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* Fix a typo in indexing the user manualEli Zaretskii2017-04-18
| | | | * doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi (General Variables): Fix a horrible typo.
* Document 'line-pixel-height'Eli Zaretskii2017-04-11
| | | | | | * doc/lispref/display.texi (Size of Displayed Text): Document line-pixel-height. Suggested by Tak Kunihiro <tkk@misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp>. (Bug#26379)
* Mention that processes start in default-directory (Bug#18515)Noam Postavsky2017-04-06
| | | | | | | | | * doc/lispref/processes.texi (Synchronous Processes): (Asynchronous Processes): * lisp/subr.el (start-process): * src/callproc.c (call-process): Mention that the subprocess starts in `default-directory' when local, suggest `start-file-process' and `process-file' otherwise.
* Delete confuse statement in manualTino Calancha2017-03-31
| | | | | * doc/misc/cl.texi (For Clauses): Delete confuse statement and its example (Bug#23550).
* Improve packaging documentationNoam Postavsky2017-03-30
| | | | | | | * doc/lispref/package.texi (Packaging Basics): * doc/lispref/tips.texi (Library Headers): Clarify some header formats, relation between file headers and package attributes (Bug#13281).
* Expand manual section on quitting windowsEric Abrahamsen2017-03-26
| | | | | | * doc/lispref/windows.texi (Quitting Windows): Provide more information about the elements of the quit-restore window parameter, and how they affect the behavior of quit-restore-window.
* * doc/misc/cl.texi (Iteration Clauses): Clarify example (Bug#19515).Johan Claesson2017-03-26
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* ;* doc/misc/info.texi (Choose menu subtopic): Improve indexing. (Bug#26236)Eli Zaretskii2017-03-25
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* Improve documentation of interactive "r".Eli Zaretskii2017-03-17
| | | | | * doc/lispref/commands.texi (Interactive Codes): Mention that mark must be set for "r" to work.
* Fix duplicate wording in Emacs manualEli Zaretskii2017-03-14
| | | | | * doc/emacs/programs.texi (Which Function): Delete duplicate wording. (Bug#26098)
* Fix wording in Emacs manualEli Zaretskii2017-03-13
| | | | | * doc/emacs/text.texi (Paragraphs): Fix a garbled sentence. (Bug#26086)
* Document how to customize input methodsEli Zaretskii2017-03-11
| | | | | * doc/emacs/mule.texi (Input Methods): Document how to customize input methods.
* Clarify documentation of 'raise' and 'height' display specsEli Zaretskii2017-03-04
| | | | | | * doc/lispref/display.texi (Other Display Specs): Clarify the effect of 'height' display spec on the following 'raise'. (Bug#25824)
* Documentation fix in elisp reference manualTino Calancha2017-02-24
| | | | | * doc/lispref/macros.texi (Defining Macros): Drop redundant mention on 'declare' forms (Bug#25846).
* Mention "editor" in Emacs man page headerEli Zaretskii2017-02-18
| | | | | * doc/man/emacs.1.in: Mention "editor" in the header line. (Bug#25771, Bug#25779)
* * doc/lispref/modes.texi (Derived Modes): Make example more idiomaticStefan Monnier2017-02-13
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* Clarify what is the "cursor"Eli Zaretskii2017-02-12
| | | | | * doc/lispref/windows.texi (Window Point): Clarify the notion of "cursor".
* Fix a typo in ada-mode manualEli Zaretskii2017-02-07
| | | | | | * doc/misc/ada-mode.texi (Project file variables): Add a missing right bracket. Reported by Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@gmail.com>.
* Clarify documentation of 'bufferpos-to-filepos' and 'filepos-to-bufferpos'Eli Zaretskii2017-02-05
| | | | | | | | | * doc/lispref/nonascii.texi (Text Representations): Clarify that 'exact' value of QUALITY argument to 'bufferpos-to-filepos' and 'filepos-to-bufferpos' can lead to expensive and slow processing. * lisp/international/mule-util.el (filepos-to-bufferpos) (bufferpos-to-filepos): Doc fix. (Bug#25626)
* Index byte-compile-debugEli Zaretskii2017-01-31
| | | | | * doc/lispref/compile.texi (Compilation Functions): Index byte-compile-debug.
* Document `byte-compile-debug' in the ELisp manualPhilipp Stephani2017-01-31
| | | | * doc/lispref/compile.texi: Document variable `byte-compile-debug'.
