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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2006-10-16 18:53:04 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2006-10-16 18:53:04 +0000
commit652fcb8f372360d836ac869ef92afc423f48accf (patch)
tree5d28a1922efc26ed3607dacaaec43e2648eea5b5
parent1e24a34b74b993ffa5ea46552cbe073b2cebcfa8 (diff)
downloademacs-652fcb8f372360d836ac869ef92afc423f48accf.tar.gz
(Documentation): Move xref to Emacs Manual here.
(Documentation Basics): From here. Also doc emacs-lisp-docstring-fill-column.
-rw-r--r--lispref/help.texi10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/help.texi b/lispref/help.texi
index 6173c746d1e..798167696ee 100644
--- a/lispref/help.texi
+++ b/lispref/help.texi
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ of documentation strings is not sufficient as a manual because a good
manual is not organized in that fashion; it is organized in terms of
topics of discussion.
+ For commands to access documentation strings, see @ref{Help, ,
+Help, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
+
@menu
* Documentation Basics:: Good style for doc strings.
Where to put them. How Emacs stores them.
@@ -63,6 +66,10 @@ documentation is displayed. This allows documentation strings to refer
to the keys for related commands and be accurate even when a user
rearranges the key bindings. (@xref{Keys in Documentation}.)
+@vindex emacs-lisp-docstring-fill-column
+ Emacs Lisp mode fills documentation strings to the width
+controlled by @code{emacs-lisp-docstring-fill-column}.
+
In Emacs Lisp, a documentation string is accessible through the
function or variable that it describes:
@@ -100,9 +107,6 @@ documentation string. The functions @code{documentation} and
documentation string from the appropriate file; this is transparent to
the user.
- For information on the uses of documentation strings, see @ref{Help, ,
-Help, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
-
@c Wordy to prevent overfull hbox. --rjc 15mar92
The @file{emacs/lib-src} directory contains two utilities that you can
use to print nice-looking hardcopy for the file