From 9972911fda0c29ae1de4ab2d9a7fcac76545c9d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:32:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Special Properties): Document the meaning of the `cursor' text property whose value is an integer. --- doc/lispref/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ doc/lispref/text.texi | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog index 97ea2c8513e..1e4c99aece2 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-10-06 Eli Zaretskii + + * text.texi (Special Properties): Document the meaning of the + `cursor' text property whose value is an integer. + 2009-10-05 Michael Albinus * files.texi (Magic File Names): Add `copy-directory'. diff --git a/doc/lispref/text.texi b/doc/lispref/text.texi index 89dd53998c6..cb9636d199e 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/text.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/text.texi @@ -3168,7 +3168,11 @@ Consecutive characters with the same @code{field} property constitute a Normally, the cursor is displayed at the end of any overlay and text property strings present at the current window position. You can place the cursor on any desired character of these strings by giving -that character a non-@code{nil} @var{cursor} text property. +that character a non-@code{nil} @code{cursor} text property. If the +value of the @code{cursor} property is an integer number, it specifies +the number of buffer's character positions associated with the overlay +or text property string; this helps Emacs display the cursor correctly +when point moves across these character positions. @item pointer @kindex pointer @r{(text property)} -- 2.39.2