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* apropos/apropos-variable cursor
@ 2007-03-30 14:40 Lennart Borgman (gmail)
  2007-03-30 14:57 ` Drew Adams
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman (gmail) @ 2007-03-30 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Emacs Devel

If I do

   M-x apropos RET cursor RET

I can see the variable `cursor-type', but if I do

   M-x apropos-variable RET cursor RET

I can not find it in the list shown. To me that is at least a bit 
surprising. Should it be that way?

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* RE: apropos/apropos-variable cursor
  2007-03-30 14:40 apropos/apropos-variable cursor Lennart Borgman (gmail)
@ 2007-03-30 14:57 ` Drew Adams
  2007-03-30 15:10   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
  2007-03-31  7:19   ` Richard Stallman
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2007-03-30 14:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Lennart Borgman (gmail), Emacs Devel

> If I do
>
>    M-x apropos RET cursor RET
>
> I can see the variable `cursor-type', but if I do
>
>    M-x apropos-variable RET cursor RET
>
> I can not find it in the list shown. To me that is at least a bit
> surprising. Should it be that way?

Yes, according to the doc:

  Show user variables that match pattern.
  ...
  With C-u prefix, or if `apropos-do-all' is non-nil, also show
  normal variables.

I suggested that this command be renamed `apropos-option', for this very
reason.

I do this in my own code, and add an `apropos-variable' that does the same
thing, but with `apropos-do-all' bound to t. Clearer, IMO.

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* Re: apropos/apropos-variable cursor
  2007-03-30 14:57 ` Drew Adams
@ 2007-03-30 15:10   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
  2007-03-31  7:19   ` Richard Stallman
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman (gmail) @ 2007-03-30 15:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Drew Adams; +Cc: Emacs Devel

Drew Adams wrote:
>> If I do
>>
>>    M-x apropos RET cursor RET
>>
>> I can see the variable `cursor-type', but if I do
>>
>>    M-x apropos-variable RET cursor RET
>>
>> I can not find it in the list shown. To me that is at least a bit
>> surprising. Should it be that way?
> 
> Yes, according to the doc:
> 
>   Show user variables that match pattern.
>   ...
>   With C-u prefix, or if `apropos-do-all' is non-nil, also show
>   normal variables.
> 
> I suggested that this command be renamed `apropos-option', for this very
> reason.
> 
> I do this in my own code, and add an `apropos-variable' that does the same
> thing, but with `apropos-do-all' bound to t. Clearer, IMO.

I agree.

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread

* Re: apropos/apropos-variable cursor
  2007-03-30 14:57 ` Drew Adams
  2007-03-30 15:10   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
@ 2007-03-31  7:19   ` Richard Stallman
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Richard Stallman @ 2007-03-31  7:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Drew Adams; +Cc: lennart.borgman, emacs-devel

    I suggested that this command be renamed `apropos-option', for this very
    reason.

I agree, but not now.

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