From 5cbad4524e63097d47511aefbce811041a2a3940 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:05:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (append-to-file): Doc fix. --- lisp/files.el | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index 7c792c96c52..499948c4176 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -4475,8 +4475,14 @@ Don't call it from programs! Use `insert-file-contents' instead. (defun append-to-file (start end filename) "Append the contents of the region to the end of file FILENAME. When called from a function, expects three arguments, -START, END and FILENAME. START and END are buffer positions -saying what text to write." +START, END and FILENAME. START and END are normally buffer positions +specifying the part of the buffer to write. +If START is nil, that means to use the entire buffer contents. +If START is a string, then output that string to the file +instead of any buffer contents; END is ignored. + +This does character code conversion and applies annotations +like `write-region' does." (interactive "r\nFAppend to file: ") (write-region start end filename t)) -- 2.30.2