Clarify that the ". 23" syntax description is a string

Fixes: debbugs:3313

diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index 9c8a76faf7c3fd14e19668d07a1da2ff18ff6729..f33acfba610a95783e4aa00c15df9c1fd056e6d4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2011-07-11  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
+       * syntax.texi (Syntax Descriptors): Clarify that the ". 23" syntax
+       description is a string (bug#3313).
+
        * frames.texi (Display Feature Testing): Try to explain what all
        the visual classes mean (bug#3042).
 

diff --git a/doc/lispref/syntax.texi b/doc/lispref/syntax.texi
index 6582a8dfb0c0abf5699a20bc3cb0b9d48621e275..31ee7eb4e7da4548c59ef482eb338f1708f89492 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/syntax.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/syntax.texi
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Then come the characters for any desired flags.  If no matching
 character or flags are needed, one character is sufficient.
 
   For example, the syntax descriptor for the character @samp{*} in C
-mode is @samp{@w{. 23}} (i.e., punctuation, matching character slot
+mode is @code{". 23"} (i.e., punctuation, matching character slot
 unused, second character of a comment-starter, first character of a
 comment-ender), and the entry for @samp{/} is @samp{@w{. 14}} (i.e.,
 punctuation, matching character slot unused, first character of a