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: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 23:19:36 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87r79lix2j.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> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131830979 10991 80.91.229.2 (12 Nov 2005 21:29:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 21:29:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 12 22:29:38 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eb2vi-00080K-37 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:28:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eb2vh-0005Lv-Ii for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:28:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eb2vY-0005Le-Pf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:28:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eb2vY-0005LS-Bl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:28:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eb2vY-0005LP-8G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:28:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [194.126.101.111] (helo=mail.neti.ee) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Eb2vX-0003Vu-9O; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:28:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.neti.ee (80-235-43-37-dsl.mus.estpak.ee [80.235.43.37]) by Relayhost1.neti.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE8CE1FAC; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 23:28:58 +0200 (EET) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200511120336.jAC3aHZ25759@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (Luc Teirlinck's message of "Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:36:17 -0600 (CST)") 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:45844 Archived-At: > Complete beginners do not even know about the apropos commands. Users > must have learned about them somewhere, probably in `(emacs)Apropos'. 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. Note that this description is incomplete. It says nothing about patterns, word lists or regexps. Maybe it is simple enough for beginners. But it might be confusing for beginners if after reading this description and typing `a' they will see a prompt asking for "(word list or regexp): ". -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/