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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el index 00668d47439..9a82fe2449d 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el @@ -266,13 +266,13 @@ result will have lines that are longer than LENGTH." (buffer-string))) (defun string-limit (string length &optional end coding-system) - "Return (up to) a LENGTH substring of STRING. -If STRING is shorter than or equal to LENGTH, the entire string -is returned unchanged. + "Return a substring of STRING that is (up to) LENGTH characters long. +If STRING is shorter than or equal to LENGTH characters, return the +entire string unchanged. -If STRING is longer than LENGTH, return a substring consisting of -the first LENGTH characters of STRING. If END is non-nil, return -the last LENGTH characters instead. +If STRING is longer than LENGTH characters, return a substring +consisting of the first LENGTH characters of STRING. If END is +non-nil, return the last LENGTH characters instead. If CODING-SYSTEM is non-nil, STRING will be encoded before limiting, and LENGTH is interpreted as the number of bytes to |