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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 2001-07-15 20:49:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 2001-07-15 20:49:53 +0000 |
| commit | 33fa669197059524b286107cbd7c4684b41072df (patch) | |
| tree | cd82ca7639dfc383fe55f303a00697f6eac6fb49 | |
| parent | 60370d40737ecf92cec4ab75aa73d3ea9ed2d858 (diff) | |
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Minor clarification about insert-buffer.
| -rw-r--r-- | man/killing.texi | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/killing.texi b/man/killing.texi index 37460f0ff60..7b1dc865c94 100644 --- a/man/killing.texi +++ b/man/killing.texi | |||
| @@ -478,12 +478,13 @@ copy-to-buffer} is similar except that any existing text in the other | |||
| 478 | buffer is deleted, so the buffer is left containing just the text newly | 478 | buffer is deleted, so the buffer is left containing just the text newly |
| 479 | copied into it. | 479 | copied into it. |
| 480 | 480 | ||
| 481 | To retrieve the accumulated text from another buffer, use the command | 481 | To retrieve the accumulated text from another buffer, use the |
| 482 | @kbd{M-x insert-buffer}; this too takes @var{buffername} as an argument. | 482 | command @kbd{M-x insert-buffer}; this too takes @var{buffername} as an |
| 483 | It inserts a copy of the text in buffer @var{buffername} into the | 483 | argument. It inserts a copy of the whole text in buffer |
| 484 | selected buffer. You can alternatively select the other buffer for | 484 | @var{buffername} into the selected buffer at point, and sets the mark |
| 485 | editing, then optionally move text from it by killing. @xref{Buffers}, | 485 | after the inserted text. Alternatively, you can select the other |
| 486 | for background information on buffers. | 486 | buffer for editing, then copy text from it by killing. |
| 487 | @xref{Buffers}, for background information on buffers. | ||
| 487 | 488 | ||
| 488 | Instead of accumulating text within Emacs, in a buffer, you can append | 489 | Instead of accumulating text within Emacs, in a buffer, you can append |
| 489 | text directly into a file with @kbd{M-x append-to-file}, which takes | 490 | text directly into a file with @kbd{M-x append-to-file}, which takes |