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[PATCH] New command apropos-function

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 41021 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41021: [PATCH] New command apropos-function
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:06:14 -0700

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

> Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:
>
>> I've often found myself reaching for 'apropos-function' command, and
>> found it strange that it was missing.  This typically would happen by
>> saying M-x apropos- TAB.  So now I got frustrated again and I decided
>> to bite the bullet and implement it.
>
> [...]
>
>> +;;;###autoload
>> +(defun apropos-function (pattern)
>> +  "Show functions that match PATTERN.
>> +
>> +PATTERN can be a word, a list of words (separated by spaces),
>
> There was some disagreement whether this duplicates apropos-command
> unnecessarily, but I think (as I think most of the people who commented)
> that this seems useful -- it helps with discovery, which I think is a
> good thing.

Should it be announced in NEWS?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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