# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1125145836 0
# Node ID 9398f33d65157b820e04eedc36a73789e2755f56
# Parent  0e4df13dd5ba800575de12260d0deed14be59ed2
(blink-matching-paren-distance): Document the meaning of nil value,
and allow to customize to nil.

diff -r 0e4df13dd5ba -r 9398f33d6515 lisp/simple.el
--- a/lisp/simple.el	Sat Aug 27 12:23:22 2005 +0000
+++ b/lisp/simple.el	Sat Aug 27 12:30:36 2005 +0000
@@ -4207,8 +4207,9 @@
   :group 'paren-blinking)
 
 (defcustom blink-matching-paren-distance (* 25 1024)
-  "*If non-nil, is maximum distance to search for matching open-paren."
-  :type 'integer
+  "*If non-nil, maximum distance to search backwards for matching open-paren.
+If nil, search stops at the beginning of the accessible portion of the buffer."
+  :type '(choice (const nil) integer)
   :group 'paren-blinking)
 
 (defcustom blink-matching-delay 1