[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/minibuf.texi,v

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       07/03/04 18:19:45

Index: minibuf.texi
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lispref/minibuf.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.90
retrieving revision 1.91
diff -u -b -r1.90 -r1.91
--- minibuf.texi        21 Jan 2007 04:45:35 -0000      1.90
+++ minibuf.texi        4 Mar 2007 18:19:45 -0000       1.91
@@ -629,12 +629,11 @@
 If @var{collection} is an alist (@pxref{Association Lists}), the
 permissible completions are the elements of the alist that are either
 strings, symbols, or conses whose @sc{car} is a string or symbol.
-Symbols are converted to strings using @code{symbol-name}.
-Other elements of the alist are ignored. (Remember that in Emacs Lisp,
-the elements of alists do not @emph{have} to be conses.)  As all
-elements of the alist can be strings, this case actually includes
-lists of strings or symbols, even though we usually do not think of
-such lists as alists.
+Symbols are converted to strings using @code{symbol-name}.  Other
+elements of the alist are ignored. (Remember that in Emacs Lisp, the
+elements of alists do not @emph{have} to be conses.)  In particular, a
+list of strings or symbols is allowed, even though we usually do not
+think of such lists as alists.
 
 @cindex obarray in completion
 If @var{collection} is an obarray (@pxref{Creating Symbols}), the names