# HG changeset patch # User Juri Linkov # Date 1209690201 0 # Node ID 61f7b39f5e960c1da8289de77708df191ffc56c6 # Parent 1a15fe275e93d022ab9bb6f4b62ffa28d2aa2551 (Text from Minibuffer): Document a list of default values for `read-from-minibuffer'. diff -r 1a15fe275e93 -r 61f7b39f5e96 doc/lispref/minibuf.texi --- a/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi Fri May 02 01:02:46 2008 +0000 +++ b/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi Fri May 02 01:03:21 2008 +0000 @@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ strings, or @code{nil}. The string or strings become the minibuffer's ``future history,'' available to the user with @kbd{M-n}. -If @var{read} is non-@code{nil}, then @var{default} is also used as -the input to @code{read}, if the user enters empty input. (If -@var{read} is non-@code{nil} and @var{default} is @code{nil}, empty -input results in an @code{end-of-file} error.) However, in the usual -case (where @var{read} is @code{nil}), @code{read-from-minibuffer} -ignores @var{default} when the user enters empty input and returns an -empty string, @code{""}. In this respect, it differs from all the -other minibuffer input functions in this chapter. +If @var{read} is non-@code{nil}, then @var{default} is also used +as the input to @code{read}, if the user enters empty input. +If @var{default} is a list of strings, the first string is used as the input. +If @var{default} is @code{nil}, empty input results in an @code{end-of-file} error. +However, in the usual case (where @var{read} is @code{nil}), +@code{read-from-minibuffer} ignores @var{default} when the user enters +empty input and returns an empty string, @code{""}. In this respect, +it differs from all the other minibuffer input functions in this chapter. If @var{keymap} is non-@code{nil}, that keymap is the local keymap to use in the minibuffer. If @var{keymap} is omitted or @code{nil}, the