D. 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

see section Abbrevs And Abbrev Expansion

auto-fill-function

see section Auto Filling

buffer-auto-save-file-name

see section Auto-Saving

buffer-backed-up

see section Backup Files

buffer-display-count

See section Buffers and Windows.

buffer-display-table

see section Display Tables

buffer-display-time

See section Buffers and Windows.

buffer-file-format

see section File Format Conversion

buffer-file-name

see section Buffer File Name

buffer-file-number

see section Buffer File Name

buffer-file-truename

see section Buffer File Name

buffer-file-type

see section Files and MS-DOS

buffer-invisibility-spec

see section Invisible Text

buffer-offer-save

see section Saving Buffers

buffer-read-only

see section Read-Only Buffers

buffer-saved-size

see section Point

buffer-undo-list

see section Undo

cache-long-line-scans

see section Motion by Text Lines

case-fold-search

see section Searching and Case

ctl-arrow

see section Usual Display Conventions

comment-column

see (xemacs)Comments section ‘Comments’ in The XEmacs User’s Manual

default-directory

see section Operating System Environment

defun-prompt-regexp

see section Moving over Balanced Expressions

fill-column

see section Auto Filling

goal-column

see (xemacs)Moving Point section ‘Moving Point’ in The XEmacs User’s Manual

left-margin

see section Indentation

local-abbrev-table

see section Abbrevs And Abbrev Expansion

local-write-file-hooks

see section Saving Buffers

major-mode

see section Getting Help about a Major Mode

mark-active

see section The Mark

mark-ring

see section The Mark

minor-modes

see section Minor Modes

modeline-format

see section The Data Structure of the Modeline

modeline-buffer-identification

see section Variables Used in the Modeline

modeline-format

see section The Data Structure of the Modeline

modeline-modified

see section Variables Used in the Modeline

modeline-process

see section Variables Used in the Modeline

mode-name

see section Variables Used in the Modeline

overwrite-mode

see section Inserting Text

paragraph-separate

see section Standard Regular Expressions Used in Editing

paragraph-start

see section Standard Regular Expressions Used in Editing

point-before-scroll

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

require-final-newline

see section Inserting Text

selective-display

see section Selective Display

selective-display-ellipses

see section Selective Display

tab-width

see section Usual Display Conventions

truncate-lines

see section Truncation

vc-mode

see section Variables Used in the Modeline

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