# HG changeset patch # User Luc Teirlinck # Date 1116084156 0 # Node ID 32b9b0540e8a78fd1086808c9dd4e1c6ecc2f4eb # Parent 87b5527218627f32097af41e5b169d4e6482a69e (Autoload): Mention `autoload cookie' as synonym for `magic autoload comment'. Add index entries and anchor. diff -r 87b552721862 -r 32b9b0540e8a lispref/loading.texi --- a/lispref/loading.texi Sat May 14 14:17:07 2005 +0000 +++ b/lispref/loading.texi Sat May 14 15:22:36 2005 +0000 @@ -436,8 +436,12 @@ @findex update-file-autoloads @findex update-directory-autoloads - A magic autoload comment consists of @samp{;;;###autoload}, on a line -by itself, just before the real definition of the function in its +@cindex magic autoload comment +@cindex autoload cookie +@anchor{autoload cookie} + A magic autoload comment (often called an @dfn{autoload cookie}) +consists of @samp{;;;###autoload}, on a line by itself, +just before the real definition of the function in its autoloadable source file. The command @kbd{M-x update-file-autoloads} writes a corresponding @code{autoload} call into @file{loaddefs.el}. Building Emacs loads @file{loaddefs.el} and thus calls @code{autoload}.