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| author | Luc Teirlinck <[email protected]> | 2004-04-03 03:54:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Luc Teirlinck <[email protected]> | 2004-04-03 03:54:15 +0000 |
| commit | 6deaa218414d022c53d72a127cb5d1fa9fd9d046 (patch) | |
| tree | 15008623ae8e8c31a843abb98676fd8d54ba8dfd /man | |
| parent | bcfa9925a6e20dcc00ad7a18cb5b577dba018aca (diff) | |
(Reverting): Correct description of revert-buffer's handling of point.
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/files.texi | 9 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog index 63277cb57f..1cfe38d705 100644 --- a/man/ChangeLog +++ b/man/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2004-04-02 Luc Teirlinck <[email protected]> + + * files.texi (Reverting): Correct description of revert-buffer's + handling of point. + 2004-03-22 Juri Linkov <[email protected]> * emacs.texi (Top): Add `Misc X'. diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index a7f0661928..f73d1370eb 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -855,11 +855,10 @@ of the file. To do this, use @kbd{M-x revert-buffer}, which operates on the current buffer. Since reverting a buffer unintentionally could lose a lot of work, you must confirm this command with @kbd{yes}. - @code{revert-buffer} keeps point at the same distance (measured in -characters) from the beginning of the file. If the file was edited only -slightly, you will be at approximately the same piece of text after -reverting as before. If you have made drastic changes, the same value of -point in the old file may address a totally different piece of text. + @code{revert-buffer} tries to position point in such a way that, if +the file was edited only slightly, you will be at approximately the +same piece of text after reverting as before. However, if you have made +drastic changes, point may wind up in a totally different piece of text. Reverting marks the buffer as ``not modified'' until another change is made. |