Re: Lispref on history-add-new-input

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Juri Linkov <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:29:32 +0300
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> >       @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.

This might be a misunderstanding.  Perhaps Richard wasn't suggesting
to remove that part, but instead rephrase like this:

     @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.
     This lets Lisp programs explicitly manage input history by using
     @code{add-to-history}.