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: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:25:09 +0200 Message-ID: <87zh723a6i.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87imdt2vj5.fsf@gnus.org> <874kpa4ovp.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7188"; 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 Mon Aug 10 15:46:38 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 1k588M-0001lf-42 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:46:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43550 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k588L-0006SI-6d for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:46:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46494) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k57oQ-0001Sf-NV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:26:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51639) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k57oQ-0008Uz-E8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:26:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k57oQ-0001Xp-Aw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:26:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:26:02 +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=B41021.15970659215882 (code B ref 41021); Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:26:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 41021) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Aug 2020 13:25:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34952 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k57nl-0001Wo-8V for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:25:21 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:47810) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k57ni-0001WY-Qb for 41021@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:25:19 -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=VA7WBxp62JhAuSurrvZPuIVqT1L3dSyt7et0vvVfIPU=; b=sz09/PPw32DoeMxRgTHVJcg4yy qhB6LYc3AOKBS1cPTTrfQB6Am6qupnepx3+QfRQb1rMDfuOhMdbsmqUIh0ot0PCWHpxvKAvS1l826 jIZstXIkkQ1wI6+59ECz7ErT/mzcv7fseByRxPMejlnfUux1lsNq3sEOV+TbxrbCpIAA=; 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 1k57na-0004UM-97; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:25:12 +0200 In-Reply-To: <874kpa4ovp.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:22:18 +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:184510 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > Stefan Kangas writes: > >>>> +;;;###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. >> >> Should it be announced in NEWS? > > Oh yeah, definitely. I'll add that... Oops. I thought that was a different patch that I had applied. :-) But, yes, it's definitely NEWS-worthy. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no