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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2016-06-19 00:54:28 +0200
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2016-06-19 00:54:28 +0200
commita985d2b09bb88f31b27b02c3131cb34c5879d767 (patch)
tree2fa504710c533f7f9557987ba14b5b1747a9b851 /doc
parentf01684313faa9803ddc69e71b66d9a469f955348 (diff)
parentd1efbafdf2cad59b80981d18bb7c6cfdf4d44850 (diff)
Merge from origin/emacs-25
d1efbaf Fix documentation of completion functions 65c96cc Clarify documentation of 'font-lock-maximum-decoration' 2ad3d01 * doc/misc/cl.texi (Usage): Add some more details. b49cb0a Fbackward_prefix_chars: stay within buffer bounds
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/display.texi12
-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/minibuf.texi4
-rw-r--r--doc/misc/cl.texi5
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi
index 3f5aac1c2f..738d72d046 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/display.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi
@@ -853,9 +853,15 @@ to alter the amount of fontification applied by Font Lock mode, for
major modes that support this feature. The value should be a number
(with 1 representing a minimal amount of fontification; some modes
support levels as high as 3); or @code{t}, meaning ``as high as
-possible'' (the default). You can also specify different numbers for
-particular major modes; for example, to use level 1 for C/C++ modes,
-and the default level otherwise, use the value
+possible'' (the default). To be effective for a given file buffer,
+the customization of @code{font-lock-maximum-decoration} should be
+done @emph{before} the file is visited; if you already have the file
+visited in a buffer when you customize this variable, kill the buffer
+and visit the file again after the customization.
+
+You can also specify different numbers for particular major modes; for
+example, to use level 1 for C/C++ modes, and the default level
+otherwise, use the value
@example
'((c-mode . 1) (c++-mode . 1)))
diff --git a/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi b/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi
index e6d8f8a4c7..8d5347556e 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi
@@ -750,8 +750,8 @@ list contains elements of any other type, those are ignored.
If @var{collection} is an obarray (@pxref{Creating Symbols}), the names
of all symbols in the obarray form the set of permissible completions.
-If @var{collection} is a hash table, then the keys that are strings
-are the possible completions. Other keys are ignored.
+If @var{collection} is a hash table, then the keys that are strings or
+symbols are the possible completions. Other keys are ignored.
You can also use a function as @var{collection}. Then the function is
solely responsible for performing completion; @code{try-completion}
diff --git a/doc/misc/cl.texi b/doc/misc/cl.texi
index a98d0ac455..c62fa727c1 100644
--- a/doc/misc/cl.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/cl.texi
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ the beginning:
You may wish to add such a statement to your init file, if you
make frequent use of features from this package.
+Code that only uses macros from this package can enclose the above in
+@code{eval-when-compile}. Internally, this library is divided into
+several files, @pxref{Organization}. Your code should only ever load
+the main @file{cl-lib} file, which will load the others as needed.
+
@node Organization
@section Organization