From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jidanni@jidanni.org Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#355: M-x should prompt with function under cursor as default Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:53:40 +0800 Message-ID: <87ve0qnn9n.fsf@jidanni.org> Reply-To: jidanni@jidanni.org, 355@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212534468 23280 80.91.229.12 (3 Jun 2008 23:07:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:07:48 +0000 (UTC) To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 04 01:08:30 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K3fbw-0002k5-66 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:08:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34021 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K3fb9-0005Eo-Qo for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:07:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3faw-00059v-HP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:07:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3fat-00055Z-9w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:07:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40104 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K3fat-00055Q-6i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:07:07 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:42549) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K3fas-0001C4-KB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:07:06 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m53N74Ix001044; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 16:07:05 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m53N03OG030496; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 16:00:03 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: jidanni@jidanni.org Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:00:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 355 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.121253363029278 (code B ref -1); Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:00:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 3 Jun 2008 22:53:50 +0000 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m53MrlWH029272 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 15:53:48 -0700 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3fNz-00024p-21 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:53:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3fNx-00023b-MB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:53:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60573 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K3fNx-00023J-EH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:53:45 -0400 Original-Received: from lax-green-bigip-5.dreamhost.com ([208.113.200.5]:34339 helo=blingymail-a3.g.dreamhost.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K3fNx-0007p8-6o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:53:45 -0400 Original-Received: from jidanni1.jidanni.org (122-127-33-182.dynamic.hinet.net [122.127.33.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blingymail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0059314D778 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 15:53:42 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:07:09 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:18246 Archived-At: Today I was reading a message where this guy said > FWIW, there are also `customize-apropos' and `customize-apropos-options'. So I put the cursor upon the word customize-apropos-options and typed M-x, and would you believe I had to help emacs figure out what I wanted to do, which was of course to type M-x customize-apropos-options. (Yes, with the assistance of TAB.) Compare C-h f (describe-function) with the cursor in that position. It knows what to do: prompt with what it finds under the cursor. P.S., I cannot help with patches because I am too busy reporting bugs I encounter in the surface interface, which I am much better at doing than coding. Each person has things they are better at doing.