* help-fns.el (help-downcase-arguments): New option, defaulting to nil.

  (help-default-arg-highlight): Remove.
  (help-highlight-arg): New function.
  (help-do-arg-highlight): Use it.
  Suggested by Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>.  (Bug#4510, bug#4520)

* NEWS: Mention new variable `help-downcase-arguments'
  and new default for arguments in *Help* buffers.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index 68fcba4ee06..e63316d2240 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-09-22  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
+
+        * NEWS: Mention new variable `help-downcase-arguments'
+        and new default for arguments in *Help* buffers.
+
 2009-09-15  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
 
         * NEWS: Mention new behavior of -Q and new variable
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index fcc48aacbc1..7f4765e855c 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ were loaded.
 
 * Changes in Emacs 23.2
 
+** Function arguments in *Help* buffers are now in uppercase by default.
+You can customize the new variable `help-downcase-arguments' to change it.
+
 ** Unibyte sessions are now considered obsolete.
 I.e. the use of the environment variable EMACS_UNIBYTE, or command line
 arguments --unibyte, --multibyte, --no-multibyte, and --no-unibyte