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-rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/syntax.texi | 9 |
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/syntax.texi b/doc/lispref/syntax.texi index 58f07c9644d..9adffcc18d3 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/syntax.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/syntax.texi @@ -573,10 +573,11 @@ and by Font Lock mode during syntactic fontification (@pxref{Syntactic Font Lock}). It is called with two arguments, @var{start} and @var{end}, which are the starting and ending positions of the text on which it should act. It is allowed to call @code{syntax-ppss} on any -position before @var{end}, but if it calls @code{syntax-ppss} on some -position and later modifies the buffer on some earlier position, -then it is its responsibility to call @code{syntax-ppss-flush-cache} -to flush the now obsolete info from the cache. +position before @var{end}, but if a Lisp program calls +@code{syntax-ppss} on some position and later modifies the buffer at +some earlier position, then it is that program's responsibility to +call @code{syntax-ppss-flush-cache} to flush the now obsolete info +from the cache. @strong{Caution:} When this variable is non-@code{nil}, Emacs removes @code{syntax-table} text properties arbitrarily and relies on |