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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/time.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/time.el | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/time.el b/lisp/time.el index 8372419da84..3b1d2483dbf 100644 --- a/lisp/time.el +++ b/lisp/time.el @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ (defcustom display-time-mail-file nil - "*File name of mail inbox file, for indicating existence of new mail. + "File name of mail inbox file, for indicating existence of new mail. Non-nil and not a string means don't check for mail; nil means use default, which is system-dependent, and is the same as used by Rmail." :type '(choice (const :tag "None" none) @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ default, which is system-dependent, and is the same as used by Rmail." :group 'display-time) (defcustom display-time-mail-directory nil - "*Name of mail inbox directory, for indicating existence of new mail. + "Name of mail inbox directory, for indicating existence of new mail. Any nonempty regular file in the directory is regarded as newly arrived mail. If nil, do not check a directory for arriving mail." :type '(choice (const :tag "None" nil) @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ If nil, do not check a directory for arriving mail." :group 'display-time) (defcustom display-time-mail-function nil - "*Function to call, for indicating existence of new mail. + "Function to call, for indicating existence of new mail. If nil, that means use the default method: check that the file specified by `display-time-mail-file' is nonempty or that the directory `display-time-mail-directory' contains nonempty files." @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ directory `display-time-mail-directory' contains nonempty files." :group 'display-time) (defcustom display-time-default-load-average 0 - "*Which load average value will be shown in the mode line. + "Which load average value will be shown in the mode line. Almost every system can provide values of load for past 1 minute, past 5 or past 15 minutes. The default is to display 1 minute load average." :type '(choice (const :tag "1 minute load" 0) @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ past 15 minutes. The default is to display 1 minute load average." "Load average currently being shown in mode line.") (defcustom display-time-load-average-threshold 0.1 - "*Load-average values below this value won't be shown in the mode line." + "Load-average values below this value won't be shown in the mode line." :type 'number :group 'display-time) @@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ past 15 minutes. The default is to display 1 minute load average." (defvar display-time-timer nil) (defcustom display-time-interval 60 - "*Seconds between updates of time in the mode line." + "Seconds between updates of time in the mode line." :type 'integer :group 'display-time) (defcustom display-time-24hr-format nil - "*Non-nil indicates time should be displayed as hh:mm, 0 <= hh <= 23. + "Non-nil indicates time should be displayed as hh:mm, 0 <= hh <= 23. A value of nil means 1 <= hh <= 12, and an AM/PM suffix is used." :type 'boolean :group 'display-time) @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ A value of nil means 1 <= hh <= 12, and an AM/PM suffix is used." (defvar display-time-string nil) (defcustom display-time-hook nil - "*List of functions to be called when the time is updated on the mode line." + "List of functions to be called when the time is updated on the mode line." :type 'hook :group 'display-time) @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ This can use the Unicode letter character if you can display it." string)) (defcustom display-time-format nil - "*String specifying format for displaying the time in the mode line. + "String specifying format for displaying the time in the mode line. See the function `format-time-string' for an explanation of how to write this string. If this is nil, the defaults depend on `display-time-day-and-date' and `display-time-24hr-format'." @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ depend on `display-time-day-and-date' and `display-time-24hr-format'." 'local-map (make-mode-line-mouse-map 'mouse-2 read-mail-command))) "")) - "*List of expressions governing display of the time in the mode line. + "List of expressions governing display of the time in the mode line. For most purposes, you can control the time format using `display-time-format' which is a more standard interface. |