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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
@c %**end of header
@copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2000, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2000, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -211,16 +211,7 @@ change you make must be contained within a single editable text field.
For example, capitalizing all text from the middle of one field to the
middle of another field is prohibited.
-Editable text fields are created by the @code{editable-field} widget.
-
-An editable fields must be surrounded by static text on both sides, that
-is, text that does not change in the lifetime of the widget. If the
-field extend to the end of the line, the terminating line-feed character
-will count as the necessary static text on that end, but you will have
-to provide the static text before the field yourself. The
-@code{:format} keyword is useful for generating the static text; for
-instance, if you give it a value of @code{"Name: %v"}, the "Name: " part
-will count as the static text.
+Editing text fields are created by the @code{editable-field} widget.
The editing text fields are highlighted with the
@code{widget-field-face} face, making them easy to find.
@@ -582,9 +573,8 @@ Emacsen that supports it.
Specifies how to display a message whenever you move to the widget with
either @code{widget-forward} or @code{widget-backward} or move the mouse
over it (using the standard @code{help-echo} mechanism). The argument
-is either a string to display, a function of one argument, the widget,
-which should return a string to display, or a form that evaluates to
-such a string.
+is either a string to display or a function of one argument, the widget,
+which should return a string to display.
@vindex indent@r{ keyword}
@item :indent
@@ -1790,7 +1780,3 @@ variables, and widgets described in this manual.
@setchapternewpage odd
@contents
@bye
-
-@ignore
- arch-tag: 2b427731-4c61-4e72-85de-5ccec9c623f0
-@end ignore