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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1996-12-12 05:36:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1996-12-12 05:36:22 +0000 |
| commit | 0d6c87ab4b58d90e1b783e3f69b70044eb79d741 (patch) | |
| tree | 0f4c988dcd851fac851ee9a4ab457962d915fc25 /lispref | |
| parent | 10262de12491000c122cdfb49f9a2e174ca002ad (diff) | |
| download | emacs-0d6c87ab4b58d90e1b783e3f69b70044eb79d741.tar.gz | |
Explain how disabled commands' doc strings are displayed.
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| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/tips.texi | 6 |
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diff --git a/lispref/tips.texi b/lispref/tips.texi index bbc8ad7b708..7a10f212153 100644 --- a/lispref/tips.texi +++ b/lispref/tips.texi @@ -403,6 +403,12 @@ view the documentation. Remember that the indentation before the starting double-quote is not part of the string! @item +When the user tries to use a disabled command, Emacs displays just the +first paragraph of its documentation string---everything through the +first blank line. If you wish, you can choose which information to +include before the first blank line so as to make this display useful. + +@item A variable's documentation string should start with @samp{*} if the variable is one that users would often want to set interactively. If the value is a long list, or a function, or if the variable would be set |