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authorRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>2004-12-27 16:58:07 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>2004-12-27 16:58:07 +0000
commit4ac594cd846d2750ac85d0f7edff775d5f5a363d (patch)
tree2a29df42d9c771f5dba02d1d87318e52b49e8d45 /lispref/modes.texi
parentaf046edf912f36f420eb52453f3c2bab719272d6 (diff)
(Emulating Mode Line): Document format's BUFFER arg.
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diff --git a/lispref/modes.texi b/lispref/modes.texi
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+++ b/lispref/modes.texi
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ It is normally @code{nil}, so that ordinary buffers have no header line.
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
+@defun format-mode-line &optional format 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
@@ -1752,6 +1752,8 @@ The argument @var{window} defaults to the selected window.
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.
@end defun
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