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authorAlan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>2017-10-01 10:01:33 +0000
committerAlan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>2017-10-01 11:27:16 +0000
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Remove inadvertent changes to syntax.texi in last commit.
* doc/lispref/syntax.texi (Position Parse): revert changes.
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/syntax.texi b/doc/lispref/syntax.texi
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+++ b/doc/lispref/syntax.texi
@@ -751,8 +751,7 @@ position. This function does that conveniently.
@defun syntax-ppss &optional pos
This function returns the parser state that the parser would reach at
-position @var{pos} starting from the beginning of the visible portion
-of the buffer.
+position @var{pos} starting from the beginning of the buffer.
@iftex
See the next section for
@end iftex
@@ -763,11 +762,11 @@ for a description of the parser state.
The return value is the same as if you call the low-level parsing
function @code{parse-partial-sexp} to parse from the beginning of the
-visible portion of the buffer to @var{pos} (@pxref{Low-Level
-Parsing}). However, @code{syntax-ppss} uses caches to speed up the
-computation. Due to this optimization, the second value (previous
-complete subexpression) and sixth value (minimum parenthesis depth) in
-the returned parser state are not meaningful.
+buffer to @var{pos} (@pxref{Low-Level Parsing}). However,
+@code{syntax-ppss} uses a cache to speed up the computation. Due to
+this optimization, the second value (previous complete subexpression)
+and sixth value (minimum parenthesis depth) in the returned parser
+state are not meaningful.
This function has a side effect: it adds a buffer-local entry to
@code{before-change-functions} (@pxref{Change Hooks}) for