* apropos search
@ 2010-06-02 15:00 sable
2010-06-02 15:15 ` David Kastrup
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From: sable @ 2010-06-02 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Hi,
When you're doing an apropos search, is there a way to tell Emacs to
search for "whole words only". E.g, if you use the keyword "change"
and you only want command names that contain the word change, and not
"changes" or "exchange".
Thanks,
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* Re: apropos search
2010-06-02 15:00 apropos search sable
@ 2010-06-02 15:15 ` David Kastrup
2010-06-02 15:23 ` sable
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From: David Kastrup @ 2010-06-02 15:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
sable <zxcv_890@hotmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
> When you're doing an apropos search, is there a way to tell Emacs to
> search for "whole words only". E.g, if you use the keyword "change"
> and you only want command names that contain the word change, and not
> "changes" or "exchange".
C-h a \<change\> RET
--
David Kastrup
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* Re: apropos search
2010-06-02 15:15 ` David Kastrup
@ 2010-06-02 15:23 ` sable
2010-06-02 19:22 ` Andreas Politz
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From: sable @ 2010-06-02 15:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Jun 2, 11:15 am, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
> sable <zxcv_...@hotmail.com> writes:
> > Hi,
> > When you're doing an apropos search, is there a way to tell Emacs to
> > search for "whole words only". E.g, if you use the keyword "change"
> > and you only want command names that contain the word change, and not
> > "changes" or "exchange".
>
> C-h a \<change\> RET
>
> --
> David Kastrup
Interesting, thanks. Is there a way (variable) to change the default
search to "whole words only"?
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* Re: apropos search
2010-06-02 15:23 ` sable
@ 2010-06-02 19:22 ` Andreas Politz
2010-06-04 13:13 ` sable
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From: Andreas Politz @ 2010-06-02 19:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
sable <zxcv_890@hotmail.com> writes:
> On Jun 2, 11:15 am, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
>> sable <zxcv_...@hotmail.com> writes:
>> > Hi,
>> > When you're doing an apropos search, is there a way to tell Emacs to
>> > search for "whole words only". E.g, if you use the keyword "change"
>> > and you only want command names that contain the word change, and not
>> > "changes" or "exchange".
>>
>> C-h a \<change\> RET
>>
>> --
>> David Kastrup
>
> Interesting, thanks. Is there a way (variable) to change the default
> search to "whole words only"?
I don't think so, but we can try to create it.
(defcustom apropos-whole-words t
"Whether the apropos commands should search for whole words."
:group 'apropos
:type 'boolean)
(defadvice apropos-parse-pattern (before rewrite-pattern-ad activate)
(when (and apropos-whole-words
(consp (ad-get-arg 0)))
(ad-set-arg 0 (mapcar (lambda (p)
(format "\\<%s\\>" p))
(ad-get-arg 0)))))
-ap
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2010-06-02 19:22 ` Andreas Politz
@ 2010-06-04 13:13 ` sable
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From: sable @ 2010-06-04 13:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Jun 2, 3:22 pm, Andreas Politz <poli...@fh-trier.de> wrote:
> sable <zxcv_...@hotmail.com> writes:
> > On Jun 2, 11:15 am, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
> >> sable <zxcv_...@hotmail.com> writes:
> >> > Hi,
> >> > When you're doing an apropos search, is there a way to tell Emacs to
> >> > search for "whole words only". E.g, if you use the keyword "change"
> >> > and you only want command names that contain the word change, and not
> >> > "changes" or "exchange".
>
> >> C-h a \<change\> RET
>
> >> --
> >> David Kastrup
>
> > Interesting, thanks. Is there a way (variable) to change the default
> > search to "whole words only"?
>
> I don't think so, but we can try to create it.
>
> (defcustom apropos-whole-words t
> "Whether the apropos commands should search for whole words."
> :group 'apropos
> :type 'boolean)
>
> (defadvice apropos-parse-pattern (before rewrite-pattern-ad activate)
> (when (and apropos-whole-words
> (consp (ad-get-arg 0)))
> (ad-set-arg 0 (mapcar (lambda (p)
> (format "\\<%s\\>" p))
> (ad-get-arg 0)))))
>
> -ap- Hide quoted text -
>
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Whoa, that's a little over my head at this point, but I'll keep that
for future reference, thanks! I assume you would put this code in
the .emacs file or something...
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