bug#41021: [PATCH] New command apropos-function

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
>
>>>> +;;;###autoload
>>>> +(defun apropos-function (pattern)
>>>> +  "Show functions that match PATTERN.
>>>> +
>>>> +PATTERN can be a word, a list of words (separated by spaces),
>>>
>>> There was some disagreement whether this duplicates apropos-command
>>> unnecessarily, but I think (as I think most of the people who commented)
>>> that this seems useful -- it helps with discovery, which I think is a
>>> good thing.
>>
>> Should it be announced in NEWS?
>
> Oh yeah, definitely.  I'll add that...

Oops.  I thought that was a different patch that I had applied.  :-)

But, yes, it's definitely NEWS-worthy.

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