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From: moore%cdr.utah.edu.uucp@utah-gr.UUCP (Tim Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: apropos
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Date: 8 May 88 19:03:53 GMT
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In article <3565@psuvax1.psu.edu> schwartz@gondor.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) writes:
>
>Running Gnu-emacs, 18.51.1 (compiled with -O, 4.3bsd, vax):
>
>I type M-x apropos set-marker and get an empty window.
>Set-marker is really there, so why no apropos?
>
>
>-- Scott Schwartz     schwartz@gondor.cs.psu.edu    schwartz@psuvaxg.bitnet

Is it possible that you're using 'command-apropos (the default binding
of C-h a) and not apropos? 'set-marker isn't an interactive function,
so 'command-apropos won't find it.

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