From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command' Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 22:46:17 +0200 Message-ID: <83wnv2xyau.fsf@gnu.org> References: <835z2o4fes.fsf@gnu.org> <83blcezntj.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23274"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: larsi@gnus.org, stefan@marxist.se, rms@gnu.org, 46627@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 20 21:48:06 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lDZAc-0005yC-6q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 21:48:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45862 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDZAb-0006AX-5i for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:48:05 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34686) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDZ9c-0005zy-Nk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:47:09 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:41429) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDZ9a-0002ni-IV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:47:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lDZ9a-0003fG-Gg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:47:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:47:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 46627 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 46627-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B46627.161385400814061 (code B ref 46627); Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:47:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 46627) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Feb 2021 20:46:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52975 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lDZ9L-0003ei-Sl for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:46:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:45032) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lDZ9K-0003eV-G0 for 46627@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:46:47 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:50744) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDZ9E-0002f7-K9; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:46:40 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:3551 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lDZ97-0005mo-4F; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:46:33 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Drew Adams on Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:35:28 +0000) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:200460 Archived-At: > From: Drew Adams > CC: "larsi@gnus.org" , "rms@gnu.org" , > "46627@debbugs.gnu.org" <46627@debbugs.gnu.org> > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:35:28 +0000 > > > AFAIR, Emacs never meant completion to be a means of discovery. > > The discovery was always meant to be through "apropos" commands. > > Emacs never originally meant a lot of things that > were later expanded (or repurposed to some degree) > to advantage. > [...] > [Icicles...] In your relentless promotion of your own packages and solutions, you completely miss the point of what I wrote.