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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2006-05-12 18:23:23 +0000 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2006-05-12 18:23:23 +0000 |
commit | 19f5e099debd2e7370acd76d0bd7b1f82bbacf1b (patch) | |
tree | 59aa883f02e3d7d50334d57322ddf639517c109c | |
parent | 1e094ef91129c044cc7c6e490a3a4bc09ec081a0 (diff) |
(Buffer Names): Add index entries for buffers whose names begin with a space.
(Creating Buffers): Document that undo is turned off in buffers whose names
begin with a space.
-rw-r--r-- | lispref/buffers.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/buffers.texi b/lispref/buffers.texi index c0eb2ee666..9257fb54fb 100644 --- a/lispref/buffers.texi +++ b/lispref/buffers.texi @@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ sort, and an error is signaled if it is neither a string nor a buffer. Any argument called @var{buffer} must be an actual buffer object, not a name. +@cindex hidden buffers +@cindex buffers without undo information Buffers that are ephemeral and generally uninteresting to the user have names starting with a space, so that the @code{list-buffers} and @code{buffer-menu} commands don't mention them (but if such a buffer @@ -910,6 +912,9 @@ nor a buffer. The major mode for a newly created buffer is set to Fundamental mode. The variable @code{default-major-mode} is handled at a higher level. @xref{Auto Major Mode}. + +If the buffer's name begins with a space, the buffer has its undo +information recording (@pxref{Undo}) turned off by default. @end defun @defun generate-new-buffer name |