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23.0.60; doc for read-from-minibuffer

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 23.0.60; doc for read-from-minibuffer
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 13:51:07 -0700

Arg DEFAULT can now be a list. This is not reflected in the doc string.
 
And the Elisp manual doc is not clear about what happens with non-nil
READ and list-valued DEFAULT:
 
 If READ is non-`nil', then DEFAULT is also used as the input to
     `read', if the user enters empty input.
 
Does this mean the whole list DEFAULT is passed to `read'.
 
Allow me to mention also that letting DEFAULT be a list also breaks
code that I have, FWIW...
 

In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2008-04-19 on LENNART-69DE564
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/g/include
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Message #10 received at 177-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 177-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; doc for read-from-minibuffer
Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 22:20:36 -0400

> Arg DEFAULT can now be a list. This is not reflected in the doc
> string.

In the latest CVS version, this is documented.

> If READ is non-`nil', then DEFAULT is also used as the input to
>     `read', if the user enters empty input.

As pointed out later in that paragraph,

 If @var{default} is a list of strings, the first string is used as the
 input.

Message #11 received at 177-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Chong Yidong'" <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: <177-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: 23.0.60; doc for read-from-minibuffer
Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 23:44:40 -0700

> > Arg DEFAULT can now be a list. This is not reflected in the doc
> > string.
> 
> In the latest CVS version, this is documented.

Not in the CVS version of the day I submitted the bug, May 1. The doc string (in
minibuf.c) says nothing about it.

> > If READ is non-`nil', then DEFAULT is also used as the input to
> >     `read', if the user enters empty input.
> 
> As pointed out later in that paragraph,
> 
>  If @var{default} is a list of strings, the first string is 
> used as the input.

That was added in response to my bug report of 5/1. Here is the changelog entry
Fri May 2 01:03:21 2008 UTC by jurta:

(Text from Minibuffer): Document a list of default values for
`read-from-minibuffer'.

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