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changeset 67829:61ed6a33ffff
(apropos, apropos-value): Doc fix.
(apropos-documentation): Doc fix.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:21:04 +0000 |
| parents | 0af1084b1b6e |
| children | c18efc46bedd |
| files | lisp/apropos.el |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lisp/apropos.el Mon Dec 26 20:28:10 2005 +0000 +++ b/lisp/apropos.el Mon Dec 26 21:21:04 2005 +0000 @@ -502,7 +502,10 @@ ;;;###autoload (defun apropos (pattern &optional do-all) - "Show all bound symbols whose names match PATTERN. + "Show all meaningful Lisp symbols whose names match PATTERN. +Symbols are shown if they are defined as functions, variables, or +faces, or if they have nonempty property lists. + PATTERN can be a word, a list of words (separated by spaces), or a regexp (using some regexp special characters). If it is a word, search for matches for that word as a substring. If it is a list of words, @@ -571,7 +574,7 @@ ;;;###autoload (defun apropos-value (pattern &optional do-all) - "Show all symbols whose value's printed image matches PATTERN. + "Show all symbols whose value's printed representation matches PATTERN. PATTERN can be a word, a list of words (separated by spaces), or a regexp (using some regexp special characters). If it is a word, search for matches for that word as a substring. If it is a list of words, @@ -616,7 +619,7 @@ ;;;###autoload (defun apropos-documentation (pattern &optional do-all) - "Show symbols whose documentation contain matches for PATTERN. + "Show symbols whose documentation contains matches for PATTERN. PATTERN can be a word, a list of words (separated by spaces), or a regexp (using some regexp special characters). If it is a word, search for matches for that word as a substring. If it is a list of words,