From 983ad8d7da9685f5c718b417d4c11868c20c38c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 20:21:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] replace-match-maybe-edit doc clarification * lisp/replace.el (replace-match-maybe-edit): Say what MATCH-DATA is (bug#20304). (cherry picked from commit 139874ba53c2e2de9868f8e5234d6ea2bcb97af8) --- lisp/replace.el | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el index a2344d9f7e7..da2b8c6e9b2 100644 --- a/lisp/replace.el +++ b/lisp/replace.el @@ -1997,7 +1997,9 @@ but coerced to the correct value of INTEGERS." FIXEDCASE, LITERAL are passed to `replace-match' (which see). After possibly editing it (if `\\?' is present), NEWTEXT is also passed to `replace-match'. If NOEDIT is true, no check for `\\?' -is made (to save time). MATCH-DATA is used for the replacement. +is made (to save time). +MATCH-DATA is used for the replacement, and is a data structure +as returned from the `match-data' function. In case editing is done, it is changed to use markers. BACKWARD is used to reverse the replacement direction. -- 2.39.2