From: Alan Mackenzie<none@example.invalid>
Subject: apropos apropos [was: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?]
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:39:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4kjspb.57.ln@acm.acm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.485.1069658500.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@elta.co.il> wrote on 24 Nov 2003 08:20:30 +0200:
> The command "M-x apropos-variable RET system RET" will show you a list
> of all the variables that are useful for this and similar purposes. No
> need to guess or try-and-err.
Hey, I never knew about `apropos-variable`. In fact, it never occurred
to me, until now, to try C-h a apropos. There's a whole wealth of
apropos-commands there, waiting to be discovered!
When I type C-h, only `apropos-command' is mentioned in the list of
options. (Yes, I know, that's because it's the only one with an entry in
the C-h keymap.)
As a matter of interest, how should I have discovered the existence of
these commands? Could it be that the "help" system could do with
enhancement?
--
Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)
Email: aacm@muuc.dee; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-24 9:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-24 4:42 how do i find out the platform emacs runs on? leo
2003-11-24 6:11 ` Ola Nilsson
2003-11-25 3:53 ` leo
2003-11-26 9:32 ` seki
2003-11-26 17:21 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-11-26 17:35 ` Edi Weitz
2003-11-26 17:36 ` Phillip Lord
2003-11-26 22:29 ` Ehud Karni
2003-11-27 10:02 ` Sébastien Kirche
2003-11-24 6:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.485.1069658500.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-11-24 9:39 ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]
2003-11-24 12:46 ` apropos apropos [was: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?] Eli Zaretskii
2003-11-24 18:45 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-11-24 21:03 ` Alan Mackenzie
2003-11-25 17:40 ` Kevin Rodgers
[not found] ` <mailman.496.1069681832.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-11-29 10:50 ` Alan Mackenzie
2003-11-30 6:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-01 9:03 ` how do i find out the platform emacs runs on? Svend Tollak Munkejord
2003-12-01 13:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-01 19:15 ` Kevin Rodgers
[not found] ` <mailman.851.1070328153.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-12-02 8:20 ` Svend Tollak Munkejord
2003-12-02 17:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.924.1070390102.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-12-03 8:42 ` Svend Tollak Munkejord
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