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| author | Paul Eggert | 2016-05-05 23:11:11 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert | 2016-05-05 23:11:11 -0700 |
| commit | 89ce83b20249dfb4e45f09dfdddf4c4b66d82968 (patch) | |
| tree | 3d75245a5514df2ad7b17ae6d56727b9629846a9 /doc/lispref/control.texi | |
| parent | d546ed13b04521308ef7ec8e7e5b68e03f1bbb38 (diff) | |
| parent | 50650cb6887d99b01eeb1e686fc1f695c2a0c64a (diff) | |
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Merge from origin/emacs-25
50650cb Doc fixes for fclist and grep
5e814e0 Minor doc fixes for quoting
3347a73 `nreverse' the marker pairs list
1a4127d Use save-excursion in xref-location-marker more
ab3ba91 shell-quote-argument DIR when appropriate
922c7a3 Rework xref-query-replace-in-results
3fe3510 * lisp/replace.el (query-replace-read-from): Use minibuffer-w...
0932b94 Fix todo-mode bug involving archived items (bug#23447)
e68ad1f ; * etc/NEWS: Tiny edit. (Bug#23432)
adc80b7 ; * test/automated/xref-tests.el: Add copyright and license.
4d8fd9c Handle "empty line" regexp in xref searches
f559b37 Add tests for xref-collect-matches
6428aa0 Use grep-find-ignored-directories instead of vc-directory-exc...
6f82d8e Clear buffer-undo-list when showing xrefs
c68a091 Note the quote translation in `message' in section "incompati...
52f86a7 * etc/NEWS: Mention (message "%s" (format ...)).
93703c5 (Common Keywords): Correct what missing :group means
79e5800 Improve documentation of Dired's 'A' and 'Q' commands
2ea2a2f Doc fixes for quoting
8544b98 posnp doc clarification
805204f Mention what a missing :group does
ec554d7 Fix documentation of dired-aux search/replace commands
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/control.texi b/doc/lispref/control.texi index 3f48c458c02..0cdb03548bf 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/control.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/control.texi | |||
| @@ -1100,10 +1100,13 @@ These examples show typical uses of @code{error}: | |||
| 1100 | error symbol @code{error}, and a list containing the string returned by | 1100 | error symbol @code{error}, and a list containing the string returned by |
| 1101 | @code{format-message}. | 1101 | @code{format-message}. |
| 1102 | 1102 | ||
| 1103 | In a format string containing single quotes, curved quotes @t{‘like | 1103 | The @code{text-quoting-style} variable controls what quotes are |
| 1104 | this’} and grave quotes @t{`like this'} work better than straight | 1104 | generated; @xref{Keys in Documentation}. A call using a format like |
| 1105 | quotes @t{'like this'}, as @code{error} typically formats every | 1105 | @t{"Missing `%s'"} with grave accents and apostrophes typically |
| 1106 | straight quote as a curved closing quote. | 1106 | generates a message like @t{"Missing ‘foo’"} with matching curved |
| 1107 | quotes. In contrast, a call using a format like @t{"Missing '%s'"} | ||
| 1108 | with only apostrophes typically generates a message like @t{"Missing | ||
| 1109 | ’foo’"} with only closing curved quotes, an unusual style in English. | ||
| 1107 | 1110 | ||
| 1108 | @strong{Warning:} If you want to use your own string as an error message | 1111 | @strong{Warning:} If you want to use your own string as an error message |
| 1109 | verbatim, don't just write @code{(error @var{string})}. If @var{string} | 1112 | verbatim, don't just write @code{(error @var{string})}. If @var{string} |