From b75689dd3dec3f8959afc899215dc237516825b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 01:05:10 +0000 Subject: Minor fixes. --- lispref/buffers.texi | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'lispref/buffers.texi') diff --git a/lispref/buffers.texi b/lispref/buffers.texi index 801698408aa..9009a9b7733 100644 --- a/lispref/buffers.texi +++ b/lispref/buffers.texi @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ foo @deffn Command rename-buffer newname &optional unique This function renames the current buffer to @var{newname}. An error is signaled if @var{newname} is not a string, or if there is already a -buffer with that name. The function returns @code{nil}. +buffer with that name. The function returns @var{newname}. @c Emacs 19 feature Ordinarily, @code{rename-buffer} signals an error if @var{newname} is @@ -456,14 +456,17 @@ function @code{force-mode-line-update} works by doing this: @end defun @deffn Command not-modified -This command marks the current buffer as unmodified, and not needing -to be saved. Don't use this function in programs, since it prints a -message in the echo area; use @code{set-buffer-modified-p} (above) instead. +This command marks the current buffer as unmodified, and not needing to +be saved. With prefix arg, it marks the buffer as modified, so that it +will be saved at the next suitable occasion. + +Don't use this function in programs, since it prints a message in the +echo area; use @code{set-buffer-modified-p} (above) instead. @end deffn @c Emacs 19 feature @defun buffer-modified-tick &optional buffer -This function returns @var{buffer}`s modification-count. This is a +This function returns @var{buffer}'s modification-count. This is a counter that increments every time the buffer is modified. If @var{buffer} is @code{nil} (or omitted), the current buffer is used. @end defun @@ -795,9 +798,8 @@ this feature to test whether a buffer has been killed: @deffn Command kill-buffer buffer-or-name This function kills the buffer @var{buffer-or-name}, freeing all its -memory for use as space for other buffers. (Emacs version 18 and older -was unable to return the memory to the operating system.) It returns -@code{nil}. +memory for other uses or to be returned to the operating system. It +returns @code{nil}. Any processes that have this buffer as the @code{process-buffer} are sent the @code{SIGHUP} signal, which normally causes them to terminate. -- cgit v1.2.1