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diff --git a/doc/lispref/positions.texi b/doc/lispref/positions.texi index e7c79d58241..c972bbb2e43 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/positions.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/positions.texi @@ -350,10 +350,11 @@ would move to. @deffn Command forward-line &optional count @cindex beginning of line This function moves point forward @var{count} lines, to the beginning of -the line. If @var{count} is negative, it moves point -@minus{}@var{count} lines backward, to the beginning of a line. If -@var{count} is zero, it moves point to the beginning of the current -line. If @var{count} is @code{nil}, that means 1. +the line following that. If @var{count} is negative, it moves point +@minus{}@var{count} lines backward, to the beginning of a line +preceding that. If @var{count} is zero, it moves point to the +beginning of the current line. If @var{count} is @code{nil}, that +means 1. If @code{forward-line} encounters the beginning or end of the buffer (or of the accessible portion) before finding that many lines, it sets point @@ -362,7 +363,11 @@ there. No error is signaled. @code{forward-line} returns the difference between @var{count} and the number of lines actually moved. If you attempt to move down five lines from the beginning of a buffer that has only three lines, point stops at -the end of the last line, and the value will be 2. +the end of the last line, and the value will be 2. As an explicit +exception, if the last accessible line is non-empty, but has no +newline (e.g., if the buffer ends without a newline), the function +sets point to the end of that line, and the value returned by the +function counts that line as one line successfully moved. In an interactive call, @var{count} is the numeric prefix argument. @end deffn |