Buffer Contents

Function: get-char &optional pos buffer

Returns the character at position pos (or the cursor position) in the specified buffer.

Function: set-char character &optional pos buffer

Sets the character at position pos (or the cursor) in the buffer buffer (or the current buffer) to the character character, then returns character.

Function: copy-area start-pos end-pos &optional buffer

This function creates and returns a string containing the contents of the buffer buffer (or the current buffer) between the two positions start-pos (inclusive) and end-pos (exclusive).

Function: copy-block

If a block is marked in the current window returns a string containing the text marked then unmark the block, otherwise returns nil.

If the marked block is rectangular the copy-rect function (see section Rectangular Editing is used to get the string.

Function: clear-buffer &optional buffer

Removes all text from the specified buffer. No precautions are taken against losing any unsaved modifications that the buffer might contain!

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