* ; Fix last change in doc/lispref/strings.texiEli Zaretskii2017-01-28
| | | | | * doc/lispref/strings.texi (Formatting Strings): One more clarification to the last change. (Bug#25557)
* Improve documentation of 'format' conversionsEli Zaretskii2017-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | * src/editfns.c (Fformat): More accurate description of %g and effects of the various flags on it. More accurate description of integer conversions. * doc/lispref/strings.texi (Formatting Strings): More accurate description of %g and effects of the various flags on it. More accurate description of integer conversions. (Bug#25557)
* Remove stale functions from ert manualVladimir Panteleev2017-01-27
| | | | | | | | * doc/misc/ert.texi (Useful Techniques when Writing Tests): Replace ert--mismatch references with its cl-lib replacement, cl-mismatch. Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
* Fix a typo in Eshell manualEli Zaretskii2017-01-27
| | | | | * doc/misc/eshell.texi (History): Fix a typo. Reported by Mak Kolybabi <mak@kolybabi.com>.
* Improve documentation of hooks related to saving buffersEli Zaretskii2017-01-20
| | | | | | | | | | * lisp/files.el (write-file-functions, write-contents-functions) (before-save-hook, after-save-hook): Note that these are only used by save-buffer. * doc/lispref/backups.texi (Auto-Saving): * doc/lispref/files.texi (Saving Buffers): Mention that save-related hooks are not run by auto-saving. (Bug#25460)
* Improve documentation of auto-save-visited-file-nameEli Zaretskii2017-01-20
| | | | | | * doc/emacs/files.texi (Auto Save Files): Mention subtle differences between saving the buffer and auto-saving with auto-save-visited-file-name set non-nil. (Bug#25478)
* Improve documentation of dabbrevsEli Zaretskii2017-01-13
| | | | | | | | * doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi (Dynamic Abbrevs): Add a cross reference to "Dabbrev Customization". (Dabbrev Customization): More details about the default value of dabbrev-abbrev-char-regexp and use cases when it might not be good enough. (Bug#25432)
* Improve documentation of coding-systemsEli Zaretskii2017-01-10
| | | | | | | | | | * doc/lispref/nonascii.texi (Coding System Basics): Mention 'prefer-utf-8'. Index it and 'undecided'. (Encoding and I/O): Fix a typo. (User-Chosen Coding Systems): Improve the documentation of ACCEPT-DEFAULT-P argument to select-safe-coding-system. Document select-safe-coding-system-function. (Specifying Coding Systems): Document coding-system-require-warning.
* Clarify major mode switchingNoam Postavsky2017-01-07
| | | | | | | * doc/emacs/modes.texi (Major Modes): * doc/lispref/modes.texi (Modes, Major Modes): Explictly say that each buffer has exactly one major mode and can't be "turned off", only switched away from (Bug#25357).
* Fix copyright years by handPaul Eggert2017-01-01
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* Update copyright year to 2017Paul Eggert2016-12-31
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* ; Improve wording of previous change in variables.texiEli Zaretskii2016-12-27
| | | | | * doc/lispref/variables.texi (Default Value): Improve wording of last change.
* Document 'default-toplevel-value' and 'set-default-toplevel-value'Eli Zaretskii2016-12-26
| | | | | * doc/lispref/variables.texi (Default Value): Document 'default-toplevel-value' and 'set-default-toplevel-value'.
* Clarify usage of 'ediff-cleanup-hook' (Bug#24675)Philipp Stephani2016-12-23
| | | | * doc/misc/ediff.texi (Hooks): Clarify usage of 'ediff-cleanup-hook'
* Document that variable binding order is unspecifiedPhilipp Stephani2016-12-23
| | | | | | * doc/lispref/variables.texi (Local Variables): * cl.texi (Modify Macros): Document that binding order in 'let' and 'cl-letf' is unspecified.
* Improve documentation of 'w32-scroll-lock-modifier'Eli Zaretskii2016-12-19
| | | | | | | | * doc/emacs/msdos.texi (Windows Keyboard): Document how to set up w32-scroll-lock-modifier so that Scroll Lock toggles the LED. * src/w32fns.c (syms_of_w32fns) <w32-scroll-lock-modifier>: Doc fix. (Bug#25204)
* Document 'describe-fontset'Eli Zaretskii2016-12-19
| | | | | * doc/emacs/mule.texi (Fontsets): Document 'describe-fontset'. (Bug#25216)
* Fix Bug#25162Michael Albinus2016-12-11
| | | | | | | | * doc/emacs/files.texi (Reverting): Document auto-revert-remote-files and auto-revert-verbose. * lisp/autorevert.el (auto-revert-verbose, auto-revert-mode) (auto-revert-tail-mode, global-auto-revert-mode): Fix docstring.
