GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual

Appendix D: Buffer-Local Variables

The table below lists the general-purpose Emacs variables that are automatically local (when set) in each buffer. Many Lisp packages define such variables for their internal use; we don't list them here.

abbrev-mode

see Abbrevs

auto-fill-function

see Auto Filling

buffer-auto-save-file-name

see Auto-Saving

buffer-backed-up

see Backup Files

buffer-display-table

see Display Tables

buffer-file-format

see Format Conversion

buffer-file-name

see Buffer File Name

buffer-file-number

see Buffer File Name

buffer-file-truename

see Buffer File Name

buffer-file-type

see Files and MS-DOS

buffer-invisibility-spec

see Invisible Text

buffer-offer-save

see Saving Buffers

buffer-read-only

see Read Only Buffers

buffer-saved-size

see Point

buffer-undo-list

see Undo

cache-long-line-scans

see Text Lines

case-fold-search

see Searching and Case

ctl-arrow

see Usual Display

comment-column

see Comments

default-directory

see System Environment

defun-prompt-regexp

see List Motion

fill-column

see Auto Filling

goal-column

see Moving Point

left-margin

see Indentation

local-abbrev-table

see Abbrevs

local-write-file-hooks

see Saving Buffers

major-mode

see Mode Help

mark-active

see The Mark

mark-ring

see The Mark

minor-modes

see Minor Modes

mode-line-buffer-identification

see Mode Line Variables

mode-line-format

see Mode Line Data

mode-line-modified

see Mode Line Variables

mode-line-process

see Mode Line Variables

mode-name

see Mode Line Variables

overwrite-mode

see Insertion

paragraph-separate

see Standard Regexps

paragraph-start

see Standard Regexps

point-before-scroll

Used for communication between mouse commands and scroll-bar commands.

require-final-newline

see Insertion

selective-display

see Selective Display

selective-display-ellipses

see Selective Display

tab-width

see Usual Display

truncate-lines

see Truncation

vc-mode

see Mode Line Variables