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@@ -52097,11 +52097,19 @@ sequence Ctrl-X Tab. When completion is invoked with Tab or Ctrl-X Tab, the listener looks at a few of the trailing characters to the left of the cursor position to determine the applicable list of completions. Completions are determined from among the \*(TL symbols which have -global variable, function, macro and symbolic macro bindings. Symbols which -have operator binding are also taken into consideration. If a +global variable, function, macro and symbolic macro bindings, as well +as the static and instance slots of structures. Symbols which +have operator bindings are also taken into consideration. If a package-qualified symbol is completed, then completion is restricted to that package. Keyword symbol completion is restricted to the contents of the keyword -package. +package. The namespaces which are searched for symbols are restricted according +to preceding character syntax. For instance if the characters +.code ".(" +or +.code ".[" +immediately precede the prefix, then only those symbols are considered +which are methods: that is, each is the static slot of at least one structure, +in which that static slots holds a function. The difference between Tab and Ctrl-X Tab is that Tab completion looks only for prefix matches among the eligible identifiers. Thus it is a pure completion in |