# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 863037117 0
# Node ID 5788aa5f0fd094759e0130e59903bb9a7a8daba7
# Parent  c9fd662941e31b422baa76aaf603a8501114122c
(printify-region): Doc fix.

diff -r c9fd662941e3 -r 5788aa5f0fd0 lisp/lpr.el
--- a/lisp/lpr.el	Wed May 07 19:34:18 1997 +0000
+++ b/lisp/lpr.el	Wed May 07 20:31:57 1997 +0000
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@
       (cons (point-min) (point-max)))))
 
 (defun printify-region (begin end)
-  "Turn nonprinting characters (other than TAB, LF, SPC, RET, and FF)
-in the current buffer into printable representations as control or
-hexadecimal escapes."
+  "Replace nonprinting characters in region with printable representations.
+The printable representations use ^ (for ASCII control characters) or hex.
+The characters tab, linefeed, space, return and formfeed are not affected."
   (interactive "r")
   (save-excursion
     (goto-char begin)