From c7c8b31e4f8ed8de385c0b1a06fd597e8c3acef6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1993 02:48:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (mark): Doc fix. --- lisp/simple.el | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el index c8cf33c10e4..fac25878b38 100644 --- a/lisp/simple.el +++ b/lisp/simple.el @@ -1230,9 +1230,10 @@ START and END specify the portion of the current buffer to be copied." (insert-buffer-substring oldbuf start end))))) (defun mark (&optional force) - "Return this buffer's mark value as integer, or nil if no active mark now. + "Return this buffer's mark value as integer; error if mark inactive. If optional argument FORCE is non-nil, access the mark value -even if the mark is not currently active. +even if the mark is not currently active, and return nil +if there is no mark at all. If you are using this in an editing command, you are most likely making a mistake; see the documentation of `set-mark'." -- 2.30.2