From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: new apropos feature in Emacs-22 Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:06:48 +0100 Message-ID: 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> <87r79i4ubt.fsf@jurta.org> <87sltvrira.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 1132229165 19324 80.91.229.2 (17 Nov 2005 12:06:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:06:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 17 13:06:01 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EciUH-0000p0-HR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:03:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EciUG-0006Ey-Q7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:03:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ech6M-0003id-V1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:34:47 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EcgoY-0002X3-V8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:16:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EcggK-0002JU-PH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:07:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.236] (helo=pfepb.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EcggJ-0006oh-Gw; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:07:51 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (unknown [80.165.4.124]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id D656D5EE010; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:07:40 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Juri Linkov In-Reply-To: <87sltvrira.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:38:33 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:46154 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: > As for `C-h d', it might be useful to reserve it for other Help keys. IMO, apropos-documentation is often more useful than apropos-command currently on C-h a, and for a novice user, it makes little sense to restrict the search to just the command name. Perhaps we could put apropos-documenation on C-h a. That said, I also think that it would be very useful if C-h C-a was a prefix for the various apropos commands. > For example, I think that `describe-char' which is currently on `C-u > C-x =' is a typical Help command like other `describe-...' commands > (`describe-key', `describe-function', `describe-mode', ...). I think > it needs a key binding on the `C-h' keymap and also to be mentioned in > `help-for-help-internal' and in the Help menu. We have both C-h k and C-h c to describe key bindings (full and short story), so perhaps the C-h c binding could be used for "describe char at point". -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk