Introduce `apropos-user-option' and update `apropos-variable'. (Bug#13276)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 601949af88ea7f089f496c1337b1226481deb9c2..1b5bdc8fb53f11d538b21fd9e2c635afbe92c24d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-01-07  Bastien Guerry  <bzg@gnu.org>
+
+       * help.texi (Apropos): Document `apropos-user-option' and update
+       the doc for `apropos-variable'.
+
 2013-01-05  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
        * text.texi (HTML Mode): Remove deleted nxml C-RET binding.

diff --git a/doc/emacs/help.texi b/doc/emacs/help.texi
index 0a0a3865d2deaf581d8802ce7a88d135964943f5..75b250d0f4064634d6a2500dcbd932c63a38a079 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/help.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/help.texi
@@ -295,11 +295,16 @@ search for noninteractive functions too.
 Search for functions and variables.  Both interactive functions
 (commands) and noninteractive functions can be found by this.
 
-@item M-x apropos-variable
-@findex apropos-variable
+@item M-x apropos-user-option
+@findex apropos-user-option
 Search for user-customizable variables.  With a prefix argument,
 search for non-customizable variables too.
 
+@item M-x apropos-variable
+@findex apropos-variable
+Search for variables.  With a prefix argument, search for
+customizable variables only.
+
 @item M-x apropos-value
 @findex apropos-value
 Search for variables whose values match the specified pattern.  With a

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index ac7401aba563b0284cce91b31eafefa8395a633f..185bf74bc0548136bac8e7bc9fcca82e76d772c0 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+2013-01-07  Bastien Guerry  <bzg@gnu.org>
+
+       * menu-bar.el (menu-bar-search-documentation-menu): Use
+       `apropos-user-option' and fix the help message.
+
+2013-01-07  Bastien Guerry  <bzg@gnu.org>
+
+       * apropos.el (apropos-do-all): Update docstring.
+       (apropos-user-option-button): New face.
+       (apropos-user-option): Rename from `apropos-variable' and update
+       docstring.
+       (apropos-variable): Rewrite, now show all variables by default.
+       (apropos-print): Mention "User option" instead of "Variable" when
+       printing doc for user options.  (Bug#13276)
+
 2013-01-07  Jürgen Hötzel  <juergen@archlinux.org>
 
        * net/tramp-adb.el (tramp-do-parse-file-attributes-with-ls):

diff --git a/lisp/apropos.el b/lisp/apropos.el
index 5f481f54e57e68a58932cccbd3859e5d2dc6d546..000d2d87d056d490f2cb605f3172b7919274c4ae 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/apropos.el
+++ b/lisp/apropos.el
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   "Non nil means apropos commands will search more extensively.
 This may be slower.  This option affects the following commands:
 
-`apropos-variable' will search all variables, not just user variables.
+`apropos-user-option' will search all variables, not just user options.
 `apropos-command' will also search non-interactive functions.
 `apropos' will search all symbols, not just functions, variables, faces,
 and those with property lists.
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ include key-binding information in its output."
   :group 'apropos
   :version "24.3")
 
+(defface apropos-user-option-button
+  '((t (:inherit (font-lock-variable-name-face button))))
+  "Button face indicating a user option in Apropos."
+  :group 'apropos
+  :version "24.4")
+
 (defface apropos-misc-button
   '((t (:inherit (font-lock-constant-face button))))
   "Button face indicating a miscellaneous object type in Apropos."
@@ -261,6 +267,15 @@ term, and the rest of the words are alternative terms.")
   'action (lambda (button)
            (describe-variable (button-get button 'apropos-symbol))))
 
+(define-button-type 'apropos-user-option
+  'apropos-label "User option"
+  'apropos-short-label "o"
+  'face 'apropos-user-option-button
+  'help-echo "mouse-2, RET: Display more help on this user option"
+  'follow-link t
+  'action (lambda (button)
+           (describe-variable (button-get button 'apropos-symbol))))
+
 (define-button-type 'apropos-face
   'apropos-label "Face"
   'apropos-short-label "F"
@@ -461,15 +476,15 @@ This requires that at least 2 keywords (unless only one was given)."
 This is used to decide whether to print the result's type or not.")
 
 ;;;###autoload
-(defun apropos-variable (pattern &optional do-all)
-  "Show user variables that match PATTERN.
+(defun apropos-user-option (pattern &optional do-all)
+  "Show user options that match 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,
 search for matches for any two (or more) of those words.
 
 With \\[universal-argument] prefix, or if `apropos-do-all' is non-nil, also show
-normal variables."
+variables, not just user options."
   (interactive (list (apropos-read-pattern
                      (if (or current-prefix-arg apropos-do-all)
                          "variable" "user option"))
@@ -481,6 +496,17 @@ normal variables."
                                (get symbol 'variable-documentation)))
                     'custom-variable-p)))
 
+;;;###autoload
+(defun apropos-variable (pattern &optional do-not-all)
+  "Show variables that match PATTERN.
+When DO-NOT-ALL is not-nil, show user options only, i.e. behave
+like `apropos-user-option'."
+  (interactive (list (apropos-read-pattern
+                     (if current-prefix-arg "user option" "variable"))
+                     current-prefix-arg))
+  (let ((apropos-do-all (if do-not-all nil t)))
+    (apropos-user-option pattern)))
+
 ;; For auld lang syne:
 ;;;###autoload
 (defalias 'command-apropos 'apropos-command)
@@ -1099,7 +1125,11 @@ If non-nil TEXT is a string that will be printed as a heading."
                                   'apropos-macro
                                 'apropos-function))
                             (not nosubst))
-         (apropos-print-doc 3 'apropos-variable (not nosubst))
+         (apropos-print-doc 3
+                            (if (custom-variable-p symbol)
+                                'apropos-user-option
+                              'apropos-variable)
+                            (not nosubst))
          (apropos-print-doc 7 'apropos-group t)
          (apropos-print-doc 6 'apropos-face t)
          (apropos-print-doc 5 'apropos-widget t)

diff --git a/lisp/menu-bar.el b/lisp/menu-bar.el
index 024e2237cae0eb640d8bc57f0f2fe2a9db49c2c7..60f2bc2999f878b43f39357c4936c008bd3520ff 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/menu-bar.el
+++ b/lisp/menu-bar.el
@@ -1637,8 +1637,8 @@ key, a click, or a menu-item"))
       '(menu-item "Find Options by Value..." apropos-value
                   :help "Find variables whose values match a regexp"))
     (bindings--define-key menu [find-options-by-name]
-      '(menu-item "Find Options by Name..." apropos-variable
-                  :help "Find variables whose names match a regexp"))
+      '(menu-item "Find Options by Name..." apropos-user-option
+                  :help "Find user options whose names match a regexp"))
     (bindings--define-key menu [find-commands-by-name]
       '(menu-item "Find Commands by Name..." apropos-command
                   :help "Find commands whose names match a regexp"))