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bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command'
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command' |
Date: |
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 01:18:02 -0600 |
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> Is this really what people do? I am surprised people find it useful,
> surprised that you can ever find a command name that way.
Yes, we have evidence of this on emacs-devel. I do it myself at times.
> If you have seen users do it, can you say more about the situations
> where it is effective?
I can't claim that it is the most effective technique in general.
I would use it when I am certain that I almost know the name of a
command -- I would know it if I see it. In such situations, firing up
apropos is an extra step and not what I want. Today, I just use `C-h f'
and manually filter for what is likely the command I am looking for.
With `describe-command', this would be a better experience.
But I think the use of `describe-command' goes beyond this one use-case.
In particular, I don't think end-users should need to filter through a
massive, intimidating list of functions when they are just looking for a
command.
(BTW, in the completion framework I often use, `ivy', there is a command
to run the action associated with the minibuffer without leaving the
minibuffer. That is, I run `C-h f', type in some text to complete on,
and then hit `C-M-n' to repeatedly see the full documentation for a
number of commands. This is a very effective way to scan for the
correct function, often much more effective than apropos. But vanilla
Emacs currently does not support this, AFAIK.)
- bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', (continued)
- bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/20
- bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Drew Adams, 2021/02/20
- bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Drew Adams, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Drew Adams, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Drew Adams, 2021/02/26
- bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/27
- bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Drew Adams, 2021/02/27
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Richard Stallman, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command',
Stefan Kangas <=
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Howard Melman, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Drew Adams, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Stefan Kangas, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Stefan Kangas, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Dmitry Gutov, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Dmitry Gutov, 2021/02/21