GNU bug report logs - #31094
25.2: Feature Reuqest: apropos-value: limit scope [CODE INCLUDED]

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Reported by: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>

Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2018 07:40:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.2

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 31094 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 31094 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31094: Code for second solution
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2018 09:17:01 -0400
On 2018-04-08 16:06, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Why not do this the other way around: make apropos-value present a
> shorter list when invoked with some special value of the prefix
> argument?  Or even make this a new command?  That way, people's muscle
> memory doesn't need to change, which I think is a Good Thing, given
> that I think we never had any complaints about the current behavior.

If either or both proposed changes are adopted, there will be no need to
change muscle memory for those who want the behavior to remain the same.

The first code snippet already only changes behavior when the function
is called with either two or three universal prefix args.

The second snippet is controlled by a boolean defcustom variable,
defaulting to the current long print-out behavior.

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