17 Buffers and Textual Representation

• Introduction to Buffers: A buffer holds a block of text such as a file.
• The Text in a Buffer: Representation of the text in a buffer.
• Buffer Lists: Keeping track of all buffers.
• Markers and Extents: Tagging locations within a buffer.
• Bufbytes and Emchars: Representation of individual characters.
• The Buffer Object: The Lisp object corresponding to a buffer.