* ; * doc/emacs/programs.texi (Man Page): Fix last change.Eli Zaretskii2016-12-02
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* Improve indexing of 'man'Eli Zaretskii2016-12-02
| | | | | | * doc/emacs/programs.texi (Man Page): Index 'man', not 'manual-entry', as the latter is an alias for the former. Suggested by Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net>. (Bug#25033)
* Fix documentation of `window-combination-resize'Martin Rudalics2016-12-01
| | | | | | * src/window.c (Vwindow_combination_resize): Fix doc-string. * doc/lispref/windows.texi (Recombining Windows): Fix documentation of `window-combination-resize'.
* Typo fixes in elisp manualBogdan Creanga2016-11-29
| | | | | | | | | * doc/lispref/sequences.texi: Add missing '4' in result (Bug#25047). * doc/lispref/strings.texi (Text Comparison): Avoid duplicate definitions of 'string-prefix-p' and 'string-suffix-p'. * doc/lispref/symbols.texi (Definitions): Pluralize 'definitions'. Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
* Fix 'expand-file-name' during startup on MS-WindowsEli Zaretskii2016-11-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * src/w32.c (w32_init_file_name_codepage): New function, resets file_name_codepage and w32_ansi_code_page to undo the values recorded during dumping. (codepage_for_filenames): Fix an embarrassing typo. Ignore the cached value of file-name encoding if it is nil, i.e. not initialized yet. Actually cache the last used file-name encoding to avoid calling APIs when not necessary. * src/w32.h (w32_init_file_name_codepage): Add prototype. * src/w32term.c (syms_of_w32term): Set the value of w32_unicode_filenames according to the OS version. This avoids resetting it during startup, which then causes temacs to run with the incorrect value. * src/emacs.c (main): Call w32_init_file_name_codepage early during the startup. * src/fileio.c (Fexpand_file_name) [WINDOWSNT]: Update 'newdir' after converting $HOME to a UTF-8 string, so that 'newdirlim' is consistent with it. (Bug#25038) * lisp/international/mule-cmds.el (set-locale-environment): Set 'default-file-name-coding-system' to the ANSI codepage even in non-interactive sessions. * lisp/files.el (directory-abbrev-alist, abbreviated-home-dir): Doc fix. (abbreviate-file-name): Decode 'abbreviated-home-dir' if it is a unibyte string. * doc/lispref/files.texi (Directory Names): Index 'directory-abbrev-alist'.
* Minor copyedits of electric-pair-modeHong Xu2016-11-24
| | | | | | | * doc/emacs/programs.texi (Matching): Add index entries. Fix typos. (Bug#25012) Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
* ; Minor copyedit in the Emacs manualEli Zaretskii2016-11-24
| | | | | | * doc/emacs/maintaining.texi (Select Tags Table): Remove text that is no longer pertinent. (The "explained above" part was moved to another place in the manual a long time ago.)
* Fix documentation of 'invocation-directory'Eli Zaretskii2016-11-24
| | | | | * doc/lispref/os.texi (System Environment): Fix wording of the description of 'invocation-directory'. (Bug#24999)
* Update format-time-string documentationTino Calancha2016-11-20
| | | | | * doc/lispref/os.texi (Time Parsing): Document %F, %g, %G, %u and %V.
* Improve documentation of functions that accept time valuesEli Zaretskii2016-11-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | * doc/lispref/os.texi (Time Calculations): Mention the meaning of 'nil' or a scalar number as the time-value argument. Add a cross-reference to 'float-time' for computing a time difference as a scalar number of seconds. * src/editfns.c (Fformat_time_string, Ftime_less_p) (Ftime_subtract, Ftime_add, Fdecode_time, Fcurrent_time_string) (Fcurrent_time_zone): Mention in the doc strings the meaning of nil argument and the fact that a time value can be a scalar number of seconds since the epoch. (Ftime_subtract): Mention 'float-time'.
* Don't confuse how Texinfo outputs @var with the inputGlenn Morris2016-11-15
| | | | | | | | | | * doc/emacs/rmail.texi (Movemail): * doc/lispref/control.texi (Pattern matching case statement): * doc/lispref/frames.texi (Size and Position): * doc/lispref/processes.texi (Asynchronous Processes): * doc/lispref/text.texi (Document Object Model): * doc/lispref/windows.texi (Coordinates and Windows): Do not upper-case the argument of @var.