Variable: register-alist

register-alist is a variable defined in register.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

Alist of elements (NAME . CONTENTS), one for each Emacs register.

NAME is a character (a number). CONTENTS is a string, number, marker, list or a struct returned by registerv-make. A list of strings represents a rectangle. A list of the form (file . FILE-NAME) represents the file named FILE-NAME. A list of the form (file-query FILE-NAME POSITION) represents
 position POSITION in the file named FILE-NAME, but query before
 visiting it.
A list of the form (buffer . BUFFER) represents the named BUFFER. A list of the form (WINDOW-CONFIGURATION POSITION)
 represents a saved window configuration plus a saved value of point.
A list of the form (FRAME-CONFIGURATION POSITION)
 represents a saved frame configuration (a.k.a. "frameset") plus
 a saved value of point.

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Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/register.el.gz
(defvar register-alist nil
  ;; FIXME: This conflates the FRAME-CONFIGURATION and the FRAMESET cases.
  "Alist of elements (NAME . CONTENTS), one for each Emacs register.
NAME is a character (a number).  CONTENTS is a string, number, marker, list
or a struct returned by `registerv-make'.
A list of strings represents a rectangle.
A list of the form (file . FILE-NAME) represents the file named FILE-NAME.
A list of the form (file-query FILE-NAME POSITION) represents
 position POSITION in the file named FILE-NAME, but query before
 visiting it.
A list of the form (buffer . BUFFER) represents the named BUFFER.
A list of the form (WINDOW-CONFIGURATION POSITION)
 represents a saved window configuration plus a saved value of point.
A list of the form (FRAME-CONFIGURATION POSITION)
 represents a saved frame configuration (a.k.a. \"frameset\") plus
 a saved value of point.")