From 74908f08ab6a77311e4e3c688fcd354e8beb8d97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 16:22:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] * src/editfns.c (Fmessage): Improve doc string (Bug#23425#130). --- src/editfns.c | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c index a51670c..89a6724 100644 --- a/src/editfns.c +++ b/src/editfns.c @@ -3734,11 +3734,10 @@ 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-message' for -details. - -Note: (message "%s" VALUE) displays the string VALUE without -interpreting format characters like `%', `\\=`', and `\\=''. +to be formatted under control of the string. Percent sign (%), grave +accent (\\=`) and apostrophe (\\=') are special in the format; see +`format-message' for details. To display STRING without special +treatment, use (message "%s" STRING). If the first argument is nil or the empty string, the function clears any existing message; this lets the minibuffer contents show. See -- 2.9.4