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From: Nicholas Sandow <njsand@internode.on.net>
To: danamlund@gmail.com
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: command-completion for C- commands?
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:02:26 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7240C581-B9EF-452A-B67D-7DDC633A233B@internode.on.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9681e557-deee-4f92-bcf4-a678c98de67e@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>


On 16/06/2008, at 7:40 PM, danamlund@gmail.com wrote:

> On 16 Jun., 10:22, knubee <knu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Tabbing works to show possible completions of Meta commands. Example:
>>
>> M-x list-f<TAB> shows
>>
>>   Possible completions are:
>>   list-faces-display               list-fontsets
>>
>> Is there an equivalent way to see possible completions for Control
>> commands -- given the mode of the current buffer? Example:
>>
>> C-x<WHAT?>
>>
>> thanks.
>
> M-x is a binding to a command, C-x ... is half a binding, so the same
> trick won't work.
> You can however, use the binding C-h b to view a list of all bindings
> and then look for ones starting with C-x.

You can also type C-h at any point mid-chord to see what keys are  
possible to complete the chord.

For example, if you type C-x C-h, you'll get a listing of what  
commands are bound to a key chord starting with C-x.




  reply	other threads:[~2008-06-16 13:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-16  8:22 command-completion for C- commands? knubee
2008-06-16  9:40 ` danamlund
2008-06-16 13:02   ` Nicholas Sandow [this message]
2008-06-16  9:44 ` Phil Carmody
2008-06-16 10:13   ` knubee
2008-06-16 14:41 ` Drew Adams
     [not found] ` <mailman.13397.1213627301.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-06-21  4:07   ` knubee

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