# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1060134223 0 # Node ID eddd7191f6836d42af309afad110575e5887a906 # Parent d35ce1568ac0aa15246d657b079e9eb2bcb4bab1 (Buffers and Windows): set-window-buffer has new arg. diff -r d35ce1568ac0 -r eddd7191f683 lispref/windows.texi --- a/lispref/windows.texi Wed Aug 06 01:43:18 2003 +0000 +++ b/lispref/windows.texi Wed Aug 06 01:43:43 2003 +0000 @@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ employ heuristics in choosing or creating a window; use these functions when you need complete control. -@defun set-window-buffer window buffer-or-name +@defun set-window-buffer window buffer-or-name &optional keep-margins This function makes @var{window} display @var{buffer-or-name} as its contents. It returns @code{nil}. This is the fundamental primitive for changing which buffer is displayed in a window, and all ways @@ -655,6 +655,11 @@ @result{} nil @end group @end example + +Normally, displaying @var{buffer} in @var{window} resets the window's +fringe widths and position based on the local variables of @var{buffer}. +However, if @var{keep-margins} is non-@code{nil}, the fringe widths and +position of @var{window} remain unchanged. @xref{Fringes}. @end defun @defun window-buffer &optional window