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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2006-07-03 15:41:50 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2006-07-03 15:41:50 +0000
commit933f07c9d6a57b28cca37f8ed2041e87b95ccb06 (patch)
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parent2b5022594f57ac84868c5f04777187d15c73bfc0 (diff)
downloademacs-933f07c9d6a57b28cca37f8ed2041e87b95ccb06.tar.gz
(Fget_char_property_and_overlay): Doc fix.
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diff --git a/src/textprop.c b/src/textprop.c
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@@ -690,10 +690,11 @@ overlays are considered only if they are associated with OBJECT. */)
DEFUN ("get-char-property-and-overlay", Fget_char_property_and_overlay,
Sget_char_property_and_overlay, 2, 3, 0,
doc: /* Like `get-char-property', but with extra overlay information.
-Return a cons whose car is the return value of `get-char-property'
-with the same arguments, that is, the value of POSITION's property
-PROP in OBJECT, and whose cdr is the overlay in which the property was
+The value is a cons cell. Its car is the return value of `get-char-property'
+with the same arguments--that is, the value of POSITION's property
+PROP in OBJECT. Its cdr is the overlay in which the property was
found, or nil, if it was found as a text property or not found at all.
+
OBJECT is optional and defaults to the current buffer. OBJECT may be
a string, a buffer or a window. For strings, the cdr of the return
value is always nil, since strings do not have overlays. If OBJECT is