From fbbad95fff0641e56337e0eca56b4f46d3f07e47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 16:38:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Special Properties): Change hook functions should bind inhibit-modification-hooks around altering buffer text. --- lispref/text.texi | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/lispref/text.texi b/lispref/text.texi index 3d668738250..5b9b4259a1c 100644 --- a/lispref/text.texi +++ b/lispref/text.texi @@ -3152,6 +3152,10 @@ particular modification hook function appears on several characters being modified by a single primitive, you can't predict how many times the function will be called. +If these functions modify the buffer, they should bind +@code{inhibit-modification-hooks} to @code{t} around doing so, to +avoid confusing the internal mechanism that calls these hooks. + @item insert-in-front-hooks @itemx insert-behind-hooks @kindex insert-in-front-hooks @r{(text property)} -- 2.39.2