Re: Lispref on history-add-new-input

[Juri Linkov]

>       @defvar history-add-new-input
>     ! If the value of this variable is @code{nil}, standard functions that
>     ! read from the minibuffer don't add new elements to the history list,
>
> It would be clearer to break the sentence here.
>
>     ! allowing code to explicitly manage the history by using
>     ! @code{add-to-history}.

The main purpose of this variable was to allow Lisp code to use
add-to-history after reading an input.  In the Info documentation
the description of this variable goes just after the description
of add-to-history, so there could be some text that connects these two.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/