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| author | Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net> | 2024-04-07 13:41:34 -0500 |
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| committer | Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net> | 2024-04-07 13:41:34 -0500 |
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diff --git a/devdocs/elisp/stream-type.html b/devdocs/elisp/stream-type.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0c1e0a53 --- /dev/null +++ b/devdocs/elisp/stream-type.html @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ + <h4 class="subsection">Stream Type</h4> <p>A <em>stream</em> is an object that can be used as a source or sink for characters—either to supply characters for input or to accept them as output. Many different types can be used this way: markers, buffers, strings, and functions. Most often, input streams (character sources) obtain characters from the keyboard, a buffer, or a file, and output streams (character sinks) send characters to a buffer, such as a <samp>*Help*</samp> buffer, or to the echo area. </p> <p>The object <code>nil</code>, in addition to its other meanings, may be used as a stream. It stands for the value of the variable <code>standard-input</code> or <code>standard-output</code>. Also, the object <code>t</code> as a stream specifies input using the minibuffer (see <a href="minibuffers">Minibuffers</a>) or output in the echo area (see <a href="the-echo-area">The Echo Area</a>). </p> <p>Streams have no special printed representation or read syntax, and print as whatever primitive type they are. </p> <p>See <a href="read-and-print">Read and Print</a>, for a description of functions related to streams, including parsing and printing functions. </p><div class="_attribution"> + <p class="_attribution-p"> + Copyright © 1990-1996, 1998-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <br>Licensed under the GNU GPL license.<br> + <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Stream-Type.html" class="_attribution-link">https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Stream-Type.html</a> + </p> +</div> |
