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author | Nick Helm <nick@tenpoint.co.nz> | 2018-03-18 21:05:44 +1300 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2018-03-20 14:19:14 +0200 |
commit | 2fb52abd9e74f722c08c5e59f63dee8821789e1a (patch) | |
tree | a7d20dff222e9077f40ac7b7587abb192bd3649c /doc/lispref/help.texi | |
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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)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/lispref/help.texi')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/help.texi | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/help.texi b/doc/lispref/help.texi index 33cc2f0d55b..6dd55d0b256 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/help.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/help.texi @@ -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 |