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authorLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2019-07-26 12:38:28 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2019-07-26 12:38:28 +0200
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downloademacs-e2f2745eb8d6598f1aef0a4d6a2bcc3981e0f7d5.tar.gz
Doc clarification in time-stamp-pattern
* lisp/time-stamp.el (time-stamp-pattern): Try to document what the examples mean (bug#26335).
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diff --git a/lisp/time-stamp.el b/lisp/time-stamp.el
index f4236838520..ec6a45cd58b 100644
--- a/lisp/time-stamp.el
+++ b/lisp/time-stamp.el
@@ -223,10 +223,17 @@ The fourth part is a regexp identifying the pattern following the time stamp.
This part may be omitted to use the normal pattern.
Examples:
-\"-10/\"
-\"-9/^Last modified: %%$\"
-\"@set Time-stamp: %:b %:d, %:y$\"
-\"newcommand{\\\\\\\\timestamp}{%%}\"
+
+\"-10/\" (sets only `time-stamp-line-limit')
+
+\"-9/^Last modified: %%$\" (sets `time-stamp-line-limit',
+`time-stamp-start', `time-stamp-end' and `time-stamp-format')
+
+\"@set Time-stamp: %:b %:d, %:y$\" (sets `time-stamp-start',
+`time-stamp-end' and `time-stamp-format')
+
+\"newcommand{\\\\\\\\timestamp}{%%}\" (sets `time-stamp-start',
+`time-stamp-end' and `time-stamp-format')
Do not change `time-stamp-pattern' `time-stamp-line-limit',
`time-stamp-start', or `time-stamp-end' for yourself or you will be