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-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/help.texi5
-rw-r--r--src/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--src/doc.c4
4 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 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
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 8ef3efa8a52..75de3e44123 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2011-07-15 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
+ * doc.c (Fsubstitute_command_keys): Clarify that \= really only
+ quotes the next character, and doesn't affect other longer
+ sequences (bug#8935).
+
* lread.c (syms_of_lread): Clarify that is isn't only
`eval-buffer' and `eval-defun' that's affected by
`lexical-binding' (bug#8460).
diff --git a/src/doc.c b/src/doc.c
index 69646f5af51..5a8dc3ce37c 100644
--- a/src/doc.c
+++ b/src/doc.c
@@ -702,8 +702,8 @@ Substrings of the form \\=\\{MAPVAR} are replaced by summaries
\(made by `describe-bindings') of the value of MAPVAR, taken as a keymap.
Substrings of the form \\=\\<MAPVAR> specify to use the value of MAPVAR
as the keymap for future \\=\\[COMMAND] substrings.
-\\=\\= quotes the following character and is discarded;
-thus, \\=\\=\\=\\= puts \\=\\= into the output, and \\=\\=\\=\\[ puts \\=\\[ into the output.
+\\=\\= quotes the following character and is discarded.
+In particular, \\=\\=\\ puts \\ into the output.
Returns original STRING if no substitutions were made. Otherwise,
a new string, without any text properties, is returned. */)