GNU bug report logs - #44110
create alias for info-apropos

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>

Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:44:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 44110 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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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