From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: new apropos feature in Emacs-22 Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:52:22 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87r79i4ubt.fsf@jurta.org> References: <200511050315.jA53Fjd19148@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200511060027.jA60R2f26077@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200511080458.jA84wXB17185@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200511120336.jAC3aHZ25759@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87r79lix2j.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1132019214 6348 80.91.229.2 (15 Nov 2005 01:46:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:46:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 15 02:46:53 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ebpsw-00025v-2o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:45:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ebpsu-0002AS-9A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:45:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EbprO-0001VM-Aw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:43:46 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EbprN-0001Up-2N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:43:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EbprM-0001Uk-Tq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:43:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [194.126.101.111] (helo=mail.neti.ee) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EbprM-00057q-CU; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:43:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.neti.ee (80-235-43-161-dsl.mus.estpak.ee [80.235.43.161]) by Relayhost1.neti.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC20B16EF; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:43:52 +0200 (EET) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:55:42 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.2.1 (20041222) (Debian) at neti.ee 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:45983 Archived-At: > More likely, from the Help buffer after typing `C-h ?' or `f1 f1': > > a command-apropos. Give a substring, and see a list of commands > (functions that are interactively callable) that contain > that substring. See also the apropos command. > > I will clarify that. In the new text: a command-apropos. Give a list of words or a regexp, to get a list of commands whose names match (they contain two or more of the words, =========== or a match for the regexp). See also the apropos command. I don't understand why two or more of the words, if it is possible to give just one word and find a command whose names contains one word. Maybe more correct text is "they contain one or more of the words". I see there is a new key binding `C-h d' for `apropos-documentation'. Wouldn't it be better to reserve `C-h d' for something more useful and to bind `apropos-documentation' to a new key prefix `C-h a'? This will allow key bindings for the whole family of apropos commands: C-h a d - apropos-documentation C-h a v - apropos-variable C-h a c - apropos-command C-h a l - apropos-value C-h a a - apropos -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/