From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#41021: [PATCH] New command apropos-function Date: Sat, 02 May 2020 14:02:16 +0300 Message-ID: <83h7wytxaf.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="88537"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 41021@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat May 02 13:03:12 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jUpvM-000MwB-8P for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 02 May 2020 13:03:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50312 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jUpvL-00053E-5X for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 02 May 2020 07:03:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36556) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jUpvD-00052O-8W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 May 2020 07:03:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jUpvC-0002nx-Ok for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 May 2020 07:03:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39819) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jUpvC-0002mT-B8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 May 2020 07:03:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jUpvC-0005MR-8D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 May 2020 07:03:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 02 May 2020 11:03:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 41021 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 41021-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B41021.158841735320561 (code B ref 41021); Sat, 02 May 2020 11:03:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 41021) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 May 2020 11:02:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51365 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jUpui-0005LZ-QQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 May 2020 07:02:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33346) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jUpuh-0005LL-Em for 41021@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 May 2020 07:02:31 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:54932) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jUpuc-0001Fl-5M; Sat, 02 May 2020 07:02:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4296 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jUpub-0008Oc-1A; Sat, 02 May 2020 07:02:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Stefan Kangas on Sat, 2 May 2020 12:40:06 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:179494 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Kangas > Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 12:40:06 +0200 > > I've often found myself reaching for 'apropos-function' command, and found it strange that it was missing. > This typically would happen by saying M-x apropos- TAB. So now I got frustrated again and I decided to bite > the bullet and implement it. > > Of course, I quickly realized that I had actually been looking for 'C-u M-x apropos-command' all along. But > for some reason I never thought to read the docstring of 'apropos-command'. (Or maybe I read it at some > point but forgot about it.) OK, but now that you have read it, why do we still need an additional command? If you type "M-x apropos TAB", how many commands you see there already? Is it a good idea to add one more, when we already have the same functionality? > I think a new command would help make this feature more discoverable, especially to beginners. We are being told many beginners don't even want to use the apropos commands. My vote is against adding this, FWIW.