patch 8.1.1123: no way to avoid filtering for autocomplete functionv8.1.1123

Problem:    No way to avoid filtering for autocomplete function, causing
            flickering of the popup menu.
Solution:   Add the "equal" field to complete items. (closes #3887)

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/runtime/doc/insert.txt b/runtime/doc/insert.txt
index 8d8bc1d7b6..cf02e91b78 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/insert.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/insert.txt
@@ -1105,6 +1105,9 @@ items:
 	icase		when non-zero case is to be ignored when comparing
 			items to be equal; when omitted zero is used, thus
 			items that only differ in case are added
+	equal		when non-zero, always treat this item to be equal when
+			comparing. Which means, "equal=1" disables filtering
+			of this item.
 	dup		when non-zero this match will be added even when an
 			item with the same word is already present.
 	empty		when non-zero this match will be added even when it is
@@ -1112,10 +1115,10 @@ items:
 	user_data 	custom data which is associated with the item and
 			available in |v:completed_item|
 
-All of these except "icase", "dup" and "empty" must be a string.  If an item
-does not meet these requirements then an error message is given and further
-items in the list are not used.  You can mix string and Dictionary items in
-the returned list.
+All of these except "icase", "equal", "dup" and "empty" must be a string.  If
+an item does not meet these requirements then an error message is given and
+further items in the list are not used.  You can mix string and Dictionary
+items in the returned list.
 
 The "menu" item is used in the popup menu and may be truncated, thus it should
 be relatively short.  The "info" item can be longer, it will  be displayed in