Re: cannot understand Elisp manual node Glyphs

[Nick Roberts]

 >   DEFUN ("forward-char", Fforward_char, Sforward_char, 0, 1, "p",
 >          doc: /* Move point right N characters (left if N is negative).
 > ! On reaching end of buffer, stop and signal error.  N nil or omitted is
 > ! equivalent to N = 1.  */)

The help buffer says:

(forward-char &optional n)

Omitted optional arguments default to nil but it might be a good idea to say
the default value for N is 1, if this isn't already obvious from its name.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob