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authorLars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2011-07-15 16:31:14 +0200
committerLars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2011-07-15 16:31:14 +0200
commitf863868c450935385e5483c2e170fa7eb5799327 (patch)
tree136e22af7afe6df9ff64d7daf0258948136e6ed5 /doc/lispref
parent3aa5f34b9ba4b34132ae8f971c5820175f868489 (diff)
downloademacs-f863868c450935385e5483c2e170fa7eb5799327.tar.gz
Clarify that \= only quotes the next character
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/lispref')
-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/help.texi5
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index cf6e3482efb..d18a72ef6d7 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2011-07-15 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
+ * help.texi (Keys in Documentation): Clarify that \= only quotes
+ the next character, and doesn't affect longer sequences in
+ particular (bug#8935).
+
* debugging.texi (Using Debugger): Mention
@code{eval-expression-debug-on-error} (bug#8549).
diff --git a/doc/lispref/help.texi b/doc/lispref/help.texi
index 0ce05d55a07..4e5bb1b247c 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/help.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/help.texi
@@ -324,9 +324,8 @@ specifies @var{mapvar}'s value as the keymap for any following
@samp{\[@var{command}]} sequences in this documentation string.
@item \=
-quotes the following character and is discarded; thus, @samp{\=\[} puts
-@samp{\[} into the output, and @samp{\=\=} puts @samp{\=} into the
-output.
+quotes the following character and is discarded; thus, @samp{\=\} puts
+@samp{\} into the output.
@end table
@strong{Please note:} Each @samp{\} must be doubled when written in a