Some doc related to register-preview

* lisp/register.el (register-preview-delay, register-read-with-preview):
Doc fixes.

* etc/NEWS: Related edits.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 5bbe34a573ad4b128bf03f34f5ea68533daf9c9c..2c7d42a26b8984b4492b205f28b0de2ff8548a16 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -301,7 +301,9 @@ bidirectional context.
 
 ** Register changes
 
-*** All register commands can now show help with preview.
+*** All interactive commands that read a register (`copy-to-register', etc.)
+now display a temporary window after `register-preview-delay' seconds
+that summarizes existing registers.  To disable this, set that option to nil.
 
 +++
 *** New command `C-x C-k x' (`kmacro-to-register') stores keyboard

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index d8e83278d07fa1ede7154a00fa3fa4321d5e34a1..0c14a4021a1012815b8372c946913e8d71fa4bdb 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2014-01-31  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+       * register.el (register-preview-delay, register-read-with-preview):
+       Doc fixes.
+
        * mail/reporter.el (reporter-dump-variable): In case of void-variable,
        do not mess with mail-buffer position (fixes 2009-11-03 change).
        * progmodes/cc-mode.el (c-submit-bug-report):

diff --git a/lisp/register.el b/lisp/register.el
index f3c18a86fb5089fcab49266a4b4f78ce1c19f591..798ea0615d18b41dfe0dee321b286fd3570a4352 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/register.el
+++ b/lisp/register.el
@@ -90,9 +90,11 @@ text."
                 (character :tag "Use register" :value ?+)))
 
 (defcustom register-preview-delay 1
-  "If non-nil delay in seconds to pop up the preview window."
+  "If non-nil, time to wait in seconds before popping up a preview window.
+If nil, do not show register previews, unless `help-char' (or a member of
+`help-event-list') is pressed."
   :version "24.4"
-  :type '(choice number (const :tag "Indefinitely" nil))
+  :type '(choice number (const :tag "No preview unless requested" nil))
   :group 'register)
 
 (defun get-register (register)
@@ -140,10 +142,11 @@ If SHOW-EMPTY is non-nil show the window even if no registers."
        register-alist)))))
 
 (defun register-read-with-preview (prompt)
-  "Read an event with register preview using PROMPT.
-Pop up a register preview window if the input is a help char but
-is not a register. Alternatively if `register-preview-delay' is a
-number the preview window is popped up after some delay."
+  "Read and return an event, prompting with PROMPT, possibly showing a preview.
+If `register-alist' and `register-preview-delay' are both non-nil,
+display a window listing registers after `register-preview-delay' seconds.
+If `help-char' (or a member of `help-event-list') is pressed, display
+such a window regardless."
   (let* ((buffer "*Register Preview*")
         (timer (when (numberp register-preview-delay)
                  (run-with-timer register-preview-delay nil