# HG changeset patch
# User Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
# Date 1029803668 0
# Node ID 4427c4b0ed3c3dcd9bbca7154e71135e1941f8ab
# Parent  aeb54264d5949c1fd7d5f970e59df377575eea4a
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diff -r aeb54264d594 -r 4427c4b0ed3c lisp/composite.el
--- a/lisp/composite.el	Mon Aug 19 23:14:45 2002 +0000
+++ b/lisp/composite.el	Tue Aug 20 00:34:28 2002 +0000
@@ -158,13 +158,17 @@
 (defun compose-region (start end &optional components modification-func)
   "Compose characters in the current region.
 
+Characters are composed relatively, i.e. composed by overstricking or
+stacking depending on ascent, descent and other properties.
+
 When called from a program, expects these four arguments.
 
 First two arguments START and END are positions (integers or markers)
 specifying the region.
 
 Optional 3rd argument COMPONENTS, if non-nil, is a character or a
-sequence (vector, list, or string) of integers.
+sequence (vector, list, or string) of integers.  In this case,
+characters are composed not relatively but according to COMPONENTS.
 
 If it is a character, it is an alternate character to display instead
 of the text in the region.