GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual

Index

#$

@ in interactive

& in replacement

&define (Edebug)

&not (Edebug)

&optional (Edebug)

&rest (Edebug)

" in printing

' for quoting

(...) in lists

* in interactive

, (with Backquote)

,@ (with Backquote)

.emacs customization

? in character constant

? in minibuffer

\ in character constant

\ in printing

\ in replacement

\a

\b

\e

\f

\n

\n in replacement

\r

\t

\v

`

` (list substitution)

abbrev tables in modes

absolute file name

accessibility of a file

accessible portion (of a buffer)

active display table

address field of register

after-string (overlay property)

all-christian-calendar-holidays

all-hebrew-calendar-holidays

all-islamic-calendar-holidays

anonymous function

anonymous lambda expressions (Edebug)

apostrophe for quoting

apply, and debugging

appt-delete-window-function

appt-disp-window-function

appt-display-duration

appt-display-mode-line

appt-message-warning-time

appt-msg-window

argument binding

argument descriptors

argument evaluation form

argument prompt

arguments, reading

arith-error example

arith-error in division

arithmetic shift

ASCII character codes

asking the user questions

association list

asynchronous subprocess

attributes of text

autoload errors

automatically buffer-local

backquote (list substitution)

backslash in character constant

backslash in strings

backslash in symbols

backup files, how to make them

balancing parentheses

basic code (of input character)

before point, insertion

before-string (overlay property)

beginning of line

beginning of line in regexp

binary files and text files

binding arguments

binding local variables

binding of a key

bitwise exclusive or

blink-paren-hook

body of function

bold (face name)

bold-italic (face name)

box diagrams, for lists

box representation for lists

bucket (in obarray)

buffer contents

buffer file name

buffer input stream

buffer internals

buffer modification

buffer output stream

buffer text notation

buffer, read-only

buffer-local variables

buffer-local variables in modes

Buffer-menu-mode-map

buffers, controlled in windows

buffers, creating

buffers, killing

built-in function

button-down event

byte-code function

byte-code interpreter

byte-compiling macros

byte-compiling require

C-c

C-g

C-h

C-q

C-s

C-x

calendar-date-display-form

calendar-daylight-savings-ends

calendar-daylight-savings-ends-time

calendar-daylight-savings-starts

calendar-daylight-savings-starts-time

calendar-daylight-time-offset

calendar-holiday-marker

calendar-holidays

calendar-load-hook

calendar-mark-today

calendar-star-date

calendar-time-display-form

calendar-today-marker

calling a function

candle lighting times

case in replacements

category (overlay property)

category (text property)

category of text character

centering point

change hooks for a character

changing key bindings

changing to another buffer

changing window size

character arrays

character insertion

character printing

character set (in regexp)

character to string

characters for interactive codes

christian-holidays

CL note---allocate more storage

CL note---case of letters

CL note---default optional arg

CL note---integers vrs eq

CL note---lack union, set

CL note---no continuable errors

CL note---only throw in Emacs

CL note---rplaca vrs setcar

CL note---set local

CL note---special forms compared

CL note---special variables

CL note---symbol in obarrays

cl.el (Edebug)

close parenthesis

closures not available

codes, interactive, description of

coding standards

command descriptions

command history

command in keymap

command line arguments

command line options

command loop, recursive

command-history-map

commandp example

commands, defining

Common Lisp (Edebug)

comparing buffer text

comparison of modification time

compilation functions

compiled function

completion, file name

complex arguments

complex command

concatenating lists

concatenating strings

conditional evaluation

cons cell as box

continuation lines

control character key constants

control character printing

control characters

control characters in display

control characters, reading

control structures

Control-X-prefix

conventions for writing minor modes

conversion of strings

copying sequences

copying strings

copying vectors

counting columns

coverage testing

creating buffers

creating keymaps

current binding

current buffer excursion

current buffer mark

current buffer point and mark (Edebug)

current buffer position

current command

current stack frame

cyclic ordering of windows

daylight savings time

debug-on-error use

debugger command list

debugger-mode-map

debugging errors

debugging specific functions

decoding file formats

decrement field of register

dedicated window

default (face name)

