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

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Package: emacs;

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

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 31094 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31094: Code for second solution
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2018 16:54:51 +0300

> Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2018 09:17:01 -0400
> From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
> Cc: 31094 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> The first code snippet already only changes behavior when the function
> is called with either two or three universal prefix args.

I was under the impression that the first variant was not what you were
promoting.

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

That sounds sub-optimal to me: completely changing the behavior of a
command given an option is not the best UI, IMO.  Two different
commands are better.
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