bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command'

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
>         "46627@debbugs.gnu.org"
>       <46627@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 04:25:09 +0000
> 
> > I see your point regarding #2, but thinking about it a bit I think it
> > is preferable to have an easier keybinding than `C-u C-h f' for commands.
> > And if we have `describe-command' on `C-h x', perhaps the prefix
> > argument to `describe-function' is just redundant?
> 
> It's not either/or.  It costs little to add the
> prefix-arg behavior, even if you add the option
> and command commands.

We are not supposed to add anything that costs little.

> That's similar to what we do for some apropos
> commands.  E.g. `apropos-user-option' compared
> with `apropos-variable' with a prefix arg; and
> `apropos-command' with and without a prefix arg.

As you say, "two wrongs don't make a right".