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M-x apropos - Search for info on subject That was my next guess! Drat! Seriously though, what does "apropos" mean? In Common Lisp I always have to stop and
by palish 18y ago
M-x apropos - Search for info on subject
That was my next guess! Drat!
Seriously though, what does "apropos" mean? In Common Lisp I always have to stop and remember it whenever I need to search packages for a symbol. A dictionary defines it as "by way of interjection or further comment", which isn't really meaningful. Maybe the name is a historical artifact?
- marcher 18y agoAs an adjective it means relevant. As a preposition (apropos of) it means concerning or related to. In this case you're asking about things related to the search terms. It mirrors the Unix command that performs searches on man pages.