From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hadron Quark Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why I can't use `info' in emacs? Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:13:36 +0100 Message-ID: References: <458268D7.6020203@163.com> <1166191335.058714.266970@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166193830 8335 80.91.229.10 (15 Dec 2006 14:43:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:43:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 15 15:43:48 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GvEHr-00039J-Be for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:43:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GvEHq-0001tC-UU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:43:47 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsserver.news.garr.it!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 68 Original-X-Trace: individual.net aQL/zkpZXSYl4L6sHHXEAgLM6a2+fqLu9luYoAAiuLN7gHKD5Y X-Orig-Path: news.individual.net!news X-Face: 2h#||Cd#d%F*NCm59[_6/{1a@jy%; |j>{D~4^gKg(^i%7j0IK?+,/GmW&:CD5fEKb_! User-Agent: Gnus Cancel-Lock: sha1:XJWmLv6xIXX3R8Olc2cFOXsEMdo= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:143964 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:39570 Archived-At: "Robert Thorpe" writes: > Hadron Quark wrote: >> Eli Zaretskii writes: >> >> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:20:23 +0800 >> >> From: Ronald >> >> 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. --