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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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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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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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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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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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56 The argument @samp{dump} tells @file{loadup.el} to dump a new executable
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59 Some operating systems don't support dumping. On those systems, you
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65 @cindex @file{site-load.el}
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67 @file{site-load.el} that loads them. You may need to increase the value
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68 of @code{PURESIZE}, in @file{src/puresize.h}, to make room for the
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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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74 After @file{loadup.el} reads @file{site-load.el}, it finds the
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76 variables) in the file @file{etc/DOC} where they are stored, by calling
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77 @code{Snarf-documentation} (@pxref{Accessing Documentation}).
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81 by putting them in a library named @file{site-init.el}. This file is
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82 executed after the documentation strings are found.
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85 three ways you can do this and make their documentation strings
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86 accessible when you subsequently run Emacs:
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88 @itemize @bullet
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89 @item
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90 Arrange to scan these files when producing the @file{etc/DOC} file,
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91 and load them with @file{site-load.el}.
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93 @item
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94 Load the files with @file{site-init.el}, then copy the files into the
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95 installation directory for Lisp files when you install Emacs.
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97 @item
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98 Specify a non-@code{nil} value for
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99 @code{byte-compile-dynamic-docstrings} as a local variable in each these
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100 files, and load them with either @file{site-load.el} or
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101 @file{site-init.el}. (This method has the drawback that the
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102 documentation strings take up space in Emacs all the time.)
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103 @end itemize
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105 It is not advisable to put anything in @file{site-load.el} or
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106 @file{site-init.el} that would alter any of the features that users
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107 expect in an ordinary unmodified Emacs. If you feel you must override
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108 normal features for your site, do it with @file{default.el}, so that
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109 users can override your changes if they wish. @xref{Start-up Summary}.
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111 @defun dump-emacs to-file from-file
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112 @cindex unexec
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113 This function dumps the current state of Emacs into an executable file
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114 @var{to-file}. It takes symbols from @var{from-file} (this is normally
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115 the executable file @file{temacs}).
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117 If you use this function in an Emacs that was already dumped, you must
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118 set @code{command-line-processed} to @code{nil} first for good results.
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119 @xref{Command Line Arguments}.
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120 @end defun
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122 @deffn Command emacs-version
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123 This function returns a string describing the version of Emacs that is
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124 running. It is useful to include this string in bug reports.
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126 @example
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127 @group
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128 (emacs-version)
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131 @end group
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132 @end example
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134 Called interactively, the function prints the same information in the
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135 echo area.
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136 @end deffn
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138 @defvar emacs-build-time
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142 @example
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332 The total size of all strings, in characters.
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335 The total number of elements of existing vectors.
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339 The number of floats in use.
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349 The value of this variable is the number of bytes of storage that must
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355 the threshold is exhausted, but only the next time the Lisp evaluator is
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361 You may want to do this when running a program that creates lots of
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364 You can make collections more frequent by specifying a smaller value,
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366 until the subsequent garbage collection, at which time
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367 @code{garbage-collect} will set the threshold back to 10,000.
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371 @defun memory-limit
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372 This function returns the address of the last byte Emacs has allocated,
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376 You can use this to get a general idea of how your actions affect the
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377 memory usage.
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378 @end defun
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380 @node Writing Emacs Primitives, Object Internals, Garbage Collection, GNU Emacs Internals
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381 @appendixsec Writing Emacs Primitives
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382 @cindex primitive function internals
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384 Lisp primitives are Lisp functions implemented in C. The details of
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385 interfacing the C function so that Lisp can call it are handled by a few
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386 C macros. The only way to really understand how to write new C code is
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390 @file{eval.c}. (An ordinary function would have the same general
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393 @cindex garbage collection protection
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394 @smallexample
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395 @group
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396 DEFUN ("or", For, Sor, 0, UNEVALLED, 0,
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400 @group
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407 struct gcpro gcpro1;
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415 GCPRO1 (args_left);
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431 return val;
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437 @code{DEFUN} macro. Here is a template for them:
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440 DEFUN (@var{lname}, @var{fname}, @var{sname}, @var{min}, @var{max}, @var{interactive}, @var{doc})
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455 values of type @code{Lisp_Object} are declared in the file
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456 @file{lisp.h}.
