From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 08:24:05 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Doc fixes for kmacro.el functions
X-Git-Tag: emacs-26.0.90~518^2~32
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=45c2544c347bbc239d04c9a276ee1988ebbc1a7c;p=emacs.git

Doc fixes for kmacro.el functions

* lisp/kmacro.el (kmacro-start-macro, kmacro-call-macro)
(kmacro-end-and-call-macro): Don't use "permanent name", as that
could be misinterpreted.  (Bug#27492)
---

diff --git a/lisp/kmacro.el b/lisp/kmacro.el
index 838a492b6cb..472972e3edb 100644
--- a/lisp/kmacro.el
+++ b/lisp/kmacro.el
@@ -565,7 +565,8 @@ Use \\[kmacro-insert-counter] to insert (and increment) the macro counter.
 The counter value can be set or modified via \\[kmacro-set-counter] and \\[kmacro-add-counter].
 The format of the counter can be modified via \\[kmacro-set-format].
 
-Use \\[kmacro-name-last-macro] to give it a permanent name.
+Use \\[kmacro-name-last-macro] to give it a name that will remain valid even
+after another macro is defined.
 Use \\[kmacro-bind-to-key] to bind it to a key sequence."
   (interactive "P")
   (if (or defining-kbd-macro executing-kbd-macro)
@@ -628,8 +629,8 @@ just the last key in the key sequence that you used to call this
 command.  See `kmacro-call-repeat-key' and `kmacro-call-repeat-with-arg'
 for details on how to adjust or disable this behavior.
 
-To make a macro permanent so you can call it even after defining
-others, use \\[kmacro-name-last-macro]."
+To give a macro a name so you can call it even after defining others,
+use \\[kmacro-name-last-macro]."
   (interactive "p")
   (let ((repeat-key (and (or (and (null no-repeat)
                                   (> (length (this-single-command-keys)) 1))
@@ -730,8 +731,8 @@ With \\[universal-argument], call second macro in macro ring."
 With numeric prefix ARG, repeat macro that many times.
 Zero argument means repeat until there is an error.
 
-To give a macro a permanent name, so you can call it
-even after defining other macros, use \\[kmacro-name-last-macro]."
+To give a macro a name, so you can call it even after defining other
+macros, use \\[kmacro-name-last-macro]."
   (interactive "P")
   (if defining-kbd-macro
       (kmacro-end-macro nil))