From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: new apropos feature in Emacs-22 Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:52:44 +0200 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131397223 7666 80.91.229.2 (7 Nov 2005 21:00:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 21:00:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 07 22:00:13 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EZE3b-0004KV-SJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:57:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EZE3D-0001FR-FA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:57:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EZE0C-0000yi-PH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:54:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EZDzx-0000wM-3v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:54:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EZDzv-0000wD-MV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:53:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EZDzu-00044r-0l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:53:46 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-228-136-132.inter.net.il [84.228.136.132]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.6.5-GR) with ESMTP id BWW10241 (AUTH halo1); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 22:52:45 +0200 (IST) Original-To: "Drew Adams" In-reply-to: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:45560 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:54:00 -0800 > > Most of the discussion has centered on _how_ to obtain the syntax and > behavior of both the old (regexp) and the new (keywords) apropos at the same > time, in the same command - not on whether or not that is desirable. That's because everybody agreed that it was desirable. There was no need to discuss that about which we were in almost perfect agreement. > So, I repeat the question: _Why not_ leave the apropos commands as they > were, and create new, more "novice user-friendly", keyword-search commands? > The question deserves some reply, at least. It should have been addressed > before launching a discussion of _how_ to change the existing commands. This question was asked and answered. I posted the URL here.