Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs

[Eli Zaretskii]

On September 29, 2020 7:16:13 AM GMT+03:00, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:
> * Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2020-09-29 05:33]:
> > > Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 01:03:07 +0300
> > > From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> > > Cc: alexander.adolf@condition-alpha.com, Drew Adams
> <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
> > >  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> > > 
> > > >   > No, it does not assert that.
> > > > 
> > > >   >   Verb: conflate  kun'fleyt
> > > > 
> > > >   >   Add together different elements
> > > >   >   "The colours conflate well";
> > > >   >   - blend, flux, mix, commingle, immix, fuse,
> > > >   >     coalesce, meld, combine, merge
> > > > 
> > > > I am surprised.  The only meaning I have ever seen
> > > > is to mistakenly identify things that are different.
> > > > If that is not what you meant, then I apologize for the mistake.
> > > 
> > > That is why, there shall be function in Emacs to look up words in
> > > dictionaries.
> > 
> > You are suggesting that we have "conflate" in our Glossary?
> 
> I suggest that there shall be visible, exposed function to lookup
> words in dictionaries.



That could be a useful new feature, but it is a tangent in the context of this 
discussion.

Btw, we have a similar functionality built in: try "M-s M-w" after marking a 
word or a phrase.