GNU bug report logs - #43300
[PATCH] Make M-x show new commands for obsolete aliases

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:00:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 43300 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 43300 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43300: [PATCH] Make M-x show new commands for obsolete aliases
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 11:14:18 +0200

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> Please find attached two patches that tweaks how M-x
> (execute-extended-command) works:
>
> 1. Show obsolete commands, and give their new name as an annotation.

I noticed that some commands have " (nil)" appended as annotations
in M-x completions, e.g. 'M-x browse- TAB'.  Looks like " (nil)"
is returned in read-extended-command--annotation:

          (obsolete
           (format " (%s)" (car obsolete)))
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