From bba8c532fa025a3efffdcccd40bfe66a4e9effd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:10:09 +0200 Subject: Update documentation of 'completion-table-dynamic' * doc/lispref/minibuf.texi (Programmed Completion): Document the new optional argument to 'completion-table-dynamic'. --- doc/lispref/minibuf.texi | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi b/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi index ead4fe982dc..e24d2cd643a 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi @@ -1818,13 +1818,19 @@ emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. Its argument list and return value are the same as for @code{display-sort-function}. @end table -@defun completion-table-dynamic function +@defun completion-table-dynamic function &optional switch-buffer This function is a convenient way to write a function that can act as a programmed completion function. The argument @var{function} should be a function that takes one argument, a string, and returns an alist of -possible completions of it. You can think of +possible completions of it. It is allowed to ignore the argument and +return a full list of all possible completions. You can think of @code{completion-table-dynamic} as a transducer between that interface and the interface for programmed completion functions. + +If the optional argument @var{switch-buffer} is non-@code{nil}, and +completion is performed in the minibuffer, @var{function} will be +called with current buffer set to the buffer from which the minibuffer +was entered. @end defun @defun completion-table-with-cache function &optional ignore-case -- cgit v1.2.1