# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1120408697 0
# Node ID a56fccc4986bf8c958b156c33a0e58a847e2e38e
# Parent  12cb724692d37808115f8f5e229fe10774486853
(Special Properties): Change hook functions should bind
inhibit-modification-hooks around altering buffer text.

diff -r 12cb724692d3 -r a56fccc4986b lispref/text.texi
--- a/lispref/text.texi	Sun Jul 03 16:36:23 2005 +0000
+++ b/lispref/text.texi	Sun Jul 03 16:38:17 2005 +0000
@@ -3152,6 +3152,10 @@
 being modified by a single primitive, you can't predict how many times
 the function will be called.
 
+If these functions modify the buffer, they should bind
+@code{inhibit-modification-hooks} to @code{t} around doing so, to
+avoid confusing the internal mechanism that calls these hooks.
+
 @item insert-in-front-hooks
 @itemx insert-behind-hooks
 @kindex insert-in-front-hooks @r{(text property)}