Variable: apropos-sort-by-scores
apropos-sort-by-scores is a customizable variable defined in
apropos.el.gz.
Value
nil
Documentation
Non-nil means sort matches by scores; best match is shown first.
This applies to all apropos commands except apropos-documentation.
If value is verbose, the computed score is shown for each match.
Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1.
Source Code
;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/apropos.el.gz
(defcustom apropos-sort-by-scores nil
"Non-nil means sort matches by scores; best match is shown first.
This applies to all `apropos' commands except `apropos-documentation'.
If value is `verbose', the computed score is shown for each match."
:type '(choice (const :tag "off" nil)
(const :tag "on" t)
(const :tag "show scores" verbose)))