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30.0.93; completing-read-multiple is not documented in the manual

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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#76199: closed (30.0.93; completing-read-multiple is not
 documented in the manual)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:45:02 +0000

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From: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 30.0.93; completing-read-multiple is not documented in the manual
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:25:24 +0100

Since documentation came up in bug#76028, it seems that
`completing-read-multiple' is not documented in the Elisp
manual, in particular in doc/lispref/minibuf.texi.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
Cc: 76199-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76199: 30.0.93; completing-read-multiple is not documented
 in the manual
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:44:22 +0200

> From: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
> Cc: 76199 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:01:45 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > We could also compromise: mention the function's existence in the
> > manual, but leave out its description (if that will just repeat what's
> > in the doc string, it's just redundant).
> 
> This sounds like a good compromise. A short notice mentioning
> `completing-read-multiple' below the documentation of `completing-read'
> should suffice.

Thanks, now done on the emacs-30 branch (with the wrong bug number,
sorry), and closing the bug.

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