* bug#44110: create alias for info-apropos
@ 2020-10-21 0:43 Boruch Baum
2020-10-21 2:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Boruch Baum @ 2020-10-21 0:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 44110
My expectation was that the "apropos" function for info functions would
follow the naming convention of other apropos functions: apropos-info.
Instead, the function is `info-apropos'.
Creating the alias would benefit user looking for completion options,
and users expecting consistency in the name of emacs functions.
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* bug#44110: create alias for info-apropos
2020-10-21 0:43 bug#44110: create alias for info-apropos Boruch Baum
@ 2020-10-21 2:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 2:59 ` Boruch Baum
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2020-10-21 2:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Boruch Baum; +Cc: 44110
> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:43:38 -0400
> From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>
>
> My expectation was that the "apropos" function for info functions would
> follow the naming convention of other apropos functions: apropos-info.
> Instead, the function is `info-apropos'.
This is due to our naming conventions: that function is defined in
info.el.
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* bug#44110: create alias for info-apropos
2020-10-21 2:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2020-10-21 2:59 ` Boruch Baum
2020-10-21 14:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Boruch Baum @ 2020-10-21 2:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: 44110
On 2020-10-21 05:34, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:43:38 -0400
> > From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>
> >
> > My expectation was that the "apropos" function for info functions would
> > follow the naming convention of other apropos functions: apropos-info.
> > Instead, the function is `info-apropos'.
>
> This is due to our naming conventions: that function is defined in
> info.el.
Does that necessary mean that an alias can't exist for the sake of its
benefits to users?
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* bug#44110: create alias for info-apropos
2020-10-21 2:59 ` Boruch Baum
@ 2020-10-21 14:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-22 12:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2020-10-21 14:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Boruch Baum; +Cc: 44110
> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 22:59:13 -0400
> From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>
> Cc: 44110@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> On 2020-10-21 05:34, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:43:38 -0400
> > > From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>
> > >
> > > My expectation was that the "apropos" function for info functions would
> > > follow the naming convention of other apropos functions: apropos-info.
> > > Instead, the function is `info-apropos'.
> >
> > This is due to our naming conventions: that function is defined in
> > info.el.
>
> Does that necessary mean that an alias can't exist for the sake of its
> benefits to users?
I didn't say that. I just tried to explain why your expectation was
not necessarily justified.
As for adding an alias, if you type "M-x *-apropos TAB", you'll see
that we have quite a few of commands whose names are
SOMETHING-apropos, so info-apropos is not necessarily the odd one
out. I'll let others speak up their minds on this.
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* bug#44110: create alias for info-apropos
2020-10-21 14:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2020-10-22 12:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2020-10-22 12:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: 44110, Boruch Baum
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> As for adding an alias, if you type "M-x *-apropos TAB", you'll see
> that we have quite a few of commands whose names are
> SOMETHING-apropos, so info-apropos is not necessarily the odd one
> out. I'll let others speak up their minds on this.
Yeah, I don't think adding an alias here would be very helpful, so I'm
closing this bug report.
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