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author | Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> | 2024-04-01 17:58:04 +0800 |
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committer | Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> | 2024-04-01 17:58:04 +0800 |
commit | 3af419ed0f0bf23320f8a7ac3479e2c50c353cde (patch) | |
tree | fa45f6aee9812f8684ca888823c89cdcc89e6ddb /doc/misc/vtable.texi | |
parent | 101801ca13632ae17b486f690701b9cb36868676 (diff) | |
parent | 87be53846bfbf5a6387cb5a40105bd0fc5b48b38 (diff) | |
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Merge upstream Git snapshot into athena/unstable
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diff --git a/doc/misc/vtable.texi b/doc/misc/vtable.texi index a4f2ed29d93..dd5b70cf32f 100644 --- a/doc/misc/vtable.texi +++ b/doc/misc/vtable.texi @@ -554,12 +554,19 @@ the object after this object; otherwise append to @var{table}. This also updates the displayed table. @end defun -@defun vtable-update-object table object old-object -Change @var{old-object} into @var{object} in @var{table}. This also -updates the displayed table. +@defun vtable-update-object table object &optional old-object +Update @var{object}'s representation in @var{table}. Optional argument +@var{old-object}, if non-@code{nil}, means to replace @var{old-object} +with @var{object} and redisplay the associated row in the table. In +either case, if the existing object is not found in the table (being +compared with @code{equal}), signal an error. This has the same effect as calling @code{vtable-remove-object} and then @code{vtable-insert-object}, but is more efficient. + +Note a limitation: if the table's buffer is not in a visible window, or +if its window has changed width since it was updated, updating the table +is not possible, and an error is signaled. @end defun @defun vtable-column table index |