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Re: Systematic implicit aliases for option variables
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: Systematic implicit aliases for option variables |
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Tue, 01 Mar 2022 23:46:51 -0500 |
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> > If you give it `occur', it would recognize that that is an alias
> > for `list-matching-lines', and show you the options pertinent to
> > `list-matching-lines'. You wouldn't need to know that `occur'
> > is an alias.
> >
> > I think the hard part of this would be adding a data base to find the
> > custom groups that are pertinent to any particular command.
> >
> Sounds like a natural extension of customize-apropos, which we already have?
Could you explain how it relates to customize-apropos? That selects
options purely on their names -- the feature I request would select
them based on semantics.
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