From 7efcdf7b3e70f0334caa328cbb5b05a4e30099bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 16:20:42 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify completion text in the ELisp manual
* doc/lispref/minibuf.texi (Programmed Completion): Clarify
text. Suggested by Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>.
---
doc/lispref/minibuf.texi | 9 +++------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi b/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi
index 1d1c93dd144..8fac1c3e762 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/minibuf.texi
@@ -1770,12 +1770,9 @@ flag may be one of the following values.
@table @code
@item nil
This specifies a @code{try-completion} operation. The function should
-return @code{t} if the specified string is a unique and exact match;
-if there is more than one match, it should return the common substring
-of all matches (if the string is an exact match for one completion
-alternative but also matches other longer alternatives, the return
-value is the string); if there are no matches, it should return
-@code{nil}.
+return @code{nil} if there are no matches; it should return @code{t}
+if the specified string is a unique and exact match; and it should
+return the longest common prefix substring of all matches otherwise.
@item t
This specifies an @code{all-completions} operation. The function
--
2.39.5