From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 08:28:03 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Minibuffer History) : Reword variable's description. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.90~2102 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e7818a4a1fffbb56db506881771f37d6c92cb59e;p=emacs.git (Minibuffer History) : Reword variable's description. --- diff --git a/lispref/minibuf.texi b/lispref/minibuf.texi index 0409796a882..20a049f037b 100644 --- a/lispref/minibuf.texi +++ b/lispref/minibuf.texi @@ -461,9 +461,11 @@ duplicates, and to add @var{newelt} to the list even if it is empty. @end defun @defvar history-add-new-input -The value of this variable @code{nil} means that standard functions -that read from the minibuffer don't add new elements to the history -list, so it is possible to do this explicitly by using @code{add-to-history}. +If the value of this variable is @code{nil}, standard functions that +read from the minibuffer don't add new elements to the history list. +This lets Lisp programs explicitly manage input history by using +@code{add-to-history}. By default, @code{history-add-new-input} is +set to a non-@code{nil} value. @end defvar @defvar history-length