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| author | Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2011-07-10 16:32:19 +0200 |
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| committer | Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2011-07-10 16:32:19 +0200 |
| commit | 568f7b7950c3df8c27a1ddd2c9318cc495c2a28c (patch) | |
| tree | e2f35aafb533b1c154e3bd4d60ad9f9e1c34b22b /doc | |
| parent | 3329e6e390caf3443ffa486b3e39dd71cafe3a29 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-568f7b7950c3df8c27a1ddd2c9318cc495c2a28c.tar.gz | |
(Insertion): Clarify marker movements.
Text from Drew Adams.
Fixes: debbugs:1651
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/text.texi | 15 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog index 7e8dac0cb27..10c13bc2835 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2011-07-10 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> + + * text.texi (Insertion): Clarify marker movements (bug#1651). + Text from Drew Adams. + 2011-07-07 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> * text.texi (Special Properties): Clarify the format of `face' diff --git a/doc/lispref/text.texi b/doc/lispref/text.texi index 2d487352243..b91afb044f0 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/text.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/text.texi @@ -364,14 +364,13 @@ after point. Some insertion functions leave point before the inserted text, while other functions leave it after. We call the former insertion @dfn{after point} and the latter insertion @dfn{before point}. - Insertion relocates markers that point at positions after the -insertion point, so that they stay with the surrounding text -(@pxref{Markers}). When a marker points at the place of insertion, -insertion may or may not relocate the marker, depending on the marker's -insertion type (@pxref{Marker Insertion Types}). Certain special -functions such as @code{insert-before-markers} relocate all such markers -to point after the inserted text, regardless of the markers' insertion -type. + Insertion moves markers located at positions after the insertion +point, so that they stay with the surrounding text (@pxref{Markers}). +When a marker points at the place of insertion, insertion may or may +not relocate the marker, depending on the marker's insertion type +(@pxref{Marker Insertion Types}). Certain special functions such as +@code{insert-before-markers} relocate all such markers to point after +the inserted text, regardless of the markers' insertion type. Insertion functions signal an error if the current buffer is read-only or if they insert within read-only text. |