# HG changeset patch
# User Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
# Date 1003471279 0
# Node ID d576274a42f4aaa099e330c3556cc0c9c38e9608
# Parent  e0324e1ca158f0a96614188c88e7c265359bdd19
(Text Lines): Describe behavior of `beginning-of-line'/`end-of-line' in
the presence of field properties.

diff -r e0324e1ca158 -r d576274a42f4 lispref/positions.texi
--- a/lispref/positions.texi	Thu Oct 18 22:14:45 2001 +0000
+++ b/lispref/positions.texi	Fri Oct 19 06:01:19 2001 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @c -*-texinfo-*-
 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000
+@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
 @c  Free Software Foundation, Inc. 
 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
 @setfilename ../info/positions
@@ -327,6 +327,14 @@
 argument @var{count} not @code{nil} or 1, it moves forward
 @var{count}@minus{}1 lines and then to the beginning of the line.
 
+This command does not move point across a field boundary
+(@pxref{Fields}) unless doing so would move beyond there to a
+different line; if @var{count} is @code{nil} or 1, and point starts at
+a field boundary, point does not move.  To ignore field boundaries,
+use the @code{forward-line} function instead.  For instance,
+@code{(forward-line 0)} does the same thing as
+@code{(beginning-of-line)}, except that it ignores field boundaries.
+
 If this function reaches the end of the buffer (or of the accessible
 portion, if narrowing is in effect), it positions point there.  No error
 is signaled.
@@ -343,6 +351,11 @@
 argument @var{count} not @code{nil} or 1, it moves forward
 @var{count}@minus{}1 lines and then to the end of the line.
 
+This command does not move point across a field boundary
+(@pxref{Fields}) unless doing so would move beyond there to a
+different line; if @var{count} is @code{nil} or 1, and point starts at
+a field boundary, point does not move.
+
 If this function reaches the end of the buffer (or of the accessible
 portion, if narrowing is in effect), it positions point there.  No error
 is signaled.