changeset 43040:6502ac0cd978

(Fcompleting_read): Doc fix.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Fri, 01 Feb 2002 04:32:56 +0000
parents 531bd3a9e67a
children 983767b5ccc0
files src/minibuf.c
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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,