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Undo 2004-02-16 and 2004-02-17 changes. The following changes are relative to the 2004-01-21 revision. (NREAD_INPUT_EVENTS): Define as max number of input events to read in one call to read_socket_hook. Value is 8. (read_avail_input): Separate and rework handling of read_socket_hook and non-read_socket_hook cases. Use smaller input_event buffer in read_socket_hook case, and repeat if full buffer is read. Use new local variable 'discard' to skip input after C-g. In non-read_socket_hook case, just use a single input_event, and call kbd_buffer_store_event on the fly for each character.

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@settitle GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
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@center @titlefont {GNU Emacs Lisp}
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@quotation
  Most of the GNU Emacs text editor is written in the programming
language called Emacs Lisp.  You can write new code in Emacs Lisp and
install it as an extension to the editor.  However, Emacs Lisp is more
than a mere ``extension language''; it is a full computer programming
language in its own right.  You can use it as you would any other
programming language.

  Because Emacs Lisp is designed for use in an editor, it has special
features for scanning and parsing text as well as features for handling
files, buffers, displays, subprocesses, and so on.  Emacs Lisp is
closely integrated with the editing facilities; thus, editing commands
are functions that can also conveniently be called from Lisp programs,
and parameters for customization are ordinary Lisp variables.

  This manual describes Emacs Lisp.  Generally speaking, the earlier
chapters describe features of Emacs Lisp that have counterparts in
many programming languages, and later chapters describe features that
are peculiar to Emacs Lisp or relate specifically to editing.
@end quotation

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