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authorLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2016-04-30 22:41:41 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2016-05-01 19:27:15 +0200
commitecdb340c2d306de173169d172b9641696dd7ac34 (patch)
tree32c222560213a5bb78a8337ca122ac35e2d729ef /lisp/time.el
parent6d8c2d0fdcde087514625688c1d1966df0dfdb42 (diff)
downloademacs-ecdb340c2d306de173169d172b9641696dd7ac34.tar.gz
Add a doc string to display-time-string
* lisp/time.el: Add a doc string to `display-time-string', because it's referred to in the manual, and is too mysterious otherwise (bug#21002). (cherry picked from commit 45559c584e5a4ddeed1539b028b50b95baa372f8)
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diff --git a/lisp/time.el b/lisp/time.el
index e0d39b19586..ba5792441c4 100644
--- a/lisp/time.el
+++ b/lisp/time.el
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ A value of nil means 1 <= hh <= 12, and an AM/PM suffix is used."
:type 'boolean
:group 'display-time)
-(defvar display-time-string nil)
+(defvar display-time-string nil
+ "String used in mode lines to display a time string.
+It should not be set directly, but is instead updated by the
+`display-time' function.")
;;;###autoload(put 'display-time-string 'risky-local-variable t)
(defcustom display-time-hook nil