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authorKarl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>1994-03-15 23:36:48 +0000
committerKarl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>1994-03-15 23:36:48 +0000
commit8882d2fd48d658cec4d5a1080febc0abf7cad54a (patch)
treeb84a869984b45de055a8a7c376537550ec7ad488 /lisp/emacs-lisp
parente6f5764ab9aab5dffae5ce496b34c21017189403 (diff)
downloademacs-8882d2fd48d658cec4d5a1080febc0abf7cad54a.tar.gz
(defun-prompt-regexp): Doc fix.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp')
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el
index 3ffc6a09b55..2f918b93573 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el
@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@
;;; Code:
+;; Note that this variable is used by non-lisp modes too.
(defvar defun-prompt-regexp nil
- "*Non-nil => regexp to ignore, before the `(' that starts a defun.")
+ "*Non-nil => regexp to ignore, before the character that starts a defun.
+This is only necessary if the opening paren or brace is not in column 0.
+See `beginning-of-defun'.")
(defvar parens-require-spaces t
"Non-nil => `insert-parentheses' should insert whitespace as needed.")