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revision 1.52 by rms, Sun Apr 17 15:46:33 2005 UTC revision 1.53 by rms, Sun Apr 17 15:49:52 2005 UTC
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22  be a position (an integer), but accept a marker as a substitute,  be a position (an integer), but accept a marker as a substitute,
23  normally ignore which buffer the marker points into; they convert the  normally ignore which buffer the marker points into; they convert the
24  marker to an integer, and use that integer, exactly as if you had  marker to an integer, and use that integer, exactly as if you had
25  passed the integer as the argument.  Markers used this way usually  passed the integer as the argument, even if the marker points to the
26  point to a position in the buffer that the function will operate on,  ``wrong'' buffer.  A marker that points nowhere cannot convert to an
27  but if not, they are converted to integers anyway.  @xref{Markers}.  integer; using it instead of an integer causes an error.
28    @xref{Markers}.
29    
30    See also the ``field'' feature (@pxref{Fields}), which provides    See also the ``field'' feature (@pxref{Fields}), which provides
31  functions that are used by many cursor-motion commands.  functions that are used by many cursor-motion commands.

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