From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: describe-mode "some-mode"? Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:04:01 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87tx54mjmm.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87bnrc1lkz.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1408734329 14762 80.91.229.3 (22 Aug 2014 19:05:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 19:05:29 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 22 21:05:23 2014 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 1XKu9I-0001He-E4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:05:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38876 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKu9I-0000yO-03 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:05:20 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 15 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: P0uMB9BthHuWo8+BJXB4Mw.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:D/jweOtVxYv7ZlJ5sMQAbMG8Wqc= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:207078 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99355 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > On the other hand, it is OK and simple to instead > create a temporary buffer, put it in the mode, and > use describe-mode' there. It is OK, but the OP is right, and that code should be made official, if there isn't anything else to this extent. Isn't there some REPL mode where, like in Clojure, you can do for example (source n) and (doc name)? -- underground experts united