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#8422: 24.0.50; doc of `apropos-internal' Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 06:48:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <59efa06f-f63f-4a14-9a05-80e9603c2aae@default> References: <87wpniowea.fsf@gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461851366 12876 80.91.229.3 (28 Apr 2016 13:49:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:49:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8422@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 28 15:49:12 2016 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 1avmJb-0000pa-SA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:49:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49300 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avmJb-0006fB-Be for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:49:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46230) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avmJX-0006co-Uy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:49:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avmJS-00061C-Cv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:49:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:39374) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avmJS-000614-90 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avmJS-0006Ca-3k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:49:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:49:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8422 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 8422-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8422.146185130623799 (code B ref 8422); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:49:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8422) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Apr 2016 13:48:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51711 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avmIs-0006Bn-90 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:48:26 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:22502) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avmIq-0006BZ-QO for 8422@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:48:25 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u3SDmIXO001584 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:48:19 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3SDmH5d011846 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:48:18 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0005.oracle.com (abhmp0005.oracle.com [141.146.116.11]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3SDmHJw030912; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:48:17 GMT In-Reply-To: <87wpniowea.fsf@gnus.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6744.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117060 Archived-At: > Uhm... no. As far as I can see, apropos-internal does nothing weird > like changing buffers or windows? So it would be rather odd to document > that it doesn't do . Other mapping functions like > `sort' certainly doesn't. Closing. That contradicts what a certain Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote in this bug thread in 2011: > To find this info, users currently need to look at the C source code. That sounds reasonable, but I'm not quite sure that's how the predicate is meant to be used. That is, I'm not sure it's an implementation detail what buffer the predicate is called from, or whether it's supposed to be that way. Anybody know? Of course, we all have the right to change our minds. ;-)