From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: new apropos feature in Emacs-22
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:08:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ubr0xg0v9.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87acgh1zk6.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Sun, 06 Nov 2005 12:02:26 -0500)
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 12:02:26 -0500
> Cc: eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> > The prompt string of the apropos commands says: (regexp or words).
> > Which of the two and how do I choose? The docstrings all say that it
> > matches a regexp and do not mention keywords at all.
>
> Rather than have two different commands or use yet another C-u prefix,
> I suggest we replicate the M-r binding of isearch which allows toggling
> between string and regexp searches. It should of course toggle the prompt
> as well between "(regexp)" and "(words)".
I suggest that the prompt should also say that M-r toggles.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-06 17:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-05 3:15 new apropos feature in Emacs-22 Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-05 10:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-05 15:52 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-05 16:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-05 17:33 ` Drew Adams
2005-11-05 19:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-05 20:38 ` Drew Adams
2005-11-05 22:10 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-05 23:00 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-11-05 23:18 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-11-05 23:28 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-05 23:37 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-11-05 23:31 ` Drew Adams
2005-11-05 23:36 ` Drew Adams
2005-11-05 23:39 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-11-05 23:21 ` Drew Adams
2005-11-06 1:57 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-06 4:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-06 5:36 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-06 17:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-06 17:22 ` David Kastrup
2005-11-06 18:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-06 18:31 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-06 18:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-07 9:45 ` Alan Mackenzie
2005-11-07 20:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-07 20:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-07 21:54 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-06 20:16 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-06 22:54 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-11-06 18:47 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-11-06 19:19 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-07 7:04 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-07 21:55 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-06 9:19 ` David Kastrup
2005-11-05 17:39 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-06 17:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-11-06 17:08 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2005-11-06 19:55 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-05 23:43 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-06 0:27 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-07 15:34 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-07 17:54 ` Drew Adams
2005-11-07 18:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-11-07 19:25 ` Drew Adams
2005-11-07 22:39 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-11-07 20:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-07 22:59 ` Drew Adams
2005-11-08 4:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-08 4:58 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-08 12:48 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-11-08 23:53 ` Miles Bader
2005-11-09 0:21 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-11-11 7:42 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-11 9:29 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-11-11 10:57 ` Miles Bader
2005-11-11 16:16 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-11-12 3:38 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-12 3:15 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-12 17:49 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-12 3:36 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-11-12 21:19 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-14 4:55 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-15 0:52 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-15 23:22 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-17 7:38 ` Juri Linkov
2005-11-17 10:06 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-11-09 23:25 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-11-10 5:44 ` Richard M. Stallman
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