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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2016-01-05 09:01:21 -0800
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2016-01-05 09:02:31 -0800
commit221240c9254957a1f2df1e9a1687e757d0b5d59b (patch)
tree85cefc82d787964c37bb1720dfb1a045dca1ddb9
parent977d3eabe3c1a6eb3577f36117409d76c5ffc0b7 (diff)
downloademacs-221240c.tar.gz
Reword transient-mark-mode doc string
* src/buffer.c (syms_of_buffer): Reword doc string to avoid confusion. The value 'lambda (literally) can be interpreted as (quote lambda), which is not intended here; we want just the lambda symbol.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 493312b52bf..29f38d1b9b1 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -6204,11 +6204,11 @@ all windows or just the selected window.
Lisp programs may give this variable certain special values:
-- A value of \\='lambda (literally) enables Transient Mark mode temporarily.
- It is disabled again after any subsequent action that would
+- The symbol ‘lambda’ enables Transient Mark mode temporarily.
+ The mode is disabled again after any subsequent action that would
normally deactivate the mark (e.g. buffer modification).
-- A value of (only . OLDVAL) enables Transient Mark mode
+- The pair (only . OLDVAL) enables Transient Mark mode
temporarily. After any subsequent point motion command that is
not shift-translated, or any other action that would normally
deactivate the mark (e.g. buffer modification), the value of