Function: with-temp-buffer

with-temp-buffer is a macro defined in subr.el.gz.

Signature

(with-temp-buffer &rest BODY)

Documentation

Create a temporary buffer, and evaluate BODY there like progn.

The buffer does not run the hooks kill-buffer-hook, kill-buffer-query-functions, and buffer-list-update-hook. See also with-temp-file and with-output-to-string.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 20.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/subr.el.gz
(defmacro with-temp-buffer (&rest body)
  "Create a temporary buffer, and evaluate BODY there like `progn'.
The buffer does not run the hooks `kill-buffer-hook',
`kill-buffer-query-functions', and `buffer-list-update-hook'.
See also `with-temp-file' and `with-output-to-string'."
  (declare (indent 0) (debug t))
  (let ((temp-buffer (make-symbol "temp-buffer")))
    `(let ((,temp-buffer (generate-new-buffer " *temp*" t)))
       ;; `kill-buffer' can change current-buffer in some odd cases.
       (with-current-buffer ,temp-buffer
         (unwind-protect
	     (progn ,@body)
           (and (buffer-name ,temp-buffer)
                (kill-buffer ,temp-buffer)))))))