordinary C
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472 declarations for the arguments. For a function with a fixed maximum
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473 number of arguments, declare a C argument for each Lisp argument, and
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474 give them all type @code{Lisp_Object}. When a Lisp function has no
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487 @code{UNGCPRO} cancels the protection of the variables that are
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488 protected in the current function. It is necessary to do this explicitly.
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490 For most data types, it suffices to protect at least one pointer to
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491 the object; as long as the object is not recycled, all pointers to it
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492 remain valid. This is not so for strings, because the garbage collector
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493 can move them. When the garbage collector moves a string, it relocates
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494 all the pointers it knows about; any other pointers become invalid.
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495 Therefore, you must protect all pointers to strings across any point
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496 where garbage collection may be possible.
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498 The macro @code{GCPRO1} protects just one local variable. If you want
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499 to protect two, use @code{GCPRO2} instead; repeating @code{GCPRO1} will
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500 not work. Macros @code{GCPRO3} and @code{GCPRO4} also exist.
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503 must declare these explicitly, with type @code{struct gcpro}. Thus, if
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504 you use @code{GCPRO2}, you must declare @code{gcpro1} and @code{gcpro2}.
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505 Alas, we can't explain all the tricky details here.
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508 they are never written once Emacs is dumped. These variables with
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509 initializers are allocated in an area of memory that becomes read-only
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511 Storage}.
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514 variables at top level in the file. This is necessary because Emacs on
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515 some operating systems defines the keyword @code{static} as a null
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516 macro. (This definition is used because those systems put all variables
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520 Defining the C function is not enough to make a Lisp primitive
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521 available; you must also create the Lisp symbol for the primitive and
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522 store a suitable subr object in its function cell. The code looks like
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523 this:
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525 @example
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526 defsubr (&@var{subr-structure-name});
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527 @end example
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530 Here @var{subr-structure-name} is the name you used as the third
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531 argument to @code{DEFUN}.
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533 If you add a new primitive to a file that already has Lisp primitives
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534 defined in it, find the function (near the end of the file) named
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535 @code{syms_of_@var{something}}, and add the call to @code{defsubr}
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536 there. If the file doesn't have this function, or if you create a new
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537 file, add to it a @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} (e.g.,
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538 @code{syms_of_myfile}). Then find the spot in @file{emacs.c} where all
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539 of these functions are called, and add a call to
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540 @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} there.
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542 The function @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} is also the place to define
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543 any C variables that are to be visible as Lisp variables.
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544 @code{DEFVAR_LISP} makes a C variable of type @code{Lisp_Object} visible
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545 in Lisp. @code{DEFVAR_INT} makes a C variable of type @code{int}
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547 @code{DEFVAR_BOOL} makes a C variable of type @code{int} visible in Lisp
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548 with a value that is either @code{t} or @code{nil}.
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550 Here is another example function, with more complicated arguments.
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551 This comes from the code for the X Window System, and it demonstrates
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552 the use of macros and functions to manipulate Lisp objects.
