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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2002-02-01 04:32:56 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2002-02-01 04:32:56 +0000
commit345c105fa48978ce66abf87742bdd4e693bb31d8 (patch)
treed6ebbcaf1331e7fb241f6864696128239c4e5a4a /src/minibuf.c
parentf203cf07e4abc4b580bceb5e970a58624c491fdc (diff)
downloademacs-345c105fa48978ce66abf87742bdd4e693bb31d8.tar.gz
(Fcompleting_read): Doc fix.
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diff --git a/src/minibuf.c b/src/minibuf.c
index b00662b2000..e606d359f59 100644
--- a/src/minibuf.c
+++ b/src/minibuf.c
@@ -1447,14 +1447,17 @@ See `try-completion' and `all-completions' for more details
If REQUIRE-MATCH is non-nil, the user is not allowed to exit unless
the input is (or completes to) an element of TABLE or is null.
- If it is also not t, Return does not exit if it does non-null completion.
+ If it is also not t, typing RET does not exit if it does non-null completion.
If the input is null, `completing-read' returns an empty string,
regardless of the value of REQUIRE-MATCH.
If INITIAL-INPUT is non-nil, insert it in the minibuffer initially.
If it is (STRING . POSITION), the initial input
is STRING, but point is placed POSITION characters into the string.
- This feature is deprecated--it is best to pass nil for INITIAL.
+ This feature is deprecated--it is best to pass nil for INITIAL-INPUT
+ and supply the default value DEF instead. The user can yank the
+ default value into the minibuffer easily using \\[next-history-element].
+
HIST, if non-nil, specifies a history list
and optionally the initial position in the list.
It can be a symbol, which is the history list variable to use,