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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/windows.texi | 10 |
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 761be847da2..6e687bcefc9 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2011-11-21 Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org> + + * mark.texi (Global Mark Ring): Fix description of global mark + ring (Bug#10032). + 2011-11-20 Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> * msdog.texi (Windows Fonts): Fix typo. diff --git a/doc/emacs/mark.texi b/doc/emacs/mark.texi index 0eccef41711..7d65719e5f0 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mark.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mark.texi @@ -354,9 +354,12 @@ Positions in Registers}). @vindex global-mark-ring-max In addition to the ordinary mark ring that belongs to each buffer, Emacs has a single @dfn{global mark ring}. Each time you set a mark, -in any buffer, this is recorded in the global mark ring in addition to -the current buffer's own mark ring. The length of this ring can be -controlled by @code{global-mark-ring-max}, and is 16 by default. +this is recorded in the global mark ring in addition to the current +buffer's own mark ring, if you have switched buffers since the +previous mark setting. Hence, the global mark ring records a sequence +of buffers that you have been in, and, for each buffer, a place where +you set the mark. The length of the global mark ring is controlled by +@code{global-mark-ring-max}, and is 16 by default. @kindex C-x C-@key{SPC} @findex pop-global-mark diff --git a/doc/emacs/windows.texi b/doc/emacs/windows.texi index ad2040c9047..c44b67454a2 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/windows.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/windows.texi @@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ has its own value of point. @cindex selected window At any time, one Emacs window is the @dfn{selected window}; the -buffer this window is displaying is the current buffer. Each window -has its own value of point. On graphical displays, the point is -indicated by a solid blinking cursor in the selected window, and by a -hollow box in non-selected windows. On text-only terminals, the -cursor is drawn only in the selected window. @xref{Cursor Display}. +buffer this window is displaying is the current buffer. On graphical +displays, the point is indicated by a solid blinking cursor in the +selected window, and by a hollow box in non-selected windows. On +text-only terminals, the cursor is drawn only in the selected window. +@xref{Cursor Display}. Commands to move point affect the value of point for the selected Emacs window only. They do not change the value of point in other |