From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 10:15:30 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Make the icomplete-in-buffer doc string document more
X-Git-Tag: emacs-29.0.90~1910^2~939
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e13744780fea9c11a4fed3de08bd0384ce2de8e8;p=emacs.git

Make the icomplete-in-buffer doc string document more

* lisp/icomplete.el (icomplete-in-buffer): Note what this variable
does and doesn't do (bug#45768).
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diff --git a/lisp/icomplete.el b/lisp/icomplete.el
index ee1a131a6ee..a0f105a628d 100644
--- a/lisp/icomplete.el
+++ b/lisp/icomplete.el
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ See `icomplete-delay-completions-threshold'."
   :type 'integer)
 
 (defvar icomplete-in-buffer nil
-  "If non-nil, also use Icomplete when completing in non-mini buffers.")
+  "If non-nil, also use Icomplete when completing in non-mini buffers.
+This affects commands like `complete-in-region', but not commands
+like `dabbrev-completion', which uses its own completion setup.")
 
 (defcustom icomplete-minibuffer-setup-hook nil
   "Icomplete-specific customization of minibuffer setup.