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28.0.50; Filter xref results by filename

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 49731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
Subject: bug#49731: 28.0.50; Filter xref results by filename
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 23:58:10 +0300

>> I suppose xref-find-apropos doesn't offer
>> the identifier at point as its default because 'apropos' doesn't offer
>> the default?  But this is not a big problem.
>
> Maybe because of that, or because one usually searches for a word or
> several (right?), rather than some identifier name.
>
> Providing a default wouldn't break anything, though. Perhaps some people
> will find it easier to extract the key words they wanted from the symbol
> name at point.

Indeed, such as removing the suffix and leaving a common prefix
to search all functions under the same package namespace, etc.

> Try this patch:

Thanks, this makes it more useful.

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