From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:55:15 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Improve the doc string of 'format'
X-Git-Tag: emacs-26.0.90~1589
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7123896626b06c26c4e37839ab41e41980c8f433;p=emacs.git

Improve the doc string of 'format'

* src/editfns.c (Fformat): Fix ambiguity in the doc string's usage
of a literal period.  (Bug#24407)
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diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index 20cb3a80c7b..835e432ae3d 100644
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -3867,7 +3867,8 @@ specifiers, as follows:
 
   %<flags><width><precision>character
 
-where flags is [+ #-0]+, width is [0-9]+, and precision is .[0-9]+
+where flags is [+ #-0]+, width is [0-9]+, and precision is a literal
+period "." followed by [0-9]+
 
 The + flag character inserts a + before any positive number, while a
 space inserts a space before any positive number; these flags only