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 37.19 Buttons
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 The Button package defines functions for inserting and manipulating
 “buttons” that can be activated with the mouse or via keyboard commands.
 These buttons are typically used for various kinds of hyperlinks.
 
    A button is essentially a set of text or overlay properties, attached
 to a stretch of text in a buffer.  These properties are called “button
 properties”.  One of these properties, the “action property”, specifies
 a function which is called when the user invokes the button using the
 keyboard or the mouse.  The action function may examine the button and
 use its other properties as desired.
 
    In some ways, the Button package duplicates the functionality in the
 Widget package.  Introduction (widget)Top.  The advantage of the
 Button package is that it is faster, smaller, and simpler to program.
 From the point of view of the user, the interfaces produced by the two
 packages are very similar.
 

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· Button Properties      Button properties with special meanings.
· Button Types           Defining common properties for classes of buttons.
· Making Buttons         Adding buttons to Emacs buffers.
· Manipulating Buttons   Getting and setting properties of buttons.
· Button Buffer Commands Buffer-wide commands and bindings for buttons.
 

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