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From: "Michael J. Barillier" <blackwolf@pcisys.net>
Cc: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: is there C-h help for a "require" feature?
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 17:18:56 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d6qxity7.fsf@shadizar.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0209281329490.13463-100000@dell> ("Robert P. J. Day"'s message of "Sat, 28 Sep 2002 13:31:38 -0400 (EDT)")

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>>>>> "rd" == Robert P J Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> writes:

    rd>   looking at someone else's elisp load file, and for the line
    rd> (require 'cl), is there any C-h help for "cl"?  given that
    rd> it's not a function or variable, is there another C-h key
    rd> sequence that would give help for that, perhaps from embedded
    rd> documentation in the corresponding file?

`(require 'cl)' makes sure cl.el (Common Lisp-like functions) are
loaded.  `cl' is just a symbol, and if it's not in the `features' list
then the corresponding file is loaded.  Are you looking for some
method of attaching per-file documentation?  Sounds like a slick idea,
but not supported by the current `require'/`provide' mechanism
(AFAIK).

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-09-28 23:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-28 17:31 is there C-h help for a "require" feature? Robert P. J. Day
2002-09-28 23:18 ` Michael J. Barillier [this message]
2002-09-28 23:54   ` Robert P. J. Day
     [not found] <mailman.1033234465.16189.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2002-09-28 17:55 ` Jesper Harder
     [not found] <mailman.1033257451.14053.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2002-09-29 21:35 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>

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