From 75d97f473d3ea7b727686b32a30f91a52713b4f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 05:36:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Explain how disabled commands' doc strings are displayed. --- lispref/tips.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/lispref/tips.texi b/lispref/tips.texi index bbc8ad7b708..7a10f212153 100644 --- a/lispref/tips.texi +++ b/lispref/tips.texi @@ -402,6 +402,12 @@ line. This looks nice in the source code, but looks bizarre when users view the documentation. Remember that the indentation before the starting double-quote is not part of the string! +@item +When the user tries to use a disabled command, Emacs displays just the +first paragraph of its documentation string---everything through the +first blank line. If you wish, you can choose which information to +include before the first blank line so as to make this display useful. + @item A variable's documentation string should start with @samp{*} if the variable is one that users would often want to set interactively. If -- 2.39.5