:group 'mailalias)
(defcustom mail-directory-function nil
- "*Function to get completions from directory service or `nil' for none.
+ "*Function to get completions from directory service or nil for none.
See `mail-directory-requery'."
:type '(choice function (const nil))
:group 'mailalias)
;; This is for when the directory is huge, or changes frequently.
(defcustom mail-directory-requery nil
- "*When non-`nil' call `mail-directory-function' for each completion.
+ "*When non-nil call `mail-directory-function' for each completion.
In that case, one argument gets passed to the function, the partial string
entered so far."
:type 'boolean
(defun mail-directory (pattern)
- "Call directory to get names matching PATTERN or all if `nil'.
+ "Call directory to get names matching PATTERN or all if nil.
Calls `mail-directory-function' and applies `mail-directory-parser' to output."
(save-excursion
(message "Querying directory...")