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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-02-23 00:32:18 -0800
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-02-23 00:32:18 -0800
commit49fe4321fbdf9bcb57b0b228c7d90e550128824c (patch)
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parent8e911f6f933455fd1d6709dd60965fb9191e81d6 (diff)
downloademacs-49fe4321fbdf9bcb57b0b228c7d90e550128824c.tar.gz
Checked mini.texi
* doc/emacs/mini.texi (Minibuffer File, Completion Options, Repetition): Copyedits. (Completion Example): Other M-x au* commands may be defined. (Completion Styles): Mention emacs21 and completion-category-overrides. * lisp/minibuffer.el (completion-category-overrides): Doc fix. * admin/FOR-RELEASE: Related markup.
-rw-r--r--admin/FOR-RELEASE2
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/mini.texi32
-rw-r--r--lisp/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--lisp/minibuffer.el4
5 files changed, 36 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/admin/FOR-RELEASE b/admin/FOR-RELEASE
index 72e63dd8255..12b99e49688 100644
--- a/admin/FOR-RELEASE
+++ b/admin/FOR-RELEASE
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ kmacro.texi cyd
macos.texi rgm (can't actually test any of it though)
maintaining.texi cyd
mark.texi cyd
-mini.texi
+mini.texi rgm
misc.texi cyd
modes.texi cyd
msdog.texi rgm (can't actually test any of it though)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index c85ea5e1ea1..2f3a4ee1680 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2012-02-23 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+ * mini.texi (Minibuffer File, Completion Options, Repetition):
+ Copyedits.
+ (Completion Example): Other M-x au* commands may be defined.
+ (Completion Styles): Mention emacs21 and completion-category-overrides.
+
* msdog.texi (Text and Binary, ls in Lisp, Windows HOME)
(Windows Keyboard, Windows Mouse, Windows Processes)
(Windows Printing, Windows Misc): Copyedits.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/mini.texi b/doc/emacs/mini.texi
index ca8e8f705b4..e20d5a347cd 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/mini.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/mini.texi
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ some initial text ending in a slash. This is the @dfn{default
directory}. For example, it may start out like this:
@example
-Find File: /u2/emacs/src/
+Find file: /u2/emacs/src/
@end example
@noindent
-Here, @samp{Find File:@: } is the prompt and @samp{/u2/emacs/src/} is
+Here, @samp{Find file:@: } is the prompt and @samp{/u2/emacs/src/} is
the default directory. If you now type @kbd{buffer.c} as input, that
specifies the file @file{/u2/emacs/src/buffer.c}. @xref{File Names},
for information about the default directory.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ name starting with a slash or a tilde after the default directory.
For example, you can specify @file{/etc/termcap} as follows:
@example
-Find File: /u2/emacs/src//etc/termcap
+Find file: /u2/emacs/src//etc/termcap
@end example
@noindent
@@ -247,7 +247,10 @@ completion.
completion alternatives (in this case, command names) that start with
@samp{au}. There are several, including @code{auto-fill-mode} and
@code{autoconf-mode}, but they all begin with @code{auto}, so the
-@samp{au} in the minibuffer completes to @samp{auto}.
+@samp{au} in the minibuffer completes to @samp{auto}. (More commands
+may be defined in your Emacs session. For example, if a command
+called @code{authorize-me} was defined, Emacs could only complete
+as far as @samp{aut}.)
If you type @key{TAB} again immediately, it cannot determine the
next character; it could be @samp{-}, @samp{a}, or @samp{c}. So it
@@ -385,7 +388,7 @@ it just submits the argument as you have entered it.
@item
@dfn{Permissive completion with confirmation} is like permissive
completion, with an exception: if you typed @key{TAB} and this
-completed the text up to some intermediate state (i.e. one that is not
+completed the text up to some intermediate state (i.e., one that is not
yet an exact completion match), typing @key{RET} right afterward does
not submit the argument. Instead, Emacs asks for confirmation by
momentarily displaying @samp{[Confirm]} after the text; type @key{RET}
@@ -450,8 +453,7 @@ position in the completion alternative.
@item emacs22
This completion style is similar to @code{basic}, except that it
ignores the text in the minibuffer after point. It is so-named
-because it corresponds to the completion behavior in Emacs 22 and
-earlier.
+because it corresponds to the completion behavior in Emacs 22.
@end table
@noindent
@@ -476,6 +478,18 @@ and initialisms. For example, when completing command names, it
matches @samp{lch} to @samp{list-command-history}.
@end table
+@noindent
+There is also a very simple completion style called @code{emacs21}.
+In this style, if the text in the minibuffer is @samp{foobar},
+only matches starting with @samp{foobar} are considered.
+
+@vindex completion-category-overrides
+You can use different completion styles in different situations,
+by setting the variable @code{completion-category-overrides}.
+For example, the default setting says to use only @code{basic}
+and @code{substring} completion for buffer names.
+
+
@node Completion Options
@subsection Completion Options
@@ -521,7 +535,7 @@ commands never display the completion list buffer; you must type
@kbd{?} to display the list. If the value is @code{lazy}, Emacs only
shows the completion list buffer on the second attempt to complete.
In other words, if there is nothing to complete, the first @key{TAB}
-echoes @samp{Next char not unique}; the second @key{TAB} does the
+echoes @samp{Next char not unique}; the second @key{TAB} shows the
completion list buffer.
@vindex completion-cycle-threshold
@@ -688,7 +702,7 @@ value. @xref{Incremental Search}.
@vindex command-history
The list of previous minibuffer-using commands is stored as a Lisp
list in the variable @code{command-history}. Each element is a Lisp
-expression which describes one command and its arguments. Lisp programs
+expression that describes one command and its arguments. Lisp programs
can re-execute a command by calling @code{eval} with the
@code{command-history} element.
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 4f8fd60deaa..7e7588d69e8 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
* emacs-lisp/lisp.el (beginning-of-defun-raw): Don't call end-of-defun
when it might call us back infinitely (bug#10797).
+2012-02-23 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+ * minibuffer.el (completion-category-overrides): Doc fix.
+
2012-02-23 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
* minibuffer.el (completion-table-with-context): Fix inf-loop.
diff --git a/lisp/minibuffer.el b/lisp/minibuffer.el
index 2414baf8e3c..9ee29a7e20c 100644
--- a/lisp/minibuffer.el
+++ b/lisp/minibuffer.el
@@ -510,7 +510,9 @@ styles for specific categories, such as files, buffers, etc."
Each override has the shape (CATEGORY . ALIST) where ALIST is
an association list that can specify properties such as:
- `styles': the list of `completion-styles' to use for that category.
-- `cycle': the `completion-cycle-threshold' to use for that category."
+- `cycle': the `completion-cycle-threshold' to use for that category.
+Categories are symbols such as `buffer' and `file', used when
+completing buffer and file names, respectively."
:version "24.1"
:type `(alist :key-type (choice :tag "Category"
(const buffer)