bug#25111: (Inaccurate documentation of inhibit-modification-hooks)

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Noam.

On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 18:48:14 -0400, Noam Postavsky wrote:
> Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:

[ .... ]

> > I think the changes as now formulated are right.  Perhaps one or
> > both of you might like to give the following patch a quick review.
> > Thanks!

> Minor formatting nitpick:

> > +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
> > @@ -1752,9 +1752,12 @@ Overlay Properties

> > +When these functions are called, @code{inhibit-modification-hooks} is
> > +bound to non-@code{nil}.  If the functions modify the buffer, you
> > +might want to bind @code{inhibit-modification-hooks} to nil, so as to
>                                                            ^^^
> > +cause the change hooks to run for these modifications.  However, doing
> > +this may call your own change hook recursively, so be sure to prepare
> > +for that.  @xref{Change Hooks}.

> > +++ b/doc/lispref/text.texi

> > @@ -3639,6 +3642,13 @@ Special Properties
> >  beginning and end of the inserted text.  The functions are called
> >  @emph{after} the actual insertion takes place.

> > +When these functions are called, @code{inhibit-modification-hooks} is
> > +bound to non-@code{nil}.  If the functions modify the buffer, you
> > +might want to bind @code{inhibit-modification-hooks} to nil, so as to
>                                                            ^^^

> @code{nil} for both of these, right?  Otherwise looks good to me.

Whoops!  Thanks for spotting these.

I've fixed them and committed the changes.  I'm closing the bug with
this post.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).