From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 17832@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17832: 24.4.50; `apropos-library' behavior for a top-level library file
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:13:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a6mpkxu2.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b137d4d2-e543-4527-ab52-4c6c115be49a@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 22 Jun 2014 09:15:52 -0700 (PDT)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Rather than just saying that the command is misnamed, or the name is
> misleading, the first part of this bug report is to request that the
> command live up to its name: give you a report of the functions and
> variables defined in the _whole library_, recursively including those
> of its required component libraries.
The command (in Emacs 28, at least) lists libraries it requires.
> 2. But before (or even without) fixing #1: The message "No apropos
> matches for `'" is inappropriate. The user did not explicitly
> provide an apropos pattern to match, and s?he certainly did not
> provide an empty pattern for Emacs to complain about.
I've now fixed this in Emacs 28.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-14 10:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-22 16:15 bug#17832: 24.4.50; `apropos-library' behavior for a top-level library file Drew Adams
2014-06-23 13:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-06-23 14:39 ` Drew Adams
2021-07-14 10:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-07-14 14:31 ` bug#17832: [External] : " Drew Adams
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