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authorNick Helm <nick@tenpoint.co.nz>2018-03-18 21:05:44 +1300
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2018-03-20 14:19:14 +0200
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Improve documentation of 'with-help-window'
* doc/lispref/help.texi (Help Functions): Change variable name to 'buffer-or-name'. * lisp/help.el (with-help-window): Change variable name to 'buffer-or-name' and rewrite the doc string, adding reference to 'help-window-setup'. (Bug#30792)
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@@ -744,16 +744,17 @@ This function returns the name of the help buffer, which is normally
@end defun
@vindex help-window-select
-@defmac with-help-window buffer-name body@dots{}
+@defmac with-help-window buffer-or-name body@dots{}
This macro evaluates @var{body} like @code{with-output-to-temp-buffer}
-(@pxref{Temporary Displays}), inserting any output produced by its forms
-into a buffer named @var{buffer-name}. (Usually, @var{buffer-name}
-should be the value returned by the function @code{help-buffer}.) It
-also puts the specified buffer into Help mode and displays a message
-telling the user how to quit and scroll the help window. It selects the
-help window if the current value of the user option
-@code{help-window-select} has been set accordingly. It returns the last
-value in @var{body}.
+(@pxref{Temporary Displays}), inserting any output produced by its
+forms into a buffer specified by @var{buffer-or-name}, which can be a
+buffer or the name of a buffer. (Frequently, @var{buffer-or-name} is
+the value returned by the function @code{help-buffer}.) This macro
+puts the specified buffer into Help mode and displays a message
+telling the user how to quit and scroll the help window. It selects
+the help window if the current value of the user option
+@code{help-window-select} has been set accordingly. It returns the
+last value in @var{body}.
@end defmac
@defun help-setup-xref item interactive-p