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Clarify completion text in the ELisp manual

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* doc/lispref/minibuf.texi (Programmed Completion): Clarify
text.  Suggested by Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>.
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Eli Zaretskii 2018-09-10 16:20:42 +03:00
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@ -1770,12 +1770,9 @@ flag may be one of the following values.
@table @code @table @code
@item nil @item nil
This specifies a @code{try-completion} operation. The function should This specifies a @code{try-completion} operation. The function should
return @code{t} if the specified string is a unique and exact match; return @code{nil} if there are no matches; it should return @code{t}
if there is more than one match, it should return the common substring if the specified string is a unique and exact match; and it should
of all matches (if the string is an exact match for one completion return the longest common prefix substring of all matches otherwise.
alternative but also matches other longer alternatives, the return
value is the string); if there are no matches, it should return
@code{nil}.
@item t @item t
This specifies an @code{all-completions} operation. The function This specifies an @code{all-completions} operation. The function