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create alias for info-apropos

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From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
To: Emacs Bug Reporting <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: create alias for info-apropos
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:43:38 -0400

My expectation was that the "apropos" function for info functions would
follow the naming convention of other apropos functions: apropos-info.
Instead, the function is `info-apropos'.

Creating the alias would benefit user looking for completion options,
and users expecting consistency in the name of emacs functions.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 44110 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44110: create alias for info-apropos
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 05:34:11 +0300

> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:43:38 -0400
> From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
> 
> My expectation was that the "apropos" function for info functions would
> follow the naming convention of other apropos functions: apropos-info.
> Instead, the function is `info-apropos'.

This is due to our naming conventions: that function is defined in
info.el.

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From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 44110 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44110: create alias for info-apropos
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 22:59:13 -0400

On 2020-10-21 05:34, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:43:38 -0400
> > From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
> >
> > My expectation was that the "apropos" function for info functions would
> > follow the naming convention of other apropos functions: apropos-info.
> > Instead, the function is `info-apropos'.
>
> This is due to our naming conventions: that function is defined in
> info.el.

Does that necessary mean that an alias can't exist for the sake of its
benefits to users?

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 44110 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44110: create alias for info-apropos
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:04:48 +0300

> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 22:59:13 -0400
> From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
> Cc: 44110 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On 2020-10-21 05:34, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:43:38 -0400
> > > From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
> > >
> > > My expectation was that the "apropos" function for info functions would
> > > follow the naming convention of other apropos functions: apropos-info.
> > > Instead, the function is `info-apropos'.
> >
> > This is due to our naming conventions: that function is defined in
> > info.el.
> 
> Does that necessary mean that an alias can't exist for the sake of its
> benefits to users?

I didn't say that.  I just tried to explain why your expectation was
not necessarily justified.

As for adding an alias, if you type "M-x *-apropos TAB", you'll see
that we have quite a few of commands whose names are
SOMETHING-apropos, so info-apropos is not necessarily the odd one
out.  I'll let others speak up their minds on this.

Message #17 received at 44110 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 44110 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
Subject: Re: bug#44110: create alias for info-apropos
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:51:50 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> As for adding an alias, if you type "M-x *-apropos TAB", you'll see
> that we have quite a few of commands whose names are
> SOMETHING-apropos, so info-apropos is not necessarily the odd one
> out.  I'll let others speak up their minds on this.

Yeah, I don't think adding an alias here would be very helpful, so I'm
closing this bug report.

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