[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/markers.texi

[Richard M. Stallman]

Index: emacs/lispref/markers.texi
diff -u emacs/lispref/markers.texi:1.24 emacs/lispref/markers.texi:1.25
--- emacs/lispref/markers.texi:1.24     Wed Aug 10 14:29:00 2005
+++ emacs/lispref/markers.texi  Thu Jan  5 16:00:09 2006
@@ -441,13 +441,14 @@
 
 @defun mark &optional force
 @cindex current buffer mark
-This function returns the current buffer's mark position as an integer.
+This function returns the current buffer's mark position as an integer,
+or @code{nil} if no mark has ever been set in this buffer.
 
-If Transient Mark mode is enabled, @code{mark-even-if-inactive} is
address@hidden and the mark is inactive, @code{mark} normally signals
-an error.  However, if @var{force} is address@hidden, then @code{mark}
-returns the mark position anyway---or @code{nil}, if the mark is not
-yet set for this buffer.
+If Transient Mark mode is enabled, and @code{mark-even-if-inactive} is
address@hidden, @code{mark} signals an error if the mark is inactive.
+However, if @var{force} is address@hidden, then @code{mark} disregards
+inactivity of the mark, and returns the mark position anyway (or
address@hidden).
 @end defun
 
 @defun mark-marker