* Modification Time:: Determining whether the visited file was changed
"behind Emacs's back".
* Read Only Buffers:: Modifying text is not allowed in a read-only buffer.
-* The Buffer List:: How to look at all the existing buffers.
+* Buffer List:: How to look at all the existing buffers.
* Creating Buffers:: Functions that create buffers.
* Killing Buffers:: Buffers exist until explicitly killed.
* Indirect Buffers:: An indirect buffer shares text with some other buffer.
signal an error if the current buffer is read-only.
@end defun
-@node The Buffer List
+@node Buffer List
@section The Buffer List
@cindex buffer list
window.
@end deffn
+@defvar buffer-list-update-hook
+This is a normal hook run whenever the buffer list changes. Functions
+(implicitly) running this hook are @code{get-buffer-create}
+(@pxref{Creating Buffers}), @code{rename-buffer} (@pxref{Buffer Names}),
+@code{kill-buffer} (@pxref{Killing Buffers}), @code{bury-buffer} (see
+above) and @code{select-window} (@pxref{Selecting Windows}).
+@end defvar
@node Creating Buffers
@section Creating Buffers