# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1105033378 0
# Node ID f1eb5a3ef97432cd60178bbc8efcc77fd0656022
# Parent  bc318b5e7aef97bc3d13efde86438f209f53d7d5
(Emulating Mode Line): format-mode-line requires 1 arg.

diff -r bc318b5e7aef -r f1eb5a3ef974 lispref/modes.texi
--- a/lispref/modes.texi	Thu Jan 06 07:02:50 2005 +0000
+++ b/lispref/modes.texi	Thu Jan 06 17:42:58 2005 +0000
@@ -1736,24 +1736,22 @@
 the text that would appear in a mode line or header line
 based on certain mode-line specification.
 
-@defun format-mode-line &optional format window no-props buffer
+@defun format-mode-line format &optional window no-props buffer
 This function formats a line of text according to @var{format} as if
 it were generating the mode line for @var{window}, but instead of
 displaying the text in the mode line or the header line, it returns
-the text as a string.
-
-If @var{format} is @code{nil}, that means to use
-@code{mode-line-format} and return the text that would appear in the
-mode line.  If @var{format} is @code{t}, that means to use
-@code{header-line-format} so as to return the text that would appear
-in the header line (@code{""} if the window has no header line).
-The argument @var{window} defaults to the selected window.
+the text as a string.  The argument @var{window} defaults to the
+selected window.  If @var{buffer} is non-@code{nil}, all the
+information used is taken from @var{buffer}; by default, it comes from
+@var{window}'s buffer.
 
 The value string normally has text properties that correspond to the
 faces, keymaps, etc., that the mode line would have.  If
 @var{no-props} is non-@code{nil}, the value has no text properties.
-If @var{buffer} is non-@code{nil}, all the information used is taken 
-from @var{buffer}; by default,it comes from @var{window}'s buffer.
+
+For example, @code{(format-mode-line header-line-format)} returns the
+text that would appear in the selected window's header line (@code{""}
+if it has no header line).
 @end defun
 
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