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471 This is the maximum number of arguments that the function accepts, if
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472 there is a fixed maximum. Alternatively, it can be @code{UNEVALLED},
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474 @code{MANY}, indicating an unlimited number of evaluated arguments (the
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475 equivalent of @code{&rest}). Both @code{UNEVALLED} and @code{MANY} are
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483 called interactively. A value of @code{""} indicates a function that
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493 After the call to the @code{DEFUN} macro, you must write the argument
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494 name list that every C function must have, followed by ordinary C
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495 declarations for the arguments. For a function with a fixed maximum
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496 number of arguments, declare a C argument for each Lisp argument, and
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504 @code{GCPRO1} and @code{UNGCPRO}. @code{GCPRO1} is used to ``protect''
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513 For most data types, it suffices to protect at least one pointer to
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514 the object; as long as the object is not recycled, all pointers to it
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515 remain valid. This is not so for strings, because the garbage collector
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516 can move them. When the garbage collector moves a string, it relocates
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517 all the pointers it knows about; any other pointers become invalid.
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518 Therefore, you must protect all pointers to strings across any point
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519 where garbage collection may be possible.
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521 The macro @code{GCPRO1} protects just one local variable. If you want
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522 to protect two, use @code{GCPRO2} instead; repeating @code{GCPRO1} will
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523 not work. Macros @code{GCPRO3} and @code{GCPRO4} also exist.
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525 These macros implicitly use local variables such as @code{gcpro1}; you
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526 must declare these explicitly, with type @code{struct gcpro}. Thus, if
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527 you use @code{GCPRO2}, you must declare @code{gcpro1} and @code{gcpro2}.
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528 Alas, we can't explain all the tricky details here.
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531 they are never written once Emacs is dumped. These variables with
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532 initializers are allocated in an area of memory that becomes read-only
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533 (on certain operating systems) as a result of dumping Emacs. @xref{Pure
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534 Storage}.
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536 Do not use static variables within functions---place all static
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537 variables at top level in the file. This is necessary because Emacs on
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538 some operating systems defines the keyword @code{static} as a null
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539 macro. (This definition is used because those systems put all variables
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541 they have initializers or not.)
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543 Defining the C function is not enough to make a Lisp primitive
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544 available; you must also create the Lisp symbol for the primitive and
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545 store a suitable subr object in its function cell. The code looks like
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546 this:
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549 defsubr (&@var{subr-structure-name});
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550 @end example
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553 Here @var{subr-structure-name} is the name you used as the third
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554 argument to @code{DEFUN}.
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557 defined in it, find the function (near the end of the file) named
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558 @code{syms_of_@var{something}}, and add the call to @code{defsubr}
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560 file, add to it a @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} (e.g.,
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561 @code{syms_of_myfile}). Then find the spot in @file{emacs.c} where all
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562 of these functions are called, and add a call to
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563 @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} there.
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565 The function @code{syms_of_@var{filename}} is also the place to define
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566 any C variables that are to be visible as Lisp variables.
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567 @code{DEFVAR_LISP} makes a C variable of type @code{Lisp_Object} visible
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568 in Lisp. @code{DEFVAR_INT} makes a C variable of type @code{int}
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570 @code{DEFVAR_BOOL} makes a C variable of type @code{int} visible in Lisp
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571 with a value that is either @code{t} or @code{nil}.
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573 Here is another example function, with more complicated arguments.
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574 This comes from the code for the X Window System, and it demonstrates
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575 the use of macros and functions to manipulate Lisp objects.
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578 @group
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579 DEFUN ("coordinates-in-window-p", Fcoordinates_in_window_p,
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581 "xSpecify coordinate pair: \nXExpression which evals to window: ",
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582 "Return non-nil if POSITIONS is in WINDOW.\n\
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585 @group
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589 register Lisp_Object coordinate, window;
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591 register Lisp_Object xcoord, ycoord;
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594 @group
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595 if (!CONSP (coordinate)) wrong_type_argument (Qlistp, coordinate);
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597 xcoord = Fcar (coordinate);
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600 CHECK_NUMBER (ycoord, 1);
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603 if ((XINT (xcoord) < XINT (XWINDOW (window)->left))
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607 XFASTINT (xcoord) -= XFASTINT (XWINDOW (window)->left);
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610 if (XINT (ycoord) == (screen_height - 1))
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614 if ((XINT (ycoord) < XINT (XWINDOW (window)->top))
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615 || (XINT (ycoord) >= (XINT (XWINDOW (window)->top)
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616 + XINT (XWINDOW (window)->height)) - 1))
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617 return Qnil;
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618 @end group
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619 @group
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620 XFASTINT (ycoord) -= XFASTINT (XWINDOW (window)->top);
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621 return (Fcons (xcoord, Fcons (ycoord, Qnil)));
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622 @}
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623 @end group
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624 @end smallexample
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625
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626 Note that C code cannot call functions by name unless they are defined
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627 in C. The way to call a function written in Lisp is to use
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628 @code{Ffuncall}, which embodies the Lisp function @code{funcall}. Since
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629 the Lisp function @code{funcall} accepts an unlimited number of
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630 arguments, in C it takes two: the number of Lisp-level arguments, and a
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631 one-dimensional array containing their values. The first Lisp-level
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632 argument is the Lisp function to call, and the rest are the arguments to
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633 pass to it. Since @code{Ffuncall} can call the evaluator, you must
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634 protect pointers from garbage collection around the call to
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635 @code{Ffuncall}.
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636
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637 The C functions @code{call0}, @code{call1}, @code{call2}, and so on,
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638 provide handy ways to call a Lisp function conveniently with a fixed
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639 number of arguments. They work by calling @code{Ffuncall}.
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640
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641 @file{eval.c} is a very good file to look through for examples;
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642 @file{lisp.h} contains the definitions for some important macros and
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643 functions.
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644
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645 @node Object Internals, , Writing Emacs Primitives, GNU Emacs Internals
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646 @appendixsec Object Internals
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647 @cindex object internals
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648
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649 GNU Emacs Lisp manipulates many different types of data. The actual
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650 data are stored in a heap and the only access that programs have to it is
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651 through pointers. Pointers are thirty-two bits wide in most
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652 implementations. Depending on the operating system and type of machine
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653 for which you compile Emacs, twenty-four to twenty-six bits are used to
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654 address the object, and the remaining six to eight bits are used for a
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655 tag that identifies the object's type.
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656
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657 Because Lisp objects are represented as tagged pointers, it is always
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658 possible to determine the Lisp data type of any object. The C data type
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659 @code{Lisp_Object} can hold any Lisp object of any data type. Ordinary
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660 variables have type @code{Lisp_Object}, which means they can hold any
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661 type of Lisp value; you can determine the actual data type only at run
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662 time. The same is true for function arguments; if you want a function
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663 to accept only a certain type of argument, you must check the type
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664 explicitly using a suitable predicate (@pxref{Type Predicates}).
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665 @cindex type checking internals
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666
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667 @menu
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668 * Buffer Internals:: Components of a buffer structure.
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669 * Window Internals:: Components of a window structure.
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670 * Process Internals:: Components of a process structure.
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671 @end menu
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672
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673 @node Buffer Internals, Window Internals, Object Internals, Object Internals
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674 @appendixsubsec Buffer Internals
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675 @cindex internals, of buffer
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676 @cindex buffer internals
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677
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678 Buffers contain fields not directly accessible by the Lisp programmer.
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679 We describe them here, naming them by the names used in the C code.
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680 Many are accessible indirectly in Lisp programs via Lisp primitives.
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681
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682 @table @code
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683 @item name
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684 The buffer name is a string that names the buffer. It is guaranteed to
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685 be unique. @xref{Buffer Names}.
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686
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687 @item save_modified
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688 This field contains the time when the buffer was last saved, as an integer.
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689 @xref{Buffer Modification}.
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690
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691 @item modtime
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692 This field contains the modification time of the visited file. It is
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693 set when the file is written or read. Every time the buffer is written
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694 to the file, this field is compared to the modification time of the
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695 file. @xref{Buffer Modification}.
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696
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697 @item auto_save_modified
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698 This field contains the time when the buffer was last auto-saved.
