From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13276: 24.2.50; apropos-variable Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 11:03:44 -0800 Message-ID: <598437FCA586489BB280101342E5572D@us.oracle.com> References: <87ehi1wfhj.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1357326300 5793 80.91.229.3 (4 Jan 2013 19:05:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 19:05:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13276@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org To: "'Stefan Monnier'" , "'Bastien'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 04 20:05:16 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TrCZu-0008Uf-F0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:05:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57428 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TrCZe-0001vi-Ku for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:04:58 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51904) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TrCZb-0001vc-5S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:04:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TrCZZ-0000ZB-Vv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:04:55 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33623) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TrCZZ-0000Ym-SE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:04:53 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TrCZh-0006bT-Qr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:05:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:05:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13276 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 13276-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13276.135732624525360 (code B ref 13276); Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:05:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13276) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Jan 2013 19:04:05 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43873 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TrCYm-0006ax-09 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:04:05 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:29038) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TrCYj-0006ae-U9 for 13276@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:04:02 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id r04J3nqX007545 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 4 Jan 2013 19:03:50 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt357.oracle.com (acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r04J3nni010133 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 4 Jan 2013 19:03:49 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt107.oracle.com (abhmt107.oracle.com [141.146.116.59]) by acsmt357.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id r04J3mkm007347; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 13:03:48 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.145.185) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:03:48 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Ac3qpFhEl0QKDESPT6COOsPKSXbkxgAALHEw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 In-Reply-To: X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:69387 Archived-At: > > I suggest renaming `apropos-variable' to `apropos-option' and to > > use `apropos-variable' for > > That sounds right. Kevin Rodgers (and I) suggested the same thing, at least as far back as 2005. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2005-09/msg00042.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg01165.html (In the latter thread I also proposed the same thing for `set-variable': renaming it to `set-option'.) And at least as far back as 2007 I noted that RMS had agreed to such a renaming "but not now". I don't find that qualification now, but here he agreed to a renaming (aliasing): http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg01273.html