Including function, variable, macro, option, command
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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String and Character
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
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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
Lists are built up from cons cells
List related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
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List-related Predicates |
consp atom listp nlistp null
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List Elements |
car cdr car-safe cdr-safe pop nth nthcdr last safe-length caar cadr cadr cadr butlast nbutlast
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Building Lists |
cons list make-list append reverse copy-tree number-sequence
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List Variables |
push add-to-list add-to-ordered-list
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Modifying Lists |
setcar setcdr nconc nreverse sort
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Sets And Lists |
memq delq remq memql member delete remove member-ignore-case delete-dups
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Association Lists |
assoc rassoc sassq rassq assoc-default copy-alist assq-delete-all rassq-delete-all
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Rings |
make-ring ring-p ring-size ring-length ring-elements ring-copy ring-empty-p ring-ref ring-insert ring-remove ring-insert-at-beginning
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Vector
Vector related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Vector Functions |
vectorp vector make-vector vconcat
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Bool-vectors |
make-bool-vector bool-vector-p
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Sequence
sequence type is the union of two other Lisp types: lists and arrays. While array has four types, all one-dimensional: strings, vectors, bool-vectors, char-tables.
Sequence related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Sequence Functions |
sequencep length elt copy-sequence
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Array Functions |
arrayp aref aset fillarray
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Char-Tables |
make-char-table char-table-p char-table-subtype char-table-parent set-char-table-parent char-table-extra-slot set-char-table-extra-slot char-table-range set-char-table-range map-char-table
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Hash Tables
Hash Tables related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Creating Hash |
make-hash-table makehash
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Hash Access |
gethash puthash remhash clrhash maphash
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Defining Hash |
define-hash-table-test sxhashsxhash
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Other Hash |
hash-table-p copy-hash-table hash-table-count hash-table-test hash-table-weakness hash-table-rehash-size hash-table-rehash-threshold hash-table-size
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Symbols
Symbols related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Predicates for symbols |
symbolp
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Creating Symbols |
symbol-name make-symbol intern intern-soft obarray mapatoms unintern
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Property Lists |
symbol-plist setplist get put plist-get plist-put lax-plist-get lax-plist-put plist-member
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Minibuffer
A minibuffer is a special buffer that Emacs commands use to read arguments more complicated than the single numeric prefix argument.
Minibuffer related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Text from Minibuffer |
read-from-minibuffer read-string read-regexp minibuffer-allow-text-properties minibuffer-local-map read-no-blanks-input minibuffer-local-ns-map
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Object from Minibuffer |
read-minibuffer eval-minibuffer edit-and-eval-command
|
Minibuffer History |
add-to-history history-add-new-input history-length history-delete-duplicates minibuffer-history query-replace-history file-name-history buffer-name-history regexp-history extended-command-history shell-command-history read-expression-history
|
Basic Completion |
try-completion all-completions test-completion completion-boundaries completion-ignore-case completion-regexp-list lazy-completion-table completion-in-region
|
Minibuffer Completion |
completing-read
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Completion Commands |
minibuffer-completion-table minibuffer-completion-predicate minibuffer-completion-confirm minibuffer-confirm-exit-commands minibuffer-complete-word minibuffer-complete minibuffer-complete-and-exit minibuffer-completion-help display-completion-list completion-auto-help minibuffer-local-completion-map minibuffer-local-must-match-map minibuffer-local-filename-completion-map minibuffer-local-filename-must-match-map
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High-Level Completion |
read-buffer read-buffer-function read-buffer-completion-ignore-case read-command read-variable read-color
