buffer-local. @xref{Multiple Displays}.
@end defvar
+@tindex real-last-command
+@defvar real-last-command
+This variable is set up by Emacs just like @code{last-command},
+but never altered by Lisp programs.
+@end defvar
+
@defvar this-command
@cindex current command
This variable records the name of the command now being executed by
@emph{next} editing command. Commands such as @code{universal-argument}
that specify prefix arguments for the following command work by setting
this variable.
+@end defvar
+
+@tindex last-prefix-arg
+@defvar last-prefix-arg
+The raw prefix argument value used by the previous command.
@end defvar
The following commands exist to set up prefix arguments for the