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| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org> | 2012-02-06 20:36:31 +0800 |
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| committer | Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org> | 2012-02-06 20:36:31 +0800 |
| commit | 9a6dd7472a531b065e2f353b280755d49b50d813 (patch) | |
| tree | 96df985c8628f36ef41124f2decc940b5bf3fa71 | |
| parent | b737198d07688dea61ff1e6fbe3867714490dbf9 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-9a6dd7472a531b065e2f353b280755d49b50d813.tar.gz | |
* lisp/custom.el (defcustom): Doc fix.
Fixes: debbugs:9711
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/custom.el | 8 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog index 1fa62f4b1b9..f0f438e540e 100644 --- a/lisp/ChangeLog +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2012-02-06 Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org> + + * custom.el (defcustom): Doc fix (Bug#9711). + 2012-02-05 Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org> * cus-edit.el (custom-variable-reset-backup): Quote the value diff --git a/lisp/custom.el b/lisp/custom.el index 962336978b1..a879c7f76a0 100644 --- a/lisp/custom.el +++ b/lisp/custom.el @@ -200,10 +200,14 @@ set to nil, as the value is no longer rogue." (defmacro defcustom (symbol value doc &rest args) "Declare SYMBOL as a customizable variable that defaults to VALUE. +SYMBOL is the variable name; it should not be quoted. +VALUE is an expression specifying the variable's standard value. +This expression should not be quoted. It is evaluated once by +`defcustom', and the value is assigned to SYMBOL if the variable +is unbound. The expression may also be re-evaluated by Customize +whenever it needs to get the variable's standard value. DOC is the variable documentation. -Neither SYMBOL nor VALUE need to be quoted. -If SYMBOL is not already bound, initialize it to VALUE. The remaining arguments should have the form [KEYWORD VALUE]... |