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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 2005-04-17 15:49:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 2005-04-17 15:49:52 +0000 |
| commit | fdbc96cabad658b6299c6dad951f9b4b9b9d5c19 (patch) | |
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(Positions): Clarify further.
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diff --git a/lispref/positions.texi b/lispref/positions.texi index 9a71cf29e33..3c1e642e6b4 100644 --- a/lispref/positions.texi +++ b/lispref/positions.texi | |||
| @@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ with the surrounding characters. Functions that expect an argument to | |||
| 22 | be a position (an integer), but accept a marker as a substitute, | 22 | be a position (an integer), but accept a marker as a substitute, |
| 23 | normally ignore which buffer the marker points into; they convert the | 23 | normally ignore which buffer the marker points into; they convert the |
| 24 | marker to an integer, and use that integer, exactly as if you had | 24 | marker to an integer, and use that integer, exactly as if you had |
| 25 | passed the integer as the argument. Markers used this way usually | 25 | passed the integer as the argument, even if the marker points to the |
| 26 | point to a position in the buffer that the function will operate on, | 26 | ``wrong'' buffer. A marker that points nowhere cannot convert to an |
| 27 | but if not, they are converted to integers anyway. @xref{Markers}. | 27 | integer; using it instead of an integer causes an error. |
| 28 | @xref{Markers}. | ||
| 28 | 29 | ||
| 29 | See also the ``field'' feature (@pxref{Fields}), which provides | 30 | See also the ``field'' feature (@pxref{Fields}), which provides |
| 30 | functions that are used by many cursor-motion commands. | 31 | functions that are used by many cursor-motion commands. |