Some assorted documentation clarifications
* src/fileio.c (Fwrite_region): Clarify that END is ignored if START is nil. * src/editfns.c (Fbuffer_size): Add short discussion about narrowing. * src/callproc.c (Fcall_process_region): Discuss behavior when START and END are not buffer positions.
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@ -1005,6 +1005,13 @@ create_temp_file (ptrdiff_t nargs, Lisp_Object *args,
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DEFUN ("call-process-region", Fcall_process_region, Scall_process_region,
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3, MANY, 0,
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doc: /* Send text from START to END to a synchronous process running PROGRAM.
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START and END are normally buffer positions specifying the part of the
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buffer to send to the process.
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If START is nil, that means to use the entire buffer contents; END is
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ignored.
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If START is a string, then send that string to the process
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instead of any buffer contents; END is ignored.
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The remaining arguments are optional.
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Delete the text if fourth arg DELETE is non-nil.
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@ -1029,7 +1029,14 @@ usage: (save-current-buffer &rest BODY) */)
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DEFUN ("buffer-size", Fbuffer_size, Sbuffer_size, 0, 1, 0,
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doc: /* Return the number of characters in the current buffer.
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If BUFFER, return the number of characters in that buffer instead. */)
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If BUFFER is not nil, return the number of characters in that buffer
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instead.
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This does not take narrowing into account; to count the number of
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characters in the accessible portion of the current buffer, use
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`(- (point-max) (point-min))', and to count the number of characters
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in some other BUFFER, use
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`(with-current-buffer BUFFER (- (point-max) (point-min)))'. */)
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(Lisp_Object buffer)
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{
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if (NILP (buffer))
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@ -4644,7 +4644,8 @@ DEFUN ("write-region", Fwrite_region, Swrite_region, 3, 7,
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When called from a program, requires three arguments:
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START, END and FILENAME. START and END are normally buffer positions
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specifying the part of the buffer to write.
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If START is nil, that means to use the entire buffer contents.
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If START is nil, that means to use the entire buffer contents; END is
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ignored.
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If START is a string, then output that string to the file
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instead of any buffer contents; END is ignored.
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