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@defun undo-boundary
This function places a boundary element in the undo list.  The undo
command stops at such a boundary, and successive undo commands undo
to earlier and earlier boundaries.  This function returns @code{nil}.

The editor command loop automatically creates an undo boundary between
keystroke commands.  Thus, each undo normally undoes the effects of one
command.  Calling this function explicitly is useful for splitting the
effects of a command into more than one unit.  For example,
@code{query-replace} calls this function after each replacement so that
the user can undo individual replacements one by one.
@end defun

@defun primitive-undo count list
This is the basic function for undoing elements of an undo list.
It undoes the first @var{count} elements of @var{list}, returning

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@defun undo-boundary
This function places a boundary element in the undo list.  The undo
command stops at such a boundary, and successive undo commands undo
to earlier and earlier boundaries.  This function returns @code{nil}.

The editor command loop automatically creates an undo boundary before
each key sequence is executed.  Thus, each undo normally undoes the
effects of one command.  Self-inserting input characters are an
exception.  The command loop makes a boundary for the first such
character; the next 19 consecutive self-inserting input characters do
not make boundaries, and then the 20th does, and so on as long as
self-inserting characters continue.

All buffer modifications add a boundary whenever the previous undoable
change was made in some other buffer.  This way, a command that modifies
several buffers makes a boundary in each buffer it changes.

Calling this function explicitly is useful for splitting the effects of
a command into more than one unit.  For example, @code{query-replace}
calls @code{undo-boundary} after each replacement, so that the user can
undo individual replacements one by one.
@end defun

@defun primitive-undo count list
This is the basic function for undoing elements of an undo list.
It undoes the first @var{count} elements of @var{list}, returning