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699
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700 @item last_window_start
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701 This field contains the @code{window-start} position in the buffer as of
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702 the last time the buffer was displayed in a window.
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703
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704 @item undo_list
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705 This field points to the buffer's undo list. @xref{Undo}.
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706
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707 @item syntax_table_v
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708 This field contains the syntax table for the buffer. @xref{Syntax Tables}.
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709
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710 @item downcase_table
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711 This field contains the conversion table for converting text to lower case.
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712 @xref{Case Table}.
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713
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714 @item upcase_table
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715 This field contains the conversion table for converting text to upper case.
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716 @xref{Case Table}.
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717
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718 @item case_canon_table
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719 This field contains the conversion table for canonicalizing text for
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720 case-folding search. @xref{Case Table}.
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721
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722 @item case_eqv_table
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723 This field contains the equivalence table for case-folding search.
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724 @xref{Case Table}.
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725
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726 @item display_table
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727 This field contains the buffer's display table, or @code{nil} if it doesn't
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728 have one. @xref{Display Tables}.
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729
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730 @item markers
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731 This field contains the chain of all markers that currently point into
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732 the buffer. Deletion of text in the buffer, and motion of the buffer's
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733 gap, must check each of these markers and perhaps update it.
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734 @xref{Markers}.
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736 @item backed_up
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737 This field is a flag that tells whether a backup file has been made
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738 for the visited file of this buffer.
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739
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740 @item mark
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741 This field contains the mark for the buffer. The mark is a marker,
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742 hence it is also included on the list @code{markers}. @xref{The Mark}.
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743
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744 @item mark_active
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745 This field is non-@code{nil} if the buffer's mark is active.
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746
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747 @item local_var_alist
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748 This field contains the association list describing the variables local
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749 in this buffer, and their values, with the exception of local variables
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750 that have special slots in the buffer object. (Those slots are omitted
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751 from this table.) @xref{Buffer-Local Variables}.
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752
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753 @item base_buffer
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754 This field holds the buffer's base buffer (if it is an indirect buffer),
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755 or @code{nil}.
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756
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757 @item keymap
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758 This field holds the buffer's local keymap. @xref{Keymaps}.
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759
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760 @item overlay_center
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761 This field holds the current overlay center position. @xref{Overlays}.
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762
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763 @item overlays_before
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764 This field holds a list of the overlays in this buffer that end at or
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765 before the current overlay center position. They are sorted in order of
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766 decreasing end position.
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767
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768 @item overlays_after
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769 This field holds a list of the overlays in this buffer that end after
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770 the current overlay center position. They are sorted in order of
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771 increasing beginning position.
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772 @end table
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774 @node Window Internals, Process Internals, Buffer Internals, Object Internals
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775 @appendixsubsec Window Internals
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776 @cindex internals, of window
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777 @cindex window internals
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778
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779 Windows have the following accessible fields:
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780
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781 @table @code
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782 @item frame
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783 The frame that this window is on.
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785 @item mini_p
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786 Non-@code{nil} if this window is a minibuffer window.
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788 @item buffer
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789 The buffer that the window is displaying. This may change often during
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790 the life of the window.
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791
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792 @item dedicated
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793 Non-@code{nil} if this window is dedicated to its buffer.
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794
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795 @item pointm
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796 @cindex window point internals
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797 This is the value of point in the current buffer when this window is
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798 selected; when it is not selected, it retains its previous value.
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799
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800 @item start
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801 The position in the buffer that is the first character to be displayed
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802 in the window.
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803
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804 @item force_start
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805 If this flag is non-@code{nil}, it says that the window has been
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806 scrolled explicitly by the Lisp program. This affects what the next
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807 redisplay does if point is off the screen: instead of scrolling the
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808 window to show the text around point, it moves point to a location that
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809 is on the screen.
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810
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811 @item last_modified
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812 The @code{modified} field of the window's buffer, as of the last time
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813 a redisplay completed in this window.
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814
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815 @item last_point
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816 The buffer's value of point, as of the last time
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817 a redisplay completed in this window.
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818
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819 @item left
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820 This is the left-hand edge of the window, measured in columns. (The
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821 leftmost column on the screen is @w{column 0}.)
