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changeset 41993:0b548ba2f6d6
(Fwrite_region): Doc fix.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:53:16 +0000 |
parents | 01f706123cff |
children | 864a104b0e54 |
files | src/fileio.c |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/src/fileio.c Wed Dec 12 22:47:58 2001 +0000 +++ b/src/fileio.c Wed Dec 12 22:53:16 2001 +0000 @@ -4648,8 +4648,13 @@ DEFUN ("write-region", Fwrite_region, Swrite_region, 3, 7, "r\nFWrite region to file: \ni\ni\ni\np", doc: /* Write current region into specified file. -When called from a program, takes three arguments: -START, END and FILENAME. START and END are buffer positions. +When called from a program, requires three arguments: +START, END and FILENAME. START and END are normally buffer positions +specifying the part of the buffer to write. +If START is nil, that means to use the entire buffer contents. +If START is a string, then output that string to the file +instead of any buffer contents; END is ignored. + Optional fourth argument APPEND if non-nil means append to existing file contents (if any). If it is an integer, seek to that offset in the file before writing. @@ -4669,8 +4674,6 @@ If MUSTBENEW is neither nil nor `excl', that means ask for confirmation before overwriting, but do go ahead and overwrite the file if the user confirms. -Kludgy feature: if START is a string, then that string is written -to the file, instead of any buffer contents, and END is ignored. This does code conversion according to the value of `coding-system-for-write', `buffer-file-coding-system', or