Document yank behavior in the right place

* lisp/simple.el (yank): Document the handling of the
`yank-handled-properties' and `yank-excluded-properties' variables,
and the `yank-handler' text property.
(yank-pop): Refer to `yank' now (bug#286)

* lisp/subr.el (insert-for-yank): Refer to `yank' now.
(insert-for-yank-1): Refer to `insert-for-yank' now.

See this thread for discussion:

  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-09/threads.html#00329
  From: Karl Fogel
  To: Emacs Devel
  Subject: Question about intended behavior of 'insert-for-yank-1'.
  Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:17:14 -0500
  Message-ID: <874m5lr92d.fsf@red-bean.com>

diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index dd253aec7d5c9c5c9c0a13abbcadf40df2238f3d..70bd759edab69ff295effa3bd0c897711e331475 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -4775,9 +4775,9 @@ If N is negative, this is a more recent kill.
 The sequence of kills wraps around, so that after the oldest one
 comes the newest one.
 
-When this command inserts killed text into the buffer, it honors
-`yank-excluded-properties' and `yank-handler' as described in the
-doc string for `insert-for-yank-1', which see."
+This command honors the `yank-handled-properties' and
+`yank-excluded-properties' variables, and the `yank-handler' text
+property, in the way that `yank' does."
   (interactive "*p")
   (if (not (eq last-command 'yank))
       (user-error "Previous command was not a yank"))
@@ -4810,10 +4810,34 @@ at the end, and set mark at the beginning without activating it.
 With just \\[universal-argument] as argument, put point at beginning, and mark at end.
 With argument N, reinsert the Nth most recent kill.
 
-When this command inserts text into the buffer, it honors the
-`yank-handled-properties' and `yank-excluded-properties'
-variables, and the `yank-handler' text property.  See
-`insert-for-yank-1' for details.
+This command honors the `yank-handled-properties' and
+`yank-excluded-properties' variables, and the `yank-handler' text
+property, as described below.
+
+Properties listed in `yank-handled-properties' are processed,
+then those listed in `yank-excluded-properties' are discarded.
+
+If STRING has a non-nil `yank-handler' property anywhere, the
+normal insert behavior is altered, and instead, for each contiguous
+segment of STRING that has a given value of the `yank-handler'
+property, that value is used as follows:
+
+The value of a `yank-handler' property must be a list of one to four
+elements, of the form (FUNCTION PARAM NOEXCLUDE UNDO).
+FUNCTION, if non-nil, should be a function of one argument (the
+ object to insert); FUNCTION is called instead of `insert'.
+PARAM, if present and non-nil, is passed to FUNCTION (to be handled
+ in whatever way is appropriate; e.g. if FUNCTION is `yank-rectangle',
+ PARAM may be a list of strings to insert as a rectangle).  If PARAM
+ is nil, then the current segment of STRING is used.
+If NOEXCLUDE is present and non-nil, the normal removal of
+ `yank-excluded-properties' is not performed; instead FUNCTION is
+ responsible for the removal.  This may be necessary if FUNCTION
+ adjusts point before or after inserting the object.
+UNDO, if present and non-nil, should be a function to be called
+ by `yank-pop' to undo the insertion of the current PARAM.  It is
+ given two arguments, the start and end of the region.  FUNCTION
+ may set `yank-undo-function' to override UNDO.
 
 See also the command `yank-pop' (\\[yank-pop])."
   (interactive "*P")

diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index e913e378500ad80d2a08ecde65e9acabe94e6194..b14381207fb425872cee607d33c1ca82baac2740 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -2893,9 +2893,11 @@ remove properties specified by `yank-excluded-properties'."
 (defvar yank-undo-function)
 
 (defun insert-for-yank (string)
-  "Call `insert-for-yank-1' repetitively for each `yank-handler' segment.
+  "Insert STRING at point for the `yank' command.
 
-See `insert-for-yank-1' for more details."
+This function is like `insert', except it honors the variables
+`yank-handled-properties' and `yank-excluded-properties', and the
+`yank-handler' text property, in the way that `yank' does."
   (let (to)
     (while (setq to (next-single-property-change 0 'yank-handler string))
       (insert-for-yank-1 (substring string 0 to))
@@ -2903,31 +2905,7 @@ See `insert-for-yank-1' for more details."
   (insert-for-yank-1 string))
 
 (defun insert-for-yank-1 (string)
-  "Insert STRING at point for the `yank' command.
-This function is like `insert', except it honors the variables
-`yank-handled-properties' and `yank-excluded-properties', and the
-`yank-handler' text property.
-
-Properties listed in `yank-handled-properties' are processed,
-then those listed in `yank-excluded-properties' are discarded.
-
-If STRING has a non-nil `yank-handler' property on its first
-character, the normal insert behavior is altered.  The value of
-the `yank-handler' property must be a list of one to four
-elements, of the form (FUNCTION PARAM NOEXCLUDE UNDO).
-FUNCTION, if non-nil, should be a function of one argument, an
- object to insert; it is called instead of `insert'.
-PARAM, if present and non-nil, replaces STRING as the argument to
- FUNCTION or `insert'; e.g. if FUNCTION is `yank-rectangle', PARAM
- may be a list of strings to insert as a rectangle.
-If NOEXCLUDE is present and non-nil, the normal removal of
- `yank-excluded-properties' is not performed; instead FUNCTION is
- responsible for the removal.  This may be necessary if FUNCTION
- adjusts point before or after inserting the object.
-UNDO, if present and non-nil, should be a function to be called
- by `yank-pop' to undo the insertion of the current object.  It is
- given two arguments, the start and end of the region.  FUNCTION
- may set `yank-undo-function' to override UNDO."
+  "Helper for `insert-for-yank', which see."
   (let* ((handler (and (stringp string)
                       (get-text-property 0 'yank-handler string)))
         (param (or (nth 1 handler) string))