apropos behavior question

apropos behavior question

[Javier Oviedo]

Hello all:

I've been meaning to post this for some time but I always keep forgetting.

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?

Thanks.

-- 
Javier

Re: apropos behavior question

[V. L. Simpson]

>>>>> "Javier" == Javier Oviedo <email_joviedo@yahoo.com> writes:

    > 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. :-)

Are you using ctrl-h-a?  That is bound to apropos-command which only
lists interactive commands by default.

M-x apropos is probably what you want.

-- 
Have fun
vls

Re: apropos behavior question

[Kevin Rodgers]

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

Re: apropos behavior question

[Javier Oviedo]

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" <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> 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
>