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

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index 11a82c3da73..0e1a6e3415f 100644
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -3716,10 +3716,11 @@ In batch mode, the message is printed to the standard error stream,
 followed by a newline.
 
 The first argument is a format control string, and the rest are data
-to be formatted under control of the string.  See `format' for details.
+to be formatted under control of the string.  See `format-message' for
+details.
 
-Note: Use (message "%s" VALUE) to print the value of expressions and
-variables to avoid accidentally interpreting `%' as format specifiers.
+Note: (message "%s" VALUE) displays the string VALUE without
+interpreting format characters like `%', `\\=`', and `\\=''.
 
 If the first argument is nil or the empty string, the function clears
 any existing message; this lets the minibuffer contents show.  See
@@ -3747,7 +3748,8 @@ DEFUN ("message-box", Fmessage_box, Smessage_box, 1, MANY, 0,
        doc: /* Display a message, in a dialog box if possible.
 If a dialog box is not available, use the echo area.
 The first argument is a format control string, and the rest are data
-to be formatted under control of the string.  See `format' for details.
+to be formatted under control of the string.  See `format-message' for
+details.
 
 If the first argument is nil or the empty string, clear any existing
 message; let the minibuffer contents show.
@@ -3778,7 +3780,8 @@ If this command was invoked with the mouse, use a dialog box if
 `use-dialog-box' is non-nil.
 Otherwise, use the echo area.
 The first argument is a format control string, and the rest are data
-to be formatted under control of the string.  See `format' for details.
+to be formatted under control of the string.  See `format-message' for
+details.
 
 If the first argument is nil or the empty string, clear any existing
 message; let the minibuffer contents show.