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: describe-variable with string arg Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:57:30 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174694291 13639 80.91.229.12 (23 Mar 2007 23:58:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:58:11 +0000 (UTC) To: "Emacs-Devel" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 24 00:58:04 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 1HUte0-0008G1-8e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:58:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HUtfw-0002Il-Vh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:00:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HUtfs-0002Ca-MH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:00:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HUtfp-00025O-6x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:00:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HUtfo-000258-Um for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:59:56 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HUtdr-0008Lq-2N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:57:55 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (rgmgw1.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.110]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id l2NNvquL025981 for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:57:52 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l2NKUGP3013161 for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:57:51 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-whq-csvpn-gw3-141-144-82-41.vpn.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2558785131174694253; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:57:33 -0700 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 V6.00.2900.3028 X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:68444 Archived-At: Similarly, I think it would be good if `describe-function' tried to see if a string arg was the name of a function, before interpreting the arg as a keyboard macro. That is, it would be useful for (describe-function "forward-char") to do the same thing that (describe-function 'forward-char) does. Instead, it insists that its arg is a keyboard macro, and displays this: "forward-char" is a keyboard macro. Macro: f o r w a r d - c h a r Keyboard macro. I don't think that's particularly helpful, but first trying to intern its arg and see if that symbol has a function definition would be useful.