From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dmitry Alexandrov <321942@gmail.com> Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Getting _help_ on last response from C-h c Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 05:21:07 +0300 Message-ID: <87eg8hhcoc.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20160601004138.GB840@mail.akwebsoft.com> <87k2i9ybq8.fsf@web.de> <20160601005909.GC840@mail.akwebsoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1464747718 30629 80.91.229.3 (1 Jun 2016 02:21:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 02:21:58 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 01 04:21:50 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1b7vn4-0007A0-9s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:21:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39277 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b7vn3-0003Le-DL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 22:21:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41334) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b7vmc-0003LY-31 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 22:21:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b7vmY-0008QD-2R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 22:21:22 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:41173) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b7vmX-0008Q1-R1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 22:21:17 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1b7vmT-0006lj-79 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:21:13 +0200 Original-Received: from 178.218.27.218 ([178.218.27.218]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:21:13 +0200 Original-Received: from 321942 by 178.218.27.218 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:21:13 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 35 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 178.218.27.218 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DRRjY67cvUFLNPruzePC0CDphMA= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:110154 Archived-At: Tim Johnson writes: > * Michael Heerdegen [160531 16:51]: >> Tim Johnson writes: >> >> > On GNU Emacs 24.3.1 : >> > Let's say I type C-h c C-M-a >> > >> > Help returns >> > C-M-a runs the command beginning-of-defun >> > >> > As I understand it, to get _help_ on beginning-of-defun, I have to >> > then type C-h f beginning-of-defun >> > >> > Is there a way that would return both the binding and help on the >> > bound function? >> >> C-h k. >> >> I suggest to learn a bit about the different help commands Emacs offers. >> Use C-h C-h (`help-for-help') when in doubt. > Thanks for the quick reply Michael. > > I use C-h C-h frequently > > From what I read there, I see no built-in way to get a "one-stop" > response such as I have described in my opening post. > > Perhaps I have missed something? So why ‘C-h k’ does not meet your needs? If you’d like to have a more comprehensive help, you might try ‘C-h K’ to get a info node about a command that bound to a key, but note that not every function is documented in the Manual.