(User Interface, Basic Types): Document need to put some

text before the %v escape in :format string in editable-field widget.

diff --git a/man/widget.texi b/man/widget.texi
index 22e5ce13631fb75245c24b795a378090d672a0de..086b9f69cf37f741f456afbf805db37e831df6e9 100644 (file)
--- a/man/widget.texi
+++ b/man/widget.texi
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ separating text after the field.  If you don't include the
 @code{:size} keyword, the field will extend to the end of the
 line, and the terminating newline will provide separation after.
 
+@strong{Warning:} In an @code{editable-field} widget, the @samp{%v} escape
+must be preceeded by some other text in the @code{:format} string
+(if specified).
+
 The editing text fields are highlighted with the
 @code{widget-field-face} face, making them easy to find.
 
@@ -529,6 +533,9 @@ The text inside will be displayed with the face specified by
 This will be replaced with the buffer representation of the widget's
 value.  What this is depends on the widget type.
 
+@strong{Warning:} In an @code{editable-field} widget, the @samp{%v} escape
+must be preceeded by some other text in the format string (if specified).
+
 @item %d
 Insert the string specified by @code{:doc} here.
 
@@ -1342,7 +1349,7 @@ where each @var{component} must be a widget type.  Each component widget
 will be displayed in the buffer, and will be editable by the user.
 
 @deffn Widget cons
-The value of a @code{cons} widget must be a cons-cell whose @sc{car} 
+The value of a @code{cons} widget must be a cons-cell whose @sc{car}
 and @sc{cdr} have two specified types.  It uses this syntax:
 
 @example