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authorKevin Van Brunt <kmvanbrunt@gmail.com>2020-01-16 11:12:35 -0500
committerKevin Van Brunt <kmvanbrunt@gmail.com>2020-01-16 11:12:35 -0500
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If ``True``, each command the user issues will be repeated to the screen before
-it is executed. This is particularly useful when running scripts.
+it is executed. This is particularly useful when running scripts. This behavior
+does not occur when a running command at the prompt.
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@@ -104,7 +105,13 @@ Allow access to your application in one of the
max_completion_items
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The maximum number of tab-completion items to display.
+Maximum number of CompletionItems to display during tab completion. A CompletionItem
+is a special kind of tab-completion hint which displays both a value and description
+and uses one line for each hint. Tab complete the ``set`` command for an example.
+
+If the number of tab-completion hints exceeds ``max_completion_items``, then they will
+be displayed in the typical columnized format and will not include the description text
+of the CompletionItem.
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