# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 806111542 0 # Node ID 3c9d53f851f40ad222ff2917f6fdda6c0d4b5b50 # Parent ca43eab4d2a62c340b294e355b28b12cd3b7eeae (Fmessage): Doc fix. diff -r ca43eab4d2a6 -r 3c9d53f851f4 src/editfns.c --- a/src/editfns.c Tue Jul 18 23:31:41 1995 +0000 +++ b/src/editfns.c Tue Jul 18 23:52:22 1995 +0000 @@ -1633,12 +1633,9 @@ DEFUN ("message", Fmessage, Smessage, 1, MANY, 0, "Print a one-line message at the bottom of the screen.\n\ -The first argument is a control string.\n\ -It may contain %s or %d or %c to print successive following arguments.\n\ -%s means print an argument as a string, %d means print as number in decimal,\n\ -%c means print a number as a single character.\n\ -The argument used by %s must be a string or a symbol;\n\ -the argument used by %d or %c must be a number.\n\ +The first argument is a format control string, and the rest are data\n\ +to be formatted under control of the string. See `format' for details.\n\ +\n\ If the first argument is nil, clear any existing message; let the\n\ minibuffer contents show.") (nargs, args)