Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mailrus!umix!utah-gr!cdr.utah.edu!moore From: moore%cdr.utah.edu.uucp@utah-gr.UUCP (Tim Moore) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: apropos Message-ID: <2516@utah-gr.UUCP> Date: 8 May 88 19:03:53 GMT References: <3565@psuvax1.psu.edu> Sender: news@utah-gr.UUCP Reply-To: moore%cdr.utah.edu.UUCP@utah-gr.UUCP (Tim Moore) Organization: University of Utah CS Dept Lines: 18 Keywords: puzzling apropos 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. -Tim Moore 4560 M.E.B. internet:moore@cs.utah.edu University of Utah ABUSENET:{ihnp4, decvax}!utah-cs!moore Salt Lake City, UT 84112