[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/simple.el,v

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       06/08/20 12:16:59

Index: simple.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/simple.el,v
retrieving revision 1.811
retrieving revision 1.812
diff -u -b -r1.811 -r1.812
--- simple.el   16 Aug 2006 05:07:22 -0000      1.811
+++ simple.el   20 Aug 2006 12:16:58 -0000      1.812
@@ -899,7 +899,9 @@
 
 (defun line-number-at-pos (&optional pos)
   "Return (narrowed) buffer line number at position POS.
-If POS is nil, use current buffer location."
+If POS is nil, use current buffer location.
+Counting starts at (point-min), so the value refers
+to the contents of the accessible portion of the buffer."
   (let ((opoint (or pos (point))) start)
     (save-excursion
       (goto-char (point-min))