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555 @group
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556 DEFUN ("coordinates-in-window-p", Fcoordinates_in_window_p,
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557 Scoordinates_in_window_p, 2, 2,
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558 "xSpecify coordinate pair: \nXExpression which evals to window: ",
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559 "Return non-nil if POSITIONS is in WINDOW.\n\
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560 \(POSITIONS is a list, (SCREEN-X SCREEN-Y)\)\n\
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562 @group
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563 Returned value is list of positions expressed\n\
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566 register Lisp_Object coordinate, window;
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567 @{
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568 register Lisp_Object xcoord, ycoord;
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571 @group
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572 if (!CONSP (coordinate)) wrong_type_argument (Qlistp, coordinate);
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573 CHECK_WINDOW (window, 2);
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574 xcoord = Fcar (coordinate);
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575 ycoord = Fcar (Fcdr (coordinate));
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576 CHECK_NUMBER (xcoord, 0);
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577 CHECK_NUMBER (ycoord, 1);
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579 @group
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580 if ((XINT (xcoord) < XINT (XWINDOW (window)->left))
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583 return Qnil;
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584 XFASTINT (xcoord) -= XFASTINT (XWINDOW (window)->left);
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586 @group
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587 if (XINT (ycoord) == (screen_height - 1))
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590 @group
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596 @group
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597 XFASTINT (ycoord) -= XFASTINT (XWINDOW (window)->top);
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598 return (Fcons (xcoord, Fcons (ycoord, Qnil)));
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599 @}
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600 @end group
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605 @code{Ffuncall}, which embodies the Lisp function @code{funcall}. Since
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606 the Lisp function @code{funcall} accepts an unlimited number of
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607 arguments, in C it takes two: the number of Lisp-level arguments, and a
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608 one-dimensional array containing their values. The first Lisp-level
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610 pass to it. Since @code{Ffuncall} can call the evaluator, you must
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611 protect pointers from garbage collection around the call to
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612 @code{Ffuncall}.
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616 number of arguments. They work by calling @code{Ffuncall}.
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620 functions.
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622 @node Object Internals, , Writing Emacs Primitives, GNU Emacs Internals
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623 @appendixsec Object Internals
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624 @cindex object internals
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626 GNU Emacs Lisp manipulates many different types of data. The actual
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627 data are stored in a heap and the only access that programs have to it is
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628 through pointers. Pointers are thirty-two bits wide in most
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629 implementations. Depending on the operating system and type of machine
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630 for which you compile Emacs, twenty-four to twenty-six bits are used to
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631 address the object, and the remaining six to eight bits are used for a
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632 tag that identifies the object's type.
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633
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634 Because Lisp objects are represented as tagged pointers, it is always
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635 possible to determine the Lisp data type of any object. The C data type
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636 @code{Lisp_Object} can hold any Lisp object of any data type. Ordinary
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637 variables have type @code{Lisp_Object}, which means they can hold any
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638 type of Lisp value; you can determine the actual data type only at run
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639 time. The same is true for function arguments; if you want a function
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640 to accept only a certain type of argument, you must check the type
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641 explicitly using a suitable predicate (@pxref{Type Predicates}).
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642 @cindex type checking internals
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643
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644 @menu
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645 * Buffer Internals:: Components of a buffer structure.
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646 * Window Internals:: Components of a window structure.
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647 * Process Internals:: Components of a process structure.
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648 @end menu
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649
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650 @node Buffer Internals, Window Internals, Object Internals, Object Internals
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651 @appendixsubsec Buffer Internals
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652 @cindex internals, of buffer
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653 @cindex buffer internals
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654
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655 Buffers contain fields not directly accessible by the Lisp programmer.
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656 We describe them here, naming them by the names used in the C code.
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657 Many are accessible indirectly in Lisp programs via Lisp primitives.
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658
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659 @table @code
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660 @item name
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661 The buffer name is a string that names the buffer. It is guaranteed to
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662 be unique. @xref{Buffer Names}.
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663
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664 @item save_modified
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665 This field contains the time when the buffer was last saved, as an integer.
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666 @xref{Buffer Modification}.
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667
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668 @item modtime
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669 This field contains the modification time of the visited file. It is
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670 set when the file is written or read. Every time the buffer is written
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671 to the file, this field is compared to the modification time of the
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672 file. @xref{Buffer Modification}.
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673
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674 @item auto_save_modified
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675 This field contains the time when the buffer was last auto-saved.
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676
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677 @item last_window_start
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678 This field contains the @code{window-start} position in the buffer as of
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679 the last time the buffer was displayed in a window.
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680
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681 @item undo_list
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682 This field points to the buffer's undo list. @xref{Undo}.
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683
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684 @item syntax_table_v
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685 This field contains the syntax table for the buffer. @xref{Syntax Tables}.
