Buffer-Local Variables

The table below lists the general-purpose Emacs variables that automatically become buffer-local in each buffer. Most become buffer-local only when set; a few of them are always local in every buffer. Many Lisp packages define such variables for their internal use, but we don't try to list them all 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 Displaying Buffers in Windows.

buffer-display-table

See section Display Tables.

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 MS-DOS File Types.

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 section `Comments' in The GNU Emacs Manual.

default-directory

See section Operating System Environment.

defun-prompt-regexp

See section Moving over Balanced Expressions.

enable-multibyte-characters

section Non-ASCII Characters.

fill-column

See section Auto Filling.

goal-column

See section `Moving Point' in The GNU Emacs 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.

mode-line-buffer-identification

See section Variables Used in the Mode Line.

mode-line-format

See section The Data Structure of the Mode Line.

mode-line-modified

See section Variables Used in the Mode Line.

mode-line-process

See section Variables Used in the Mode Line.

mode-name

See section Variables Used in the Mode Line.

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

Ued 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 Mode Line.

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