Basic Q: how to visit .el file?

Basic Q: how to visit .el file?

[kj]

Is there an easy way to tell Emacs to visit some file in its load
path (without, of course, having to tell it specifically where to
look)?

Thanks!

kj
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Re: Basic Q: how to visit .el file?

[Eric Hanchrow]

>>>>> "kj" == kj  <socyl@987jk.com.invalid> writes:

    kj> Is there an easy way to tell Emacs to visit some file in its
    kj> load path (without, of course, having to tell it specifically
    kj> where to look)?

In CVS Emacs, C-x F (find-function) does exactly what you want.

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Re: Basic Q: how to visit .el file?

[kj]

In <mailman.617.1173299866.7795.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net> writes:

>>>>>> "kj" == kj  <socyl@987jk.com.invalid> writes:

>    kj> Is there an easy way to tell Emacs to visit some file in its
>    kj> load path (without, of course, having to tell it specifically
>    kj> where to look)?

>In CVS Emacs, C-x F (find-function) does exactly what you want.

Well, not exactly (it requires that I know the name of some function
in the file of interest), but certainly good enough.  Thanks!

kj

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NOTE: In my address everything before the first period is backwards;
and the last period, and everything after it, should be discarded.

Re: Basic Q: how to visit .el file?

[Kevin Rodgers]

kj wrote:
> Is there an easy way to tell Emacs to visit some file in its load
> path (without, of course, having to tell it specifically where to
> look)?

M-x find-library

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

Re: Basic Q: how to visit .el file?

[Stefan Monnier]

> Is there an easy way to tell Emacs to visit some file in its load
> path (without, of course, having to tell it specifically where to
> look)?

M-x find-library RET


        Stefan


PS: IIRC it's new in Emacs-22.