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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2005-12-23 16:46:59 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2005-12-23 16:46:59 +0000
commit1412ac47e7b9f994147448f404f9e27d814ee94a (patch)
treedd7a3879cc9bd431db04f16e82c07dad11aedc90
parent907560871c3579c3055fec3d07b2c0443fa52768 (diff)
downloademacs-1412ac47e7b9f994147448f404f9e27d814ee94a.tar.gz
(Undo): Restore some explanation from the version that was deleted.
-rw-r--r--lispref/text.texi19
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/text.texi b/lispref/text.texi
index 55d9f6d5e75..b8d727efca4 100644
--- a/lispref/text.texi
+++ b/lispref/text.texi
@@ -470,6 +470,9 @@ it except to install it on a keymap.
In an interactive call, @var{count} is the numeric prefix argument.
+Self-insertion translates the input character through
+@code{translation-table-for-input}. @xref{Translation of Characters}.
+
This command calls @code{auto-fill-function} whenever that is
non-@code{nil} and the character inserted is in the table
@code{auto-fill-chars} (@pxref{Auto Filling}).
@@ -477,10 +480,9 @@ non-@code{nil} and the character inserted is in the table
@c Cross refs reworded to prevent overfull hbox. --rjc 15mar92
This command performs abbrev expansion if Abbrev mode is enabled and
the inserted character does not have word-constituent
-syntax. (@xref{Abbrevs}, and @ref{Syntax Class Table}.)
-
-This is also responsible for calling @code{blink-paren-function} when
-the inserted character has close parenthesis syntax (@pxref{Blinking}).
+syntax. (@xref{Abbrevs}, and @ref{Syntax Class Table}.) It is also
+responsible for calling @code{blink-paren-function} when the inserted
+character has close parenthesis syntax (@pxref{Blinking}).
Do not try substituting your own definition of
@code{self-insert-command} for the standard one. The editor command
@@ -1257,6 +1259,9 @@ range @var{beg} to @var{end}, which increased the size of the buffer
by @var{delta}. It is undone by calling @var{funname} with arguments
@var{args}.
+This kind of element enables undo limited to a region to determine
+whether the element pertains to that region.
+
@item nil
This element is a boundary. The elements between two boundaries are
called a @dfn{change group}; normally, each change group corresponds to
@@ -1793,7 +1798,7 @@ a buffer. This is in contrast to the function @code{sort}, which
rearranges the order of the elements of a list (@pxref{Rearrangement}).
The values returned by these functions are not meaningful.
-@defun sort-subr reverse nextrecfun endrecfun &optional startkeyfun endkeyfun
+@defun sort-subr reverse nextrecfun endrecfun &optional startkeyfun endkeyfun predicate
This function is the general text-sorting routine that subdivides a
buffer into records and then sorts them. Most of the commands in this
section use this function.
@@ -1847,6 +1852,10 @@ is no need for @var{endkeyfun} if @var{startkeyfun} returns a
non-@code{nil} value.
@end enumerate
+The argument @var{predicate} is the function to use to compare keys.
+If keys are numbers, it defaults to @code{<}; otherwise it defaults to
+@code{string<}.
+
As an example of @code{sort-subr}, here is the complete function
definition for @code{sort-lines}: