From f209d77de52036d384b6987727c3f91debb4fbfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 03:45:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Managing Overlays): Clarify make-overlay args for insertion types. --- lispref/display.texi | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/lispref/display.texi b/lispref/display.texi index 75d20f7e51c..de024a71b32 100644 --- a/lispref/display.texi +++ b/lispref/display.texi @@ -1133,12 +1133,14 @@ markers. If @var{buffer} is omitted, the overlay is created in the current buffer. The arguments @var{front-advance} and @var{rear-advance} specify the -insertion type for the start of the overlay and for the end of the -overlay, respectively. @xref{Marker Insertion Types}. If -@var{front-advance} is non-@code{nil}, text inserted at the beginning -of the overlay is excluded from the overlay. If @var{read-advance} is -non-@code{nil}, text inserted at the beginning of the overlay is -included in the overlay. +marker insertion type for the start of the overlay and for the end of +the overlay, respectively. @xref{Marker Insertion Types}. If they +are both @code{nil}, the default, then the overlay extends to include +any text inserted at the beginning, but not text inserted at the end. +If @var{front-advance} is non-@code{nil}, text inserted at the +beginning of the overlay is excluded from the overlay. If +@var{rear-advance} is non-@code{nil}, text inserted at the end of the +overlay is included in the overlay. @end defun @defun overlay-start overlay -- 2.39.2