(Managing Overlays): Clarify make-overlay args for insertion types.

f209d77d · Richard M. Stallman · f64d5328 · f209d77d
Commit f209d77d authored Jul 17, 2005 by Richard M. Stallman
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@@ -1133,12 +1133,14 @@ markers.  If @var{buffer} is omitted, the overlay is created in the
 current buffer.

 The arguments @var{front-advance} and @var{rear-advance} specify the
-insertion type for the start of the overlay and for the end of the
-overlay, respectively.  @xref{Marker Insertion Types}.  If
-@var{front-advance} is non-@code{nil}, text inserted at the beginning
-of the overlay is excluded from the overlay.  If @var{read-advance} is
-non-@code{nil}, text inserted at the beginning of the overlay is
-included in the overlay.
+marker insertion type for the start of the overlay and for the end of
+the overlay, respectively.  @xref{Marker Insertion Types}.  If they
+are both @code{nil}, the default, then the overlay extends to include
+any text inserted at the beginning, but not text inserted at the end.
+If @var{front-advance} is non-@code{nil}, text inserted at the
+beginning of the overlay is excluded from the overlay.  If
+@var{rear-advance} is non-@code{nil}, text inserted at the end of the
+overlay is included in the overlay.
 @end defun

 @defun overlay-start overlay