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X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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 (newer, 2) 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:56930 Archived-At: I find that C-h d gives me a fairly good coverage of a particular "feature" that I am trying to hunt down. Unfortunately for the amount of information that it prints, the navigation of the *Apropos* buffer is cumbersome. Let me explain with an explain. Down below is a snapshot of first few paragraphs when I do a C-h d apropos Here are a few things that I find noisome. These are documented in the text below. ---------------- apropos-read-pattern Function: Read an apropos pattern, either a word list or a regexp. <> (fn SUBJECT) ,---- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | By the time I reach here, I have almost forgotten what "fn" I am looking | at. I also find this style of reporting inconsisten with C-h v and C-h f | style of reporting where the function signature is on the top. `---- ---------------- ,---- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | Can these separators be converted to page breaks? So that I can move | between the different blocks using page navigation commands. Doing a | incremental re-search for -----+ is painful particularly when some of | the listed commands that have docstring which have horizontal rules in | them. `---- apropos Command: Show all meaningful Lisp symbols whose names match PATTERN. <> (fn PATTERN &optional DO-ALL) ---------------- apropos-command Command: Show commands (interactively callable functions) that match PATTERN. ,----[ C-h v internal-doc-file-name RET ] | internal-doc-file-name is a variable defined in `C source code'. | Its value is "DOC-X" | | Documentation: | Name of file containing documentation strings of built-in symbols. | | [back] `---- ,---- | Can someone clarify what the file is and what qualifies as "built-in" | symbols. Does it include the "whole" of what ships with vanilla Emacs or | just a subset of it. I tried looking around in the info manual. I found | nothing much which could give me a sense of "coverage" of the reported | list. `----