Mercurial > emacs
changeset 38380:99b267c1ccbd
Explain window-end never scrolls the window.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Thu, 12 Jul 2001 08:46:28 +0000 |
| parents | dd827746979d |
| children | 377e83704c76 |
| files | lispref/windows.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/windows.texi Thu Jul 12 07:18:18 2001 +0000 +++ b/lispref/windows.texi Thu Jul 12 08:46:28 2001 +0000 @@ -1144,10 +1144,17 @@ Emacs does not know the position of the end of display in that window. In that case, this function returns @code{nil}. -If @var{update} is non-@code{nil}, @code{window-end} always returns -an up-to-date value for where the window ends. If the saved value is -valid, @code{window-end} returns that; otherwise it computes the correct +If @var{update} is non-@code{nil}, @code{window-end} always returns an +up-to-date value for where the window ends, based on the current +@code{window-start} value. If the saved value is valid, +@code{window-end} returns that; otherwise it computes the correct value by scanning the buffer text. + +Even if @var{update} is non-@code{nil}, @code{window-end} does not +attempt to scroll the display if point has moved off the screen, the +way real redisplay would do. It does not alter the +@code{window-start} value. In effect, it reports where the displayed +text will end if scrolling is not required. @end defun @defun set-window-start window position &optional noforce