Doc fixes for electric.el

* lisp/electric.el (electric-indent-mode, electric-pair-mode)
(electric-layout-rules, electric-layout-mode): Doc fixes.
(electric-pair-pairs, electric-pair-skip-self): Add :version tags.

* etc/NEWS: Related edits.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index d99ec7bbf26111233a1a42a42f16399aba12bd8d..adc5ffca073268a3f80bab86deca103f2148f1c4 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -947,8 +947,15 @@ They are superseded by shift-select-mode, enabled by default since 23.1.
 ** Occur Edit mode applies edits made in *Occur* buffers to the
 original buffers.  It is bound to "e" in Occur mode.
 
-** New global minor modes electric-pair-mode, electric-indent-mode,
-and electric-layout-mode.
+** New global minor mode electric-pair-mode.
+When enabled, typing an open parenthesis automatically inserts the
+matching closing one.
+
+** New global minor mode electric-indent-mode.
+When enabled, typing certain characters triggers reindentation.
+
+** New global minor mode electric-layout-mode.
+When enabled, typing certain characters automatically inserts newlines.
 
 ** tabulated-list.el provides a generic major mode for tabulated data,
 from which other modes can be derived.

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 06f55e23e24f44ac2769a0fb3f3a8e267f712c3f..0e9cf1ebd70069875073eb22ca85d8694ae66acc 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-02-09  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+       * electric.el (electric-indent-mode, electric-pair-mode)
+       (electric-layout-rules, electric-layout-mode): Doc fixes.
+       (electric-pair-pairs, electric-pair-skip-self): Add :version tags.
+
 2012-02-08  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
 
        * server.el (server-unselect-display): Don't inadvertently kill

diff --git a/lisp/electric.el b/lisp/electric.el
index 4ca27550f961f31e2b78b6e5cc15609ded8669b1..50c9010a74ecc8b7fa80f12339b85da5a3eecb2d 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/electric.el
+++ b/lisp/electric.el
@@ -260,9 +260,9 @@ With a prefix argument ARG, enable Electric Indent mode if ARG is
 positive, and disable it otherwise.  If called from Lisp, enable
 the mode if ARG is omitted or nil.
 
-Electric Indent mode is a global minor mode.  When enabled,
-reindentation is triggered whenever you insert a character listed
-in `electric-indent-chars'."
+This is a global minor mode.  When enabled, it reindents whenever
+the hook `electric-indent-functions' returns non-nil, or you
+insert a character from `electric-indent-chars'."
   :global t
   :group 'electricity
   (if (not electric-indent-mode)
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ in `electric-indent-chars'."
 (defcustom electric-pair-pairs
   '((?\" . ?\"))
   "Alist of pairs that should be used regardless of major mode."
+  :group 'electricity
+  :version "24.1"
   :type '(repeat (cons character character)))
 
 (defcustom electric-pair-skip-self t
@@ -296,6 +298,8 @@ When inserting a closing paren character right before the same character,
 just skip that character instead, so that hitting ( followed by ) results
 in \"()\" rather than \"())\".
 This can be convenient for people who find it easier to hit ) than C-f."
+  :group 'electricity
+  :version "24.1"
   :type 'boolean)
 
 (defun electric-pair-post-self-insert-function ()
@@ -360,7 +364,9 @@ the mode if ARG is omitted or nil.
 
 Electric Pair mode is a global minor mode.  When enabled, typing
 an open parenthesis automatically inserts the corresponding
-closing parenthesis.  \(Likewise for brackets, etc.)"
+closing parenthesis.  \(Likewise for brackets, etc.)
+
+See options `electric-pair-pairs' and `electric-pair-skip-self'."
   :global t
   :group 'electricity
   (if electric-pair-mode
@@ -375,8 +381,8 @@ closing parenthesis.  \(Likewise for brackets, etc.)"
   "List of rules saying where to automatically insert newlines.
 Each rule has the form (CHAR . WHERE) where CHAR is the char
 that was just inserted and WHERE specifies where to insert newlines
-and can be: nil, `before', `after', `around', or a function that returns
-one of those symbols.")
+and can be: nil, `before', `after', `around', or a function of no
+arguments that returns one of those symbols.")
 
 (defun electric-layout-post-self-insert-function ()
   (let* ((rule (cdr (assq last-command-event electric-layout-rules)))
@@ -407,7 +413,8 @@ one of those symbols.")
   "Automatically insert newlines around some chars.
 With a prefix argument ARG, enable Electric Layout mode if ARG is
 positive, and disable it otherwise.  If called from Lisp, enable
-the mode if ARG is omitted or nil."
+the mode if ARG is omitted or nil.
+The variable `electric-layout-rules' says when and how to insert newlines."
   :global t
   :group 'electricity
   (if electric-layout-mode