From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Ganchev Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Searching for commands by any part of command name Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 01:08:34 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: philip@cs.pitt.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1270703349 1518 80.91.229.12 (8 Apr 2010 05:09:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 05:09:09 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 08 07:09:08 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NzjzI-0005Us-CQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:09:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58261 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NzjzH-00075l-Jr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:09:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nzjyp-00075g-2G for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:08:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35346 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nzjym-00075P-Hn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:08:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nzjyl-0006KU-Aj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:08:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-vw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.212.41]:57030) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nzjyl-0006KQ-4E for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:08:35 -0400 Original-Received: by vws14 with SMTP id 14so1008271vws.0 for ; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:08:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=DYAb5EHbC2vkkoCORYcZePSJeb4NQxGns7lC6+GS1dk=; b=c/G1wJzcJQ8Z5CpMaF+eFL3iar18XH4kmFBB3ylFyzZfE+W5+GrVLTOUvcsO88pbRx YxwRupvaUsBl1KNHC3LMvROVh6HC4anQOTviVaToENSK2T5Q6hZyPx9ApSrSHsNUTYQH JaS+4NqQuX4RInP/7vzDnTvFAeAD00lv22QPA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=CoJibh639XYqrfWCTX7LNI7PggXixsj+RhX4qfxS/ztXBBCa3Y/vppPOPdcVSezPJ8 h8nbtkc9IGAsFbtKFNoY81X43JjDmrhBlG36i4bnJ2YAWB7KK7rwQJ+K+d0IWerbqSHe OKKafMfKX+qmNynilVJZbLDrXDObRwWGHiCt0= Original-Received: by 10.220.84.140 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 22:08:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Original-Received: by 10.220.62.134 with SMTP id x6mr2725118vch.48.1270703314662; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:08:34 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:72625 Archived-At: Please include my email address explicitly in your replies; I am not subscribed to the list. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Philip Ganchev wro= te: > Hi > > Emacs command names can be confusing to newcomers and casual users, > partly because of the word order in command names, and partly because > users don't know how to specify the action (which begins the command > name). For example, to close a window, you delete it. =A0I think it > would be easier if it was possible to search commands > case-insensitively and by text anywhere in the name, rather than only > the beginning. For example, if a user types > > M-x window > > then Emacs would list commands including: > > balance-windows > buffer-menu-other-window > clone-indirect-buffer-other-window > compare-windows > delete-other-windows > delete-window > > Can Emacs be customized or modified to do that? >