;;; eldoc.el --- show function arglist or variable docstring in echo area
-;; Copyright (C) 1996-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1996-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Noah Friedman <friedman@splode.com>
;; Maintainer: friedman@splode.com
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;;;###autoload
(define-minor-mode eldoc-mode
- "Toggle ElDoc mode on or off.
-In ElDoc mode, the echo area displays information about a
-function or variable in the text where point is. If point is
-on a documented variable, it displays the first line of that
-variable's doc string. Otherwise it displays the argument list
-of the function called in the expression point is on.
-
-With prefix ARG, turn ElDoc mode on if and only if ARG is positive."
+ "Toggle echo area display of Lisp objects at point (ElDoc mode).
+With a prefix argument ARG, enable ElDoc mode if ARG is positive,
+and disable it otherwise. If called from Lisp, enable ElDoc mode
+if ARG is omitted or nil.
+
+ElDoc mode is a buffer-local minor mode. When enabled, the echo
+area displays information about a function or variable in the
+text where point is. If point is on a documented variable, it
+displays the first line of that variable's doc string. Otherwise
+it displays the argument list of the function called in the
+expression point is on."
:group 'eldoc :lighter eldoc-minor-mode-string
(setq eldoc-last-message nil)
(if eldoc-mode
nil
(list (eldoc-current-symbol) argument-index)))))
-;; Move to the beginnig of current sexp. Return the number of nested
+;; Move to the beginning of current sexp. Return the number of nested
;; sexp the point was over or after.
(defun eldoc-beginning-of-sexp ()
(let ((parse-sexp-ignore-comments t)