From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Javier Oviedo" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: apropos behavior question Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:00:58 -0400 Organization: Texas Instruments Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <410E6C33.5010603@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1091538710 11970 80.91.224.253 (3 Aug 2004 13:11:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 13:11:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 03 15:11:42 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Brz4w-00009I-00 for ; Tue, 03 Aug 2004 15:11:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Brz8N-000180-By for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Aug 2004 09:15:15 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!attdl1!ip.att.net!news.ti.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: gt64v7121.telogy.design.ti.com Original-X-Trace: home.itg.ti.com 1091538051 7337 158.218.103.164 (3 Aug 2004 13:00:51 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.ti.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Aug 2004 13:00:51 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:124627 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19960 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19960 Well that explains it.I have been using C-h a all this time. When I try M-x apropos, I see the behavior I'd like. Thanks all!! -- Javier "Kevin Rodgers" wrote in message news:410E6C33.5010603@yahoo.com... > Javier Oviedo wrote: > > Is there any reason that apropos does not find "variable" matches? It lists > > "commands" and "functions." > > And yes, apropos-do-all's value is t. :-) > > > > Is there a way to enable this? > > Which apropos command are you using? `C-h a' is bound to > apropos-command; perhaps you want `M-x apropos-variable' or just plain > `M-x apropos'. And their doc strings explain how each interprets the > apropos-do-all option. > > -- > Kevin Rodgers >