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686
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687 @item downcase_table
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688 This field contains the conversion table for converting text to lower case.
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689 @xref{Case Table}.
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690
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691 @item upcase_table
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692 This field contains the conversion table for converting text to upper case.
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693 @xref{Case Table}.
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694
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695 @item case_canon_table
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696 This field contains the conversion table for canonicalizing text for
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697 case-folding search. @xref{Case Table}.
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698
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699 @item case_eqv_table
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700 This field contains the equivalence table for case-folding search.
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701 @xref{Case Table}.
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702
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703 @item display_table
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704 This field contains the buffer's display table, or @code{nil} if it doesn't
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705 have one. @xref{Display Tables}.
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706
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707 @item markers
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708 This field contains the chain of all markers that currently point into
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709 the buffer. Deletion of text in the buffer, and motion of the buffer's
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710 gap, must check each of these markers and perhaps update it.
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711 @xref{Markers}.
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712
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713 @item backed_up
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714 This field is a flag that tells whether a backup file has been made
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715 for the visited file of this buffer.
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716
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717 @item mark
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718 This field contains the mark for the buffer. The mark is a marker,
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719 hence it is also included on the list @code{markers}. @xref{The Mark}.
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720
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721 @item mark_active
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722 This field is non-@code{nil} if the buffer's mark is active.
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723
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724 @item local_var_alist
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725 This field contains the association list describing the variables local
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726 in this buffer, and their values, with the exception of local variables
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727 that have special slots in the buffer object. (Those slots are omitted
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728 from this table.) @xref{Buffer-Local Variables}.
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729
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730 @item keymap
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731 This field holds the buffer's local keymap. @xref{Keymaps}.
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732
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733 @item overlay_center
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734 This field holds the current overlay center position. @xref{Overlays}.
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735
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736 @item overlays_before
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737 This field holds a list of the overlays in this buffer that end at or
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738 before the current overlay center position. They are sorted in order of
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739 decreasing end position.
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740
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741 @item overlays_after
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742 This field holds a list of the overlays in this buffer that end after
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743 the current overlay center position. They are sorted in order of
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744 increasing beginning position.
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745 @end table
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746
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747 @node Window Internals, Process Internals, Buffer Internals, Object Internals
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748 @appendixsubsec Window Internals
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749 @cindex internals, of window
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750 @cindex window internals
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751
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752 Windows have the following accessible fields:
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753
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754 @table @code
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755 @item frame
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756 The frame that this window is on.
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757
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758 @item mini_p
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759 Non-@code{nil} if this window is a minibuffer window.
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760
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761 @item buffer
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762 The buffer that the window is displaying. This may change often during
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763 the life of the window.
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764
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765 @item dedicated
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766 Non-@code{nil} if this window is dedicated to its buffer.
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767
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768 @item pointm
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769 @cindex window point internals
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770 This is the value of point in the current buffer when this window is
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771 selected; when it is not selected, it retains its previous value.
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772
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773 @item start
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774 The position in the buffer that is the first character to be displayed
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775 in the window.
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776
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777 @item force_start
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778 If this flag is non-@code{nil}, it says that the window has been
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779 scrolled explicitly by the Lisp program. This affects what the next
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780 redisplay does if point is off the screen: instead of scrolling the
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781 window to show the text around point, it moves point to a location that
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782 is on the screen.
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783
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784 @item last_modified
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785 The @code{modified} field of the window's buffer, as of the last time
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786 a redisplay completed in this window.
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787
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788 @item last_point
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789 The buffer's value of point, as of the last time
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790 a redisplay completed in this window.
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791
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792 @item left
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793 This is the left-hand edge of the window, measured in columns. (The
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794 leftmost column on the screen is @w{column 0}.)
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795
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796 @item top
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797 This is the top edge of the window, measured in lines. (The top line on
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798 the screen is @w{line 0}.)
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799
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800 @item height
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801 The height of the window, measured in lines.
