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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2006-12-17 20:13:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2006-12-17 20:13:13 +0000 |
| commit | 40a658890ed69cddca80e58107bccde276aeace0 (patch) | |
| tree | 0d42dbc78855e84234be2c9a2a39d7d0b11c5a56 | |
| parent | aaf469fc3d293981e8ed3d50f558cb31b1614c97 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-40a658890ed69cddca80e58107bccde276aeace0.tar.gz | |
(File Name Completion): Document PREDICATE arg to file-name-completion.
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/files.texi | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/files.texi b/lispref/files.texi index 03e5db318f4..36e44dbece6 100644 --- a/lispref/files.texi +++ b/lispref/files.texi @@ -2232,10 +2232,13 @@ default directory, and has five files whose names begin with @samp{f}: @end example @end defun -@defun file-name-completion filename directory +@defun file-name-completion filename directory &optional predicate This function completes the file name @var{filename} in directory @var{directory}. It returns the longest prefix common to all file names -in directory @var{directory} that start with @var{filename}. +in directory @var{directory} that start with @var{filename}. If +@var{predicate} is non-@code{nil} then it ignores possible completions +that don't satisfy @var{predicate}, after calling that function +with one argument, the expanded absolute file name. If only one match exists and @var{filename} matches it exactly, the function returns @code{t}. The function returns @code{nil} if directory |