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Reading File Names |
read-file-name read-file-name-function read-file-name-completion-ignore-case read-directory-name insert-default-directory read-shell-command minibuffer-local-shell-command-map
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Completion Styles |
completion-styles completion-styles-alist
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Programmed Completion |
completion-table-dynamic completion-annotate-function
|
Yes-or-No Queries |
y-or-n-p y-or-n-p-with-timeout yes-or-no-p
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Multiple Queries |
map-y-or-n-p
|
Reading a Password |
read-passwd
|
Minibuffer Commands |
exit-minibuffer self-insert-and-exit previous-history-element next-history-element previous-matching-history-element next-matching-history-element
|
Minibuffer Contents |
minibuffer-prompt minibuffer-prompt-end minibuffer-prompt-width minibuffer-contents minibuffer-contents-no-properties minibuffer-completion-contents delete-minibuffer-contents
|
Minibuffer Windows |
active-minibuffer-window minibuffer-window set-minibuffer-window window-minibuffer-p minibuffer-window-active-p
|
Recursive Mini |
minibuffer-depth enable-recursive-minibuffers
|
Minibuffer Miscellany |
minibufferp minibuffer-setup-hook minibuffer-exit-hook minibuffer-help-form minibuffer-scroll-window minibuffer-selected-window max-mini-window-height
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Keymaps
Keymaps related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Key Sequences |
kbd
|
Format of Keymaps |
keymapp
|
Creating Keymaps |
make-sparse-keymap make-keymap copy-keymap
|
Inheritance and Keymaps |
keymap-parent set-keymap-parent
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Prefix Keys |
define-prefix-command
|
Active Keymaps |
current-active-maps key-binding
|
Controlling the Active Keymaps |
global-map current-global-map current-local-map current-minor-mode-maps use-global-map use-local-map minor-mode-map-alist minor-mode-overriding-map-alist overriding-local-map overriding-terminal-local-map overriding-local-map-menu-flag special-event-map emulation-mode-map-alists
|
Functions for Key Lookup |
lookup-key undefined local-key-binding global-key-binding minor-mode-key-binding meta-prefix-char
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Changing Key Bindings |
define-key substitute-key-definition suppress-keymap
|
Remapping Commands |
command-remapping
|
Translation Keymaps |
input-decode-map local-function-key-map key-translation-map
|
Key Binding Commands |
global-set-key global-unset-key local-set-key local-unset-key
|
Scanning Keymaps |
accessible-keymaps map-keymap where-is-internal describe-bindings
|
Menu Keymaps |
keymap-prompt
|
Menus and the Keyboard |
menu-prompt-more-char
|
Menu Bar |
menu-bar-final-items menu-bar-update-hook
|
Tool Bar |
tool-bar-map tool-bar-add-item tool-bar-add-item-from-menu tool-bar-local-item-from-menu auto-resize-tool-bars auto-raise-tool-bar-buttons tool-bar-button-margin tool-bar-button-relief tool-bar-border
|
Modifying Menus |
define-key-after
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File
File related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Visiting Files |
find-file find-file-literally find-file-noselect find-file-other-window find-file-read-only view-file find-file-wildcards find-file-hook find-file-not-found-functions find-file-literally create-file-buffer after-find-file
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Saving Buffers |
save-buffer save-some-buffers write-file write-file-functions write-contents-functions before-save-hook after-save-hook file-precious-flag require-final-newline
|
Reading from Files |
insert-file-contents insert-file-contents-literally
|
Writing to Files |
append-to-file write-region with-temp-file
|
File Locks |
file-locked-p lock-buffer unlock-buffer ask-user-about-lock
|
Information about Files |
file-exists-p file-readable-p file-executable-p file-writable-p file-accessible-directory-p access-file file-ownership-preserved-p file-newer-than-file-p file-symlink-p file-directory-p file-regular-p file-truename file-chase-links file-modes file-nlinks file-attributes locate-file executable-find
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Changing Files |
add-name-to-file rename-file copy-file make-symbolic-link delete-file set-file-modes set-default-file-modes default-file-modes read-file-modes file-modes-symbolic-to-number set-file-times
|
File Names |
file-name-directory file-name-nondirectory file-name-sans-versions file-name-extension file-name-sans-extension file-name-absolute-p file-relative-name file-name-as-directory directory-file-name abbreviate-file-name expand-file-name default-directory substitute-in-file-name make-temp-file make-temp-name temporary-file-directory small-temporary-file-directory file-name-all-completions file-name-completion completion-ignored-extensions convert-standard-filename
|
Contents of Directories |
directory-files directory-files-and-attributes file-expand-wildcards insert-directory insert-directory-program
|
Create/Delete Dirs |
make-directory copy-directory delete-directory
|
Magic File Names |
