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[PATCH] New command apropos-function

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Message #29 received at 41021 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 41021 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: Re: bug#41021: [PATCH] New command apropos-function
Date: Sun, 03 May 2020 17:19:17 +0300

> Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 13:18:16 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> This is my `apropos-function':
> 
> (defun apropos-function (pattern)
>   "Show functions that match PATTERN.
> This includes functions that are not commands.
> PATTERN can be a word, a list of words (separated by spaces),
> or a regexp (using some regexp special characters).  If it is a word,
> search for matches for that word as a substring.  If it is a list of words,
> search for matches for any two (or more) of those words.
> 
> When called from a Lisp program, a string PATTERN is used as a regexp,
> while a list of strings is used as a word list."
>   (interactive "i")
>   (if (interactive-p)
>       (let ((apropos-do-all t))
>         (call-interactively 'apropos-command))
>     (apropos-command pattern t)))

Is this to save the user typing C-u before invoking "C-h a"?

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