From 2a4ec7e1ef5cbb34bf65c888ff600787ec4654b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:21:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (apropos, apropos-value): Doc fix. (apropos-documentation): Doc fix. --- lisp/apropos.el | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/lisp/apropos.el b/lisp/apropos.el index 4e5109c1efb..c4ce2d1fa3c 100644 --- a/lisp/apropos.el +++ b/lisp/apropos.el @@ -502,7 +502,10 @@ while a list of strings is used as a word list." ;;;###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 @@ time-consuming. Returns list of symbols and documentation found." ;;;###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 @@ Returns list of symbols and values found." ;;;###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, -- 2.39.5