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author | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2001-06-23 16:06:49 +0000 |
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committer | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2001-06-23 16:06:49 +0000 |
commit | 70c750c0e8e54947399245af6c8b49f908c8939c (patch) | |
tree | 7ddac5803da8f35aae301f5b87b606fd1d7e97b9 /lispref | |
parent | f5f3efaaae58d86b526801b8313774c4d3826f6d (diff) |
Deprecate use of the INITIAL argument for completing-read.
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref')
-rw-r--r-- | lispref/minibuf.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/minibuf.texi b/lispref/minibuf.texi index 5d8dc146bb..0f15e02acd 100644 --- a/lispref/minibuf.texi +++ b/lispref/minibuf.texi @@ -697,6 +697,11 @@ into the minibuffer as part of the input. Then it allows the user to edit the input, providing several commands to attempt completion. In most cases, we recommend using @var{default}, and not @var{initial}. +@strong{We discourage use of a non-@code{nil} value for +@var{initial}}, because it is an intrusive interface. The history +list (which did not exist when we introduced @var{initial}) is a far +more convenient way for the user to get the default and edit it. + If the argument @var{inherit-input-method} is non-@code{nil}, then the minibuffer inherits the current input method (@pxref{Input Methods}) and the setting of @code{enable-multibyte-characters} |