GNU bug report logs - #353
M-x customize lacks search function

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:30:05 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>, <353 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
        <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#353: M-x customize lacks search function
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:53:48 -0700

> The screen that greets the user upon M-x customize should have a
> Search [________]
> box. E.g., the user is looking for things that match cursor.*color,
> and finds some using M-x apropos, but would like to find where inside
> all the menus he should go now here to get to the M-x customize
> specific ones.

FWIW, there are also `customize-apropos' and `customize-apropos-options'.

If a Search field is added to Customize, perhaps it should leverage the
`customize-apropos*' commands.
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