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Improve documentation of 'read-command'

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* src/minibuf.c (Fread_command): Document the return value
when DEFAULT-VALUE is nil and the user enters nothing.
* doc/lispref/minibuf.texi (High-Level Completion): Document
the printed representation of a symbol whose name is empty.
(Bug#3522)
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Eli Zaretskii 2019-04-11 17:00:44 +03:00
parent dc81c051ec
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doc/lispref/minibuf.texi
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@ -1327,7 +1327,8 @@ is a string, @code{read-command} interns it before returning it.
If it is a list, @code{read-command} interns the first element of this list.
If @var{default} is @code{nil}, that means no default has been
specified; then if the user enters null input, the return value is
@code{(intern "")}, that is, a symbol whose name is an empty string.
@code{(intern "")}, that is, a symbol whose name is an empty string,
and whose printed representation is @code{##} (@pxref{Symbol Type}).
@example
(read-command "Command name? ")

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@ -1054,7 +1054,8 @@ the current input method and the setting of`enable-multibyte-characters'. */)
DEFUN ("read-command", Fread_command, Sread_command, 1, 2, 0,
doc: /* Read the name of a command and return as a symbol.
Prompt with PROMPT. By default, return DEFAULT-VALUE or its first element
if it is a list. */)
if it is a list. If DEFAULT-VALUE is omitted or nil, and the user enters
null input, return a symbol whose name is an empty string. */)
(Lisp_Object prompt, Lisp_Object default_value)
{
Lisp_Object name, default_string;