any existing message; this lets the minibuffer contents show. See
also `current-message'.
-usage: (message STRING &rest ARGS) */)
+usage: (message FORMAT-STRING &rest ARGS) */)
(nargs, args)
int nargs;
Lisp_Object *args;
If the first argument is nil or the empty string, clear any existing
message; let the minibuffer contents show.
-usage: (message-box STRING &rest ARGS) */)
+usage: (message-box FORMAT-STRING &rest ARGS) */)
(nargs, args)
int nargs;
Lisp_Object *args;
If the first argument is nil or the empty string, clear any existing
message; let the minibuffer contents show.
-usage: (message-or-box STRING &rest ARGS) */)
+usage: (message-or-box FORMAT-STRING &rest ARGS) */)
(nargs, args)
int nargs;
Lisp_Object *args;
: SBYTES (STRING))
DEFUN ("format", Fformat, Sformat, 1, MANY, 0,
- doc: /* Format a string out of a control-string and arguments.
-The first argument is a control string.
+ doc: /* Format a string out of a format-string and arguments.
+The first argument is a format control string.
The other arguments are substituted into it to make the result, a string.
It may contain %-sequences meaning to substitute the next argument.
%s means print a string argument. Actually, prints any object, with `princ'.