summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-02-14 15:30:19 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-02-14 15:30:19 +0000
commitf8ec20be1e14cc0e8470b17262d1389f8ea16e9e (patch)
tree55892a616e404043a6f59ea291ba5092c17b7a65
parent92e98d636a00ee3bd18429c9e0b3a709d5acb09e (diff)
downloademacs-f8ec20be1e14cc0e8470b17262d1389f8ea16e9e.tar.gz
(toggle-input-method): Doc fix.
-rw-r--r--lisp/international/mule-cmds.el24
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/international/mule-cmds.el b/lisp/international/mule-cmds.el
index 78d940c7ba3..d3516b39cc2 100644
--- a/lisp/international/mule-cmds.el
+++ b/lisp/international/mule-cmds.el
@@ -1095,18 +1095,20 @@ To deactivate it programmatically, use \\[inactivate-input-method]."
(setq default-input-method input-method))
(defun toggle-input-method (&optional arg)
- "Turn on or off a multilingual text input method for the current buffer.
-
-With no prefix argument, if an input method is currently activated,
-turn it off. Otherwise, activate an input method -- the one most
-recently used, or the one specified in `default-input-method', or
-the one read from the minibuffer.
-
-With a prefix argument, read an input method from the minibuffer and
-turn it on.
-
-The default is to use the most recent input method specified
+ "Enable or disable multilingual text input method for the current buffer.
+Only one input method can be enabled at any time in a given buffer.
+
+The normal action is to enable an input method if none was
+enabled, and disable the current one otherwise. Which input method
+to enable can be determined in various ways--either the one most
+recently used, or the one specified by `default-input-method', or
+as a last resort by reading the name of an input method in the
+minibuffer.
+
+With a prefix argument, read an input method name with the minibuffer
+and enable that one. The default is the most recent input method specified
\(not including the currently active input method, if any)."
+
(interactive "P")
(if (and current-input-method (not arg))
(inactivate-input-method)