Editing Files

The main function of Jade is editing files of text; buffers (see section Buffers) are used to contain files to be edited. When the buffer is displayed in a window (see section Windows) the user can edit the file interactively using the keyboard and mouse.

This chapter documents the Lisp interface to all this; for the user's perspective see section Loading and Saving Files.

• Reading Files Into Buffers: How to read a file into a buffer
• Writing Buffers: Functions to write buffers to files
• Buffer Date Stamps: The last-modification time of each file is recorded
• Buffer Modification Counts: Variables storing modification counts
• Making Backups: How backup files can be made
• Controlling Auto-Saves: Functions to control the auto-saving feature

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