(defcustom shell-command-dont-erase-buffer nil
"If non-nil, output buffer is not erased between shell commands.
-Also, a non-nil value set the point in the output buffer
-once the command complete.
-The value `beg-last-out' set point at the beginning of the output,
-`end-last-out' set point at the end of the buffer, `save-point'
-restore the buffer position before the command."
+Also, a non-nil value sets the point in the output buffer
+once the command completes.
+The value `beg-last-out' sets point at the beginning of the output,
+`end-last-out' sets point at the end of the buffer, `save-point'
+restores the buffer position before the command."
:type '(choice
(const :tag "Erase buffer" nil)
(const :tag "Set point to beginning of last output" beg-last-out)
:version "26.1")
(defvar shell-command-saved-pos nil
- "Point position in the output buffer after command complete.
-It is an alist (BUFFER . POS), where BUFFER is the output
-buffer, and POS is the point position in BUFFER once the command finish.
+ "Point position in the output buffer after command completes.
+It is an alist of (BUFFER . POS), where BUFFER is the output
+buffer, and POS is the point position in BUFFER once the command finishes.
This variable is used when `shell-command-dont-erase-buffer' is non-nil.")
(defcustom idle-update-delay 0.5
If METHOD is `delete-only', then delete the region; the return value
is undefined. If METHOD is nil, then return the content as a string.
If METHOD is `bounds', then return the boundaries of the region
-as a list of the form (START . END).
+as a pair of (START . END) positions.
If METHOD is anything else, delete the region and return its content
as a string, after filtering it with `filter-buffer-substring', which
is called with METHOD as its 3rd argument.")
(progn (cl-assert (mark)) t)))
(defun region-bounds ()
- "Return the boundaries of the region as a list of (START . END) positions."
+ "Return the boundaries of the region as a pair of (START . END) positions."
(funcall region-extract-function 'bounds))
(defun region-noncontiguous-p ()