CVS update by aidan xemacs/lisp ...

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  User: aidan   
  Date: 07/10/02 22:09:06

  Modified:    xemacs/lisp ChangeLog code-files.el
Log:
Document that START and END are zero-based for insert-file-contents.

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RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/ChangeLog,v
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--- ChangeLog	2007/10/02 10:33:04	1.845
+++ ChangeLog	2007/10/02 20:08:57	1.846
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-10-02  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea at parhasard.net>
+
+	* code-files.el (insert-file-contents):
+	Document that START and END are zero-based, in contrast to buffer
+	offsets, and give an example of their use. 
+
 2007-09-09  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea at parhasard.net>
 
 	* unicode.el (unicode-error-default-translation-table):



1.22      +5 -2      XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/code-files.el

Index: code-files.el
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RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/code-files.el,v
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--- code-files.el	2007/05/12 13:12:28	1.21
+++ code-files.el	2007/10/02 20:09:01	1.22
@@ -357,8 +357,11 @@ and last save file modtime are set, and 
 If visiting and the file does not exist, visiting is completed
 before the error is signaled.
 
-The optional third and fourth arguments START and END
-specify what portion of the file to insert.
+The optional third and fourth arguments START and END specify what portion
+of the file to insert, and start at zero, in direct and needless contrast to
+buffer offsets.  That is, values of 0 and 10 for START and END respectively
+will give the first ten octets of a file.
+
 If VISIT is non-nil, START and END must be nil.
 If optional fifth argument REPLACE is non-nil,
 it means replace the current buffer contents (in the accessible portion)