From 888eb98e2fa5bed7793f53877feb72fabc415be4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 06:47:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (make-syntax-table): Doc fix. --- lisp/subr.el | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) 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)) -- 2.39.5