Re: tweak to apropos-command display

[Kevin Rodgers]

Richard Stallman wrote:
>     When apropos-command is displaying the keybindings associated with a
>     command, it often runs past the edge of the screen (esp. when 
displaying
>     M-x COMMAND RET) This makes the output very difficult to read.
>
> How about this change instead?
>
>
> *** apropos.el     12 Feb 2005 03:38:01 -0500      1.101
> --- apropos.el     22 Feb 2005 04:59:34 -0500      
> ***************
> *** 860,872 ****
>                                          key))
>                   key)
>                 item ", "))
> !           (insert "M-x")
> !           (put-text-property (- (point) 3) (point)
> !                              'face apropos-keybinding-face)
> !           (insert " " (symbol-name symbol) " ")
> !           (insert "RET")
> !           (put-text-property (- (point) 3) (point)
> !                              'face apropos-keybinding-face)))
>      (terpri)
>      (apropos-print-doc 2
>                         (if (commandp symbol)
> --- 860,866 ----
>                                          key))
>                   key)
>                 item ", "))
> !           (insert "(invoke using M-x)")))
>      (terpri)
>      (apropos-print-doc 2
>                         (if (commandp symbol)

(insert (substitute-command-keys
         "(invoke using \\[execute-extended-command])"))

:-)

--
Kevin Rodgers