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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2015-01-26 19:41:38 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2015-01-26 19:41:38 +0200
commit3b23e6a70294a3fee23353bfb8a23c7167d7c4ef (patch)
tree5887fa9e0f42a9bb745b5fc32b3fe211eb34198e
parent7a7e5941280a7690f29e1af7325bc0cf7f9b41a2 (diff)
downloademacs-3b23e6a70294a3fee23353bfb8a23c7167d7c4ef.tar.gz
Fix the description of --insert command-line option (Bug#19694)
doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi (Action Arguments): Clarify into which buffer '--insert' inserts.
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi9
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index d1378a34c19..93ae618d1bc 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-01-26 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+ * cmdargs.texi (Action Arguments): Clarify into which buffer
+ '--insert' inserts. (Bug#19694)
+
2015-01-21 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* programs.texi (Custom C Indent): Fix a typo. (Bug#19647)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi b/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi
index f724f77e230..42c8e33d5c7 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi
@@ -165,9 +165,12 @@ Evaluate Lisp expression @var{expression}.
@item --insert=@var{file}
@opindex --insert
@cindex insert file contents, command-line argument
-Insert the contents of @var{file} into the @file{*scratch*} buffer
-(@pxref{Lisp Interaction}). This is like what @kbd{M-x insert-file}
-does (@pxref{Misc File Ops}).
+Insert the contents of @var{file} into the buffer that is current when
+this command-line argument is processed. Usually, this is the
+@file{*scratch*} buffer (@pxref{Lisp Interaction}), but if arguments
+earlier on the command line visit files or switch buffers, that might
+be a different buffer. The effect of this command-line argument is
+like what @kbd{M-x insert-file} does (@pxref{Misc File Ops}).
@item --kill
@opindex --kill