From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: new apropos feature in Emacs-22 Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 15:21:50 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131232982 30116 80.91.229.2 (5 Nov 2005 23:23:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 23:23:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 06 00:22:54 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EYXMU-0001v4-Gg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:22:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EYXMT-0002fw-VP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:22:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EYXMK-0002fr-1G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:22:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EYXMI-0002fd-FD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:22:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EYXMI-0002fa-C5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:22:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [141.146.126.228] (helo=agminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1EYXMI-0001RJ-By for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:22:02 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.50]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id jA5NWK2f016655 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:32:20 -0600 Original-Received: from rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id jA5NM0FM028831 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 16:22:00 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw2-141-144-72-186.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.72.186]) by rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with SMTP id jA5NLxeF028824 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 16:22:00 -0700 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE 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:45476 Archived-At: _If_ we were to change the current situation, we should make the normal commands accept keywords only, and make new commands for regexp matches. Sold!! That works, for me - I don't care what names we give the commands. They should be separate commands (regexp vs keyword) - that's all. `apropos' for keywords and `foobar' for regexps is fine by me. I still haven't seen an argument against keeping the two kinds of search separate, in separate commands - what's the drawback? Go ahead and reserve the name "apropos" for keyword search - no problem. Please don't make Norman Newbie wonder what black hole he fell down because he messed up the syntax... "Novice user friendly", indeed. (I said I'd shut up, so I'll skip the line-by-line.)