11.5.4 The complete layout-engine API of ECB

This section lists all functions, macros, variables and user-options the layout-engine API of ECB offers foreign packages. Call describe-function rsp. describe-variable to get a detailed description.

Functions and macros for programming with layouts and special ecb-windows:

• - defecb-window-dedicator-to-ecb-buffer
• - ecb-available-layouts-member-p
• - ecb-canonical-ecb-windows-list
• - ecb-canonical-edit-windows-list
• - ecb-compile-window-live-p
• - ecb-compile-window-state
• - ecb-do-if-buffer-visible-in-ecb-frame
• - ecb-exec-in-window
• - ecb-get-current-visible-ecb-buffers
• - ecb-layout-define
• - ecb-layout-switch
• - ecb-layout-undefine
• - ecb-point-in-compile-window
• - ecb-point-in-ecb-window-number
• - ecb-point-in-edit-window-number
• - ecb-select-edit-window
• - ecb-split-hor
• - ecb-split-ver
• - ecb-where-is-point
• - ecb-with-dedicated-window⁵³

Utility functions/macros:

• - ecb-display-one-ecb-buffer
• - ecb-enlarge-window
• - ecb-fix-filename
• - ecb-goto-ecb-window
• - ecb-window-live-p
• - ecb-with-readonly-buffer

Some other maybe useful functions/macros:

• - ecb-with-adviced-functions
• - ecb-with-original-functions
• - ecb-with-some-adviced-functions

Some useful READONLY variables:

• - ecb-compile-window
• - ecb-last-edit-window-with-point
• - ecb-last-source-buffer

Caution: DO NOT USE THE VARIABLE ecb-edit-window IN YOUR PROGRAMS!

User-options and hooks related to the layout-engine API:

• - ecb-basic-buffer-sync-hook
• - ecb-hide-ecb-windows-after-hook
• - ecb-hide-ecb-windows-before-hook
• - ecb-redraw-layout-after-hook
• - ecb-redraw-layout-before-hook
• - ecb-show-ecb-windows-after-hook
• - ecb-show-ecb-windows-before-hook
• - ecb-windows-height
• - ecb-windows-width
• - ecb-compile-window-height