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@set VERSION 2.9
-@set EMACSVER 23.0.50
+@set EMACSVER 23.0.60
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@tex
@ifset smallbook
@fonttextsize 10
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\global\let\urlcolor=\Black % don't print links in grayscale
\global\let\linkcolor=\Black
@end ifset
corresponding to Emacs version @value{EMACSVER}.
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* Frame Type:: Windows subdivide frames.
* Window Configuration Type:: Recording the way a frame is subdivided.
* Frame Configuration Type:: Recording the status of all frames.
-* Process Type:: A process running on the underlying OS.
+* Process Type:: A subprocess of Emacs running on the underlying OS.
* Stream Type:: Receive or send characters.
* Keymap Type:: What function a keystroke invokes.
* Overlay Type:: How an overlay is represented.
* Buffer-Local Variables:: Variable values in effect only in one buffer.
* Future Local Variables:: New kinds of local values we might add some day.
* File Local Variables:: Handling local variable lists in files.
+* Frame-Local Variables:: Frame-local bindings for variables.
* Variable Aliases:: Variables that are aliases for other variables.
* Variables with Restricted Values:: Non-constant variables whose value can
@emph{not} be an arbitrary Lisp object.
* Completion Commands:: Minibuffer commands that do completion.
* High-Level Completion:: Convenient special cases of completion
(reading buffer name, file name, etc.)
-* Reading File Names:: Using completion to read file names.
+* Reading File Names:: Using completion to read file names and
+ shell commands.
* Programmed Completion:: Finding the completions for a given file name.
Command Loop
* Misc Events:: Other events the system can generate.
* Event Examples:: Examples of the lists for mouse events.
* Classifying Events:: Finding the modifier keys in an event symbol.
-* Accessing Events:: Functions to extract info from events.
+* Accessing Mouse:: Functions to extract info from mouse events.
+* Accessing Scroll:: Functions to get info from scroll bar events.
* Strings of Events:: Special considerations for putting
keyboard character events in a string.
* Killing Buffers:: Buffers exist until explicitly killed.
* Indirect Buffers:: An indirect buffer shares text with some
other buffer.
+* Swapping Text:: Swapping text between two buffers.
* Buffer Gap:: The gap in the buffer.
Windows
* Displaying Buffers:: Higher-level functions for displaying a buffer
and choosing a window for it.
* Choosing Window:: How to choose a window for displaying a buffer.
+* Dedicated Windows:: How to avoid displaying another buffer in
+ a specific window.
* Window Point:: Each window has its own location of point.
-* Window Start:: The display-start position controls which text
- is on-screen in the window.
+* Window Start and End:: Buffer positions indicating which text is
+ on-screen in a window.
* Textual Scrolling:: Moving text up and down through the window.
* Vertical Scrolling:: Moving the contents up and down on the window.
* Horizontal Scrolling:: Moving the contents sideways on the window.
* Coordinates and Windows:: Converting coordinates to windows.
* Window Tree:: The layout and sizes of all windows in a frame.
* Window Configurations:: Saving and restoring the state of the screen.
+* Window Parameters:: Associating additional information with windows.
* Window Hooks:: Hooks for scrolling, window size changes,
redisplay going past a certain point,
or window configuration changes.
* Selecting a Representation:: Treating a byte sequence as unibyte or multi.
* Character Codes:: How unibyte and multibyte relate to
codes of individual characters.
+* Character Properties:: Character attributes that define their
+ behavior and handling.
* Character Sets:: The space of possible character codes
is divided into various character sets.
-* Chars and Bytes:: More information about multibyte encodings.
-* Splitting Characters:: Converting a character to its byte sequence.
* Scanning Charsets:: Which character sets are used in a buffer?
* Translation of Characters:: Translation tables are used for conversion.
* Coding Systems:: Coding systems are conversions for saving files.
* Output from Processes:: Collecting output from an asynchronous subprocess.
* Sentinels:: Sentinels run when process run-status changes.
* Query Before Exit:: Whether to query if exiting will kill a process.
+* System Processes:: Accessing other processes running on your system.
* Transaction Queues:: Transaction-based communication with subprocesses.
* Network:: Opening network connections.
* Network Servers:: Network servers let Emacs accept net connections.
* Low-Level Network:: Lower-level but more general function
to create connections and servers.
* Misc Network:: Additional relevant functions for network connections.
+* Serial Ports:: Communicating with serial ports.
* Byte Packing:: Using bindat to pack and unpack binary data.
Receiving Output from Processes