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authorThomas Voss <mail@thomasvoss.com> 2023-08-19 02:16:59 +0200
committerThomas Voss <mail@thomasvoss.com> 2023-08-19 02:16:59 +0200
commitbc3230068f968ed85b547c183b1c7016232d84e1 (patch)
tree82c183e226b34bb304e809aa76459c13ffd58b59
parent9d7360bb7d74bda49a7b093cc55de1a89cb74dc4 (diff)
Remove ‘iota--internal’ and improve docs
-rw-r--r--iota.el27
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/iota.el b/iota.el
index 0d1c8cc..7d92a61 100644
--- a/iota.el
+++ b/iota.el
@@ -31,26 +31,27 @@
;;; Code:
(defcustom iota-regexp "\\<N\\>"
- "Regular expression to match substrings that should be replaced with the
-accumulator."
+ "Regular expression to match substrings that should be replaced."
:type '(regexp))
(defun iota (start end &optional initial)
- "Replace all substrings in the region of START and END that match the regular
-expression defined by ‘iota-regexp’ with incrementing integers beginning with
-INITIAL or 1 if INITIAL is nil. When called interactively, the universal
-argument can be used to specify INITIAL."
+ "Replace substrings in the region with incrementing integers.
+
+This function replaces all substrings in the region of START and END that match
+the regular expression defined by ‘iota-regexp’ with incrementing integers
+beginning with INITIAL or 1 if INITIAL is nil. When called interactively, the
+universal argument can be used to specify INITIAL."
(interactive "*r\np")
- (iota--internal start end initial #'1+))
+ (iota-complex start end initial #'1+))
(defun iota-complex (start end &optional initial function)
- "Replace all substrings in the region of START and END that match the regular
-expression defined by ‘iota-regexp’ with the result of calling FUNCTION with the
-argument N which starts at INITIAL and increments by 1 every replacement."
- (interactive "*r\nnInitial value: \nxFunction: ")
- (iota--internal start end initial function))
+ "Replace substrings in the region with the result of FUNCTION on a count.
-(defun iota--internal (start end initial function)
+This function replaces all substrings in the region of START and END that match
+the regular expression defined by ‘iota-regexp’ with the result of calling
+FUNCTION with the argument N which starts at INITIAL and increments by 1 every
+replacement."
+ (interactive "*r\nnInitial value: \nxFunction: ")
(let ((m1 (make-marker))
(m2 (make-marker))
(initial (or initial 1)))