From: Barry Margolin <barmar@genuity.net>
Subject: Re: where is a function defined
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:37:15 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <%dnQ9.14$3v3.956@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: yq0cvg1aue1e.fsf@blinky.bloomberg.com
In article <yq0cvg1aue1e.fsf@blinky.bloomberg.com>,
Z. Huang <zghuang@bloomberg.net> wrote:
>"Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@kemisten.nu> writes:
>
>> load-path seems to be not I wanted. I have to go to each of the
>> directories to find a symbol that I need. Is there any simpler way
>> to find the definition of a function?
>>
>> Maybe I misunderstood the question, but what is wrong with using `C-h
>> C-f' (describe-function)?
>>
>>
> I need to find the lisp code for a function, not only the
>description. Thanks for the response anyway.
describe-function's output tells you which file contains the function
definition, e.g.:
do-auto-fill is a compiled Lisp function in `simple'.
This tells you to look in simple.el.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@genuity.net
Genuity, Woburn, MA
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-12-31 20:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-12-31 19:16 where is a function defined Z. Huang
2002-12-31 19:38 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
[not found] ` <mailman.766.1041363495.19936.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2002-12-31 20:30 ` Z. Huang
2002-12-31 20:37 ` Barry Margolin [this message]
2002-12-31 20:48 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2003-01-01 15:35 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-01-06 20:37 ` Alan Wehmann
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