From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: help-fns.el patch for commands to describe options and commands Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:46:32 +0900 Message-ID: <87prza8snb.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192844819 3172 80.91.229.12 (20 Oct 2007 01:46:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:46:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 20 03:46:59 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ij3QY-0005gu-TP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:46:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ij3QR-0005pK-CL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:46:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ij3QK-0005mU-0s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:46:44 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ij3QI-0005le-FI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:46:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ij3QI-0005la-6Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:46:42 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ij3QC-0001e8-BL; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:46:36 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-97-240.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.97.240] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1Ij3QA-0000eF-6W; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:46:34 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E17B62FF6; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:46:32 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Fri\, 19 Oct 2007 12\:06\:42 -0700") Original-Lines: 19 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:81279 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > Attached is a patch for help-fns.el. It modifies `describe-function' and > `describe-variable', so that a prefix arg means that candidates are commands > and user options, respectively. So `C-u C-h f' shows and accepts only > commands as completion candidates, and `C-u C-h v' shows and accepts only > user options for completion. Nice. I've often wanted this functionality (not quite enough to overcome my laziness I guess), and this seems like a good and seamless way to fit it into the existing handy bindings. Thanks, -Miles -- .Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing.