Special form
special form has its own rule for which arguments are evaluated
Special Form
Purpose |
Forms
|
Definition |
defconst defun defvar
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Binding constructs |
let let* function
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Conditional evaluation |
and cond if or
|
Sequential evaluation |
prog1 prog2 progn
|
Iteration |
while function
|
Syntactic extension |
defmacro
|
Quoting |
quote
|
Assignment |
setq setq-default
|
Nonlocal Exits |
catch condition-case unwind-protect
|
Save |
save-current-buffer save-excursion save-restriction save-window-excursion
|
Other |
interactive track-mouse with-output-to-temp-buffer
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Standard Library
Including function, variable, command, option, macro, Special Form
Number
Emacs supports two numeric data types: integers and floating point numbers
Number related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
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
|
Comparison |
= eql /= < <= > >= max min abs
|
Conversions |
float truncate floor ceiling round
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Arithmetic Operations |
1+ 1- + - * / % mod
|
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
|
Random Numbers |
random
|
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
|
Predicates for Strings |
stringp string-or-null-p char-or-string-p
|
Creating Strings |
make-string string substring substring-no-properties concat split-string split-string-default-separators
|
Modifying Strings |
store-substring clear-string
|
Comparison |
char-equal string= string-equal string< string-lessp compare-strings assoc-string
|
Conversion |
number-to-string string-to-number char-to-string string-to-char
|
Formatting Strings |
format
|
Case Conversion |
downcase upcase capitalize upcase-initials
|
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
|
List
Lists are built up from cons cells
List related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
List-related Predicates |
consp atom listp nlistp null
|
List Elements |
car cdr car-safe cdr-safe pop nth nthcdr last safe-length caar cadr cadr cadr butlast nbutlast
|
Building Lists |
cons list make-list append reverse copy-tree number-sequence
|
List Variables |
push add-to-list add-to-ordered-list
|
Modifying Lists |
setcar setcdr nconc nreverse sort
|
Sets And Lists |
memq delq remq memql member delete remove member-ignore-case delete-dups
|
Association Lists |
assoc rassoc sassq rassq assoc-default copy-alist assq-delete-all rassq-delete-all
|
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
|
Vector
Vector related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Vector Functions |
vectorp vector make-vector vconcat
|
Bool-vectors |
make-bool-vector bool-vector-p
|
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
|
Array Functions |
arrayp aref aset fillarray
|
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
|
Hash Tables
Hash Tables related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Creating Hash |
make-hash-table makehash
|
Hash Access |
gethash puthash remhash clrhash maphash
|
Defining Hash |
define-hash-table-test sxhashsxhash
|
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
|
Symbols
Symbols related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Predicates for symbols |
symbolp
|
Creating Symbols |
symbol-name make-symbol intern intern-soft obarray mapatoms unintern
|
Property Lists |
symbol-plist setplist get put plist-get plist-put lax-plist-get lax-plist-put plist-member
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
High-Level Completion |
read-buffer read-buffer-function read-buffer-completion-ignore-case read-command read-variable read-color
|
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
|
Completion Styles |
completion-styles completion-styles-alist
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
A position is the index of a character in the text of a buffer.
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
|
skip-chars-forward skip-chars-backward
|
Excursions |
save-excursion
|
Narrowing |
narrow-to-region narrow-to-page widen save-restriction
|
Marker
A marker is a Lisp object used to specify a position in a buffer relative to the surrounding text.
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
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
|
The Kill Ring |
kill-region kill-read-only-ok copy-region-as-kill
insert-for-yank insert-buffer-substring-as-yank yank yank-pop yank-undo-function current-kill kill-new kill-append interprogram-paste-function interprogram-cut-function kill-ring kill-ring-yank-pointer kill-ring-max
|
Undo |
buffer-undo-list undo-boundary undo-in-progress primitive-undo
|
Maintaining Undo Lists |
buffer-enable-undo buffer-disable-undo undo-limit undo-strong-limit undo-outer-limit undo-ask-before-discard
|
Filling |
fill-paragraph fill-region fill-individual-paragraphs fill-individual-varying-indent fill-region-as-paragraph justify-current-line default-justification current-justification sentence-end-double-space sentence-end-without-period sentence-end-without-space fill-paragraph-function fill-forward-paragraph-function use-hard-newlines
|
Margins |
fill-prefix fill-column set-left-margin set-right-margin current-left-margin current-fill-column move-to-left-margin delete-to-left-margin indent-to-left-margin left-margin fill-nobreak-predicate
|
Adaptive Fill |
adaptive-fill-mode fill-context-prefix adaptive-fill-regexp adaptive-fill-first-line-regexp adaptive-fill-function
|
Auto Filling |
auto-fill-function normal-auto-fill-function auto-fill-chars
|
Sorting |
sort-subr sort-fold-case sort-regexp-fields sort-regexp-fields sort-paragraphs sort-pages sort-fields sort-numeric-fields sort-numeric-base sort-columns
|
Columns |
current-column move-to-column
|
Indentation |
current-indentation indent-to indent-tabs-mode indent-line-function indent-according-to-mode indent-for-tab-command newline-and-indent reindent-then-newline-and-indent indent-region indent-region-function indent-rigidly indent-code-rigidly indent-relative indent-relative-maybe tab-to-tab-stop tab-stop-list back-to-indentation backward-to-indentation forward-to-indentation
|
Case |
capitalize-region downcase-region upcase-region capitalize-word downcase-word upcase-word
|
Text Properties |
get-text-property get-char-property get-char-property-and-overlay char-property-alias-alist text-properties-at default-text-properties put-text-property add-text-properties remove-text-properties remove-list-of-text-properties set-text-properties propertize next-property-change previous-property-change next-single-property-change previous-single-property-change next-char-property-change previous-char-property-change next-single-char-property-change previous-single-char-property-change text-property-any text-property-not-all inhibit-point-motion-hooks show-help-function text-property-default-nonsticky insert-and-inherit insert-before-markers-and-inherit buffer-access-fontify-functions buffer-access-fontified-property mouse-on-link-p field-beginning field-end field-string field-string-no-properties delete-field constrain-to-field
|
Substituting |
subst-char-in-region translate-region
|
Transposition |
transpose-regions
|
Registers |
register-alist get-register set-register view-register insert-register
|
Base 64 |
base64-encode-region base64-encode-string base64-decode-region base64-decode-string
|
MD5 Checksum |
md5
|
Atomic Change |
prepare-change-group activate-change-group accept-change-group cancel-change-group
|
Change Hooks |
before-change-functions after-change-functions combine-after-change-calls first-change-hook inhibit-modification-hooks
|
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
Processes related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
|
Process Predicate |
processp
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Subprocess Creation |
exec-suffixes exec-directory exec-path
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Shell Arguments |
shell-quote-argument split-string-and-unquote combine-and-quote-strings
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Synchronous Processes |
call-process process-file process-file-side-effects call-process-region call-process-shell-command process-file-shell-command shell-command-to-string process-lines
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Asynchronous Processes |
start-process start-file-process start-process-shell-command start-file-process-shell-command process-connection-type
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Deleting Processes |
delete-exited-processes delete-process
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Process Information |
list-processes process-list get-process process-command process-contact process-id process-name process-status process-type process-exit-status process-tty-name process-coding-system set-process-coding-system process-get process-put process-plist set-process-plist
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Input to Processes |
process-send-string process-send-region process-send-eof process-running-child-p
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Signals to Processes |
interrupt-process kill-process quit-process stop-process continue-process signal-process
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Output from Processes |
process-adaptive-read-buffering process-buffer process-mark set-process-buffer get-buffer-process set-process-filter process-filter accept-process-output
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Sentinels |
set-process-sentinel process-sentinel waiting-for-user-input-p
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Query Before Exit |
process-query-on-exit-flag set-process-query-on-exit-flag process-kill-without-query
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System Processes |
list-system-processes process-attributes
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Transaction Queues |
tq-create tq-enqueue tq-close
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Network |
open-network-stream
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Datagrams |
process-datagram-address set-process-datagram-address
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Low-Level Network |
make-network-process set-network-process-option
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Misc Network |
network-interface-list network-interface-info format-network-address
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Serial Ports |
serial-term make-serial-process serial-process-configure
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Byte Packing |
bindat-unpack bindat-get-field bindat-length bindat-pack bindat-ip-to-string
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System Interface
System Interface related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
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Starting Up |
inhibit-startup-screen initial-buffer-choice inhibit-startup-echo-area-message initial-scratch-message site-run-file inhibit-default-init before-init-hook after-init-hook emacs-startup-hook user-init-file user-emacs-directory term-file-prefix term-setup-hook command-line command-line-processed command-switch-alist command-line-args command-line-args-left command-line-functions
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Getting Out |
kill-emacs kill-emacs-query-functions kill-emacs-hook suspend-emacs suspend-hook suspend-resume-hook suspend-tty resume-tty controlling-tty-p suspend-frame
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System Environment |
system-configuration system-type system-name mail-host-address getenv setenv process-environment initial-environment path-separator parse-colon-path invocation-name invocation-directory
installation-directory load-average emacs-pid emacs-pid
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User Identification |
init-file-user user-mail-address user-login-name user-real-login-name user-full-name user-real-uid user-uid
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Time of Day |
current-time-string current-time current-time-zone set-time-zone-rule float-time
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Time Conversion |
decode-time encode-time
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Time Parsing |
date-to-time format-time-string seconds-to-time format-seconds
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Processor Run Time |
emacs-uptime get-internal-run-time emacs-init-time
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Time Calculations |
time-less-p time-subtract time-add time-to-days time-to-day-in-year date-leap-year-p
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Timers |
run-at-time timer-max-repeats with-timeout cancel-timer
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Idle Timers |
run-with-idle-timer current-idle-time
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Terminal Input |
set-input-mode current-input-mode recent-keys open-dribble-file
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Terminal Output |
baud-rate send-string-to-terminal open-termscript
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Sound Output |
play-sound play-sound-file play-sound-functions
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X11 Keysyms |
system-key-alist x-alt-keysym x-meta-keysym x-hyper-keysym x-super-keysym
