From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#41021: [PATCH] New command apropos-function Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:06:14 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87imdt2vj5.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30575"; 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: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 10 15:07:11 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 1k57WB-0007no-Gq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:07:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56444 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k57WA-0003ws-I0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:07:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41604) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k57W2-0003wX-IH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51601) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k57W2-0005zp-7L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k57W2-0007Iq-1i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:07:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:07:02 +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=B41021.159706478228024 (code B ref 41021); Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:07:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 41021) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Aug 2020 13:06:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34914 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k57VN-0007Hw-TE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:06:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yb1-f194.google.com ([209.85.219.194]:43957) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k57VM-0007HV-Nc for 41021@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:06:21 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-yb1-f194.google.com with SMTP id m200so5089670ybf.10 for <41021@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:06:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:in-reply-to:references:user-agent :mime-version:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=1AyMD+8jq4m254s991GhTwkbcuN9mGg9df1KMxTQv4Q=; b=KRsYA5QLKzdM33IjsvrOpCgFZy9cDKigwH6/bZy5eTeYjTUu8hzd56344sdohNf2KH CCaIwhUUc58JdP1aEBNi8igc5c2/rRrHQmT2eN5zvZTSLz3JeVTVLI9cYuW42iM65nvW ROfTgbZmH/LElKQWVYTNYyLCJQUP96k71v6Js9FIZunjdmVavaNT3kqfiftg0pZMJprY xw3wIjVdoFGa9vCinfb05I/XDkSFjSbnuFeg1irgA3a4QbQzOIy5BlvMIGkBBp9OkGWm yYcJF4EaAuXRfIz+e4BhAckCC5PaVI5w6zUhtAhiLEgd0fWEDEoYBB28LZAt743CzoCQ Wzdw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533ER4fNau2zyMheJ6xoCKWQFhwKDXiokG6eb7pKltiqK+pm12O4 SPekyCnNloQY76IRecE7JNZZdrqdZNUMOGs3rlp3W25K X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxj8wcLwR084cT3P9xgHnpG3J//ffFlJCt5nCqE0RxBN0wO6HiX/BFGx1mwjAAvUAyQ4S5V7v2RR/DgtQdZtiU= X-Received: by 2002:a25:b88b:: with SMTP id w11mr41723947ybj.129.1597064775345; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:06:15 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:06:14 -0700 In-Reply-To: <87imdt2vj5.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 08 Aug 2020 14:04:46 +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:184504 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > 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. Should it be announced in NEWS? Best regards, Stefan Kangas