Buffers

A buffer is a Lisp object containing a `space' in which files (or any pieces of text) may be edited, either directly by the user or by Lisp programs.

Each window (see section Windows) may display any one buffer at any time, the buffer being displayed by the current window is known as the current buffer. This is the buffer which functions will operate on by default.

Function: bufferp object

Returns t if its argument is a buffer.

• Buffer Attributes: Data contained in a buffer object
• Creating Buffers: How to create empty buffers
• Modifications to Buffers: Is a buffer modified?
• Read-Only Buffers: Unmodifiable buffers
• Destroying Buffers: Deleting a buffer and its contents
• Special Buffers: Program-controlled buffers
• The Buffer List: Each window has a list of buffers
• The Current Buffer: One buffer is the default buffer

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