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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el index 5a5d6b88a2d..dffbf3418ca 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el @@ -35,10 +35,18 @@ (eval-when-compile (require 'cl)) (defvar generated-autoload-file "loaddefs.el" - "*File \\[update-file-autoloads] puts autoloads into. -A `.el' file can set this in its local variables section to make its -autoloads go somewhere else. The autoload file is assumed to contain a -trailer starting with a FormFeed character.") + "File \\[update-file-autoloads] puts autoloads into. +A Lisp file can set this in its local variables section to make +its autoloads go somewhere else. + +If this is a relative file name, the directory is determined as +follows: + - If a Lisp file defined `generated-autoload-file' as a + file-local variable, use its containing directory. + - Otherwise use the \"lisp\" subdirectory of `source-directory'. + +The autoload file is assumed to contain a trailer starting with a +FormFeed character.") ;;;###autoload (put 'generated-autoload-file 'safe-local-variable 'stringp) |