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diff lispref/text.texi @ 78602:b86e73d7c635
(reset_var_on_error): New fun.
(signal_before_change, signal_after_change):
Use it to reset (after|before)-change-functions to nil in case of error.
Bind inhibit-modification-hooks to t.
Don't bind (after|before)-change-functions to nil while they run.
author | Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> |
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date | Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:22:03 +0000 |
parents | 602257788b4a |
children | e8263132a24d |
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--- a/lispref/text.texi Tue Aug 21 16:25:41 2007 +0000 +++ b/lispref/text.texi Tue Aug 21 18:22:03 2007 +0000 @@ -4364,35 +4364,6 @@ functions. @end defmac -The two variables above are temporarily bound to @code{nil} during the -time that any of these functions is running. This means that if one of -these functions changes the buffer, that change won't run these -functions. If you do want a hook function to make changes that run -these functions, make it bind these variables back to their usual -values. - -One inconvenient result of this protective feature is that you cannot -have a function in @code{after-change-functions} or -@code{before-change-functions} which changes the value of that variable. -But that's not a real limitation. If you want those functions to change -the list of functions to run, simply add one fixed function to the hook, -and code that function to look in another variable for other functions -to call. Here is an example: - -@example -(setq my-own-after-change-functions nil) -(defun indirect-after-change-function (beg end len) - (let ((list my-own-after-change-functions)) - (while list - (funcall (car list) beg end len) - (setq list (cdr list))))) - -@group -(add-hooks 'after-change-functions - 'indirect-after-change-function) -@end group -@end example - @defvar first-change-hook This variable is a normal hook that is run whenever a buffer is changed that was previously in the unmodified state. @@ -4404,6 +4375,13 @@ described above in this section, as well as the hooks attached to certain special text properties (@pxref{Special Properties}) and overlay properties (@pxref{Overlay Properties}). + +Also, this variable is bound to non-@code{nil} while running those +same hook variables, so that by default modifying the buffer from +a modification hook does not cause other modification hooks to be run. +If you do want modification hooks to be run in a particular piece of +code that is itself run from a modification hook, then rebind locally +@code{inhibit-modification-hooks} to @code{nil}. @end defvar @ignore