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From: Hadron Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Why I can't use `info' in emacs?
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:13:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dnirgdgsbz.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1166191335.058714.266970@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com

"Robert Thorpe" <rthorpe@realworldtech.com> writes:

> Hadron Quark wrote:
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> >> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:20:23 +0800
>> >> From: Ronald <followait@163.com>
>> >> CC:  help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>> >> >
>> >> I'd like to see the info page for the word where the point is.
>> >> When I type ``C-h C-i" it says there is no info node for that word.
>> >> But in bash there is.
>> >
>> > What version of Emacs do you have?  I assume it's Emacs 21.x, because
>> > in that version `C-h C-i' was running the command info-lookup-symbol,
>> > and it was buggy.  In Emacs 22, info-lookup-symbol is bound to `C-h S',
>> > and it does work for me in the situation you described (point is on
>> > printf).  Please consider upgrading.
>> >
>> >> >> ``man 3 printf" ,  how to do it with info?
>> >> >
>> >> > There are several ways.  If you are sure you are looking for the C
>> >> > library function `printf', type "C-h S c-mode RET printf RET".
>> >>
>> >> I think the key sequence is too long for convenience.
>> >
>> > Don't be ridiculous, it's exactly 3 characters longer than "man 3
>> > printf".  And if you are already in a buffer whose major mode is C,
>> > and point is on `printf', all you need to type is "C-h S RET", which
>> > is only 3 keystrokes.
>>
>> How is one supposed to set this up?
>
> This works if you are on a fairly GNUy system.  One that has GNUlibc,
> such as a "linux" distribution.  If this is the case then there should
> be an info node called libc or glibc.  If that is the case then just
> pressing C-h S over a symbol documented in the manual should bring up
> that symbols info-page.
> Possible reasons why this doesn't work are:-
> * Distribution does not set Info paths correctly
> * Distribution does not ship with Glibc manual
> If either of the above are the case then complain loudly.
>
> This keystroke is C-h C-i in Emacs21 and C-h S in Emacs22.
>
>> On my emacs-snapshot printf is not a documented symbol.
>
> It's not documented by Emacs, it's documented in the Info docs that
> come with GLibc.
>
>> I have
>>
>> (defun jump-man-page ()
>>   (interactive)
>>   (manual-entry (current-word))
>>   )
>>
>> assigned to a key in cc-mode
>
> As other posters have said C-h S is better, the GNU info pages are
> better than their man-pages.
>

Thanks again Robert. First I heard of all this : when I asked before
people helped me out with the man pages!

I will dig around.

-- 

  reply	other threads:[~2006-12-15 14:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-14 23:59 Why I can't use `info' in emacs? Ronald
2006-12-15  6:50 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2006-12-15  7:15   ` Ronald
2006-12-15 12:40     ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-15 14:18       ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-12-15  8:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found] ` <mailman.1908.1166172009.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-15  9:20   ` Ronald
2006-12-15 11:17     ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]     ` <mailman.1911.1166181447.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-15 13:49       ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-15 14:02         ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-15 14:13           ` Hadron Quark [this message]
2006-12-15 14:25           ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-15 14:57             ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-15 15:49               ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-15 17:41                 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-18  0:10               ` Giorgos Keramidas
2006-12-18 11:51                 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-20  1:13                   ` Giorgos Keramidas
2006-12-20 16:51                     ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-15 15:57             ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]             ` <mailman.1922.1166198262.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-15 16:27               ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-15 18:11                 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-16 19:21                   ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-16 21:51                     ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]                     ` <mailman.1996.1166305877.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-16 22:30                       ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-17  4:12                         ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]                         ` <mailman.2006.1166328762.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-18 12:54                           ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-18 20:01                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-12-18 10:44                     ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-18 12:56                       ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-18 13:12                         ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-18 17:11                           ` Hadron Quark
2006-12-18 17:27                             ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-16 12:04                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-12-15  9:20   ` Ronald

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