From 652fcb8f372360d836ac869ef92afc423f48accf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:53:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Documentation): Move xref to Emacs Manual here. (Documentation Basics): From here. Also doc emacs-lisp-docstring-fill-column. --- lispref/help.texi | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/lispref/help.texi b/lispref/help.texi index 6173c746d1..798167696e 100644 --- a/lispref/help.texi +++ b/lispref/help.texi @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ of documentation strings is not sufficient as a manual because a good manual is not organized in that fashion; it is organized in terms of topics of discussion. + For commands to access documentation strings, see @ref{Help, , +Help, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. + @menu * Documentation Basics:: Good style for doc strings. Where to put them. How Emacs stores them. @@ -63,6 +66,10 @@ documentation is displayed. This allows documentation strings to refer to the keys for related commands and be accurate even when a user rearranges the key bindings. (@xref{Keys in Documentation}.) +@vindex emacs-lisp-docstring-fill-column + Emacs Lisp mode fills documentation strings to the width +controlled by @code{emacs-lisp-docstring-fill-column}. + In Emacs Lisp, a documentation string is accessible through the function or variable that it describes: @@ -100,9 +107,6 @@ documentation string. The functions @code{documentation} and documentation string from the appropriate file; this is transparent to the user. - For information on the uses of documentation strings, see @ref{Help, , -Help, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. - @c Wordy to prevent overfull hbox. --rjc 15mar92 The @file{emacs/lib-src} directory contains two utilities that you can use to print nice-looking hardcopy for the file -- 2.39.2