default argument string

default init file

default key binding

defining a function

defining commands

definition of a symbol

delete previous char

delete-frame event

deleting processes

deleting whitespace

deleting windows

deletion of elements

deletion of frames

deletion vs killing

description for interactive codes

description format

diagrams, boxed, for lists

diary-anniversary

diary-astro-day-number

diary-date-forms

diary-day-of-year

diary-display-hook

diary-entry-marker

diary-french-date

diary-hebrew-date

diary-islamic-date

diary-iso-date

diary-julian-date

diary-list-include-blanks

diary-mayan-date

diary-parasha

diary-phases-of-moon

diary-rosh-hodesh

diary-sabbath-candles

diary-sunrise-sunset

diary-yahrzeit

directory name abbreviation

directory part (of file name)

directory-oriented functions

dired-mode-map

disabled command

disassembled byte-code

display columns

displaying a buffer

displays, multiple

DOC (documentation) file

documentation conventions

documentation for major mode

documentation notation

documentation of function

documentation strings

documentation, keys in

dotted lists (Edebug)

dotted pair notation

double-click events

double-quote in strings

downcasing in lookup-key

dynamic loading of documentation

dynamic loading of functions

dynamic scoping

Edebug execution modes

Edebug specification list

edebug-all-forms

edebug-eval-top-level-form

edebug-global-break-condition

edebug-print-length

edebug-print-level

edebug-print-trace-after

edebug-print-trace-before

edebug-set-global-break-condition

edebug-unwrap

edit-abbrevs-map

edit-tab-stops-map

editor command loop

electric-buffer-menu-mode-map

electric-history-map

element (of list)

elements of sequences

Emacs event standard notation

emacs-lisp-mode-map

emacs/etc/DOC-version

EMACSLOADPATH environment variable

encoding file formats

end of buffer marker

environment variable access

environment variables, subprocesses

error debugging

error in debug

error message notation

error-conditions

escape characters

escape characters in printing

escape sequence

etc/DOC-version

eval, and debugging

eval-current-buffer (Edebug)

eval-defun (Edebug)

eval-expression (Edebug)

eval-region (Edebug)

evaluated expression argument

evaluation error

evaluation list group

evaluation notation

evaluation of buffer contents

evaporate (overlay property)

examining windows

examples of using interactive

execute program

execute with prefix argument

execution speed

exit recursive editing

expansion of file names

expansion of macros

face (overlay property)

face (text property)

face codes of text

facemenu-background-menu

facemenu-face-menu

facemenu-foreground-menu

facemenu-indentation-menu

facemenu-justification-menu

facemenu-menu

facemenu-special-menu

fancy-diary-display

file accessibility

file attributes

file format conversion

file mode specification error

file modes and MS-DOS

file modification time

file name completion subroutines

file name of buffer

file name of directory

file names in directory

file open error

file symbolic links

file types on MS-DOS

file with multiple names

file-already-exists

file-supersession

filling a paragraph

filling, automatic

filling, explicit

filter function

finding windows

flow control characters

flow control example

for

forcing redisplay

format definition

format of keymaps

format specification

formatting strings

frame configuration

frame visibility

frequency counts

funcall, and debugging

function call debugging

function cell in autoload

function definition

function descriptions

function form evaluation

function input stream

function invocation

function output stream

function quoting

function-key-map

functions in modes

functions, making them interactive

Fundamental mode

fundamental-mode-map

garbage collection protection

garbage collector

general-holidays

geometry specification

global break condition

global variable

handling errors

header comments

hebrew-holidays

help for major mode

Helper-help-map

highlight (face name)

history of commands

holidays-in-diary-buffer

HOME environment variable

hooks for changing a character

hooks for loading

hooks for motion of point

hooks for text changes

horizontal position

horizontal scrolling

hyper characters

iconified frame

iconify-frame event

IEEE floating point

implicit progn

inc

include-other-diary-files

indenting with parentheses

indirect buffers

indirect specifications

infinite recursion

Info-edit-map

Info-mode-map

inheritance of text properties

inheriting a keymap's bindings

initial-calendar-window-hook

inline functions

innermost containing parentheses

insert-behind-hooks (overlay property)

insert-behind-hooks (text property)

insert-hebrew-diary-entry

insert-in-front-hooks (overlay property)

