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: general-purpose.el - a general-forms-resource-utility Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:57:49 +0300 Message-ID: References: <44ACE1B5.10909@easy-emacs.de> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1152215899 22202 80.91.229.2 (6 Jul 2006 19:58:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 19:58:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 06 21:58:17 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FyZzG-00076v-8V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:58:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FyZzF-000841-TN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:58:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FyZz3-00082Q-Pb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:57:57 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FyZz2-00081p-Bn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:57:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FyZz2-00081l-7M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:57:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FyZzH-0006No-QB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:58:12 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-192-59.inter.net.il [83.130.192.59]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id EAQ79477 (AUTH halo1); Thu, 6 Jul 2006 22:57:49 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: Andreas Roehler In-reply-to: <44ACE1B5.10909@easy-emacs.de> (message from Andreas Roehler on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:11:01 +0200) 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:56650 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:11:01 +0200 > From: Andreas Roehler > > There are general usable functions scattered in the > source files, which are useful in a lot of > circumstances and could be callable in a given context. Why do we need a new file for these? We already have subr.el, why not add things to it? > To have an (indexed) collection of all these goodies, > not only developers would gain an additional - sorted - > resource I agree, but this just boils down to additions to the ELisp manual, or (if the current size is already too much for print) for an additional manual, perhaps included in the on-line version with the @ifnottex conditionals we use in the user manual. > At the moment I see the following requirements at such > a general-resource-utility: > > - take a given function or form where the point is in > and prompt the user where to sort it (as groups in > customize deliver a hierarchy and system) An Info manual already supports a similar facility, so we could just use it. > - display a list of clickable functions or forms the > way `apropos' does; i.e. M-x `general-resource-utility' > RET `string-strip' should display several > string-strip-utilities to examine, insert at point etc. > > - allow users to edit the collection via > copy-and-paste; provide some automated indexing > afterward Is there something beyond completion here? > - display related topics as customize does with > parent groups There's a C-h subcommand to do that.