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Reiner Steib <4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de> writes:

> On Fri, Dec 19 2003, Joe Corneli wrote:
>
>> What are the best methods for browsing all functions or commands
>> that are part of GNU emacs (even if not loaded)?
>
> - `C-h a foo RET' (Menu / Help / Describe / Apropos Commands) shows
>   all commands containing "foo" including a short description.

But this won't get you all symbols in libraries which haven't been
loaded.

`M-x cus-test-load-libs' from emacs/admin/cus-test.el should load most
functions and variables, but symbols defined in files with no
autoloads will still be missing.