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From: Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Using backward-char non-interactively
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:55:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ob3wdhvk.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: barmar-551F13.09561531122013@news.eternal-september.org

Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> Most command functions are OK to use in programs. The
> handful that shouldn't say something in their
> documentation string, usually with a pointer to an
> alternative function that's better.

Example, `beginning-of-buffer':

> Don't use this command in Lisp programs!
> (goto-char (point-min)) is faster.

-- 
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-31 17:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.10751.1388498331.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-31 14:56 ` Using backward-char non-interactively Barry Margolin
2013-12-31 17:55   ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2013-12-31 13:58 Marcin Borkowski
2013-12-31 18:10 ` Andreas Röhler

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