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: apropos/apropos-variable cursor Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:57:37 -0700 Message-ID: References: <460D2141.4040803@gmail.com> 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 1175300531 9606 80.91.229.12 (31 Mar 2007 00:22:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:22:11 +0000 (UTC) To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , "Emacs Devel" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 30 16:59:10 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 1HXIZA-00054T-IS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:59:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HXIbr-00066H-Rx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:01:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HXIbp-00065t-Cu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:01:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HXIbn-00064P-JO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:01:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HXIbn-00063y-Cb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:01:43 -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 1HXIZ5-00065g-8m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:58:55 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (rgmgw3.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.112]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id l2UEwdet007461; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:58:39 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l2UEwcLu027537; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:58:38 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-rmdc-csvpn-gw4-141-144-96-173.vpn.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2576089851175266661; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:57:41 -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: <460D2141.4040803@gmail.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE 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:68797 > If I do > > M-x apropos RET cursor RET > > I can see the variable `cursor-type', but if I do > > M-x apropos-variable RET cursor RET > > I can not find it in the list shown. To me that is at least a bit > surprising. Should it be that way? Yes, according to the doc: Show user variables that match pattern. ... With C-u prefix, or if `apropos-do-all' is non-nil, also show normal variables. I suggested that this command be renamed `apropos-option', for this very reason. I do this in my own code, and add an `apropos-variable' that does the same thing, but with `apropos-do-all' bound to t. Clearer, IMO.