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bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command'
From: |
Howard Melman |
Subject: |
bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command' |
Date: |
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 11:39:14 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (darwin) |
FWIW since I started using a third party completion package
(first helm, then ivy and now selectrum/consult/marginalia)
I use apropos far less. I didn't expect that but it's the
case for me.
I've configured these package so that they show possible
completions vertically, one per line, and show annotations.
So now when I type M-x I not only see a list of commands I
can invoke, but also their keybinding and the first line of
their docstring. As I type and narrow the completions this
shows me a list of commands related to what I want and even
a brief description if the name is not enough.
I know that apropos is more featureful and I know how to
invoke it easily, but since I use M-x more commonly and it
now includes this basic info, my use of C-h a has decreased
as its just anothing thing to remember.
Also, when I use M-x normally I now get a kind of background
appropos happening all the time which gives me a little more
discovery. If I search for "register" to find the
jump-to-register command I'll see other register commands,
and those that are bound stand out a bit. If I'm not in a
rush I might scan it to discover other things I didn't know
about.
This works for me to with C-h v whose annotations show me
the current value (in a clipped narrow column) and the first
line of the docstring. Also with C-h f. These are not as
complete as apropos as they don't match on the docstrings,
but they're more interactive and I've found are good enough
and apropos is still there if I need it.
--
Howard
- 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', 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 <=
- 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
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/22
- bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command', Dmitry Gutov, 2021/02/27