# HG changeset patch
# User Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
# Date 1234854851 0
# Node ID c1697dc8f12179abd44078d225d4781bc3cda542
# Parent  0fb11e475237eee0a5f326e5d60dfd196a55c8b4
(Position Info): M-x count-lines-region is not always on M-=.  (Bug#2269)

diff -r 0fb11e475237 -r c1697dc8f121 doc/emacs/ChangeLog
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog	Tue Feb 17 03:02:25 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog	Tue Feb 17 07:14:11 2009 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-02-17  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* basic.texi (Position Info): M-x count-lines-region is not always on
+	M-=.  (Bug#2269)
+
 2009-02-09  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
 	* calendar.texi (Holidays, Displaying the Diary): Update for new marker
diff -r 0fb11e475237 -r c1697dc8f121 doc/emacs/basic.texi
--- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi	Tue Feb 17 03:02:25 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi	Tue Feb 17 07:14:11 2009 +0000
@@ -515,9 +515,10 @@
 @itemx M-x column-number-mode
 Toggle automatic display of the current line number or column number.
 @xref{Optional Mode Line}.
-@item M-=
-Display the number of lines in the current region (@code{count-lines-region}).
-@xref{Mark}, for information about the region.
+@item M-x count-lines-region
+Display the number of lines in the current region.  Normally bound to
+@kbd{M-=}, except in a few specialist modes.  @xref{Mark}, for
+information about the region.
 @item C-x =
 Display the character code of character after point, character position of
 point, and column of point (@code{what-cursor-position}).
@@ -549,9 +550,9 @@
 
 @kindex M-=
 @findex count-lines-region
-  Use @kbd{M-=} (@code{count-lines-region}) to display the number of
-lines in the region (@pxref{Mark}).  @xref{Pages}, for the command
-@kbd{C-x l} which counts the lines in the current page.
+  Use @kbd{M-x count-lines-region} (normally bound to @kbd{M-=}) to
+display the number of lines in the region (@pxref{Mark}).  @xref{Pages},
+for the command @kbd{C-x l} which counts the lines in the current page.
 
 @kindex C-x =
 @findex what-cursor-position