Re: cannot understand Elisp manual node Glyphs

[Markus Triska]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> one.  Anyway, it is getting increasingly hard for developers to
> maintain sight of _what_ it is the time to do.

It's time to look harder.


2007-02-09  Markus Triska  <address@hidden>

        * cmds.c (Fforward_line, Fbackward_char, Fforward_char): Document
        behaviour for omitted optional arguments

*** cmds.c      21 Jan 2007 05:18:16 +0100      1.99
--- cmds.c      09 Feb 2007 10:03:12 +0100      
***************
*** 57,63 ****
  
  DEFUN ("forward-char", Fforward_char, Sforward_char, 0, 1, "p",
         doc: /* Move point right N characters (left if N is negative).
! On reaching end of buffer, stop and signal error.  */)
       (n)
       Lisp_Object n;
  {
--- 57,64 ----
  
  DEFUN ("forward-char", Fforward_char, Sforward_char, 0, 1, "p",
         doc: /* Move point right N characters (left if N is negative).
! On reaching end of buffer, stop and signal error.  N nil or omitted is
! equivalent to N = 1.  */)
       (n)
       Lisp_Object n;
  {
***************
*** 93,99 ****
  
  DEFUN ("backward-char", Fbackward_char, Sbackward_char, 0, 1, "p",
         doc: /* Move point left N characters (right if N is negative).
! On attempt to pass beginning or end of buffer, stop and signal error.  */)
       (n)
       Lisp_Object n;
  {
--- 94,101 ----
  
  DEFUN ("backward-char", Fbackward_char, Sbackward_char, 0, 1, "p",
         doc: /* Move point left N characters (right if N is negative).
! On attempt to pass beginning or end of buffer, stop and signal error.
! N nil or omitted is equivalent to N = 1.  */)
       (n)
       Lisp_Object n;
  {
***************
*** 113,119 ****
  Returns the count of lines left to move.  If moving forward,
  that is N - number of lines moved; if backward, N + number moved.
  With positive N, a non-empty line at the end counts as one line
!   successfully moved (for the return value).  */)
       (n)
       Lisp_Object n;
  {
--- 115,122 ----
  Returns the count of lines left to move.  If moving forward,
  that is N - number of lines moved; if backward, N + number moved.
  With positive N, a non-empty line at the end counts as one line
! successfully moved (for the return value).  N nil or omitted is
! equivalent to N = 1.  */)
       (n)
       Lisp_Object n;
  {