Discrepancy between describe-function and counsel-describe-function

[jwiegley]

If my point is at the end of (find-file "hello" |, describe-function will describe the function, find-file; counsel-describe-function appears to select whatever function matches the regex given by the text of the word before point.

[basil-conto]

I think this is intentional; see #1088 (comment).

[basil-conto]

Having said that, it might be nice to make this configurable.

[jwiegley]

I discovered it because I rely on the describe-function behavior, to understand the meaning of the "next argument" I'm about to type. Having to move point to avoid typing the function name at the prompt is inefficient enough that I'll just go back to describe-function, which still has the ivy completion.

[abo-abo]

Thanks, it's customizable now: use (setq counsel-describe-function-preselect 'ivy-function-called-at-point) to test.

[jwiegley]

Great, @abo-abo, thank you!

[abo-abo]

You're welcome.

I discovered it because I rely on the describe-function behavior, to understand the meaning of the "next argument" I'm about to type.

I see. I simply use C-1 for this with lispy.

[jwiegley]

I only recently installed lispy, so I've yet to build this into muscle memory.

[basil-conto]

it's customizable now

Awesome, thanks!