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changeset 53103:d79cdcde0da3
(Positions): Mention that, if a marker is used a a position, its
buffer is ignored.
| author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 21 Nov 2003 05:02:08 +0000 |
| parents | ee7654b3187a |
| children | b0b3d8b864b8 |
| files | lispref/positions.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/positions.texi Fri Nov 21 05:01:17 2003 +0000 +++ b/lispref/positions.texi Fri Nov 21 05:02:08 2003 +0000 @@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ Positions are usually represented as integers starting from 1, but can also be represented as @dfn{markers}---special objects that relocate automatically when text is inserted or deleted so they stay with the -surrounding characters. @xref{Markers}. +surrounding characters. Functions that expect an argument to be a +position (an integer), but accept a marker as a substitute, normally +ignore the marker buffer. Of course, markers used this way usually +point to a position in the buffer that the function operates on, but +that is entirely the programmer's responsibility. @xref{Markers}. See also the ``field'' feature (@pxref{Fields}), which provides functions that are used by many cursor-motion commands.