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bug#54157: 26.3; Provide variable aliases for options `list-matching-lin


From: Lars Ingebrigtsen
Subject: bug#54157: 26.3; Provide variable aliases for options `list-matching-lines-*'
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 10:47:40 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> Most users think "occur", not "list-matching-lines" for `occur'.
> Similarly, when they look for occur options.  Emacs help (apropos etc.)
> currently doesn't help them find the options.
>
> Please provide variable aliases for all of the options named
> `list-matching-lines-*'.  And maybe even consider doing it the other way
> around instead, that is, the same direction as for the command: alias
> the `list-matching-lines-*' option names to the (new) `occur-*' option
> names.

I think the naming is fine as is, so I'm closing this bug report.

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