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bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describ
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command' |
Date: |
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:55:16 +0000 |
> My point is that Emacs already has a well-developed subsystem for
> discovery, and trying to produce an alternative based on completion is
> reinventing the wheel from an inferior starting point. I question the
> wisdom of investing our resources in developing such an alternative.
It's not either/or.
Elisp (and other Lisps) already had a well-developed
way to associate objects with other objects in a set:
alists.
That didn't prevent Elisp (and other Lisps) from later
adding hash-table support - an "alternative" in some
ways, but certainly not a substitute.
There is overlap, but the two are different. As such,
each has its advantages. It's not about "reinventing
the wheel".
It's not either/or. Not at all.
But that's a general argument. Whether it's worth
adding a separate command `describe-command' is a
particular question and judgment.
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', (continued)
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Stefan Kangas, 2021/02/20
- 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, 2021/02/20
- 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 <=
- 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, 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', Howard Melman, 2021/02/21
- bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Drew Adams, 2021/02/21