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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el index 741b3db5251..3ffc6a09b55 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el @@ -230,10 +230,11 @@ before and after, depending on the surrounding characters." (newline-and-indent)) (defun lisp-complete-symbol () - "Perform completion on Lisp symbol preceding point. That symbol is -compared against the symbols that exist and any additional characters -determined by what is there are inserted. - If the symbol starts just after an open-parenthesis, only symbols + "Perform completion on Lisp symbol preceding point. +Compare that symbol against the known Lisp symbols. + +The context determines which symbols are considered. +If the symbol starts just after an open-parenthesis, only symbols with function definitions are considered. Otherwise, all symbols with function definitions, values or properties are considered." (interactive) |