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Improve Completion Example section in the Emacs manual

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This can be a useful substitute for full-on fuzzy completion, as
provided by other completion styles and completion packages.
* doc/emacs/mini.texi (Completion Example): Give an example of
completion with point not at end of minibuffer.  Also, use
@kbd{@key{TAB}} when telling the user to hit TAB.  (Bug#62836)
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Spencer Baugh 2023-04-18 18:03:36 -04:00 committed by Eli Zaretskii
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@ -313,19 +313,27 @@ may be defined in your Emacs session. For example, if a command
called @code{authorize-me} was defined, Emacs could only complete
as far as @samp{aut}.)
If you type @key{TAB} again immediately, it cannot determine the
next character; it could be @samp{-}, @samp{a}, or @samp{c}. So it
does not add any characters; instead, @key{TAB} displays a list of all
possible completions in another window.
If you type @kbd{@key{TAB}} again immediately, it cannot determine
the next character; it could be @samp{-}, @samp{a}, or @samp{c}. So
it does not add any characters; instead, @key{TAB} displays a list of
all possible completions in another window.
Next, type @kbd{-f}. The minibuffer now contains @samp{auto-f}, and
the only command name that starts with this is @code{auto-fill-mode}.
If you now type @key{TAB}, completion fills in the rest of the
If you now type @kbd{@key{TAB}}, completion fills in the rest of the
argument @samp{auto-fill-mode} into the minibuffer.
Hence, typing just @kbd{a u @key{TAB} - f @key{TAB}} allows you to
enter @samp{auto-fill-mode}.
@key{TAB} also works while point is not at the end of the
minibuffer. In that case, it will fill in text both at point and at
the end of the minibuffer. If you type @kbd{M-x autocm}, then press
@kbd{C-b} to move point before the @samp{m}, you can type
@kbd{@key{TAB}} to insert the text @samp{onf-} at point and @samp{ode}
at the end of the minibuffer, so that the minibuffer contains
@samp{autoconf-mode}.
@node Completion Commands
@subsection Completion Commands