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Re: 23.0.60; doc string of minibuffer-completing-file-name
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: 23.0.60; doc string of minibuffer-completing-file-name |
Date: |
Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:00:53 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
> Are you sure? I see this fragment in minibuf.c:
> /* If this minibuffer is reading a file name, that doesn't mean
> recursive ones are. But we cannot set it to nil, because
> completion code still need to know the minibuffer is completing a
> file name. So use `lambda' as intermediate value meaning
> "t" in this minibuffer, but "nil" in next minibuffer. */
> if (!NILP (Vminibuffer_completing_file_name))
> Vminibuffer_completing_file_name = Qlambda;
> So it sounds like `lambda' is used in recursive minibuffers. Am I
> missing something?
Yes, the value `lambda' is used, and quite visibly. But "external code"
only need to know that it's non-nil.
Stefan