From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13276: 24.2.50; apropos-variable Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:56:27 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87han983wf.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356541046 7284 80.91.229.3 (26 Dec 2012 16:57:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:57:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13276@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Bastien'" , Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 26 17:57:41 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TnuIU-0002IO-Ud for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:57:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39208 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TnuIG-00051W-O5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:57:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53168) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TnuID-00050R-5t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:57:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TnuIC-0000vI-16 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:57:21 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:50566) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TnuIB-0000vE-UA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:57:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TnuIr-0000GW-Kj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:58:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:58:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13276 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13276-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13276.1356541038958 (code B ref 13276); Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:58:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13276) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Dec 2012 16:57:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60817 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TnuIA-0000FO-07 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:57:18 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:37967) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TnuI7-0000FH-H4 for 13276@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:57:16 -0500 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id qBQGuTO9025906 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:56:30 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id qBQGuTCE004123 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:56:29 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt106.oracle.com (abhmt106.oracle.com [141.146.116.58]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id qBQGuSCR020289; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:56:28 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.8) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:56:28 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87han983wf.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Thread-Index: Ac3jS3navXyfm4EIQAayG28p23dPLwAPZVUg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:69056 Archived-At: > Maybe `apropos-variable' should be renamed `apropos-options' > to make it clear it lists "user variables" and not "normal > variables." FWIW - I proposed that long ago. It has been discussed at least once, at least as far back as 2005. This is what I use: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/apropos-fn%2bvar.el > (this assumes the convention of options = user variables is common enough.) It's not just a convention. It's the Emacs definition of option.