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authorEli Zaretskii <[email protected]>2001-07-17 10:50:35 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <[email protected]>2001-07-17 10:50:35 +0000
commit58fa012dac718ff7097828ba99aabea688c96ea8 (patch)
tree4c19295641407f32e8a24265dbb781b7a4168030 /man/mini.texi
parent12de6e2620330e1d42286a9673b9253369812432 (diff)
Proofreading fixes from Chris Green <[email protected]>.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/mini.texi')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/man/mini.texi b/man/mini.texi
index 8f90101977..eb4250bec7 100644
--- a/man/mini.texi
+++ b/man/mini.texi
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ command that the argument is for. The prompt normally ends with a colon.
@cindex default argument
Sometimes a @dfn{default argument} appears in parentheses after the
colon; it too is part of the prompt. The default will be used as the
-argument value if you enter an empty argument (for example, just type
+argument value if you enter an empty argument (that is, just type
@key{RET}). For example, commands that read buffer names always show a
default, which is the name of the buffer that will be used if you type
just @key{RET}.
@@ -146,13 +146,14 @@ minibuffer window. But you can make it taller in the normal fashion
with @kbd{C-x ^}.
@vindex resize-mini-windows
- The minibuffer window expands vertically as necessary to hold the text
-that you put in the minibuffer if @code{resize-mini-windows} is
+ The minibuffer window expands vertically as necessary to hold the
+text that you put in the minibuffer if @code{resize-mini-windows} is
non-@code{nil}. If @code{resize-mini-windows} is @code{t}, the window
is always resized to fit the size of the text it displays. If
@code{resize-mini-windows} is the symbol @code{grow-only}, the window
-is enlarged only, until it becomes empty again, at which point it
-shrinks to its normal size again.
+is enlarged when the size of displayed text grows, but never shrinked
+until it becomes empty, at which point it shrinks back to its normal
+size.
@vindex max-mini-window-height
The variable @code{max-mini-window-height} controls the maximum
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ window automatically. The default value is 0.25.
If while in the minibuffer you issue a command that displays help text
of any sort in another window, you can use the @kbd{C-M-v} command while
in the minibuffer to scroll the help text. This lasts until you exit
-the minibuffer. This feature is especially useful if a completing
+the minibuffer. This feature is especially useful if the
minibuffer gives you a list of possible completions. @xref{Other Window}.
@vindex enable-recursive-minibuffers
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ next hyphen or space. If you have @samp{auto-f} in the minibuffer and
type @key{SPC}, it finds that the completion is @samp{auto-fill-mode},
but it stops completing after @samp{fill-}. This gives
@samp{auto-fill-}. Another @key{SPC} at this point completes all the
-way to @samp{auto-fill-mode}. @key{SPC} in the minibuffer when
+way to @samp{auto-fill-mode}. Typing @key{SPC} in the minibuffer when
completion is available runs the command
@code{minibuffer-complete-word}.
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ window that displays a list of completions:
@item Mouse-2
Clicking mouse button 2 on a completion in the list of possible
completions chooses that completion (@code{mouse-choose-completion}).
-You normally use this command while point is in the minibuffer; but you
+You normally use this command while point is in the minibuffer, but you
must click in the list of completions, not in the minibuffer itself.
@findex switch-to-completions
@@ -365,10 +366,11 @@ strings, then they are not ignored. Ignored extensions do not apply to
lists of completions---those always mention all possible completions.
@vindex completion-auto-help
- Normally, a completion command that finds the next character is undetermined
-automatically displays a list of all possible completions. If the variable
-@code{completion-auto-help} is set to @code{nil}, this does not happen,
-and you must type @kbd{?} to display the possible completions.
+ Normally, a completion command that finds that the next character is
+undetermined automatically displays a list of all possible
+completions. If the variable @code{completion-auto-help} is set to
+@code{nil}, this does not happen, and you must type @kbd{?} to display
+the possible completions.
@cindex Partial Completion mode
@vindex partial-completion-mode