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-rw-r--r--src/xmenu.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/xmenu.c b/src/xmenu.c
index 392d48d2484..085bdfd139d 100644
--- a/src/xmenu.c
+++ b/src/xmenu.c
@@ -767,7 +767,14 @@ in the menu.
With this form of menu, the return value is VALUE from the chosen item.
If POSITION is nil, don't display the menu at all, just precalculate the
-cached information about equivalent key sequences. */)
+cached information about equivalent key sequences.
+
+If the user gets rid of the menu without making a valid choice, for
+instance by clicking the mouse away from a valid choice or by typing
+keyboard input, then this normally results in a quit and
+`x-popup-menu' does not return. But if POSITION is a mouse button
+event (indicating that the user invoked the menu with the mouse) then
+no quit occurs and `x-popup-menu' returns nil. */)
(position, menu)
Lisp_Object position, menu;
{
@@ -1005,7 +1012,11 @@ The return value is VALUE from the chosen item.
An ITEM may also be just a string--that makes a nonselectable item.
An ITEM may also be nil--that means to put all preceding items
on the left of the dialog box and all following items on the right.
-\(By default, approximately half appear on each side.) */)
+\(By default, approximately half appear on each side.)
+
+If the user gets rid of the dialog box without making a valid choice,
+for instance using the window manager, then this produces a quit and
+`x-popup-dialog' does not return. */)
(position, contents)
Lisp_Object position, contents;
{