Update the description of version handling.

[gnu-emacs] / lisp / pcomplete.el

diff --git a/lisp/pcomplete.el b/lisp/pcomplete.el
index 9a1403cc104e3ee4210390e0c7e18d39afc009a7..7a3f7aaae3ad8bdccf57d8005ec35709a2e4a81a 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/pcomplete.el
+++ b/lisp/pcomplete.el
@@ -311,6 +311,16 @@ command arguments."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'pcomplete)
 
+(defcustom pcomplete-termination-string " "
+  "*A string that is inserted after any completion or expansion.
+This is usually a space character, useful when completing lists of
+words separated by spaces.  However, if your list uses a different
+separator character, or if the completion occurs in a word that is
+already terminated by a character, this variable should be locally
+modified to be an empty string, or the desired separation string."
+  :type 'string
+  :group 'pcomplete)
+
 ;;; Internal Variables:
 
 ;; for cycling completion support
@@ -418,7 +428,7 @@ This will modify the current buffer."
        (unless (pcomplete-insert-entry
                 "" (car pcomplete-current-completions) t
                 pcomplete-last-completion-raw)
-         (insert-and-inherit " "))
+         (insert-and-inherit pcomplete-termination-string))
        (setq pcomplete-current-completions
              (cdr pcomplete-current-completions))))))
 
@@ -735,8 +745,9 @@ component, DEFAULT-DIRECTORY is used as the basis for completion."
                             (string-match pcomplete-dir-ignore file))
                      (and pcomplete-file-ignore
                           (string-match pcomplete-file-ignore file))))))))
-      (setq above-cutoff (> (length completions)
-                           pcomplete-cycle-cutoff-length))
+      (setq above-cutoff (and pcomplete-cycle-cutoff-length
+                            (> (length completions)
+                               pcomplete-cycle-cutoff-length)))
       (sort completions
            (function
             (lambda (l r)
@@ -1005,7 +1016,7 @@ Returns non-nil if a space was appended at the end."
     (let (space-added)
       (when (and (not (memq (char-before) pcomplete-suffix-list))
                 addsuffix)
-       (insert-and-inherit " ")
+       (insert-and-inherit pcomplete-termination-string)
        (setq space-added t))
       (setq pcomplete-last-completion-length (- (point) here)
            pcomplete-last-completion-stub stub)