Special form
special form has its own rule for which arguments are evaluated
Special Form
| Purpose |
Forms
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| Definition |
defconst defun defvar
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| Binding constructs |
let let* function
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| Conditional evaluation |
and cond if or
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| Sequential evaluation |
prog1 prog2 progn
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| Iteration |
while function
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| Syntactic extension |
defmacro
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| Quoting |
quote
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| Assignment |
setq setq-default
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| Nonlocal Exits |
catch condition-case unwind-protect
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| Save |
save-current-buffer save-excursion save-restriction save-window-excursion
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| Other |
interactive track-mouse with-output-to-temp-buffer
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Standard Library
Number
Emacs supports two numeric data types: integers and floating point numbers
Number related function and Variable
| Category |
Functions Variable
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| Integer Basics |
most-positive-fixnum most-negative-fixnum
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| Floating Point Basics |
logb float-e float-pi
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| Type Predicate Test |
floatp integerp numberp wholenump zerop
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| Comparison |
= eql /= < <= > >= max min abs
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| Conversions |
float truncate floor ceiling round
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| Arithmetic Operations |
1+ 1- + - * / % mod
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| Rounding Operations |
ffloor fceiling ftruncate fround
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| Bitwise Operations |
lsh ash logand logior logxor lognot
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| Mathematical Functions |
sin cos tan asin acos atan exp log log10 expt sqrt
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| Random Numbers |
random
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Character
See String section
String
A string in Emacs Lisp is an array that contains an ordered sequence of characters
String and Character related function and Variable
| Category |
Functions Variable
|
| Predicates for Strings |
stringp string-or-null-p char-or-string-p
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| Creating Strings |
make-string string substring substring-no-properties concat split-string split-string-default-separators
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| Modifying Strings |
store-substring clear-string
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| Comparison |
char-equal string= string-equal string< string-lessp compare-strings assoc-string
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| Conversion |
number-to-string string-to-number char-to-string string-to-char
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| Formatting Strings |
format
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| Case Conversion |
downcase upcase capitalize upcase-initials
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| The Case Table |
case-table-p set-standard-case-table standard-case-table current-case-table set-case-table with-case-table ascii-case-table set-case-syntax-pair set-case-syntax-delims set-case-syntax describe-buffer-case-table
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List
Vector
Sequence
Hash Tables
Symbols
Minibuffer
Keymaps
File
Buffer
buffer is a lisp object containing text to be edited
Buffer related function and Variable
| Category |
Functions Variable
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| Basic |
bufferp current-buffer set-buffer save-current-buffer with-current-buffer with-temp-buffer
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| Buffer Names |
buffer-name rename-buffer get-buffer generate-new-buffer-name
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| Buffer File Name |
buffer-file-name buffer-file-name buffer-file-truename buffer-file-number get-file-buffer find-buffer-visting set-visted-file-name list-buffers-directory
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| Buffer Modification |
buffer-modified-p set-buffer-modified-p restore-buffer-modified-p not-modified buffer-modified-tick buffer-chars-modified-tick
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| Buffer Modification Time |
verify-visited-file-modtime clear-visited-file-modtime visited-file-modtime set-visited-file-modtime ask-user-about-supersession-threat
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| Read-Only Buffers |
buffer-read-only inhibit-read-only toggle-read-only barf-if-buffer-read-only
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| Buffer List |
buffer-list other-buffer last-buffer bury-buffer unbury-buffer
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| Creating Buffers |
get-buffer-creat generate-new-buffer
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| Killing Buffers |
kill-buffer kill-buffer-query-function kill-buffer-hook buffer-offer-save buffer-save-without-query buffer-live-p
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| Indirect Buffers |
make-indirect-buffer clone-indirect-buffer buffer-base-buffer
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| Swapping Text Between Two Buffers |
buffer-swap-text
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| Buffer Gap |
gap-position gap-size
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Windows
Frames
Positons
Marker
Text (unfinished)
Text is manipulated through Buffer object with point and marker.
Text related function and Variable
| Category |
Function Variable
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| Near Point |
char-after char-before following-char preceding-char bobp eobp bolp eolp
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| Examining Buffer Contents |
buffer-substring buffer-substring-no-properties buffer-string filter-buffer-substring filter-buffer-substring-function buffer-substring-filters current-word thing-at-point
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| Comparing Text |
compare-buffer-substrings
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| Inserting Text |
insert insert-before-markers insert-char insert-buffer-substring insert-buffer-substring-no-properties
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| User-Level Insertion Commands |
insert-buffer self-insert-command newline overwrite-mode
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| Deleting Text |
erase-buffer delete-region delete-and-extract-region delete-char delete-backward-char backwar-delete-char-untabify backward-delete-char-untabify-method
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| User-Level Deletion Commands |
delete-horizontal-space delete-indentation fixup-whitespace just-one-space delete-blank-lines
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