# HG changeset patch
# User aidan
# Date 1115745714 0
# Node ID 61af3ea9da0232fdaddb30847620a133a28a3205
# Parent  4b800e9aaadd6e48b3d6f289cdf455ee9e5c017a
[xemacs-hg @ 2005-05-10 17:21:53 by aidan]
Say that atomic extents are a kludge in the set-extent-property docstring.

diff -r 4b800e9aaadd -r 61af3ea9da02 src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog	Tue May 10 17:14:42 2005 +0000
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Tue May 10 17:21:54 2005 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-05-10  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>
+
+	* extents.c: Clarify that the atomic extent property is a kludge
+	and will go away if and when we implement something better. 
+
 2005-05-06  Dr. Volker Zell  <Dr.Volker.Zell@oracle.com>
 
 	* sysdep.c: Use autoconf 2.59's HAVE_DECL_SYS_SIGLIST instead of
diff -r 4b800e9aaadd -r 61af3ea9da02 src/extents.c
--- a/src/extents.c	Tue May 10 17:14:42 2005 +0000
+++ b/src/extents.c	Tue May 10 17:21:54 2005 +0000
@@ -5596,18 +5596,22 @@
  end-glyph-layout   The layout policy of the extent's end glyph.
 
  syntax-table       A cons or a syntax table object.  If a cons, the car must
-                    be an integer (interpreted as a syntax code, applicable to
-		            all characters in the extent).  Otherwise, syntax of
-		            characters in the extent is looked up in the syntax table.
-		            You should use the text property API to manipulate this
-		            property.  (This may be required in the future.)
-
-The following property is available if `atomic-extents.el' has been loaded:
+                    be an integer (interpreted as a syntax code, applicable
+                    to all characters in the extent).  Otherwise, syntax of
+                    characters in the extent is looked up in the syntax
+                    table.  You should use the text property API to
+                    manipulate this property.  (This may be required in the
+                    future.)
+
+The following property is available if `atomic-extents.el'--part of the
+`edit-utils' package--has been loaded:
 
   atomic	    When set, point will never fall inside the extent. 
 		    Not as useful as you might think, as
 		    `delete-backward-char' still removes characters one by
-		    one.
+		    one.  This property as currently implemented is a
+		    kludge, and be prepared for it to go away if and when we
+		    implement something better.
 
 */
        (extent, property, value))