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| -rw-r--r-- | src/keymap.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/keymap.c b/src/keymap.c index eef1dcd39e5..44335aded87 100644 --- a/src/keymap.c +++ b/src/keymap.c @@ -1737,10 +1737,12 @@ bindings; see the description of `lookup-key' for more details about this. */) DEFUN ("define-prefix-command", Fdefine_prefix_command, Sdefine_prefix_command, 1, 3, 0, doc: /* Define COMMAND as a prefix command. COMMAND should be a symbol. -A new sparse keymap is stored as COMMAND's function definition and its value. -If a second optional argument MAPVAR is given, the map is stored as -its value instead of as COMMAND's value; but COMMAND is still defined -as a function. +A new sparse keymap is stored as COMMAND's function definition and its +value. +This prepares COMMAND for use as a prefix key's binding. +If a second optional argument MAPVAR is given, it should be a symbol. +The map is then stored as MAPVAR's value instead of as COMMAND's +value; but COMMAND is still defined as a function. The third optional argument NAME, if given, supplies a menu name string for the map. This is required to use the keymap as a menu. This function returns COMMAND. */) |