(syms_of_buffer) <cursor-type>: Doc fix.

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 99e03b87961dd4402c075c0fcd2076dbac1a8e8f..40f74df59e0ece42864379f8de193342b726588e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2002-05-20  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
 
+       * buffer.c (syms_of_buffer) <cursor-type>: Doc fix.
+
        * keyboard.c (read_char_minibuf_menu_prompt): Don't list
        equivalent key bindings here.
 

diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 27ad62366b91fd6c8e2daef0ef57356a6bd7c800..39d8d957a7569523f263f03bfded025104ea03bb 100644 (file)
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -5660,14 +5660,17 @@ is a member of the list.  */);
   Vinhibit_read_only = Qnil;
 
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("cursor-type", &current_buffer->cursor_type, Qnil,
-                    doc: /* Cursor to use in window displaying this buffer.
+     doc: /* Cursor to use when this buffer is in the selected window.
 Values are interpreted as follows:
 
-  t            use the cursor specified for the frame
-  nil          don't display a cursor
-  `bar'                display a bar cursor with default width
-  (bar . WIDTH)        display a bar cursor with width WIDTH
-  others       display a box cursor.  */);
+  t             use the cursor specified for the frame
+  nil           don't display a cursor
+  bar           display a bar cursor with default width
+  (bar . WIDTH)         display a bar cursor with width WIDTH
+  ANYTHING ELSE         display a box cursor.
+
+When the buffer is displayed in a nonselected window,
+this variable has no effect; the cursor appears as a hollow box.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("line-spacing",
                     &current_buffer->extra_line_spacing, Qnil,