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changeset 72598:070fe1ef3250
* buffers.texi (Buffer Modification): Document
buffer-chars-modified-tick.
| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:41:33 +0000 |
| parents | 63df36f810bc |
| children | e4e2d953e61c |
| files | lispref/ChangeLog lispref/buffers.texi |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/ChangeLog Fri Sep 01 13:36:35 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/ChangeLog Fri Sep 01 13:41:33 2006 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-09-01 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> + + * buffers.texi (Buffer Modification): Document + buffer-chars-modified-tick. + 2006-08-31 Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> * modes.texi (Syntactic Font Lock): Mention specific faces once again.
--- a/lispref/buffers.texi Fri Sep 01 13:36:35 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/buffers.texi Fri Sep 01 13:41:33 2006 +0000 @@ -573,7 +573,6 @@ echo area; use @code{set-buffer-modified-p} (above) instead. @end deffn -@c Emacs 19 feature @defun buffer-modified-tick &optional buffer This function returns @var{buffer}'s modification-count. This is a counter that increments every time the buffer is modified. If @@ -581,6 +580,23 @@ The counter can wrap around occasionally. @end defun +@defun buffer-chars-modified-tick &optional buffer +This function returns @var{buffer}'s character-change modification-count. +Changes to text properties leave this counter unchanged; however, each +time text is inserted or removed from the buffer, the counter is reset +to the value that would be returned @code{buffer-modified-tick}. +By comparing the values returned by two @code{buffer-chars-modified-tick} +calls, you can tell whether a character change occurred in that buffer +in between the calls. If @var{buffer} is @code{nil} (or omitted), the +current buffer is used. +@end defun + +This function returns @var{buffer}'s modification-count. This is a +counter that increments every time the buffer is modified. If +@var{buffer} is @code{nil} (or omitted), the current buffer is used. +The counter can wrap around occasionally. +@end defun + @node Modification Time @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Comparison of Modification Time