[AUCTeX-diffs] [elpa] externals/auctex 7518a8a 31/36: Mention that arguments to *-operator must be in braces

[Tassilo Horn]

branch: externals/auctex
commit 7518a8a3ae1a85bebd5aa7a9f16e9c36317c150e
Author: Arash Esbati <address@hidden>
Commit: Arash Esbati <address@hidden>

    Mention that arguments to *-operator must be in braces
    
    * doc/auctex.texi (Tabular-like): Mention that the new code for
    counting columns in *{num}{cols} expects num and cols to be
    enclosed in braces.
---
 doc/auctex.texi |    7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/auctex.texi b/doc/auctex.texi
index 9420dfb..0bf2cab 100644
--- a/doc/auctex.texi
+++ b/doc/auctex.texi
@@ -1101,7 +1101,12 @@ inserts the suitable number of ampersands.
 
 You can use @kbd{C-c @key{LFD}} (@code{LaTeX-insert-item}) to terminate
 rows in these environments.  It supplies line break macro @samp{\} and
-inserts the suitable number of ampersands on the next line.
+inserts the suitable number of ampersands on the next line.  @AUCTeX{}
+also supports the @address@hidden@address@hidden@}} notation (which may contain
+another @samp{*}-expression) in the format string when calculating the
+number of ampersands.  Please note that @samp{num} and @samp{cols} must
+be enclosed in braces; expressions like @samp{*2l} are not recognized
+correctly by the algorithm.
 
 @deffn Command LaTeX-insert-item
 @kindex C-c @key{LFD}