(generate-file-autoloads): Undo previous change

because make-docfile requires defvar doc string to start on first line.

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 68 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
index f927c025632..b7f5dad4d3e 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
@@ -146,83 +146,52 @@ are used."
                     (setq done-any t)
                     (if (eolp)
                         ;; Read the next form and make an autoload.
-                        (let* ((before (point))
-                               (form (prog1 (read (current-buffer))
+                        (let* ((form (prog1 (read (current-buffer))
                                        (forward-line 1)))
                                (autoload (make-autoload form load-name))
                                (doc-string-elt (get (car-safe form)
                                                     'doc-string-elt)))
-                          (if (null autoload)
-                              ;; We are copying a defvar or defconst form.
-                              ;; Copy the text instead of printing the form,
-                              ;; so as to preserve the original formatting.
-                              (let ((inbuf (current-buffer))
-                                    (after (point)))
-                                (save-excursion
-                                  (set-buffer outbuf)
-                                  ;; Insert the form.
-                                  (insert-buffer-substring inbuf before after)
-                                  (and doc-string-elt
-                                       (stringp (nth doc-string-elt form))
-                                       ;; The form has a docstring.
-                                       ;; Hack it for make-docfile.
-                                       (save-excursion
-                                         ;; Move point back to FORM's start.
-                                         (backward-char (- after before))
-                                         (skip-chars-forward " \t\n")
-                                         (or (looking-at "(")
-                                             (error "expected ("))
-                                         (forward-char 1) ; Skip the paren.
-                                         ;; Skip sexps before the docstring.
-                                         (forward-sexp doc-string-elt)
-                                         (skip-chars-forward " \t")
-                                         (if (eolp) (delete-char 1))
-                                         (skip-chars-forward " \t")
-                                         (or (looking-at "\"")
-                                             (error "expected \""))
-                                         (forward-char 1) ; Skip the ".
-                                         (insert "\\\n"))) ;make-docfile happy.
-                                  (goto-char after)))
-                            ;; Write the autoload for this defun or defmacro.
-                            (setq autoloads-done (cons (nth 1 form)
-                                                       autoloads-done))
-                            (if (and doc-string-elt
-                                     (stringp (nth doc-string-elt autoload)))
-                                ;; We need to hack the printing because the
-                                ;; doc-string must be printed specially for
-                                ;; make-docfile (sigh).
-                                (let* ((p (nthcdr (1- doc-string-elt)
-                                                  autoload))
-                                       (elt (cdr p)))
-                                  (setcdr p nil)
-                                  (princ "\n(" outbuf)
-                                  (mapcar (function (lambda (elt)
-                                                      (prin1 elt outbuf)
-                                                      (princ " " outbuf)))
-                                          autoload)
-                                  (princ "\"\\\n" outbuf)
+                          (if autoload
+                              (setq autoloads-done (cons (nth 1 form)
+                                                         autoloads-done))
+                            (setq autoload form))
+                          (if (and doc-string-elt
+                                   (stringp (nth doc-string-elt autoload)))
+                              ;; We need to hack the printing because the
+                              ;; doc-string must be printed specially for
+                              ;; make-docfile (sigh).
+                              (let* ((p (nthcdr (1- doc-string-elt)
+                                                autoload))
+                                     (elt (cdr p)))
+                                (setcdr p nil)
+                                (princ "\n(" outbuf)
+                                (mapcar (function (lambda (elt)
+                                                    (prin1 elt outbuf)
+                                                    (princ " " outbuf)))
+                                        autoload)
+                                (princ "\"\\\n" outbuf)
+                                (princ (substring
+                                        (prin1-to-string (car elt)) 1)
+                                       outbuf)
+                                (if (null (cdr elt))
+                                    (princ ")" outbuf)
+                                  (princ " " outbuf)
                                   (princ (substring
-                                          (prin1-to-string (car elt)) 1)
-                                         outbuf)
-                                  (if (null (cdr elt))
-                                      (princ ")" outbuf)
-                                    (princ " " outbuf)
-                                    (princ (substring
-                                            (prin1-to-string (cdr elt))
-                                            1)
-                                           outbuf))
-                                  (terpri outbuf))
-                              (print autoload outbuf))))
+                                          (prin1-to-string (cdr elt))
+                                          1)
+                                         outbuf))
+                                (terpri outbuf))
+                            (print autoload outbuf)))
                       ;; Copy the rest of the line to the output.
                       (let ((begin (point)))
                         (forward-line 1)
                         (princ (buffer-substring begin (point)) outbuf))))
-                   ((looking-at ";")
-                    ;; Don't read the comment.
-                    (forward-line 1))
-                   (t
-                    (forward-sexp 1)
-                    (forward-line 1)))))))
+                        ((looking-at ";")
+                         ;; Don't read the comment.
+                         (forward-line 1))
+                        (t
+                         (forward-sexp 1)
+                         (forward-line 1)))))))
         (or visited
             ;; We created this buffer, so we should kill it.
             (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))