Minor doc fixes.

diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index 8ebf440c9fe08cef5728e54c8e19e7ff7cd90dd3..99cbb4d3458a8424fd37cef5f648889d353ab2b7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ entire frame width).
 @end defopt
 
 @defopt truncate-partial-width-windows
+@cindex partial-width windows
 This variable controls line truncation in @dfn{partial-width} windows.
 A partial-width window is one that does not occupy the entire frame
 width (@pxref{Splitting Windows}).  If the value is @code{nil}, line
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ This variable is automatically buffer-local in every buffer.
 @cindex error display
 @cindex echo area
 
+@c FIXME: Why not use @xref{Minibuffers} directly?  --xfq
   The @dfn{echo area} is used for displaying error messages
 (@pxref{Errors}), for messages made with the @code{message} primitive,
 and for echoing keystrokes.  It is not the same as the minibuffer,

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index b503389c53dd33e1bd12985d6afae149a1416c5f..83ef0f559069643f3bf36d42d7155d3195d9d4fc 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-10-05  Xue Fuqiao  <xfq.free@gmail.com>
+
+       * editfns.c (message): Mention batch mode in doc string.
+
 2013-10-05  Jan Djärv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
 
        * nsterm.m (check_native_fs): Remove erroneous comment.

diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index 84a5c8395fcbe735862dd8e5f24321ff6dee12ab..9847e5077662126bfb1f46ce242751ceb545d816 100644 (file)
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -3419,6 +3419,9 @@ The message also goes into the `*Messages*' buffer, if `message-log-max'
 is non-nil.  (In keyboard macros, that's all it does.)
 Return the message.
 
+In batch mode, the message is printed to the standard error stream,
+followed by a newline.
+
 The first argument is a format control string, and the rest are data
 to be formatted under control of the string.  See `format' for details.