From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: call function in other window ? Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 15:58:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <0F7D0254-9A80-42BF-82EB-E09007BE3A39@gmail.com> <38f43e30-eeb0-427a-a885-fbd30d0d0d97@default> <26D747C5-FD5A-4810-938E-77DD21C6D2F9@gmail.com> <9D41C2D6-0361-43C1-A89E-7C4440B512B9@gmail.com> <87inku5vs2.fsf@fastmail.fm> <831srip7wj.fsf@gnu.org> <77FFF9DB-058E-4C00-B8C7-1AF22112AEE4@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1495407537 29557 195.159.176.226 (21 May 2017 22:58:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 22:58:57 +0000 (UTC) To: Jean-Christophe Helary , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 22 00:58:52 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dCZoK-0007Zp-27 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 May 2017 00:58:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39522 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dCZoP-00078Y-FL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 May 2017 18:58:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53391) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dCZnw-00078I-Af for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 May 2017 18:58:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dCZnt-0004hB-8b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 May 2017 18:58:28 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:41818) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dCZns-0004fX-Vw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 May 2017 18:58:25 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id v4LMwJYv029433 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 21 May 2017 22:58:20 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v4LMwIFg014059 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 21 May 2017 22:58:18 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0019.oracle.com (abhmp0019.oracle.com [141.146.116.25]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v4LMwHMg009432; Sun, 21 May 2017 22:58:18 GMT In-Reply-To: <77FFF9DB-058E-4C00-B8C7-1AF22112AEE4@gmail.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 12.0.6767.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 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:113118 Archived-At: > > You should use both, IMO. Info manuals often provide additional > > information that expands and enhances the doc strings. >=20 > As I wrote, I (still) prefer to read the manuals as PDFs in an external > reader. The main advantage is that I can easily move from a manual to > another while I can only have one info buffer opened in Emacs, or maybe I > have not yet found the way to keep a number of manuals opened at the same > time in Emacs. `M-n' is bound to `clone-buffer' in `Info-mode-map'. Use it to get an Info clone of the current node - buffer `*info*<2>' etc. Then navigate from either of the two buffers for the node. Etc. IOW, you can have as many Info buffers as you like open at the same time. Each has its own history (Back etc.). Remember that in any mode, and Info mode is no exception, `C-h m' is your friend. It tells you, among many other things, that `M-n' selects "a new cloned Info buffer in another window". Ask Emacs.