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Re: doc for try-completion etc. conflicts with doc for completing-read


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: doc for try-completion etc. conflicts with doc for completing-read
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:02:17 +0200

> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:59:33 -0800
> 
> emacs -Q
> C-h f completing-read-multiple
> 
> The doc for `completing-read-multiple' refers you to the doc of
> `completing-read' for explanation of arg TABLE. Click the
> `completing-read' link.
> 
> The doc for `completing-read' refers you to the doc for
> `try-completion' etc. for explanation of arg TABLE. Click the
> `try-completion' link.
> 
> The doc for `try-completion' does not mention TABLE; it mentions
> ALIST.  In sum, we send users to the doc of `try-completion' etc. for
> info about TABLE, but they cannot find its explanation there.
> 
> Please change the doc of `try-completion' etc. to use TABLE, not
> ALIST, for consistency.

Thanks.

I didn't want to rename the argument so close to the release, so I
added a few more words to the doc string of completing-read, and
mentioned the fact that TABLE is called ALIST in try-completion and
all-completions.




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