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#59248: 29.0.50; apropos lists keywords as if they were variables Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:34:02 +0200 Message-ID: <83y1sek8kl.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87sfimpzdi.fsf@thb.lt> <835yfilo9k.fsf@gnu.org> <87mt8upv0g.fsf@thb.lt> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7596"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 59248@debbugs.gnu.org To: Thibault Polge Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 13 19:51:14 2022 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 1ouI4Y-0001iI-6Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 19:51:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ouI4N-0000uZ-8d; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:51:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ouI4L-0000uJ-VI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:51:01 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ouI4L-0001zp-NL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:51:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ouI4L-0002o7-JY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:51:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:51:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 59248 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 59248-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B59248.166836542610747 (code B ref 59248); Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:51:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 59248) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Nov 2022 18:50:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48352 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ouI3l-0002nH-Qd for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:50:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38456) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ouI3k-0002n5-FC for 59248@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:50:24 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ouHnl-0007Qk-BS; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:33:53 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=EptFSr7Ac5Uvp8rOF7BoxTazOOO3A2F8B3/MEa130Lg=; b=FOG3ZtgAUzuT Pm9lNqMAXi4c1TqrMrKJs5wWjl0sBeN8vbDZF3+dvBt4gyyfsp1+iLqoEFu5DlRMFMIgpXflG+l0g 8FXOUXJbEoKDPY0V/QCK4vcPQOXaPyOKIED+txQ//v3LlkKjBa+Bc3vOfDmfnONZ7haFQe6LgrRmT fnNeUlZjsy6DTdlFPkFbwowG3NGQBeuGTeVOw50O3E0A0hPDhtt3WJz5wYiBuKbHOgk5NbuAHYf4z 3D1v1RGjb+u0xPJ44YTV3JtcBdHM/0h9t0mH+lErayjNMIRQL8j+NhLUNqh/NOBf9jWdm3UQJE0NT OwxDfqXxTWo0cpggp3OMSA==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ouHnk-0000Mq-Ex; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:33:53 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87mt8upv0g.fsf@thb.lt> (message from Thibault Polge on Sun, 13 Nov 2022 19:30:23 +0100) 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:247810 Archived-At: > From: Thibault Polge > 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.