From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nicholas Sandow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: command-completion for C- commands? Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:02:26 +1000 Message-ID: <7240C581-B9EF-452A-B67D-7DDC633A233B@internode.on.net> References: <9681e557-deee-4f92-bcf4-a678c98de67e@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213629538 11221 80.91.229.12 (16 Jun 2008 15:18:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:18:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: danamlund@gmail.com Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 16 17:19:41 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K8GU4-0003tH-Oo for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:19:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33979 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K8GTF-0004l3-5M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:18:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K8ERf-0006f1-65 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:08:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K8ERe-0006ea-6s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:08:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34438 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K8ERe-0006eV-3U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:08:26 -0400 Original-Received: from bld-mail11.adl2.internode.on.net ([203.16.214.75]:48693 helo=mail.internode.on.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K8ERc-00024N-UF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:08:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.4.103] (unverified [59.167.130.79]) by mail.internode.on.net (SurgeMail 3.8f2) with ESMTP id 20832486-1927428 for multiple; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:38:16 +0930 (CST) In-Reply-To: <9681e557-deee-4f92-bcf4-a678c98de67e@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:17:55 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:54888 Archived-At: On 16/06/2008, at 7:40 PM, danamlund@gmail.com wrote: > On 16 Jun., 10:22, knubee wrote: >> Tabbing works to show possible completions of Meta commands. Example: >> >> M-x list-f 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 >> >> 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.