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| author | Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> | 2020-03-31 05:38:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> | 2020-04-13 12:15:13 +0200 |
| commit | f84aed5fd233d59196d942acfb67bb4051c69cf1 (patch) | |
| tree | 6a096f13faea8904b23e0e975d77d3cae754bfa4 /src | |
| parent | 81d07da788e7caea266f4a520cd9922c990d04e9 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-f84aed5fd233d59196d942acfb67bb4051c69cf1.tar.gz | |
Clarify documentation on inhibit-modification-hooks intended usage
Cf. bug#40332 and the discussion at
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2020-03/msg00921.html
* doc/lispref/text.texi (Change Hooks):
* src/insdel.c (syms_of_insdel): Clarify the intended usage of
'inhibit-modification-hooks'.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/insdel.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/insdel.c b/src/insdel.c index 21acf0e61db..dfa1cc311ca 100644 --- a/src/insdel.c +++ b/src/insdel.c @@ -2397,7 +2397,13 @@ This affects `before-change-functions' and `after-change-functions', as well as hooks attached to text properties and overlays. Setting this variable non-nil also inhibits file locks and checks whether files are locked by another Emacs session, as well as -handling of the active region per `select-active-regions'. */); +handling of the active region per `select-active-regions'. + +To delay change hooks during a series of changes, use +`combine-change-calls' or `combine-after-change-calls' instead of +binding this variable. + +See also the info node `(elisp) Change Hooks'. */); inhibit_modification_hooks = 0; DEFSYM (Qinhibit_modification_hooks, "inhibit-modification-hooks"); |