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From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Subject: Re: Visit random info files?
Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 12:56:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <lis46d.6g.ln@acm.acm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.4709.1115847214.2819.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

Ryan Bowman <ryanlbowman@yahoo.com> wrote on Wed, 11 May 2005 14:30:38
-0700 (PDT):
> Prefacing my question, I know nothing of info files, is it possible to
> write a function that visits a randomly chosen page from all available
> info files?  If so, Would someone be willing to instruct me on how such
> a function could be composed (or is there one already)?

Maybe it's not quite what you're looking for, but C-u C-h i might do.  It
loads the file you tell it as an info file.

> Ryan Bowman

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Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-05-14 12:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.4709.1115847214.2819.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-05-11 23:23 ` Visit random info files? Thien-Thi Nguyen
2005-05-14 12:56 ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]
2005-05-11 21:30 Ryan Bowman
2005-05-11 21:57 ` Joe Corneli

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