From fba7b9db39771edbbc71a8122c7b0ea1ce24ec96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xiyue Deng Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:21:10 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add explanation for extra parentheses in ELisp Introduction * doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (fwd-para while): Add a note to explain the extra parentheses. (Bug#67820) --- doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi index aaa7511ef30..4a0e8dfa1fc 100644 --- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi +++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi @@ -13248,6 +13248,10 @@ The last expression when there is no fill prefix is @end smallexample @noindent +(Note that this code snippet is copied verbatim from the original code, +so the two extra ending parentheses are matching the previous @code{if} +and @code{while}.) + This says that if there is no fill prefix and if we are not at the end, point should move to the beginning of whatever was found by the regular expression search for @code{sp-parstart}. -- 2.39.2