From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 41021@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41021: [PATCH] New command apropos-function
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:06:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmmsqpEBtWnG+xOZhE0CCqYKyXGF3FNRq5oF82zG5xGqjQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87imdt2vj5.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 08 Aug 2020 14:04:46 +0200")
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> 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.
Should it be announced in NEWS?
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-02 10:40 bug#41021: [PATCH] New command apropos-function Stefan Kangas
2020-05-02 11:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 11:35 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-02 11:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-03 3:44 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-02 13:37 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-02 20:18 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-03 14:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-04 3:09 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-03 3:44 ` Richard Stallman
2020-08-08 12:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-10 13:06 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2020-08-10 13:22 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-10 13:25 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-10 13:37 ` Stefan Kangas
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2020-05-03 20:13 ` Drew Adams
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