changeset 12596:ffe0de415152

Explain how redisplay updates window-start.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Tue, 18 Jul 1995 22:10:51 +0000
parents cf258211ea5b
children c2f4101915eb
files lispref/windows.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lispref/windows.texi	Tue Jul 18 21:43:16 1995 +0000
+++ b/lispref/windows.texi	Tue Jul 18 22:10:51 1995 +0000
@@ -1003,8 +1003,14 @@
 display-start position is set to a display-start position recently used
 for the same buffer, or 1 if the buffer doesn't have any.
 
-For a realistic example, see the description of @code{count-lines} in
-@ref{Text Lines}.
+Redisplay updates the window-start position (if you have not specified
+it explicitly since the previous redisplay) so that point appears on the
+screen.  Nothing except redisplay automatically changes the window-start
+position; if you move point, do not expect the window-start position to
+change in response until after the next redisplay.
+
+For a realistic example of using @code{window-start}, see the
+description of @code{count-lines} in @ref{Text Lines}.
 @end defun
 
 @defun window-end &optional window