# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1012537976 0 # Node ID 6502ac0cd9789e8cf627529eace45d315e5a2c81 # Parent 531bd3a9e67a768d0defd4a9e3685413b5dab906 (Fcompleting_read): Doc fix. diff -r 531bd3a9e67a -r 6502ac0cd978 src/minibuf.c --- a/src/minibuf.c Fri Feb 01 04:32:24 2002 +0000 +++ b/src/minibuf.c Fri Feb 01 04:32:56 2002 +0000 @@ -1447,14 +1447,17 @@ 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,