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Re: new apropos feature in Emacs-22


From: Luc Teirlinck
Subject: Re: new apropos feature in Emacs-22
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 14:16:01 -0600 (CST)

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

   That's your ``always use quotes'' rule again; see above for why it
   might not be useful for someone (like a newbie) who does not know the
   exact phrase she is looking for.

Phrases like "global font lock mode" or "text only terminal" are
conceptually single items, even though, without quoting, to the
computer they look like four or three unrelated keywords.  That is
exactly why one _needs_ quoting in searches.

A newbie using apropos can not be assumed to be 100% ignorant: one way
or the other he managed to find out about the apropos commands.  So he
should be familiar with at least some multi-word phrases that are
conceptually a single item.

Sincerely,

Luc.
 




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