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authorLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2016-04-28 13:00:11 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2016-05-01 19:27:07 +0200
commit0a14d84150e7728ff1461d3f25b1b5bdc6e0cf08 (patch)
tree64e373daf6c4dc8beaa8f40407debc265306cac9 /lisp/emacs-lisp/syntax.el
parent351c079cf69d41b473edba43e0e960bd5a175273 (diff)
downloademacs-0a14d84150e7728ff1461d3f25b1b5bdc6e0cf08.tar.gz
Clarify some doc strings
* lisp/emacs-lisp/syntax.el (syntax-propertize-via-font-lock): Clarify doc string (bug#8693). (syntax-propertize): Clarify doc string. (cherry picked from commit ad3ef417f3c40f086de9c547d6272e5685595e42)
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp/syntax.el')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/syntax.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/syntax.el
index e20a210de71..33f644191b6 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/syntax.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/syntax.el
@@ -272,9 +272,10 @@ Note: back-references in REGEXPs do not work."
(cond ,@(nreverse branches))))))
(defun syntax-propertize-via-font-lock (keywords)
- "Propertize for syntax in START..END using font-lock syntax.
+ "Propertize for syntax using font-lock syntax.
KEYWORDS obeys the format used in `font-lock-syntactic-keywords'.
-The return value is a function suitable for `syntax-propertize-function'."
+The return value is a function (with two paremeters, START and
+END) suitable for `syntax-propertize-function'."
(lambda (start end)
(with-no-warnings
(let ((font-lock-syntactic-keywords keywords))
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ The return value is a function suitable for `syntax-propertize-function'."
(setq keywords font-lock-syntactic-keywords)))))
(defun syntax-propertize (pos)
- "Ensure that syntax-table properties are set until POS."
+ "Ensure that syntax-table properties are set until POS (a buffer point)."
(when (< syntax-propertize--done pos)
(if (null syntax-propertize-function)
(setq syntax-propertize--done (max (point-max) pos))