insert-in-front-hooks (text property)

insert-islamic-diary-entry

insert-monthly-hebrew-diary-entry

insert-monthly-islamic-diary-entry

insert-yearly-hebrew-diary-entry

insert-yearly-islamic-diary-entry

inserting killed text

insertion before point

insertion of text

intangible (overlay property)

intangible (text property)

integer to decimal

integer to hexadecimal

integer to octal

integer to string

interactive call

interactive code description

interactive commands (Edebug)

interactive completion

interactive function

interactive, examples of using

internals, of buffer

internals, of process

internals, of window

invalid function

invalid prefix key error

invalid-function

invalid-read-syntax

invalid-regexp

invisible (overlay property)

invisible (text property)

invisible frame

isearch-mode-map

islamic-holidays

ISO Latin-1 characters (input)

italic (face name)

key sequence error

key sequence input

key translation function

key-translation-map

keyboard macro execution

keyboard macro termination

keyboard macros

keyboard macros (Edebug)

keymap in keymap

keymap inheritance

keymap of character

keymap prompt string

keymaps in modes

keys in documentation strings

keystroke command

kill command repetition

killing buffers

lambda expression

lambda expression in hook

lambda in debug

lambda in keymap

lambda-list (Edebug)

last-input-char

Latin-1 character set (input)

lexical binding (Edebug)

lexical comparison

library compilation

library header comments

lines in region

Lisp expression motion

Lisp nesting error

lisp-interaction-mode-map

lisp-mode-map

LISP_FLOAT_TYPE configuration macro

list form evaluation

list-diary-entries-hook

list-hebrew-diary-entries

list-islamic-diary-entries

lists and cons cells

lists represented as boxes

literal evaluation

ln

load error with require

local variables

local-holidays

local-map (text property)

logical exclusive or

logical inclusive or

loops, infinite

lowering a frame

M-x

macro argument evaluation

macro call evaluation

macro compilation

macro descriptions

macro expansion

magic file names

major mode hook

major mode keymap

make-frame-visible event

mapping functions

mark-diary-entries-hook

mark-diary-entries-in-calendar

mark-hebrew-diary-entries

mark-holidays-in-calendar

mark-included-diary-files

mark-islamic-diary-entries

marker argument

marker garbage collection

marker input stream

marker output stream

marker relocation

markers as numbers

mathematical functions

membership in a list

memory allocation

menu prompt string

menu-bar-edit-menu

menu-bar-files-menu

menu-bar-help-menu

menu-bar-search-menu

menu-bar-tools-menu

meta character key constants

meta character printing

meta characters

meta characters lookup

minibuffer history

minibuffer input

minibuffer window

minimum window size

minor mode conventions

mode line construct

mode-class property

mode-specific-map

modeline (face name)

modification flag (of buffer)

modification of lists

modification time, comparison of

modification-hooks (overlay property)

modification-hooks (text property)

modifier bits (of input character)

mouse click event

mouse drag event

mouse motion events

mouse pointer shape

mouse-face (overlay property)

mouse-face (text property)

MS-DOS and file modes

MS-DOS file types

multiple displays

multiple windows

multiple X terminals

natural numbers

negative infinity

network connection

new file message

newline and Auto Fill mode

newline in print

newline in strings

nil

nil and lists

nil in keymap

nil input stream

nil output stream

nondirectory part (of file name)

nongregorian-diary-listing-hook

nongregorian-diary-marking-hook

noninteractive use

nonprinting characters, reading

number equality

number-of-diary-entries

numeric prefix argument

numeric prefix argument usage

obarray in completion

object internals

object to string

obsolete buffer

occur-mode-map

octal character code

octal character input

operating system environment

option descriptions

optional arguments

options on command line

ordering of windows, cyclic

other-holidays

output from processes

overall prompt string

parasha, weekly

parenthesis depth

parenthesis matching

parenthesis syntax

PATH environment variable

peeking at input

percent symbol in mode line

performance analysis

permanent local variable

point excursion

point in window

point with narrowing

point-entered (text property)

point-left (text property)

position (in buffer)

