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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/api/buffer.c b/src/nvim/api/buffer.c
index c381e92dc7..4b6a88e5fa 100644
--- a/src/nvim/api/buffer.c
+++ b/src/nvim/api/buffer.c
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ Object nvim_buf_get_var(Buffer buffer, String name, Error *err)
/// Gets a changed tick of a buffer
///
/// @param[in] buffer Buffer handle.
+/// @param[out] err Error details, if any
///
/// @return `b:changedtick` value.
Integer nvim_buf_get_changedtick(Buffer buffer, Error *err)
@@ -453,14 +454,14 @@ Integer nvim_buf_get_changedtick(Buffer buffer, Error *err)
return buf->b_changedtick;
}
-/// Get a list of dictionaries describing buffer-local mappings
-/// Note that the buffer key in the dictionary will represent the buffer
-/// handle where the mapping is present
+/// Gets a list of dictionaries describing buffer-local mappings.
+/// The "buffer" key in the returned dictionary reflects the buffer
+/// handle where the mapping is present.
///
-/// @param mode The abbreviation for the mode
-/// @param buffer_id Buffer handle
+/// @param mode Mode short-name ("n", "i", "v", ...)
+/// @param buffer Buffer handle
/// @param[out] err Error details, if any
-/// @returns An array of maparg() like dictionaries describing mappings
+/// @returns Array of maparg()-like dictionaries describing mappings
ArrayOf(Dictionary) nvim_buf_get_keymap(Buffer buffer, String mode, Error *err)
FUNC_API_SINCE(3)
{
@@ -739,29 +740,29 @@ ArrayOf(Integer, 2) nvim_buf_get_mark(Buffer buffer, String name, Error *err)
/// Adds a highlight to buffer.
///
-/// This can be used for plugins which dynamically generate highlights to a
-/// buffer (like a semantic highlighter or linter). The function adds a single
+/// Useful for plugins that dynamically generate highlights to a buffer
+/// (like a semantic highlighter or linter). The function adds a single
/// highlight to a buffer. Unlike matchaddpos() highlights follow changes to
/// line numbering (as lines are inserted/removed above the highlighted line),
/// like signs and marks do.
///
-/// "src_id" is useful for batch deletion/updating of a set of highlights. When
-/// called with src_id = 0, an unique source id is generated and returned.
-/// Succesive calls can pass in it as "src_id" to add new highlights to the same
-/// source group. All highlights in the same group can then be cleared with
-/// nvim_buf_clear_highlight. If the highlight never will be manually deleted
-/// pass in -1 for "src_id".
+/// `src_id` is useful for batch deletion/updating of a set of highlights. When
+/// called with `src_id = 0`, an unique source id is generated and returned.
+/// Successive calls can pass that `src_id` to associate new highlights with
+/// the same source group. All highlights in the same group can be cleared
+/// with `nvim_buf_clear_highlight`. If the highlight never will be manually
+/// deleted, pass `src_id = -1`.
///
-/// If "hl_group" is the empty string no highlight is added, but a new src_id
+/// If `hl_group` is the empty string no highlight is added, but a new `src_id`
/// is still returned. This is useful for an external plugin to synchrounously
-/// request an unique src_id at initialization, and later asynchronously add and
-/// clear highlights in response to buffer changes.
+/// request an unique `src_id` at initialization, and later asynchronously add
+/// and clear highlights in response to buffer changes.
///
/// @param buffer Buffer handle
/// @param src_id Source group to use or 0 to use a new group,
/// or -1 for ungrouped highlight
/// @param hl_group Name of the highlight group to use
-/// @param line Line to highlight
+/// @param line Line to highlight (zero-indexed)
/// @param col_start Start of range of columns to highlight
/// @param col_end End of range of columns to highlight,
/// or -1 to highlight to end of line