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822
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823 @item top
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824 This is the top edge of the window, measured in lines. (The top line on
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825 the screen is @w{line 0}.)
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826
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827 @item height
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828 The height of the window, measured in lines.
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829
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830 @item width
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831 The width of the window, measured in columns.
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832
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833 @item next
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834 This is the window that is the next in the chain of siblings. It is
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835 @code{nil} in a window that is the rightmost or bottommost of a group of
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836 siblings.
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837
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838 @item prev
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839 This is the window that is the previous in the chain of siblings. It is
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840 @code{nil} in a window that is the leftmost or topmost of a group of
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841 siblings.
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842
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843 @item parent
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844 Internally, Emacs arranges windows in a tree; each group of siblings has
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845 a parent window whose area includes all the siblings. This field points
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846 to a window's parent.
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847
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848 Parent windows do not display buffers, and play little role in display
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849 except to shape their child windows. Emacs Lisp programs usually have
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850 no access to the parent windows; they operate on the windows at the
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851 leaves of the tree, which actually display buffers.
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852
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853 @item hscroll
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854 This is the number of columns that the display in the window is scrolled
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855 horizontally to the left. Normally, this is 0.
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856
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857 @item use_time
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858 This is the last time that the window was selected. The function
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859 @code{get-lru-window} uses this field.
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860
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861 @item display_table
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862 The window's display table, or @code{nil} if none is specified for it.
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863
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864 @item update_mode_line
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865 Non-@code{nil} means this window's mode line needs to be updated.
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866
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867 @item base_line_number
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868 The line number of a certain position in the buffer, or @code{nil}.
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869 This is used for displaying the line number of point in the mode line.
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870
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871 @item base_line_pos
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872 The position in the buffer for which the line number is known, or
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873 @code{nil} meaning none is known.
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874
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875 @item region_showing
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876 If the region (or part of it) is highlighted in this window, this field
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877 holds the mark position that made one end of that region. Otherwise,
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878 this field is @code{nil}.
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879 @end table
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880
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881 @node Process Internals, , Window Internals, Object Internals
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882 @appendixsubsec Process Internals
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883 @cindex internals, of process
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884 @cindex process internals
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885
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886 The fields of a process are:
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887
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888 @table @code
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889 @item name
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890 A string, the name of the process.
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891
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892 @item command
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893 A list containing the command arguments that were used to start this
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894 process.
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895
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896 @item filter
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897 A function used to accept output from the process instead of a buffer,
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898 or @code{nil}.
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899
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900 @item sentinel
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901 A function called whenever the process receives a signal, or @code{nil}.
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902
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903 @item buffer
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904 The associated buffer of the process.
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905
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906 @item pid
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907 An integer, the Unix process @sc{id}.
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908
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909 @item childp
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910 A flag, non-@code{nil} if this is really a child process.
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911 It is @code{nil} for a network connection.
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913 @item mark
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914 A marker indicating the position of the end of the last output from this
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915 process inserted into the buffer. This is often but not always the end
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916 of the buffer.
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918 @item kill_without_query
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919 If this is non-@code{nil}, killing Emacs while this process is still
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920 running does not ask for confirmation about killing the process.
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921
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922 @item raw_status_low
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923 @itemx raw_status_high
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924 These two fields record 16 bits each of the process status returned by
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925 the @code{wait} system call.
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926
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927 @item status
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928 The process status, as @code{process-status} should return it.
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929
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930 @item tick
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931 @itemx update_tick
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932 If these two fields are not equal, a change in the status of the process
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933 needs to be reported, either by running the sentinel or by inserting a
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934 message in the process buffer.
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935
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936 @item pty_flag
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937 Non-@code{nil} if communication with the subprocess uses a @sc{pty};
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938 @code{nil} if it uses a pipe.
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940 @item infd
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941 The file descriptor for input from the process.
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943 @item outfd
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944 The file descriptor for output to the process.
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946 @item subtty
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947 The file descriptor for the terminal that the subprocess is using. (On
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948 some systems, there is no need to record this, so the value is
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949 @code{nil}.)
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951 @item tty_name
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952 The name of the terminal that the subprocess is using,
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953 or @code{nil} if it is using pipes.
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954 @end table