# HG changeset patch
# User Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
# Date 1235549910 0
# Node ID 4fd9b5c566ce8fbffc39bf6287d80708f42aaeb7
# Parent  38cb917d6f8f942a4a46fb314d289a1f37abbeb9
(eval-expression): Mention truncation in doc.

diff -r 38cb917d6f8f -r 4fd9b5c566ce lisp/ChangeLog
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog	Wed Feb 25 08:18:00 2009 +0000
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog	Wed Feb 25 08:18:30 2009 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-02-25  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* simple.el (eval-expression):
+	* emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el (eval-last-sexp): Mention truncation in doc.
+
 2009-02-25  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
 
 	* vc-dir.el (vc-dir-update): Make sure ./ is always first in the listing.
diff -r 38cb917d6f8f -r 4fd9b5c566ce lisp/simple.el
--- a/lisp/simple.el	Wed Feb 25 08:18:00 2009 +0000
+++ b/lisp/simple.el	Wed Feb 25 08:18:30 2009 +0000
@@ -1101,7 +1101,8 @@
 Value is also consed on to front of the variable `values'.
 Optional argument EVAL-EXPRESSION-INSERT-VALUE, if non-nil, means
 insert the result into the current buffer instead of printing it in
-the echo area.
+the echo area.  Truncates long output according to the value of the
+variables `eval-expression-print-length' and `eval-expression-print-level'.
 
 If `eval-expression-debug-on-error' is non-nil, which is the default,
 this command arranges for all errors to enter the debugger."