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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/markers.texi,v
From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/markers.texi,v |
Date: |
Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:19:06 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 07/03/04 18:19:06
Index: markers.texi
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lispref/markers.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.30
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -b -r1.30 -r1.31
--- markers.texi 16 Jan 2007 03:28:53 -0000 1.30
+++ markers.texi 4 Mar 2007 18:19:05 -0000 1.31
@@ -410,10 +410,10 @@
interactive call, but permits other Lisp programs to specify arguments
explicitly. @xref{Interactive Codes}.
- Each buffer has its own value of the mark that is independent of the
-value of the mark in other buffers. When a buffer is created, the mark
-exists but does not point anywhere. We consider this state as ``the
-absence of a mark in that buffer.''
+ Each buffer has a marker which represents the value of the mark in
+that buffer, independent of any other buffer. When a buffer is newly
+created, this marker exists but does not point anywhere. That means
+the mark ``doesn't exist'' in that buffer as yet.
Once the mark ``exists'' in a buffer, it normally never ceases to
exist. However, it may become @dfn{inactive}, if Transient Mark mode is
@@ -452,10 +452,10 @@
@end defun
@defun mark-marker
-This function returns the current buffer's mark. This is the very marker
-that records the mark location inside Emacs, not a copy. Therefore,
-changing this marker's position will directly affect the position of the mark.
-Don't do it unless that is the effect you want.
+This function returns the marker that represents the current buffer's
+mark. It is not a copy, it is the marker used internally. Therefore,
+changing this marker's position will directly affect the buffer's
+mark. Don't do that unless that is the effect you want.
@example
@group
@@ -472,10 +472,10 @@
@end group
@end example
-Like any marker, this marker can be set to point at any buffer you like.
-We don't recommend that you make it point at any buffer other than the
-one of which it is the mark. If you do, it will yield perfectly
-consistent, but rather odd, results.
+Like any marker, this marker can be set to point at any buffer you
+like. If you make it point at any buffer other than the one of which
+it is the mark, it will yield perfectly consistent, but rather odd,
+results. We recommend that you not do it!
@end defun
@ignore
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