Re: My emacs was upgraded and I am a novice again

[Johan Bockgård]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> Well, we could add a feature whereby documentation search commands
> will suggest to look for alternative keywords.  This feature could use
> a database of synonyms for computer-related terminology, as well as
> popular alternatives for certain Emacs parlance (such as "yank" etc.).

This seems somewhat apropos...

,----[ C-h v apropos-synonyms RET ]
| apropos-synonyms is a variable defined in `apropos.el'.
| Its value is 
| (("find" "open" "edit")
|  ("kill" "cut")
|  ("yank" "paste")
|  ("region" "selection"))
| 
| Documentation:
| List of synonyms known by apropos.
| Each element is a list of words where the first word is the standard Emacs
| term, and the rest of the words are alternative terms.
`----

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Johan Bockgård