From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "John S. Yates, Jr." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: help-for-help Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:28:27 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1149775567 24602 80.91.229.2 (8 Jun 2006 14:06:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:06:07 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 08 16:06:01 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FoL8a-0004SP-Io for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:05:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FoL8a-0002g6-63 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:05:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FoL8N-0002fr-Uz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:05:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FoL8C-0002fY-D2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:05:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FoL8C-0002fQ-48 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:05:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [63.240.77.81] (helo=sccrmhc11.comcast.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FoLG1-0002gj-O4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:13:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.yates-sheets.org ([24.218.47.219]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <2006060814050201100fr0lue>; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:05:02 +0000 Original-Received: from 10.1.1.12 ([10.1.1.12]) by mail.yates-sheets.org (WinRoute Pro 4.2.5) with SMTP; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 10:28:27 -0400 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 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:55773 Archived-At: martin rudalics writes: ... >a command-apropos. Give a list of words or a regexp, to get a list of > commands whose names match. See also the apropos command. ... >c describe-key-briefly. Type a command key sequence; > it prints the function name that sequence runs. ... >d apropos-documentation. Give a pattern (a list or words or a regexp),= and > see a list of functions, variables, and other items whose built-in > doucmentation string matches that pattern. See also the apropos = command. In a similar vein... What is the difference between "give" and "type"? Even if terminology is not unified around "type" I suggest that input in response to a prompt is more commonly "entered" than "given". I can see some symmetry in the description of command-apropos: give / get. The same does not hold for the description of apropos-documentation. /john