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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2004-11-16 17:27:48 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2004-11-16 17:27:48 +0000
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downloademacs-5d645852385218a0252ec29aabf3de28364d3ec5.tar.gz
(Minibuffer Completion): When ignoring case,
predicate must not be case-sensitive.
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@@ -841,9 +841,11 @@ Methods}) and the setting of @code{enable-multibyte-characters}
(@pxref{Text Representations}) from whichever buffer was current before
entering the minibuffer.
-Completion ignores case when comparing the input against the possible
-matches, if the built-in variable @code{completion-ignore-case} is
-non-@code{nil}. @xref{Basic Completion}.
+If the built-in variable @code{completion-ignore-case} is
+non-@code{nil}, completion ignores case when comparing the input
+against the possible matches. @xref{Basic Completion}. In this mode
+of operation, @var{predicate} must also ignore case, or you will get
+surprising results.
Here's an example of using @code{completing-read}: