# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 966957194 0
# Node ID b65102a3c19dbeae8ab2e037cc2d2a94503aca89
# Parent  8a6816ab988744e20f2612ae79c7aab6ff779af8
Document the new operation of the `ispell' command.

diff -r 8a6816ab9887 -r b65102a3c19d man/fixit.texi
--- a/man/fixit.texi	Tue Aug 22 15:02:31 2000 +0000
+++ b/man/fixit.texi	Tue Aug 22 15:13:14 2000 +0000
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@
 @item M-@key{TAB}
 Complete the word before point based on the spelling dictionary
 (@code{ispell-complete-word}).
+@item M-x ispell
+Spell-check the active region or the current buffer.
 @item M-x ispell-buffer
 Check and correct spelling of each word in the buffer.
 @item M-x ispell-region
@@ -209,6 +211,12 @@
 ispell-message}; that checks the whole buffer, but does not check
 material that is indented or appears to be cited from other messages.
 
+@findex ispell
+@cindex spell-checking the active region
+  The @kbd{M-x ispell} command spell-checks the active region if the
+Transient Mark mode is on (@pxref{Transient Mark}), otherwise it
+spell-checks the current buffer.
+
   Each time these commands encounter an incorrect word, they ask you
 what to do.  They display a list of alternatives, usually including
 several ``near-misses''---words that are close to the word being