From ff701ce2b261acce1dfcd1fe137268d87d5eab35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 09:36:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Correct the lispref manual about flushing ppss info * doc/lispref/syntax.texi (Syntax Properties): Correct the information about flushing the state by copying the text from the doc string (bug#46274). --- doc/lispref/syntax.texi | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/lispref/syntax.texi b/doc/lispref/syntax.texi index d27053a1799..4a316a1bddb 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/syntax.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/syntax.texi @@ -573,10 +573,10 @@ and by Font Lock mode during syntactic fontification (@pxref{Syntactic Font Lock}). It is called with two arguments, @var{start} and @var{end}, which are the starting and ending positions of the text on which it should act. It is allowed to call @code{syntax-ppss} on any -position before @var{end}. However, it should not call -@code{syntax-ppss-flush-cache}; so, it is not allowed to call -@code{syntax-ppss} on some position and later modify the buffer at an -earlier position. +position before @var{end}, but if it calls @code{syntax-ppss} on some +position and later modifies the buffer on some earlier position, +then it is its responsibility to call @code{syntax-ppss-flush-cache} +to flush the now obsolete info from the cache. @strong{Caution:} When this variable is non-@code{nil}, Emacs removes @code{syntax-table} text properties arbitrarily and relies on -- 2.39.2