From: Glenn Morris Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:26:24 +0000 (-0500) Subject: * lisp/window.el (with-temp-buffer-window): Doc fix. X-Git-Tag: emacs-24.2.90~63 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=65463c4091fe92fd09295bcbbc38dcd18fa41a16;p=emacs.git * lisp/window.el (with-temp-buffer-window): Doc fix. --- diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog index 343ea621e9e..416f0d0ec47 100644 --- a/lisp/ChangeLog +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2012-11-17 Glenn Morris + + * window.el (with-temp-buffer-window): Doc fix. + 2012-11-16 Stefan Monnier * emacs-lisp/cl-lib.el: Set more meaningful version number. diff --git a/lisp/window.el b/lisp/window.el index 9ac3a4ecda0..486bb166fc1 100644 --- a/lisp/window.el +++ b/lisp/window.el @@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ to `display-buffer'." BUFFER-OR-NAME must specify either a live buffer, or the name of a buffer (if it does not exist, this macro creates it). -Make sure the specified buffer is empty before evaluating BODY. -Do not make that buffer current for BODY. Instead, bind -`standard-output' to that buffer, so that output generated with -`prin1' and similar functions in BODY goes into that buffer. +This first empties the specified buffer. It does not make the +buffer current, but rather binds `standard-output', so that +output generated with `prin1' and similar functions in BODY goes +into the buffer. -After evaluating BODY, this marks the specified buffer unmodified and +After evaluating BODY, it marks the specified buffer unmodified and read-only, and displays it in a window via `display-buffer', passing ACTION as the action argument to `display-buffer'. It automatically shrinks the relevant window if `temp-buffer-resize-mode' is enabled. @@ -162,21 +162,20 @@ a function. In that case, runs the function with two arguments - the window showing the specified buffer and the value returned by BODY - and returns the value returned by that function. +Since this macro calls `display-buffer', the window displaying +the buffer is usually not selected and the specified buffer +usually not made current. QUIT-FUNCTION can override that. If the buffer is displayed on a new frame, the window manager may decide to select that frame. In that case, it's usually a good -strategy if the function specified by QUIT-FUNCTION selects the -window showing the buffer before reading a value from the -minibuffer; for example, when asking a `yes-or-no-p' question. +strategy if QUIT-FUNCTION selects the window showing the buffer +before reading any value from the minibuffer; for example, when +asking a `yes-or-no-p' question. This construct is similar to `with-output-to-temp-buffer', but does not put the buffer in help mode, or call `temp-buffer-show-function'. It also runs different hooks, namely `temp-buffer-window-setup-hook' \(with the specified buffer current) and `temp-buffer-window-show-hook' -\(with the specified buffer current and the window showing it selected). - -Since this macro calls `display-buffer', the window displaying -the buffer is usually not selected and the specified buffer -usually not made current. QUIT-FUNCTION can override that." +\(with the specified buffer current and the window showing it selected)." (declare (debug t)) (let ((buffer (make-symbol "buffer")) (window (make-symbol "window"))