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Put the README into commentary as documentation

Samuel W. Flint 8 years ago
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 ;;
 ;; This is Buffer Layers, a simple, layer-based buffer management system.
 ;;
-;; It works by defining buffer layers using a fairly simple macro.  An example is as follows:
+;; It works by defining buffer layers using a fairly simple macro.  The following would be put in a file called `org.layer`
 ;;
+;; ```elisp
+;; ;; -*- emacs-lisp -*-
 ;; (define-buffer-layer org
 ;;   :files ("~/org/"
 ;;           "~/org/main.org")
 ;;   :buffer-to-select "main.org"
 ;;   :run-on-apply ((my/find-current-notes-file)))
+;; ```
+;;
+;; It can be loaded with `(load-buffer-layer "/path/to/org.layer" nil)`.  If the final `nil` is changed to `t`, it will load and apply the layer.
+;;
+;; Buffer Layer Definitions take the following arguments:
+;;
+;;  - `:files`: A list.  This is the list of files that are loaded when the buffer layer is applied.
+;;  - `:buffer-to-select`: The buffer to select after files are loaded, and the given forms to run on application are executed.
+;;  - `:run-on-apply`: This is a list of forms to be executed in between finding files and selecting the given buffer.
+;;  - `:run-on-remove`: This is a list of forms to be executed after killing the buffers that have been loaded.
+;;
+;; To manipulate buffer layers, execute `buffer-layer-mode`, and then you can use the following keybindings:
+;;
+;;  - `C-x L l`: Load a buffer layer, if defined, otherwise, load from the given file.
+;;  - `C-x L u`: Unload a loaded buffer layer.
+;;  - `C-x L U`: Unload all loaded buffer layers.
+;;  - `C-x L L`: List defined buffer layers, noting if they've been applied.
+;;
+;; The following are the user-facing functions:
+;;
+;;  - `define-buffer-layer`
+;;  - `buffer-layer-load-buffer-layer`, also known as `load-buffer-layer`
+;;  - `buffer-layers-unload-buffer-layer`
+;;  - `buffer-layers-list`
+;;  - `buffer-layers-unload-all-buffer-layers`
+;;  - `buffer-layers-mode`
+;;
+;; On enabling `buffer-layer-mode`, the map is placed onto `C-x L`, and `buffer-layers-unload-all-buffer-layers` is added to the `kill-emacs-hook`, and on disabling the mode, they are removed.
 
 
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