Function: prepend-to-buffer

prepend-to-buffer is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in simple.el.gz.

Signature

(prepend-to-buffer BUFFER START END)

Documentation

Prepend to specified BUFFER the text of the region.

The text is inserted into that buffer after its point. BUFFER can be a buffer or the name of a buffer; this function will create BUFFER if it doesn't already exist.

When calling from a program, give three arguments: BUFFER (or buffer name), START and END. START and END specify the portion of the current buffer to be copied.

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Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/simple.el.gz
(defun prepend-to-buffer (buffer start end)
  "Prepend to specified BUFFER the text of the region.
The text is inserted into that buffer after its point.
BUFFER can be a buffer or the name of a buffer; this
function will create BUFFER if it doesn't already exist.

When calling from a program, give three arguments:
BUFFER (or buffer name), START and END.
START and END specify the portion of the current buffer to be copied."
  (interactive "BPrepend to buffer: \nr")
  (let ((oldbuf (current-buffer)))
    (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create buffer)
      (barf-if-buffer-read-only)
      (save-excursion
	(insert-buffer-substring oldbuf start end)))))