changeset 105491:cb0d4db13985

(Special Properties): Document the meaning of the `cursor' text property whose value is an integer.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:31:49 +0000
parents ac6211903363
children a712582124ee
files doc/lispref/text.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/lispref/text.texi	Tue Oct 06 18:20:22 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/text.texi	Tue Oct 06 18:31:49 2009 +0000
@@ -3168,7 +3168,11 @@
 Normally, the cursor is displayed at the end of any overlay and text
 property strings present at the current window position.  You can
 place the cursor on any desired character of these strings by giving
-that character a non-@code{nil} @var{cursor} text property.
+that character a non-@code{nil} @code{cursor} text property.  If the
+value of the @code{cursor} property is an integer number, it specifies
+the number of buffer's character positions associated with the overlay
+or text property string; this helps Emacs display the cursor correctly
+when point moves across these character positions.
 
 @item pointer
 @kindex pointer @r{(text property)}