Re: ido.el doc fixes

[Christoph]

On 2/28/2011 2:03 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> "C-x 4 a" knows how to concatenate several symbols.  You just need to
> leave point after the closing parenthesis.  Like so: first C-x 4 a
> inserts this:
>
>         * ido.el (ido-everywhere):
>                                     ^
> leaving point where I indicated.  Then the next C-x 4 a adds another
> symbol:
>
>         * ido.el (ido-everywhere, ido-mode):
>                                               ^
> Now you are ready to type "Doc fixes.".

Nice. Thanks Eli. The manual didn't mention this specific behavior, so I 
added a little section. See patch below.

I also added a reference to `add-log-full-name' in the changelog format 
section. `add-log-mailing-address' was already referenced, but I was 
trying to figure out how Change Log mode knows my name. This information 
was missing.

I don't know what the etiquette is for adding examples like the 
Changelog entry below. The example is made up (copied and modified from 
another example in the format section).

Christoph

=== modified file 'doc/emacs/ChangeLog'
--- doc/emacs/ChangeLog 2011-02-28 01:07:29 +0000
+++ doc/emacs/ChangeLog 2011-02-28 23:17:26 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-02-28  Christoph Scholtes  <address@hidden>
+
+       * maintaining.texi (Format of ChangeLog): Add reference to
+       add-log-full-name.
+       (Change Log Commands): Add documentation and example for combining
+       multiple symbols in one change.
+
 2011-02-28  Eli Zaretskii  <address@hidden>

        * search.texi (Regexp Search): Move index entries about regexps to the

=== modified file 'doc/emacs/maintaining.texi'
--- doc/emacs/maintaining.texi  2011-02-05 22:30:14 +0000
+++ doc/emacs/maintaining.texi  2011-02-28 23:21:39 +0000
@@ -1486,6 +1486,21 @@
 address@hidden, @kbd{C-x 4 a} adds to any existing item for the file
 rather than starting a new item.

+Multiple changes of the same nature can be combined. First, leave the
+point after the closing parenthesis after the inital @kbd{C-x 4
+a}. Then, any subsequent @kbd{C-x 4 a} adds another symbol to the
+change.
+
+For example:
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden iftex
address@hidden
+1993-05-25  Richard Stallman  <rms@@gnu.org>
+
+        * man.el (man, man-follow): Doc fix.
address@hidden smallexample
+
 @vindex add-log-always-start-new-record
   If @code{add-log-always-start-new-record} is address@hidden,
 @kbd{C-x 4 a} always makes a new entry, even if the last entry
@@ -1535,13 +1550,14 @@
 @node Format of ChangeLog
 @subsection Format of ChangeLog

-  A change log entry starts with a header line that contains the current
-date, your name, and your email address (taken from the variable
address@hidden).  Aside from these header lines, every
-line in the change log starts with a space or a tab.  The bulk of the
-entry consists of @dfn{items}, each of which starts with a line starting
-with whitespace and a star.  Here are two entries, both dated in May
-1993, with two items and one item respectively.
+  A change log entry starts with a header line that contains the
+current date, your name (taken from the variable
address@hidden), and your email address (taken from the
+variable @code{add-log-mailing-address}).  Aside from these header
+lines, every line in the change log starts with a space or a tab.  The
+bulk of the entry consists of @dfn{items}, each of which starts with a
+line starting with whitespace and a star.  Here are two entries, both
+dated in May 1993, with two items and one item respectively.

 @iftex
 @medbreak