From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Barry Margolin'" <barmar@alum.mit.edu>, <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: Using Emacs' help system
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:15:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5DEF9FAC351344458AC8A72E11918202@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <barmar-093B6E.22344910022013@news.eternal-september.org>
> > The command name doesn't tell you that it counts
> > characters, but its doc string does, actually:
>
> But apropos doesn't show the whole doc string, just the first line.
> Since neither the name nor the first line of documentation
> suggests that this would be the command he wants, he wouldn't
> have any reason to click on it to see the full doc.
1. I've already agreed that both the command name and the doc string could be
improved (and I suggested how).
2. I specifically mentioned command `apropos-documentation' (`C-h d'), which
_does_ take the whole doc string into account, unlike `apropos',
`apropos-command' etc.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-11 15:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-10 22:27 Using Emacs' help system deech
2013-02-10 23:02 ` Dan Espen
2013-02-10 23:13 ` Chris F.A. Johnson
2013-02-10 23:48 ` Aidan Gauland
2013-02-11 0:31 ` Dan Espen
2013-02-11 0:48 ` Aidan Gauland
2013-02-11 1:41 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.19549.1360546899.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-02-11 3:34 ` Barry Margolin
2013-02-11 15:15 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2013-02-11 2:58 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-11 4:40 ` Drew Adams
2013-02-11 4:50 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-11 4:59 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-11 7:09 ` Drew Adams
2013-02-11 9:27 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-11 15:51 ` Drew Adams
2013-02-16 21:50 ` Oleksandr Gavenko
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