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emacs-28 0e336fa51f: ; Improve documentation of minibuffer history wrt c


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: emacs-28 0e336fa51f: ; Improve documentation of minibuffer history wrt completion
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 01:53:06 -0400 (EDT)

branch: emacs-28
commit 0e336fa51fc2e9c99b91be61ef6d1a644df3e331
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>

    ; Improve documentation of minibuffer history wrt completion
    
    * doc/emacs/mini.texi (Minibuffer History): Mention explicitly
    that minibuffer history is related also to completion candidates.
    Improve indexing.  (Bug#57163)
---
 doc/emacs/mini.texi | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/mini.texi b/doc/emacs/mini.texi
index 979be34fac..4769b522a6 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/mini.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/mini.texi
@@ -648,11 +648,14 @@ and if @code{one-column}, just use a single column.
 @section Minibuffer History
 @cindex minibuffer history
 @cindex history of minibuffer input
-
-  Every argument that you enter with the minibuffer is saved in a
-@dfn{minibuffer history list} so you can easily use it again later.
-You can use the following arguments to quickly fetch an earlier
-argument into the minibuffer:
+@cindex completion, walking through candidates
+
+  Everything you type in the minibuffer is saved in a @dfn{minibuffer
+history list} so you can easily use it again later.  This includes
+completion candidates (such as file names, buffer names, command
+names, etc.@:) and any other kind of minibuffer input.  You can use
+the following commands to quickly fetch an earlier or alternative
+response into the minibuffer:
 
 @table @kbd
 @item M-p



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