From: Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>
To: Emacs <Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Read file into *Help* buffer
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:13:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160924021338.GB3442@mail.akwebsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <068a523a-bb08-440d-9b2f-38beb3f7cb92@default>
* Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> [160923 18:07]:
> > Is there a way to read a specific text file into a buffer
> > (defaulting as *Help*) with help-mode activated?
> >
> > I.E. I'd like to use some text files to be loaded in the same manner
> > that would take effect if I invoked help-command or any other
> > "help-oriented" command.
>
> Functions `help-buffer' and `with-help-window' can help.
>
> Something like this:
>
> (defun file-to-help (file)
> "..."
> (with-current-buffer (help-buffer)
> (with-help-window (help-buffer)
> (insert-file-contents (expand-file-name file)
> nil nil nil :REPLACE))))
Thank you Drew.
I'll try this approach tomorrow and report back.
Cheers
--
Tim
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-24 2:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-24 0:29 Read file into *Help* buffer Tim Johnson
2016-09-24 2:03 ` Drew Adams
2016-09-24 2:13 ` Tim Johnson [this message]
2016-09-24 18:17 ` Tim Johnson
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