[Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/emacs-23 r100302: Fix bug #7563 with docs of split-string-and-unquote.

[Eli Zaretskii]

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revno: 100302
committer: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
branch nick: emacs-23
timestamp: Sat 2010-12-11 11:41:45 +0200
message:
  Fix bug #7563 with docs of split-string-and-unquote.
  
   processes.texi (Shell Arguments): Fix documentation of
   `split-string-and-unquote'.  Add indexing.
modified:
  doc/lispref/ChangeLog
  doc/lispref/processes.texi

=== modified file 'doc/lispref/ChangeLog'
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog     2010-12-07 19:44:38 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog     2010-12-11 09:41:45 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-12-11  Eli Zaretskii  <address@hidden>
+
+       * processes.texi (Shell Arguments): Fix documentation of
+       `split-string-and-unquote'.  Add indexing.  (Bug#7563)
+
 2010-12-07  Stefan Monnier  <address@hidden>
 
        * modes.texi (Auto-Indentation): New section to document SMIE.

=== modified file 'doc/lispref/processes.texi'
--- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi        2010-06-23 03:36:56 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi        2010-12-11 09:41:45 +0000
@@ -195,10 +195,17 @@
 @end example
 @end defun
 
address@hidden quoting and unquoting shell command line
address@hidden quoting and unquoting command-line arguments
address@hidden minibuffer input, and command-line arguments
address@hidden @code{call-process}, command-line arguments from minibuffer
address@hidden @code{start-process}, command-line arguments from minibuffer
   The following two functions are useful for creating shell commands
 from individual argument strings, and taking shell command lines apart
-into individual arguments.
+into individual arguments.  These functions are mainly intended to be
+used for converting user input in the minibuffer, a Lisp string, into
+a list of string arguments to be passed to @code{call-process} or
address@hidden, or for the converting such lists of arguments in
+a single Lisp string to be presented in the minibuffer or echo area.
 
 @defun split-string-and-unquote string &optional separators
 This function splits @var{string} into substrings at matches for the
@@ -210,7 +217,7 @@
 @code{"\\s-+"}, which is a regular expression that matches one or more
 characters with whitespace syntax (@pxref{Syntax Class Table}).
 
-This function performs two types of quoting: enclosing a whole string
+This function supports two types of quoting: enclosing a whole string
 in double quotes @code{"@dots{}"}, and quoting individual characters
 with a backslash escape @samp{\}.  The latter is also used in Lisp
 strings, so this function can handle those as well.