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changeset 18822:c9bb90fcf780
(quoted-insert): Doc fix.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 16 Jul 1997 05:37:04 +0000 |
| parents | 83425393d550 |
| children | e0aed4d48398 |
| files | lisp/simple.el |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lisp/simple.el Wed Jul 16 05:34:38 1997 +0000 +++ b/lisp/simple.el Wed Jul 16 05:37:04 1997 +0000 @@ -157,7 +157,11 @@ (defun quoted-insert (arg) "Read next input character and insert it. This is useful for inserting control characters. -You may also type up to 3 octal digits, to insert a character with that code. + +If the first character you type after this command is an octal digit, +you should type a sequence of octal digits which specify a character code. +Any nondigit terminates the sequence. If the terminator is a space, +it is discarded; any other terminator is used itself as input. In overwrite mode, this function inserts the character anyway, and does not handle octal digits specially. This means that if you use @@ -165,8 +169,8 @@ insert characters when necessary. In binary overwrite mode, this function does overwrite, and octal -digits are interpreted as a character code. This is supposed to make -this function useful in editing binary files." +digits are interpreted as a character code. This is intended to be +useful for editing binary files." (interactive "*p") (let ((char (if (or (not overwrite-mode) (eq overwrite-mode 'overwrite-mode-binary))