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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 2007-03-04 18:19:45 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 2007-03-04 18:19:45 +0000 |
| commit | f5fabecf2633c23f0e8cf44dbc4a61fd820d1d02 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ae779fcc45bab04444ab5c5c8fe5da4d6ffa0d3 | |
| parent | f7ade6b548c1f7703c98e6df388a746fa97c7d54 (diff) | |
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(Basic Completion): Minor clarification.
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/minibuf.texi | 11 |
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diff --git a/lispref/minibuf.texi b/lispref/minibuf.texi index de81e94e54e..1abbb148b85 100644 --- a/lispref/minibuf.texi +++ b/lispref/minibuf.texi | |||
| @@ -629,12 +629,11 @@ match. | |||
| 629 | If @var{collection} is an alist (@pxref{Association Lists}), the | 629 | If @var{collection} is an alist (@pxref{Association Lists}), the |
| 630 | permissible completions are the elements of the alist that are either | 630 | permissible completions are the elements of the alist that are either |
| 631 | strings, symbols, or conses whose @sc{car} is a string or symbol. | 631 | strings, symbols, or conses whose @sc{car} is a string or symbol. |
| 632 | Symbols are converted to strings using @code{symbol-name}. | 632 | Symbols are converted to strings using @code{symbol-name}. Other |
| 633 | Other elements of the alist are ignored. (Remember that in Emacs Lisp, | 633 | elements of the alist are ignored. (Remember that in Emacs Lisp, the |
| 634 | the elements of alists do not @emph{have} to be conses.) As all | 634 | elements of alists do not @emph{have} to be conses.) In particular, a |
| 635 | elements of the alist can be strings, this case actually includes | 635 | list of strings or symbols is allowed, even though we usually do not |
| 636 | lists of strings or symbols, even though we usually do not think of | 636 | think of such lists as alists. |
| 637 | such lists as alists. | ||
| 638 | 637 | ||
| 639 | @cindex obarray in completion | 638 | @cindex obarray in completion |
| 640 | If @var{collection} is an obarray (@pxref{Creating Symbols}), the names | 639 | If @var{collection} is an obarray (@pxref{Creating Symbols}), the names |