Appendix A Buffer-Local Variables

The table below lists the general-purpose Emacs variables that are automatically local (when set) in each buffer. Many Lisp packages define such variables for their internal use; we don’t list them here.

abbrev-mode

@pxref{Abbrevs}

auto-fill-function

@pxref{Auto Filling}

buffer-auto-save-file-name

@pxref{Auto-Saving}

buffer-backed-up

@pxref{Backup Files}

buffer-display-table

@pxref{Display Tables}

buffer-file-format

@pxref{Format Conversion}

buffer-file-name

@pxref{Buffer File Name}

buffer-file-number

@pxref{Buffer File Name}

buffer-file-truename

@pxref{Buffer File Name}

buffer-file-type

@pxref{Files and MS-DOS}

buffer-invisibility-spec

@pxref{Invisible Text}

buffer-offer-save

@pxref{Saving Buffers}

buffer-read-only

@pxref{Read Only Buffers}

buffer-saved-size

@pxref{Point}

buffer-undo-list

@pxref{Undo}

cache-long-line-scans

@pxref{Text Lines}

case-fold-search

@pxref{Searching and Case}

ctl-arrow

@pxref{Usual Display}

comment-column

see Comments in The GNU Emacs Manual

default-directory

@pxref{System Environment}

defun-prompt-regexp

@pxref{List Motion}

fill-column

@pxref{Auto Filling}

goal-column

see Moving Point in The GNU Emacs Manual

left-margin

@pxref{Indentation}

local-abbrev-table

@pxref{Abbrevs}

local-write-file-hooks

@pxref{Saving Buffers}

major-mode

@pxref{Mode Help}

mark-active

@pxref{The Mark}

mark-ring

@pxref{The Mark}

minor-modes

@pxref{Minor Modes}

modeline-format

@pxref{Modeline Data}

modeline-buffer-identification

@pxref{Modeline Variables}

modeline-format

@pxref{Modeline Data}

modeline-modified

@pxref{Modeline Variables}

modeline-process

@pxref{Modeline Variables}

mode-name

@pxref{Modeline Variables}

overwrite-mode

@pxref{Insertion}

paragraph-separate

@pxref{Standard Regexps}

paragraph-start

@pxref{Standard Regexps}

point-before-scroll

Used for communication between mouse commands and scroll-bar commands.

require-final-newline

@pxref{Insertion}

selective-display

@pxref{Selective Display}

selective-display-ellipses

@pxref{Selective Display}

tab-width

@pxref{Usual Display}

truncate-lines

@pxref{Truncation}

vc-mode

@pxref{Modeline Variables}


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