From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert P. J. Day" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: is there C-h help for a "require" feature? Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:54:42 -0400 (EDT) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87d6qxity7.fsf@shadizar.dyndns.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033257442 2367 127.0.0.1 (28 Sep 2002 23:57:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 23:57:22 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17vRSb-0000c2-00 for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 01:57:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17vRSm-0003ej-00; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:57:32 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17vRS2-0003Gx-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:56:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17vRRy-0003FD-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:56:45 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts6.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.26] helo=tomts6-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17vRRy-0003F0-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:56:42 -0400 Original-Received: from xp ([65.93.101.113]) by tomts6-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.19 201-253-122-122-119-20020516) with ESMTP id <20020928235640.MWXI13033.tomts6-srv.bellnexxia.net@xp> for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:56:40 -0400 X-X-Sender: rpjday@dell Original-To: GNU emacs mailing list In-Reply-To: <87d6qxity7.fsf@shadizar.dyndns.org> Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:2010 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:2010 On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Michael J. Barillier wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > >>>>> "rd" == Robert P J Day 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. that part i had pretty much figured out. > 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 that's what i was asking about, kind of like the DOCSTRING part of a "defvar". ah well, it was a shot in the dark. rday