From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: new apropos feature in Emacs-22 Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 21:46:16 +0200 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131219997 877 80.91.229.2 (5 Nov 2005 19:46:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 19:46:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 05 20:46:29 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EYTzd-00075N-2n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 20:46:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EYTzc-0005A4-ES for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:46:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EYTzT-00059z-FJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:46:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EYTzS-00059n-1I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:46:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EYTzR-00059k-Ut for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:46:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EYTzS-000081-1r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:46:14 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-59-35.inter.net.il [80.230.59.35]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.6.5-GR) with ESMTP id BWI77314 (AUTH halo1); Sat, 5 Nov 2005 21:46:10 +0200 (IST) Original-To: "Drew Adams" In-reply-to: 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:45468 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 09:33:12 -0800 > > I think the idea was that a list of words is more natural input at > that point than a regexp. People nowadays are used to Google-style > queries more than to regexps. FWIW, I rarely myself use regexps in > apropos. > > Why try to mix regexp input with keyword input in the same command? That's > just asking for trouble. Why not have two different commands - > `apropos-with-keywords' and `apropos'? That's a cleaner way to add treatment > of keywords. Please be sure to read the discussions about the various aspects of this feature. It starts here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2002-05/msg00397.html You will see that I already suggested back then to have a separate command, in this message: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2002-05/msg00400.html The ensuing discussion mentioned some drawbacks of that suggestion.