GNU bug report logs - #41021
[PATCH] New command apropos-function

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 10:45:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #44 received at 41021 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 41021 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41021: [PATCH] New command apropos-function
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:22:18 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

>>> +;;;###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?

Oh yeah, definitely.  I'll add that...

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