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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/time.el | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/time.el b/lisp/time.el index 2481d9966e1..b70e7f7b00e 100644 --- a/lisp/time.el +++ b/lisp/time.el @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ See `display-time-use-mail-icon' and `display-time-mail-face'.") ;; Fixme: Default to icon on graphical display? (defcustom display-time-use-mail-icon nil - "Non-nil means use an icon as the mail indicator on a graphic display. + "Non-nil means use an icon as mail indicator on a graphic display. Otherwise use `display-time-mail-string'. The icon may consume less of the mode line. It is specified by `display-time-mail-icon'." :group 'display-time @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ This can use the Unicode letter character if you can display it." string)) (defcustom display-time-format nil - "*A string specifying the format for displaying the time in the mode line. + "*String specifying format for displaying the time in the mode line. See the function `format-time-string' for an explanation of how to write this string. If this is nil, the defaults depend on `display-time-day-and-date' and `display-time-24hr-format'." @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ depend on `display-time-day-and-date' and `display-time-24hr-format'." 'local-map (make-mode-line-mouse-map 'mouse-2 read-mail-command))) "")) - "*A list of expressions governing display of the time in the mode line. + "*List of expressions governing display of the time in the mode line. For most purposes, you can control the time format using `display-time-format' which is a more standard interface. |