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author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2001-07-15 20:49:53 +0000 |
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committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2001-07-15 20:49:53 +0000 |
commit | 33fa669197059524b286107cbd7c4684b41072df (patch) | |
tree | cd82ca7639dfc383fe55f303a00697f6eac6fb49 /man/killing.texi | |
parent | 60370d40737ecf92cec4ab75aa73d3ea9ed2d858 (diff) | |
download | emacs-33fa669197059524b286107cbd7c4684b41072df.tar.gz |
Minor clarification about insert-buffer.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/killing.texi b/man/killing.texi index 37460f0ff60..7b1dc865c94 100644 --- a/man/killing.texi +++ b/man/killing.texi @@ -478,12 +478,13 @@ copy-to-buffer} is similar except that any existing text in the other buffer is deleted, so the buffer is left containing just the text newly copied into it. - To retrieve the accumulated text from another buffer, use the command -@kbd{M-x insert-buffer}; this too takes @var{buffername} as an argument. -It inserts a copy of the text in buffer @var{buffername} into the -selected buffer. You can alternatively select the other buffer for -editing, then optionally move text from it by killing. @xref{Buffers}, -for background information on buffers. + To retrieve the accumulated text from another buffer, use the +command @kbd{M-x insert-buffer}; this too takes @var{buffername} as an +argument. It inserts a copy of the whole text in buffer +@var{buffername} into the selected buffer at point, and sets the mark +after the inserted text. Alternatively, you can select the other +buffer for editing, then copy text from it by killing. +@xref{Buffers}, for background information on buffers. Instead of accumulating text within Emacs, in a buffer, you can append text directly into a file with @kbd{M-x append-to-file}, which takes |