* doc/emacs/msdog.texi (Windows Printing): It doesn't set printer-name.

* admin/FOR-RELEASE: Related edit.

Ref http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-04/msg00402.html

3 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/admin/FOR-RELEASE b/admin/FOR-RELEASE
index 20b75a56f9f..428332e2aa4 100644
--- a/admin/FOR-RELEASE
+++ b/admin/FOR-RELEASE
@@ -155,11 +155,6 @@ mini.texi         rgm
 misc.texi         cyd
 modes.texi        cyd
 msdog.texi        rgm  (can't actually test any of it though)
-  It was not obvious to me that the following is true (it could well be though):
-
-   Emacs on Windows automatically determines your default printer and
-   sets the variable `printer-name' to that printer's name.
-
 msdog-xtra.texi   rgm  (can't actually test any of it though)
 mule.texi         rgm  (not 100% sure about "Fontsets")
 m-x.texi          cyd
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 6ab989eb219..762f164290b 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2012-04-14  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+        * msdog.texi (Windows Printing): It doesn't set printer-name.
+
         * mule.texi (Language Environments): Move font info to "Fontsets".
         (Fontsets): Move intlfonts etc here from "Language Environments".
         Copyedits.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/msdog.texi b/doc/emacs/msdog.texi
index 485c6b61c18..96a919cfaf8 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/msdog.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/msdog.texi
@@ -729,9 +729,9 @@ Posix-style @code{lpr} program is unavailable.  The same Emacs
 variables control printing on all systems, but in some cases they have
 different default values on MS-DOS and MS-Windows.
 
-  Emacs on Windows automatically determines your default printer and
-sets the variable @code{printer-name} to that printer's name.  But in
-some rare cases this can fail, or you may wish to use a different
+  Emacs on MS Windows attempts to determine your default printer
+automatically (using the function @code{default-printer-name}).
+But in some rare cases this can fail, or you may wish to use a different
 printer from within Emacs.  The rest of this section explains how to
 tell Emacs which printer to use.