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802
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803 @item width
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804 The width of the window, measured in columns.
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805
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806 @item next
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807 This is the window that is the next in the chain of siblings. It is
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808 @code{nil} in a window that is the rightmost or bottommost of a group of
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809 siblings.
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810
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811 @item prev
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812 This is the window that is the previous in the chain of siblings. It is
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813 @code{nil} in a window that is the leftmost or topmost of a group of
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814 siblings.
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815
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816 @item parent
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817 Internally, Emacs arranges windows in a tree; each group of siblings has
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818 a parent window whose area includes all the siblings. This field points
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819 to a window's parent.
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820
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821 Parent windows do not display buffers, and play little role in display
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822 except to shape their child windows. Emacs Lisp programs usually have
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823 no access to the parent windows; they operate on the windows at the
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824 leaves of the tree, which actually display buffers.
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825
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826 @item hscroll
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827 This is the number of columns that the display in the window is scrolled
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828 horizontally to the left. Normally, this is 0.
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829
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830 @item use_time
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831 This is the last time that the window was selected. The function
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832 @code{get-lru-window} uses this field.
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834 @item display_table
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835 The window's display table, or @code{nil} if none is specified for it.
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836
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837 @item update_mode_line
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838 Non-@code{nil} means this window's mode line needs to be updated.
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839
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840 @item base_line_number
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841 The line number of a certain position in the buffer, or @code{nil}.
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842 This is used for displaying the line number of point in the mode line.
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843
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844 @item base_line_pos
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845 The position in the buffer for which the line number is known, or
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846 @code{nil} meaning none is known.
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847
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848 @item region_showing
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849 If the region (or part of it) is highlighted in this window, this field
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850 holds the mark position that made one end of that region. Otherwise,
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851 this field is @code{nil}.
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852 @end table
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853
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854 @node Process Internals, , Window Internals, Object Internals
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855 @appendixsubsec Process Internals
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856 @cindex internals, of process
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857 @cindex process internals
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858
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859 The fields of a process are:
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860
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861 @table @code
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862 @item name
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863 A string, the name of the process.
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864
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865 @item command
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866 A list containing the command arguments that were used to start this
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867 process.
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868
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869 @item filter
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870 A function used to accept output from the process instead of a buffer,
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871 or @code{nil}.
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872
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873 @item sentinel
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874 A function called whenever the process receives a signal, or @code{nil}.
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875
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876 @item buffer
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877 The associated buffer of the process.
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878
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879 @item pid
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880 An integer, the Unix process @sc{id}.
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881
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882 @item childp
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883 A flag, non-@code{nil} if this is really a child process.
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884 It is @code{nil} for a network connection.
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886 @item mark
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887 A marker indicating the position of the end of the last output from this
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888 process inserted into the buffer. This is often but not always the end
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889 of the buffer.
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891 @item kill_without_query
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892 If this is non-@code{nil}, killing Emacs while this process is still
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893 running does not ask for confirmation about killing the process.
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894
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895 @item raw_status_low
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896 @itemx raw_status_high
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897 These two fields record 16 bits each of the process status returned by
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898 the @code{wait} system call.
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899
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900 @item status
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901 The process status, as @code{process-status} should return it.
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902
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903 @item tick
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904 @itemx update_tick
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905 If these two fields are not equal, a change in the status of the process
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906 needs to be reported, either by running the sentinel or by inserting a
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907 message in the process buffer.
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908
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909 @item pty_flag
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910 Non-@code{nil} if communication with the subprocess uses a @sc{pty};
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911 @code{nil} if it uses a pipe.
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912
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913 @item infd
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914 The file descriptor for input from the process.
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915
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916 @item outfd
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917 The file descriptor for output to the process.
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918
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919 @item subtty
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920 The file descriptor for the terminal that the subprocess is using. (On
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921 some systems, there is no need to record this, so the value is
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922 @code{nil}.)
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923 @end table