inhibit-file-name-handlers inhibit-file-name-operation find-file-name-handler file-local-copy file-remote-p unhandled-file-name-directory
|
Format Conversion |
format-alist buffer-file-format format-write-file format-find-file format-insert-file buffer-auto-save-file-format write-region-annotate-functions write-region-post-annotation-function after-insert-file-functions
|
Buffer
buffer is a lisp object containing text to be edited
Buffer related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Basic |
bufferp current-buffer set-buffer save-current-buffer with-current-buffer with-temp-buffer
|
Buffer Names |
buffer-name rename-buffer get-buffer generate-new-buffer-name
|
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
|
Buffer Modification |
buffer-modified-p set-buffer-modified-p restore-buffer-modified-p not-modified buffer-modified-tick buffer-chars-modified-tick
|
Buffer Modification Time |
verify-visited-file-modtime clear-visited-file-modtime visited-file-modtime set-visited-file-modtime ask-user-about-supersession-threat
|
Read-Only Buffers |
buffer-read-only inhibit-read-only toggle-read-only barf-if-buffer-read-only
|
Buffer List |
buffer-list other-buffer last-buffer bury-buffer unbury-buffer
|
Creating Buffers |
get-buffer-creat generate-new-buffer
|
Killing Buffers |
kill-buffer kill-buffer-query-function kill-buffer-hook buffer-offer-save buffer-save-without-query buffer-live-p
|
Indirect Buffers |
make-indirect-buffer clone-indirect-buffer buffer-base-buffer
|
Swapping Text Between Two Buffers |
buffer-swap-text
|
Buffer Gap |
gap-position gap-size
|
Windows
Windows related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Basic Windows |
windowp
|
Splitting Windows |
split-window split-window-vertically split-window-keep-point split-window-horizontally one-window-p
|
Deleting Windows |
window-live-p delete-window delete-other-windows delete-windows-on
|
Selecting Windows |
selected-window select-window save-selected-window with-selected-window get-lru-window get-largest-window get-window-with-predicate
|
Cyclic Window Ordering |
next-window previous-window other-window walk-windows window-list
|
Buffers and Windows |
set-window-buffer buffer-display-count window-buffer get-buffer-window get-buffer-window-list buffer-display-time
|
Displaying Buffers |
switch-to-buffer switch-to-buffer-other-window pop-to-buffer replace-buffer-in-windows
|
Choosing Window |
display-buffer display-buffer-reuse-frames pop-up-windows split-window-preferred-function split-window-sensibly split-height-threshold split-width-threshold even-window-heights pop-up-frames pop-up-frame-function
pop-up-frame-alist special-display-buffer-names special-display-regexps special-display-p special-display-function special-display-popup-frame special-display-frame-alist same-window-buffer-names same-window-regexps same-window-p display-buffer-function
|
Dedicated Windows |
window-dedicated-p set-window-dedicated-p
|
Window Point |
window-point set-window-point window-point-insertion-type
|
Window Start and End |
window-start window-end set-window-start pos-visible-in-window-p window-line-height
|
Textual Scrolling |
scroll-up scroll-down scroll-other-window other-window-scroll-buffer scroll-margin scroll-conservatively scroll-down-aggressively scroll-up-aggressively scroll-step scroll-preserve-screen-position next-screen-context-lines recenter
|
Vertical Scrolling |
window-vscroll set-window-vscroll auto-window-vscroll
|
Horizontal Scrolling |
scroll-left scroll-right window-hscroll set-window-hscroll
|
Size of Window |
window-height window-body-height window-full-height-p window-width window-full-width-p window-edges window-inside-edges window-pixel-edges window-inside-pixel-edges
|
Resizing Windows |
enlarge-window enlarge-window-horizontally shrink-window shrink-window-horizontally adjust-window-trailing-edge fit-window-to-buffer shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer window-size-fixed window-min-height window-min-width balance-windows balance-windows-area
|
Coordinates and Windows |
window-at coordinates-in-window-p
|
Window Tree |
window-tree
|
Window Configurations |
current-window-configuration set-window-configuration save-window-excursion window-configuration-p compare-window-configurations window-configuration-frame
|
Window Parameters |
window-parameter window-parameters set-window-parameter
|
Window Hooks |
window-scroll-functions window-size-change-functions window-configuration-change-hook
|
Frames
Frames related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Creating Frames |
make-frame before-make-frame-hook after-make-frame-functions frame-inherited-parameters
|
Multiple Terminals |
terminal-name terminal-list get-device-terminal delete-terminal delete-terminal-functions make-frame-on-display x-display-list x-open-connection x-close-connection
|
Frame Parameters |
frame-parameter frame-parameters modify-frame-parameters set-frame-parameter modify-all-frames-parameters initial-frame-alist minibuffer-frame-alist default-frame-alist blink-cursor-alist cursor-in-non-selected-windows set-frame-position frame-height frame-width frame-pixel-height frame-pixel-width frame-char-height frame-char-width set-frame-size set-frame-height set-frame-width x-parse-geometry
|
Terminal Parameters |
terminal-parameters terminal-parameter set-terminal-parameter
|
Frame Titles |
