From 30cb17f0c205a6e8ee60b9d847f6c1a52bc74ee4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:44:20 +0000 Subject: (Completion Commands): Clean up prev change. --- lispref/minibuf.texi | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'lispref/minibuf.texi') diff --git a/lispref/minibuf.texi b/lispref/minibuf.texi index 6810cd97ffa..ced4524c4c0 100644 --- a/lispref/minibuf.texi +++ b/lispref/minibuf.texi @@ -960,12 +960,12 @@ which is printed as if the strings were concatenated. The first of the two strings is the actual completion, the second string serves as annotation. -@var{common-substring} represents a string common prefix between all -completions. @var{common-substring} is used to put faces on -@samp{*Completions*} to enhance visual feedback of the buffer; -@code{display-completion-list} use faces to highlight what all completions -have in common and where they begin to differ. @var{common-substring} -specifies the common part. +The argument @var{common-substring} is the prefix that is common to +all the completions. With normal Emacs completion, it is usually the +same as the string that was completed. @code{display-completion-list} +uses this to highlight text in the completion list for better visual +feedback. This is not needed in the minibuffer; for minibuffer +completion, you can pass @code{nil}. This function is called by @code{minibuffer-completion-help}. The most common way to use it is together with -- cgit v1.2.1