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From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] "M-x guix-search-by-name" and "M-x guix-packages-by-name".
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 02:14:08 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1452726850-16850-1-git-send-email-alezost@gmail.com> (raw)

I almost never use "M-x guix-search-by-name" because I need to know a
real name of a package, and I rarely use "M-x guix-search-by-regexp",
because along with names it also searches in synopses and descriptions
(by default).

But I often use another command that allows me to display packages with
names matching regexp.  For example, I use it when I want to look at
packages with names that contain 'xml' or 'emacs'.  I believe this is
exactly what most people would expect from "M-x guix-search-by-name".

So what about renaming 'guix-search-by-name' into
'guix-packages-by-name' and adding a real 'guix-search-by-name' command
that will search for regexp in package names?

So:

- "M-x guix-packages-by-name guile" will display only guile packages
  (different versions and outputs)

- "M-x guix-search-by-name guile" will display all packages with "guile"
  string in names (like "guile-charting" or "guile-sly").

             reply	other threads:[~2016-01-13 23:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-13 23:14 Alex Kost [this message]
2016-01-13 23:14 ` [PATCH 1/2] emacs: Rename 'guix-search-by-name' to 'guix-packages-by-name' Alex Kost
2016-01-17 20:31   ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-13 23:14 ` [PATCH 2/2] emacs: Add 'guix-search-by-name' Alex Kost
2016-01-17 20:32   ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-17 20:31 ` [PATCH 0/2] "M-x guix-search-by-name" and "M-x guix-packages-by-name" Ludovic Courtès

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