From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#41021: [PATCH] New command apropos-function Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:22:18 +0200 Message-ID: <874kpa4ovp.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87imdt2vj5.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20759"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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 Mon Aug 10 15:23:11 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 1k57le-0005FJ-5x for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:23:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38992 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k57ld-0000eJ-8x for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:23:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45732) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k57lW-0000eA-OS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51635) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k57lW-000860-FZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k57lW-0001TR-CF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:23:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:23:02 +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=B41021.15970657515615 (code B ref 41021); Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:23:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 41021) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Aug 2020 13:22:31 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34948 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k57l0-0001SU-B5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:22:30 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:47790) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k57ky-0001SH-Ra for 41021@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:22:29 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=p9A4b6kcNXIlsM+ifPqdV0d9jk83uHZE6Brz+R37DO4=; b=Gh/LXaWItdnJ027HmBoYN1p72m eBsNN3RVZQnV+FAKJCsrIqWTRzKa74iPkYNobi+3GZyLZ5jZlDn6Jy7F0+7ZSE5DX7KIQdgI/r1Z+ Dr2a4KUxW1FN6/igzhC6hQMwKybzbYT+O1NgZpDEEfoSYRQG4gKGBB/xFw9FOUJ5Qr00=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k57kq-0004NH-9i; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:22:22 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Kangas's message of "Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:06:14 -0700") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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:184508 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: >>> +;;;###autoload >>> +(defun apropos-function (pattern) >>> + "Show functions that match PATTERN. >>> + >>> +PATTERN can be a word, a list of words (separated by spaces), >> >> There was some disagreement whether this duplicates apropos-command >> unnecessarily, but I think (as I think most of the people who commented) >> that this seems useful -- it helps with discovery, which I think is a >> good thing. > > Should it be announced in NEWS? Oh yeah, definitely. I'll add that... -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no