position argument

position in window

position of mouse

positive infinity

prefix argument

prefix argument unreading

preventing backtracking

preventing prefix key

previous complete subexpression

primitive function internals

print name cell

print-diary-entries

print-diary-entries-hook

printed representation

printed representation for characters

printing (Edebug)

printing circular structures

printing limits

printing notation

priority (overlay property)

process internals

process sentinel

process signals

program arguments

program directories

programmed completion

programming types

prompt string (of menu)

prompt string of keymap

properties of text

property list cell

property lists vs association lists

protected forms

providing features

query-replace-map

querying the user

question mark in character constant

quitting from infinite loop

quote character

quoted character input

quoted-insert suppression

quoting characters in printing

quoting using apostrophe

raising a frame

raw prefix argument

raw prefix argument usage

read command name

read syntax for characters

read-only (text property)

read-only buffer

read-only buffers in interactive

read-only character

read-quoted-char quitting

reading interactive arguments

reading symbols

rearrangement of lists

record command history

recursive command loop

recursive editing level

recursive evaluation

regexp alternative

regexp grouping

regexp searching

regexps used standardly in editing

region (face name)

region argument

regular expression

regular expression searching

relative file name

repeated loading

replace bindings

replace characters

requiring features

resize redisplay

restriction (in a buffer)

resume (cf. no-redraw-on-reenter)

reversing a list

rm

rounding in conversions

rounding without conversion

saving text properties

saving window information

screen of terminal

scrolling vertically

search-failed

searching and case

searching for regexp

secondary-selection (face name)

selected window

selecting a buffer

selecting windows

selection (for X windows)

selective display

self-evaluating form

self-insert-command override

self-insert-command, minor modes

sending signals

sequence length

setting modes of files

setting-constant

sexp diary entries

shadowing of variables

shallow binding

Shell mode mode-line-format

signaling errors

simple-diary-display

site-start.el

skipping characters

skipping comments

sort-diary-entries

sorting diary entries

source breakpoints

SPC in minibuffer

special form descriptions

special form evaluation

special forms (Edebug)

special forms for control structures

splicing (with backquote)

splitting windows

standard regexps used in editing

standards of coding style

start up of Emacs

sticky text properties

stopping an infinite loop

stopping on events

store-match-data

stream (for printing)

stream (for reading)

string equality

string in keymap

string input stream

string to character

string to number

string to object

string, writing a doc string

string-to-int

strings, formatting them

substituting keys in documentation

super characters

suspend (cf. no-redraw-on-reenter)

suspend evaluation

suspending Emacs

switches on command line

switching to a buffer

symbol components

symbol equality

symbol evaluation

symbol function indirection

symbol in keymap

symbol name hashing

synchronous subprocess

syntax descriptor

syntax error (Edebug)

syntax for characters

syntax table example

syntax table internals

syntax tables in modes

t

t input stream

t output stream

TAB in minibuffer

tabs stops for indentation

tag on run time stack

TERM environment variable

terminal input modes

terminal output

terminal screen

terminal-specific initialization

terminate keyboard macro

termscript file

text files and binary files

text properties

text properties in files

text-mode-map

throw example

timing programs

today-invisible-calendar-hook

today-visible-calendar-hook

tracking the mouse

transaction queue

transcendental functions

Transient Mark mode

translating input events

triple-click events

truename (of file)

two's complement

type checking internals

type predicates

undefined in keymap

underline (face name)

uninterned symbol

update-directory-autoloads

update-file-autoloads

upper case key sequence

user-defined error

user-full-name

user-login-name

user-real-login-name

user-variable-p example

value of expression

variable definition

variable descriptions

variable limit error

variable-documentation

variables, buffer-local

vector evaluation

version number (in file name)

vertical scrolling

view-calendar-holidays-initially

view-diary-entries-initially

view-mode-map

visited file mode

void function cell

void-function

void-variable

waiting for command key input

window (overlay property)

window configuration (Edebug)

window configurations

window excursions

window internals

window ordering, cyclic

window point internals

window position

window resizing

window size, changing

window splitting

window top line

windows, controlling precisely

writing a documentation string

wrong-number-of-arguments

wrong-type-argument

X Window System

x-pointer-shape

x-sensitive-text-pointer-shape

yank suppression

yes-or-no questions