@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999
-@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
@setfilename ../info/buffers
@node Buffers, Windows, Backups and Auto-Saving, Top
@code{insert-buffer-substring} copies the string from the original
current buffer to the specified (and now current) buffer.
- If the buffer appended to happens to be displayed in some window,
+ If the buffer appended to happens to be displayed in some window,
the next redisplay will show how its text has changed. Otherwise, you
will not see the change immediately on the screen. The buffer becomes
current temporarily during the execution of the command, but this does
This function returns the buffer specified by @var{buffer-or-name}.
If @var{buffer-or-name} is a string and there is no buffer with that
name, the value is @code{nil}. If @var{buffer-or-name} is a buffer, it
-is returned as given; that is not very useful, so the argument is usually
+is returned as given; that is not very useful, so the argument is usually
a name. For example:
@example
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@section Comparison of Modification Time
@cindex comparison of modification time
-@cindex modification time, comparison of
+@cindex modification time, comparison of
Suppose that you visit a file and make changes in its buffer, and
meanwhile the file itself is changed on disk. At this point, saving the
Depending on the user's answer, the function may return normally, in
which case the modification of the buffer proceeds, or it may signal a
@code{file-supersession} error with data @code{(@var{filename})}, in which
-case the proposed buffer modification is not allowed.
+case the proposed buffer modification is not allowed.
This function is called automatically by Emacs on the proper
occasions. It exists so you can customize Emacs by redefining it.
@cindex buffer, read-only
If a buffer is @dfn{read-only}, then you cannot change its contents,
-although you may change your view of the contents by scrolling and
+although you may change your view of the contents by scrolling and
narrowing.
Read-only buffers are used in two kinds of situations:
;; @r{Note that the name of the minibuffer}
;; @r{begins with a space!}
(mapcar (function buffer-name) (buffer-list))
- @result{} ("buffers.texi" " *Minibuf-1*"
+ @result{} ("buffers.texi" " *Minibuf-1*"
"buffer.c" "*Help*" "TAGS")
@end group
@end example
This creates an indirect buffer named @var{name} whose base buffer
is @var{base-buffer}. The argument @var{base-buffer} may be a buffer
or a string.
-
+
If @var{base-buffer} is an indirect buffer, its base buffer is used as
the base for the new buffer.
@end deffn