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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/view.el | 11 |
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diff --git a/lisp/view.el b/lisp/view.el index 75d37cd0736..dd7dca6defa 100644 --- a/lisp/view.el +++ b/lisp/view.el @@ -184,10 +184,13 @@ This command runs the normal hook `view-mode-hook'." ;;;###autoload (defun view-mode (&optional arg) "Toggle View mode. -If you use this function to turn on View mode, -\"exiting\" View mode does nothing except turn View mode off. -The other way to turn View mode on is by calling -`view-mode-enter'. +With a prefix argument, turn View mode on if the argument is >= zero +and off if it is not. + +If you use this function to turn on View mode, then subsequently +\"exiting\" View mode does nothing except turn View mode off. The +other way to turn View mode on is by calling `view-mode-enter'; +that is what Lisp programs usually use. Letters do not insert themselves. Instead these commands are provided. Most commands take prefix arguments. Commands dealing with lines |