Re: apropos-* command key bindings

[Kevin Rodgers]

Reiner Steib wrote:
> I think this would be useful.  Personally, I use the `<f1> A' prefix
> for...
>
> a  apropos
> c  apropos-command
> d  apropos-documentation
> f  apropos-command (with apropos-do-all = t)

Why doesn't Emacs have apropos-function?

(defun apropos-function (regexp)
  "Show functions that match REGEXP."
  (interactive)
  (if (interactive-p)
      (let ((apropos-do-all t))
        (call-interactively 'apropos-command))
    (apropos-command regexp t)))

> i  info-apropos

What Emacs version has info-apropos?

> v  apropos-variable

If that command had a more specific name like apropos-option, we could
define apropos-variable like apropos-function above:

(defun apropos-variable (regexp)
  "Show variables that match REGEXP."
  (interactive)
  (if (interactive-p)
      (let ((apropos-do-all t))
        (call-interactively 'apropos-option))
    (apropos-option regexp t)))

> V  apropos-value

Thanks,
--
Kevin Rodgers