diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el | 19 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el index cd9b779bee..901b6d1bf6 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el @@ -149,14 +149,17 @@ This is used to determine if `eldoc-idle-delay' is changed by the user.") ;;;###autoload (define-minor-mode eldoc-mode - "Toggle ElDoc mode on or off. -In ElDoc mode, the echo area displays information about a -function or variable in the text where point is. If point is -on a documented variable, it displays the first line of that -variable's doc string. Otherwise it displays the argument list -of the function called in the expression point is on. - -With prefix ARG, turn ElDoc mode on if and only if ARG is positive." + "Toggle echo area display of Lisp objects at point (ElDoc mode). +With a prefix argument ARG, enable ElDoc mode if ARG is positive, +and disable it otherwise. If called from Lisp, enable ElDoc mode +if ARG is omitted or nil. + +ElDoc mode is a buffer-local minor mode. When enabled, the echo +area displays information about a function or variable in the +text where point is. If point is on a documented variable, it +displays the first line of that variable's doc string. Otherwise +it displays the argument list of the function called in the +expression point is on." :group 'eldoc :lighter eldoc-minor-mode-string (setq eldoc-last-message nil) (if eldoc-mode |