From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#41021: [PATCH] New command apropos-function Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2020 14:04:46 +0200 Message-ID: <87imdt2vj5.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30633"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 41021@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 08 14:05:10 2020 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 1k4Nb4-0007qV-BT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2020 14:05:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52886 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k4Nb3-0005JT-D4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2020 08:05:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55580) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k4Naw-0005In-7b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2020 08:05:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:46857) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k4Nav-0002ib-UR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2020 08:05:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k4Nav-0005Qg-NP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2020 08:05:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2020 12:05:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 41021 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 41021-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B41021.159688829920859 (code B ref 41021); Sat, 08 Aug 2020 12:05:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 41021) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Aug 2020 12:04:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58403 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k4Nat-0005QM-Bo for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2020 08:04:59 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:50870) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k4Nar-0005Q7-JQ for 41021@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2020 08:04:58 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=tEq5c3W3CCcR/k2w4yROSbJI4gOWKKvlus6cZIfTUk0=; b=XWd9gtf2NhmjtPnnW/TNw9SoMJ ZfqwiC6e/Xq6pOGAWLHcGEEQgBV7GEQHGip5FdO4oPAy8aLcTc1brPg48VqNpvifoKzrqTxAXxZrV Zy4LYSreh3NtKlmcTKaPzMKEXUb8Ekodr6SNQTaNdPzctLjEcQRZUXn+7uHSV+oHq+Eo=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k4Nai-0003z1-Cd; Sat, 08 Aug 2020 14:04:50 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Kangas's message of "Sat, 2 May 2020 12:40:06 +0200") 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:184334 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: > I've often found myself reaching for 'apropos-function' command, and > found it strange that it was missing. This typically would happen by > saying M-x apropos- TAB. So now I got frustrated again and I decided > to bite the bullet and implement it. [...] > +;;;###autoload > +(defun apropos-function (pattern) > + "Show functions that match PATTERN. > + > +PATTERN can be a word, a list of words (separated by spaces), There was some disagreement whether this duplicates apropos-command unnecessarily, but I think (as I think most of the people who commented) that this seems useful -- it helps with discovery, which I think is a good thing. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no