frame-title-format icon-title-format multiple-frames
|
Deleting Frames |
delete-frame frame-live-p
|
Finding All Frames |
frame-list visible-frame-list next-frame previous-frame
|
Frames and Windows |
window-frame frame-first-window frame-selected-window set-frame-selected-window
|
Minibuffers and Frames |
default-minibuffer-frame
|
Input Focus |
selected-frame select-frame-set-input-focus select-frame handle-switch-frame redirect-frame-focus focus-follows-mouse
|
Visibility of Frames |
make-frame-visible make-frame-invisible iconify-frame frame-visible-p
|
Raising and Lowering |
raise-frame lower-frame minibuffer-auto-raise
|
Frame Configurations |
current-frame-configuration set-frame-configuration
|
Mouse Tracking |
track-mouse
|
Mouse Position |
mouse-position mouse-position-function set-mouse-position mouse-pixel-position set-mouse-pixel-position
|
Pop-Up Menus |
x-popup-menu
|
Dialog Boxes |
x-popup-dialog
|
Pointer Shape |
void-text-area-pointer x-pointer-shape x-sensitive-text-pointer-shape
|
Window System Selections |
x-set-selection x-get-selection x-get-cut-buffer x-set-cut-buffer selection-coding-system x-select-enable-clipboard
|
Color Names |
color-defined-p defined-colors color-supported-p color-gray-p color-values
|
Text Terminal Colors |
tty-color-define tty-color-clear tty-color-alist tty-color-approximate tty-color-translate
|
Resources |
x-get-resource x-resource-class x-resource-name inhibit-x-resources
|
Display Feature Testing |
display-popup-menus-p display-graphic-p display-mouse-p display-color-p display-grayscale-p display-supports-face-attributes-p display-selections-p display-images-p display-screens display-pixel-height display-pixel-width display-mm-height display-mm-width display-mm-dimensions-alist display-backing-store display-save-under display-planes display-visual-class display-color-cells x-server-version x-server-vendor
|
Positons
Positions related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Point |
point point-min point-max buffer-end buffer-size
|
Motion |
goto-char forward-char backward-char forward-word
backward-word words-include-escapes inhibit-field-text-motion beginning-of-buffer end-of-buffer beginning-of-line line-beginning-position end-of-line line-end-position forward-line count-lines line-number-at-pos vertical-motion count-screen-lines move-to-window-line compute-motion forward-list backward-list up-list down-list forward-sexp backward-sexp beginning-of-defun end-of-defun defun-prompt-regexp open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start beginning-of-defun-function end-of-defun-function
|
Excursions |
save-excursion
|
Narrowing |
narrow-to-region narrow-to-page widen save-restriction
|
Marker
Marker related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Predicates on Markers |
markerp integer-or-marker-p number-or-marker-p
|
Creating Markers |
make-marker point-marker point-min-marker point-max-marker copy-marker
|
Information from Markers |
marker-position marker-buffer buffer-has-markers-at
|
Marker Insertion Types |
set-marker-insertion-type marker-insertion-type
|
Moving Markers |
set-marker move-marker
|
The Mark |
mark mark-marker set-mark push-mark pop-mark transient-mark-mode mark-even-if-inactive deactivate-mark deactivate-mark mark-active activate-mark-hook deactivate-mark-hook handle-shift-selection mark-ring mark-ring-max
|
The Region |
region-beginning region-end use-region-p
|
Text (unfinished)
Text is manipulated through Buffer object with point and marker.
Text related function and Variable
Category |
Function Variable
|
Near Point |
char-after char-before following-char preceding-char bobp eobp bolp eolp
|
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
|
Comparing Text |
compare-buffer-substrings
|
Inserting Text |
insert insert-before-markers insert-char insert-buffer-substring insert-buffer-substring-no-properties
|
User-Level Insertion Commands |
insert-buffer self-insert-command newline overwrite-mode
|
Deleting Text |
erase-buffer delete-region delete-and-extract-region delete-char delete-backward-char backwar-delete-char-untabify backward-delete-char-untabify-method
|
User-Level Deletion Commands |
delete-horizontal-space delete-indentation fixup-whitespace just-one-space delete-blank-lines
|
Searching and Matching
Searching and Matching related function and Variable
Category |
Function Variable
|
String Search |
search-forward search-backward word-search-forward word-search-forward-lax word-search-backward word-search-backward-lax
|
Searching and Case |
Case-independent or case-significant searching.
case-fold-search case-replace
|
Regular Expressions |
regexp-quote regexp-opt regexp-opt-depth
|
Regexp Search |
re-search-forward re-search-backward string-match string-match-p looking-at looking-back looking-at-p search-spaces-regexp
|
POSIX Regexps |
posix-search-forward posix-search-backward posix-looking-at posix-string-match
|
Match Data |
replace-match match-substitute-replacement match-string match-string-no-properties match-beginning match-end match-data set-match-data save-match-data
|
Search and Replace |
replace-regexp-in-string perform-replace query-replace-map
|
Standard Regexps |
page-delimiter paragraph-separate paragraph-start sentence-end sentence-end
|
Processes
Display
System Interface