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@@ -634,6 +634,12 @@ A history list for arguments that are Lisp expressions to evaluate.
A history list for arguments that are faces.
@end defvar
+@findex read-variable@r{, history list}
+@defvar custom-variable-history
+A history list for variable-name arguments read by
+@code{read-variable}.
+@end defvar
+
@c Less common: coding-system-history, input-method-history,
@c command-history, grep-history, grep-find-history,
@c read-envvar-name-history, setenv-history, yes-or-no-p-history.
@@ -2240,7 +2246,7 @@ function @code{read-passwd}.
@defun read-passwd prompt &optional confirm default
This function reads a password, prompting with @var{prompt}. It does
not echo the password as the user types it; instead, it echoes
-@samp{.} for each character in the password. If you want to apply
+@samp{*} for each character in the password. If you want to apply
another character to hide the password, let-bind the variable
@code{read-hide-char} with that character.
@@ -2503,7 +2509,7 @@ locally inside the minibuffer (@pxref{Help Functions}).
@anchor{Definition of minibuffer-scroll-window}
If the value of this variable is non-@code{nil}, it should be a window
object. When the function @code{scroll-other-window} is called in the
-minibuffer, it scrolls this window.
+minibuffer, it scrolls this window (@pxref{Textual Scrolling}).
@end defvar
@defun minibuffer-selected-window