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revision 1.19 by rms, Wed Apr 3 15:21:07 2002 UTC revision 1.19.2.1 by miles, Fri Apr 4 06:20:48 2003 UTC
# Line 184  argument, then Emacs visibly fills in th Line 184  argument, then Emacs visibly fills in th
184  can be determined from the part you have typed.  can be determined from the part you have typed.
185    
186    When completion is available, certain keys---@key{TAB}, @key{RET}, and    When completion is available, certain keys---@key{TAB}, @key{RET}, and
187  @key{SPC}---are rebound to complete the text present in the minibuffer  @key{SPC}---are rebound to complete the text in the minibuffer before point
188  into a longer string that it stands for, by matching it against a set of  into a longer string that it stands for, by matching it against a set of
189  @dfn{completion alternatives} provided by the command reading the  @dfn{completion alternatives} provided by the command reading the
190  argument.  @kbd{?} is defined to display a list of possible completions  argument.  @kbd{?} is defined to display a list of possible completions
# Line 192  of what you have inserted. Line 192  of what you have inserted.
192    
193    For example, when @kbd{M-x} uses the minibuffer to read the name of a    For example, when @kbd{M-x} uses the minibuffer to read the name of a
194  command, it provides a list of all available Emacs command names to  command, it provides a list of all available Emacs command names to
195  complete against.  The completion keys match the text in the minibuffer  complete against.  The completion keys match the minibuffer text
196  against all the command names, find any additional name characters  against all the command names, find any additional name characters
197  implied by the ones already present in the minibuffer, and add those  implied by the ones already present in the minibuffer, and add those
198  characters to the ones you have given.  This is what makes it possible  characters to the ones you have given.  This is what makes it possible
# Line 245  when completion is available. Line 245  when completion is available.
245    
246  @table @kbd  @table @kbd
247  @item @key{TAB}  @item @key{TAB}
248  Complete the text in the minibuffer as much as possible  Complete the text before point in the minibuffer as much as possible
249  (@code{minibuffer-complete}).  (@code{minibuffer-complete}).
250  @item @key{SPC}  @item @key{SPC}
251  Complete the minibuffer text, but don't go beyond one word  Complete the minibuffer text before point, but don't go beyond one word
252  (@code{minibuffer-complete-word}).  (@code{minibuffer-complete-word}).
253  @item @key{RET}  @item @key{RET}
254  Submit the text in the minibuffer as the argument, possibly completing  Submit the text in the minibuffer as the argument, possibly completing
# Line 558  of saved entire commands.  After finding Line 558  of saved entire commands.  After finding
558  you can edit its expression as usual and then resubmit it by typing  you can edit its expression as usual and then resubmit it by typing
559  @key{RET} as usual.  @key{RET} as usual.
560    
561    @vindex isearch-resume-enabled
562      Incremental search does not, strictly speaking, use the minibuffer,
563    but it does something similar, so normally it is treated as a complex
564    command and it appears in the history list for @kbd{C-x @key{ESC}
565    @key{ESC}}.  You can disable that by setting
566    @code{isearch-resume-enabled} to @code{nil}.
567    
568  @vindex command-history  @vindex command-history
569    The list of previous minibuffer-using commands is stored as a Lisp    The list of previous minibuffer-using commands is stored as a Lisp
570  list in the variable @code{command-history}.  Each element is a Lisp  list in the variable @code{command-history}.  Each element is a Lisp

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