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@@ -50,6 +50,49 @@ may be included in a translation approved by the Free Software
 Foundation instead of in the original English.
 
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+File: lispref.info,  Node: Buffer Basics,  Next: Current Buffer,  Up: Buffers
+
+Buffer Basics
+=============
+
+   A "buffer" is a Lisp object containing text to be edited.  Buffers
+are used to hold the contents of files that are being visited; there may
+also be buffers that are not visiting files.  While several buffers may
+exist at one time, exactly one buffer is designated the "current
+buffer" at any time.  Most editing commands act on the contents of the
+current buffer.  Each buffer, including the current buffer, may or may
+not be displayed in any windows.
+
+   Buffers in Emacs editing are objects that have distinct names and
+hold text that can be edited.  Buffers appear to Lisp programs as a
+special data type.  You can think of the contents of a buffer as an
+extendable string; insertions and deletions may occur in any part of
+the buffer.  *Note Text::.
+
+   A Lisp buffer object contains numerous pieces of information.  Some
+of this information is directly accessible to the programmer through
+variables, while other information is accessible only through
+special-purpose functions.  For example, the visited file name is
+directly accessible through a variable, while the value of point is
+accessible only through a primitive function.
+
+   Buffer-specific information that is directly accessible is stored in
+"buffer-local" variable bindings, which are variable values that are
+effective only in a particular buffer.  This feature allows each buffer
+to override the values of certain variables.  Most major modes override
+variables such as `fill-column' or `comment-column' in this way.  For
+more information about buffer-local variables and functions related to
+them, see *Note Buffer-Local Variables::.
+
+   For functions and variables related to visiting files in buffers, see
+*Note Visiting Files:: and *Note Saving Buffers::.  For functions and
+variables related to the display of buffers in windows, see *Note
+Buffers and Windows::.
+
+ - Function: bufferp object
+     This function returns `t' if OBJECT is a buffer, `nil' otherwise.
+
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