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Re: apropos apropos [was: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?]
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: apropos apropos [was: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?] |
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Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:03:40 +0000 |
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Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote on Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:45:19 -0700:
> Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>> Hey, I never knew about `apropos-variable`. In fact, it never occurred
>> to me, until now, to try C-h a apropos. There's a whole wealth of
>> apropos-commands there, waiting to be discovered!
>> When I type C-h, only `apropos-command' is mentioned in the list of
>> options. (Yes, I know, that's because it's the only one with an entry in
>> the C-h keymap.)
>> As a matter of interest, how should I have discovered the existence of
>> these commands?
> C-h a apropos ; i.e. M-x apropos-command RET apropos
No, I meant what should have prompted me to try C-h a apropos? I've been
aware of C-h a for a long time. Damn useful thing it is, too. But I'd
NO idea that there might have been other aproposals, thus no reason to
try C-h a apropos.
Now I know. :-)
> --
> Kevin Rodgers
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- Re: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?, (continued)
Re: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?, Eli Zaretskii, 2003/11/24
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Message not availableRe: apropos apropos [was: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?], Alan Mackenzie, 2003/11/29
Re: apropos apropos [was: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?], Eli Zaretskii, 2003/11/30