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Re: Using backward-char non-interactively


From: Emanuel Berg
Subject: Re: Using backward-char non-interactively
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:55:50 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux)

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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