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authorRichard M. Stallman1996-12-12 05:36:22 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman1996-12-12 05:36:22 +0000
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Explain how disabled commands' doc strings are displayed.
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@@ -403,6 +403,12 @@ view the documentation. Remember that the indentation before the
403starting double-quote is not part of the string! 403starting double-quote is not part of the string!
404 404
405@item 405@item
406When the user tries to use a disabled command, Emacs displays just the
407first paragraph of its documentation string---everything through the
408first blank line. If you wish, you can choose which information to
409include before the first blank line so as to make this display useful.
410
411@item
406A variable's documentation string should start with @samp{*} if the 412A variable's documentation string should start with @samp{*} if the
407variable is one that users would often want to set interactively. If 413variable is one that users would often want to set interactively. If
408the value is a long list, or a function, or if the variable would be set 414the value is a long list, or a function, or if the variable would be set