Re: Changes in the menu bar

[Eli Zaretskii]

On 28 Nov 2001, Miles Bader wrote:

> I don't like the verb `Lookup', for the same reason that Jason
> doesn't -- it sounds like it's going to entail manual work.  I like
> `Show Matching' better.  I guess the word `Objects' is OK for the
> general apropos case, though I'm not entirely confortable.
> 
> For instance:
> 
>         Show Matching Commands
>         Show Matching Variables
>         Show Matching Variable Values
>         Show Matching Objects
>         Show Matching Documentation Strings

I'm obviously failing to get my point through: the last name is
misleading.  apropos-documentation is _not_ meant to find the matching
doc strings, it is for finding functions and variables.  I think the
menu item should say that.  That's what led me to walk away from this
wording, because I wanted the items to have a common language.

Also, "Show Matching <whatever>" leaves me wondering: matching what?
Therefore, "Commands Matching regexp" is a better possibility, if we
want "matching" in the name of the menu item.