GNU bug report logs - #1484
23.0.60; Apropos output: <v> etc.?

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Message #11 received at 1484-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Stefan Monnier'" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: <1484-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#1484: 23.0.60; Apropos output: <v> etc.?
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 14:01:41 -0800

> > M-x apropos now uses tags such as <v>, <f>, <p>, instead of 
> > Variable, Function, Plist. Is this a bug? I don't see anything in 
> > NEWS about it (searching for "apropos").
> 
> Indeed, this is odd: the short form is now used in the default layout,
> whereas the long form is now used in the compact layout.  It should be
> the other way around.
> The pach below should fix it.  Thanks.

Glad the report helped. But what are the long and short forms? Is that
documented somewhere (didn't see anything in NEWS)? Should the (short form)
Apropos buffer explain that abbreviated notation?

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