From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Thibault Polge <thibault@thb.lt>
Cc: 59248@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59248: 29.0.50; apropos lists keywords as if they were variables
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:34:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83y1sek8kl.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mt8upv0g.fsf@thb.lt> (message from Thibault Polge on Sun, 13 Nov 2022 19:30:23 +0100)
> From: Thibault Polge <thibault@thb.lt>
> Cc: 59248@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 19:30:23 +0100
>
> > "M-x apropos" is not just about variables. It's about any symbol that
> > matches a regexp.
>
> In this case, the docstring for `apropos` is incorrect.
I will see about fixing that, thanks.
> > How can Emacs know that the user didn't actually _want_ to look up a
> > keyword? It is not impossible.
>
> I'm not sure I can think of a reason to do that: all the user would learn is
> that something, somewhere, interned that keyword. But maybe there are use
> cases that escape me.
Apropos is also (if not mainly) for when you don't remember the exact
name of something.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-13 18:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-13 16:56 bug#59248: 29.0.50; apropos lists keywords as if they were variables Thibault Polge
2022-11-13 18:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-13 18:30 ` Thibault Polge
2022-11-13 18:34 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-11-14 5:21 ` Akib Azmain Turja via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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