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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/syntax.texi
From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/syntax.texi |
Date: |
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:50:17 -0500 |
Index: emacs/lispref/syntax.texi
diff -u emacs/lispref/syntax.texi:1.22 emacs/lispref/syntax.texi:1.23
--- emacs/lispref/syntax.texi:1.22 Sun Nov 25 05:57:45 2001
+++ emacs/lispref/syntax.texi Wed Nov 28 19:50:17 2001
@@ -771,12 +771,13 @@
@defun forward-comment count
This function moves point forward across @var{count} complete comments
(that is, including the starting delimiter and the terminating
-delimiter if any). It moves backward if @var{count} is negative. If
-it encounters anything other than a comment or whitespace, it stops,
-leaving point at the place where it stopped. This includes (for
-instance) finding the end of a comment when moving forward and
-expecting the beginning of one. The function also stops immediately
-after moving over the specified number of complete comments.
+delimiter if any), plus any whitespace encountered on the way. It
+moves backward if @var{count} is negative. If it encounters anything
+other than a comment or whitespace, it stops, leaving point at the
+place where it stopped. This includes (for instance) finding the end
+of a comment when moving forward and expecting the beginning of one.
+The function also stops immediately after moving over the specified
+number of complete comments.
This function cannot tell whether the ``comments'' it traverses are
embedded within a string. If they look like comments, it treats them