Document `get-pos-property'.

* doc/lispref/text.texi (Examining Properties): Document `get-pos-property'.

3 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index 14facae6ba5..a92ae299250 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2013-12-22  Xue Fuqiao  <xfq.free@gmail.com>
 
+        * text.texi (Examining Properties): Document `get-pos-property'.
+
         * variables.texi (Directory Local Variables): Document `enable-dir-local-variables'.
 
         * debugging.texi (Debugger Commands): Document `debugger-toggle-locals'.
diff --git a/doc/lispref/text.texi b/doc/lispref/text.texi
index 1deb4a6530a..0ddff24aa15 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/text.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/text.texi
@@ -2679,6 +2679,13 @@ followed by the text properties.  If @var{object} is a string, only
 text properties are considered, since strings never have overlays.
 @end defun
 
+@defun get-pos-property position prop &optional object
+This function is like @code{get-char-property}, except that it pays
+attention to properties' stickiness and overlays' advancement settings
+instead of the property of the character at (i.e. right after)
+@var{position}.
+@end defun
+
 @defun get-char-property-and-overlay position prop &optional object
 This is like @code{get-char-property}, but gives extra information
 about the overlay that the property value comes from.
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 0b78a93fa94..e3c902e66d8 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -891,6 +891,7 @@ respecting file-local variables.
 Generic commands are interactive functions whose implementation can be
 selected among several alternatives, as a matter of user preference.
 
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 ** New function `get-pos-property'.
 
 ** Minibuffer changes