From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: hel of some commands not found Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 16:19:54 +0100 Message-ID: <20170109151954.GA4204@tuxteam.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1483975453 14026 195.159.176.226 (9 Jan 2017 15:24:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 15:24:13 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 09 16:24:06 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cQbnh-00021y-MJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2017 16:23:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40564 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cQbnl-0007kX-VJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2017 10:24:01 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57505) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cQbjy-0004jo-Qn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2017 10:20:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cQbjt-0001xT-SF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2017 10:20:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.tuxteam.de ([5.199.139.25]:58577 helo=tomasium.tuxteam.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cQbjt-0001sW-MN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2017 10:20:01 -0500 Original-Received: from tomas by tomasium.tuxteam.de with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1cQbjm-00019q-PE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2017 16:19:54 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 5.199.139.25 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:112063 Archived-At: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 03:54:37PM +0100, Michele Bert wrote: > Hello > I am using GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d > scroll bars) of 2013-05-17 on komainu, modified by Debian, on and > Ubutu 12.04. > and I cannot find help for some commands. For example I have just > looked for command "format-decode-buffer", though I got the "Concept > index". What are you exactly trying to do? Trying to guess, I assumed that you are searching for a function's description. Trying "C-h f" (same as menu "Help" -> "Describe" -> "Describe Function...") gives for me: +--------- |format-decode-buffer is an interactive compiled Lisp function in |‘format.el’. | |(format-decode-buffer &optional FORMAT) | |Translate the buffer from some FORMAT. |If the format is not specified, attempt a regexp-based guess. |Set ‘buffer-file-format’ to the format used, and call any |format-specific mode functions. +--------- What happens for you if you try those steps? regards - - tomás -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlhzqhoACgkQBcgs9XrR2kZ6xgCfesVXzockAp6Mkx8jny/0cYCI IMsAnRF0R+2GrqyWB3QDTkJe9oKsyQKV =OTk1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----