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From: Jason <jemeade@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How do I get the definition of a function ?
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:24:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1193149464.677425.312340@e34g2000pro.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1192913731.881996.244460@v29g2000prd.googlegroups.com>

On Oct 20, 1:55 pm, gnuist...@gmail.com wrote:
> How do I get the definition, ie source code of a function in emacs
> lisp ?
>
> But if it shows some binary or opcode string.
>
> How do I decompile the string ?
>
> Please paste the session of an example
> using eval last sexp or eval print last sexp.
>
> Also what is the mathematics of the opcodes ?
> Is it related to the combinators in any way ?
> Is there any mathematics to speed up the interpretation
> of these opcodes and keep their size minimal? Is there
> any relation to the mathematics behind the lisp machines?
>
> Just want to see the whole picture.
>
> Thanks a lot for elucidation.
>
> Gnuist

Try apropos [function-name]. If you get a buffer saying "[function-
name] is a function defined in `module` then click on the `module` and
you will get the definition.

-Jason

      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-10-23 14:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-20 20:55 How do I get the definition of a function ? gnuist006
2007-10-20 21:42 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2007-10-20 23:24 ` Bastien
2007-10-23 14:24 ` Jason [this message]

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