# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1254853909 0
# Node ID cb0d4db13985e2d74a90f7cdd79811325fa7a72b
# Parent  ac6211903363455e5f6a88e1ccc15070f0e7460f
(Special Properties): Document the meaning of the `cursor' text property
whose value is an integer.

diff -r ac6211903363 -r cb0d4db13985 doc/lispref/text.texi
--- a/doc/lispref/text.texi	Tue Oct 06 18:20:22 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/text.texi	Tue Oct 06 18:31:49 2009 +0000
@@ -3168,7 +3168,11 @@
 Normally, the cursor is displayed at the end of any overlay and text
 property strings present at the current window position.  You can
 place the cursor on any desired character of these strings by giving
-that character a non-@code{nil} @var{cursor} text property.
+that character a non-@code{nil} @code{cursor} text property.  If the
+value of the @code{cursor} property is an integer number, it specifies
+the number of buffer's character positions associated with the overlay
+or text property string; this helps Emacs display the cursor correctly
+when point moves across these character positions.
 
 @item pointer
 @kindex pointer @r{(text property)}