From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alex Schroeder Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Apropos commands and regexps Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 11:50:02 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87hel3w3lh.fsf@emacswiki.org> References: <5xbsbj9834.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205150700.g4F70rr16163@aztec.santafe.edu> <87ptzxmz7s.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <5xoffhoywn.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <5xg00r4tlo.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205162138.g4GLchM03531@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200205181848.g4IImEW21971@aztec.santafe.edu> <200205182224.g4IMOKh13995@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200205191940.g4JJeYW24028@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xhel3zpa5.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1021888075 16899 127.0.0.1 (20 May 2002 09:47:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 09:47:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, miles@gnu.org, eliz@is.elta.co.il, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 179jlj-0004OS-00 for ; Mon, 20 May 2002 11:47:55 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 179jzc-0002Ed-00 for ; Mon, 20 May 2002 12:02:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 179jm3-0003Cw-00; Mon, 20 May 2002 05:48:15 -0400 Original-Received: from relay01.cablecom.net ([62.2.33.101]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 179jjb-00033T-00; Mon, 20 May 2002 05:45:43 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.swissonline.ch (mail-4.swissonline.ch [62.2.32.85]) by relay01.cablecom.net (8.11.6/8.11.4/SOL/AWF/MXRELAY/06072001) with ESMTP id g4K9kla04073; Mon, 20 May 2002 11:46:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from confusibombus (dclient217-162-234-4.hispeed.ch [217.162.234.4]) by smtp.swissonline.ch (8.11.6/8.11.6/SMTPSOL/AWF/2002040101) with ESMTP id g4K9jWo04448; Mon, 20 May 2002 11:45:36 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from alex by confusibombus with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 179jnm-00009o-00; Mon, 20 May 2002 11:50:02 +0200 Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-Reply-To: <5xhel3zpa5.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> (storm@cua.dk's message of "20 May 2002 01:33:22 +0200") Original-Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:4162 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4162 storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > In case the user enters M-x apropos RET paste RET, it would make more > sense if the response is an informative message: > > Note: Emacs uses the term "yank" for pasting text into a buffer. > > It could then offer to search using "yank" instead of "paste". > > This would have the benefit of teaching the user the proper terms. Yes, Google does something similar when you mistype your query. Google would reply "Did you mean *yank*?" and yank would be a link (button) which will execute the new query. Alex. -- http://www.electronicintifada.net/diaries/index.html http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/US-Israel/hr2506c.html