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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-07-15 20:49:53 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-07-15 20:49:53 +0000
commit33fa669197059524b286107cbd7c4684b41072df (patch)
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parent60370d40737ecf92cec4ab75aa73d3ea9ed2d858 (diff)
downloademacs-33fa669197059524b286107cbd7c4684b41072df.tar.gz
Minor clarification about insert-buffer.
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@@ -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