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author | Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz> | 2022-08-14 23:16:48 +1200 |
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committer | Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz> | 2023-03-27 00:16:35 +1300 |
commit | 9107b2dec1f7cab9062b65013b02c8601d205015 (patch) | |
tree | fe545fbe7856cd6dd4a119019d3af30612371af2 /doc | |
parent | 59b7086838e3f82c76977ae0f79b862ab2e7a782 (diff) | |
download | emacs-9107b2dec1f7cab9062b65013b02c8601d205015.tar.gz |
* doc/lispref/modes.texi: Improve docs for obsolete '%m' construct
Bug #57080.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/modes.texi b/doc/lispref/modes.texi index 610ea696e74..deaed31aed0 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/modes.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/modes.texi @@ -2523,13 +2523,16 @@ The character @samp{%}---this is how to include a literal @samp{%} in a string in which @code{%}-constructs are allowed. @end table -The following @code{%}-construct is still supported, but it is -obsolete, since you can get the same result using the variable -@code{mode-name}. +@subsubheading Obsolete @code{%}-Constructs + + The following constructs should no longer be used. @table @code @item %m -The value of @code{mode-name}. +Obsolete; use the @code{mode-name} variable instead. The @code{%m} +construct is inadequate, as it produces an empty string if the value +of @code{mode-name} is a non-string mode-line construct (as in +@code{emacs-lisp-mode}, for example). @end table @node Properties in Mode |