From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 06:47:29 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (make-syntax-table): Doc fix.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-20.1~2333
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=888eb98e2fa5bed7793f53877feb72fabc415be4;p=emacs.git

(make-syntax-table): Doc fix.
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diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 70fea7691b6..ccd08a52cd0 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -887,8 +887,10 @@ If SEPARATORS is absent, it defaults to \"[ \\f\\t\\n\\r\\v]+\"."
 
 (defun make-syntax-table (&optional oldtable)
   "Return a new syntax table.
-It inherits all letters and control characters from the standard
-syntax table; other characters are copied from the standard syntax table."
+If OLDTABLE is non-nil, copy OLDTABLE.
+Otherwise, create a syntax table which inherits
+all letters and control characters from the standard syntax table;
+other characters are copied from the standard syntax table."
   (if oldtable
       (copy-syntax-table oldtable)
     (let ((table (copy-syntax-table))