# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 995230193 0 # Node ID 80b960104fbdb2008348f81c16f0d19d2ef8067e # Parent 67b464da13ec657197a844830294f12fd4017674 Minor clarification about insert-buffer. diff -r 67b464da13ec -r 80b960104fbd man/killing.texi --- a/man/killing.texi Sun Jul 15 19:53:53 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/killing.texi Sun Jul 15 20:49:53 2001 +0000 @@ -478,12 +478,13 @@ buffer is deleted, so the buffer is left containing just the text newly copied into it. - To retrieve the accumulated text from another buffer, use the command -@kbd{M-x insert-buffer}; this too takes @var{buffername} as an argument. -It inserts a copy of the text in buffer @var{buffername} into the -selected buffer. You can alternatively select the other buffer for -editing, then optionally move text from it by killing. @xref{Buffers}, -for background information on buffers. + To retrieve the accumulated text from another buffer, use the +command @kbd{M-x insert-buffer}; this too takes @var{buffername} as an +argument. It inserts a copy of the whole text in buffer +@var{buffername} into the selected buffer at point, and sets the mark +after the inserted text. Alternatively, you can select the other +buffer for editing, then copy text from it by killing. +@xref{Buffers}, for background information on buffers. Instead of accumulating text within Emacs, in a buffer, you can append text directly into a file with @kbd{M-x append-to-file}, which takes