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diff lispref/minibuf.texi @ 38158:a137fb27df08
Deprecate use of the INITIAL argument for completing-read.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Sat, 23 Jun 2001 16:06:49 +0000 |
| parents | d2e5f1b7d8e2 |
| children | 4c01e54e2ffd |
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--- a/lispref/minibuf.texi Sat Jun 23 07:51:03 2001 +0000 +++ b/lispref/minibuf.texi Sat Jun 23 16:06:49 2001 +0000 @@ -697,6 +697,11 @@ edit the input, providing several commands to attempt completion. In most cases, we recommend using @var{default}, and not @var{initial}. +@strong{We discourage use of a non-@code{nil} value for +@var{initial}}, because it is an intrusive interface. The history +list (which did not exist when we introduced @var{initial}) is a far +more convenient way for the user to get the default and edit it. + If the argument @var{inherit-input-method} is non-@code{nil}, then the minibuffer inherits the current input method (@pxref{Input Methods}) and the setting of @code{enable-multibyte-characters}