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bug#30294: 26.0.91; Help string for `imenu-generic-expression'


From: Noam Postavsky
Subject: bug#30294: 26.0.91; Help string for `imenu-generic-expression'
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:53:27 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.90 (gnu/linux)

Francis Wright <francis.j.wright@gmail.com> writes:

> The last paragraph of this help string does not make sense. I think
> probably the phrase `"word" syntax' should be deleted.

No, it makes sense, it's just hard to parse.  Do you find it clearer
with the patch below?

--- i/lisp/imenu.el
+++ w/lisp/imenu.el
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ imenu-generic-expression
 create a buffer index.
 
 For example, see the value of `fortran-imenu-generic-expression'
-used by `fortran-mode' with `imenu-syntax-alist' set locally to
-give the characters which normally have \"symbol\" syntax
+used by `fortran-mode' with `imenu-syntax-alist' set locally so that
+characters which normally have \"symbol\" syntax are considered to have
 \"word\" syntax during matching.")
 ;;;###autoload(put 'imenu-generic-expression 'risky-local-variable t)
 







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