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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1995-01-31 04:55:29 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1995-01-31 04:55:29 +0000
commit20d93412d89a2021bd6cc591b63aae2af705cccc (patch)
treefcbb203c58bb6016e40491c35a10d7239f17db68 /src/buffer.c
parent666cb5e0517250ed6bbb56ecafb403a19bbebbb7 (diff)
downloademacs-20d93412d89a2021bd6cc591b63aae2af705cccc.tar.gz
(syms_of_buffer): overwrite-mode doc fix.
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diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
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@@ -3049,7 +3049,9 @@ Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion.");
DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("overwrite-mode", &current_buffer->overwrite_mode, Qnil,
"Non-nil if self-insertion should replace existing text.\n\
-If non-nil and not `overwrite-mode-binary', self-insertion still\n\
+The value should be one of `overwrite-mode-textual',\n\
+`overwrite-mode-binary', or nil.\n\
+If it is `overwrite-mode-textual', self-insertion still\n\
inserts at the end of a line, and inserts when point is before a tab,\n\
until the tab is filled in.\n\
If `overwrite-mode-binary', self-insertion replaces newlines and tabs too.\n\