From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: 44451@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44451: 27.1; doc string of `read-char-from-minibuffer'
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 10:40:01 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <06536d27-20de-407a-b79a-a633c0c459a3@default> (raw)
"Read a character from the minibuffer, prompting for PROMPT."
You are not prompted for PROMPT. You are prompted (for a char)
with PROMPT.
"When HISTORY is a symbol, then allows navigating in a history."
English: it should be "When...symbol, allow navigating..."
But it's not clear what "navigating in a history" means. The
description of `M-n' etc. isn't clear - or needed. And what if
HISTORY is non-nil but not a symbol?
In any case, I suggest you just say that HISTORY is passed to
`read-from-minibuffer', which is the case. That function's HISTORY
description is clear and complete, and it involves more than what is
described here.
In GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
of 2020-08-12 built on CIRROCUMULUS
Repository revision: 86d8d76aa36037184db0b2897c434cdaab1a9ae8
Repository branch: HEAD
Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.18362
System Description: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (v10.0.1903.18362.1082)
next reply other threads:[~2020-11-04 18:40 UTC|newest]
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2020-11-04 18:40 Drew Adams [this message]
2020-11-05 6:33 ` bug#44451: 27.1; doc string of `read-char-from-minibuffer' Richard Stallman
2020-11-07 9:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
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