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Batch Mode |
noninteractive
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Session Management |
emacs-save-session-functions
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Display
Display related function and Variable
Category |
Functions Variable
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Refresh Screen |
redraw-frame redraw-display no-redraw-on-reenter
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Forcing Redisplay |
redisplay force-window-update redisplay-dont-pause redisplay-preemption-period
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Truncation |
truncate-lines truncate-partial-width-windows wrap-prefix line-prefix cache-long-line-scans
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The Echo Area |
message with-temp-message message-or-box message-box display-message-or-buffer current-message make-progress-reporter progress-reporter-update progress-reporter-force-update progress-reporter-done dotimes-with-progress-reporter message-log-max cursor-in-echo-area echo-area-clear-hook echo-keystrokes message-truncate-lines cursor-in-echo-area echo-area-clear-hook echo-keystrokes message-truncate-lines
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Warnings |
display-warning lwarn warn warning-levels warning-prefix-function warning-series warning-fill-prefix warning-type-format warning-minimum-level warning-minimum-log-level warning-suppress-types warning-suppress-log-types
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Invisible Text |
buffer-invisibility-spec add-to-invisibility-spec remove-from-invisibility-spec invisible-p
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Selective Display |
selective-display selective-display-ellipses
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Temporary Displays |
with-output-to-temp-buffer temp-buffer-show-function temp-buffer-setup-hook temp-buffer-show-hook momentary-string-display
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Overlays |
overlayp make-overlay overlay-start overlay-end overlay-buffer delete-overlay move-overlay remove-overlays copy-overlay overlay-recenter overlay-get overlay-put overlay-properties overlays-at overlays-in next-overlay-change previous-overlay-change
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Width |
char-width string-width truncate-string-to-width
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Faces |
facep defface
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frame-background-mode
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font-family-list underline-minimum-offset x-bitmap-file-path bitmap-spec-p
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set-face-attribute face-attribute face-attribute-relative-p face-all-attributes merge-face-attribute set-face-foreground set-face-background set-face-stipple set-face-font set-face-bold-p set-face-italic-p set-face-underline-p set-face-inverse-video-p
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invert-face face-remapping-alist face-remap-add-relative face-remap-remove-relative face-remap-set-base face-remap-reset-base
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make-face face-list copy-face face-id face-documentation face-equal face-differs-from-default-p define-obsolete-face-alias
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fontification-functions
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face-font-family-alternatives face-font-selection-order face-font-registry-alternatives
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scalable-fonts-allowed face-font-rescale-alist x-list-fonts x-family-fonts font-list-limit
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create-fontset-from-fontset-spec set-fontset-font char-displayable-p
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fontp font-at font-spec font-put find-font list-fonts font-get font-face-attributes font-xlfd-name
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Fringes |
fringes-outside-margins left-fringe-width right-fringe-width set-window-fringes window-fringes indicate-empty-lines indicate-buffer-boundaries fringe-indicator-alist overflow-newline-into-fringe fringe-cursor-alist fringe-bitmaps-at-pos define-fringe-bitmap destroy-fringe-bitmap set-fringe-bitmap-face overlay-arrow-string overlay-arrow-position overlay-arrow-variable-list
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Scroll Bars |
frame-current-scroll-bars set-window-scroll-bars window-scroll-bars scroll-bar-mode window-current-scroll-bars scroll-bar-width
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Display Property |
left-margin-width right-margin-width set-window-margins window-margins
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Images |
image-types image-library-alist image-type-available-p image-mask-p create-image defimage find-image image-load-path image-load-path-for-library insert-image insert-sliced-image put-image remove-images image-size max-image-size image-refresh clear-image-cache image-cache-eviction-delay
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Buttons |
define-button-type make-button insert-button make-text-button insert-text-button button-start button-end button-get button-put button-activate button-label button-type button-has-type-p button-at button-type-put button-type-get button-type-subtype-p push-button forward-button backward-button next-button previous-button
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Abstract Display |
ewoc-create ewoc-buffer ewoc-get-hf ewoc-set-hf ewoc-enter-first ewoc-enter-last ewoc-enter-before ewoc-enter-after ewoc-prev ewoc-next ewoc-nth ewoc-data ewoc-set-data ewoc-locate ewoc-location ewoc-goto-prev ewoc-goto-next ewoc-goto-node ewoc-refresh ewoc-invalidate ewoc-delete ewoc-filter ewoc-collect ewoc-map
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Blinking |
blink-paren-function blink-matching-paren blink-matching-paren-distance blink-matching-delay blink-matching-open
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Usual Display |
ctl-arrow tab-width
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Display Tables |
make-display-table display-table-slot set-display-table-slot describe-display-table describe-current-display-table window-display-table set-window-display-table buffer-display-table standard-display-table make-glyph-code glyph-char glyph-face glyph-table create-glyph
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Beeping |
ding beep visible-bell ring-bell-function
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Window Systems |
window-system initial-window-system window-system window-setup-hook
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