From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Finding a easy way for prototype tipping Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:02:10 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1166104989.808680.119430@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com> <1166188073.391449.47140@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com> <1166193163.411240.285930@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166198554 26508 80.91.229.10 (15 Dec 2006 16:02:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:02:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 15 17:02:33 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 1GvFVz-0006iH-NP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:02:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GvFVz-0002mm-BF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:02:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GvFVk-0002mP-Tc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:02:12 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GvFVh-0002lG-9B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:02:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GvFVh-0002lC-1b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:02:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GvFVg-0008At-EA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:02:08 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-12-98.inter.net.il [80.230.12.98]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id FLY37297 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:02:06 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <1166193163.411240.285930@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com> (rthorpe@realworldtech.com) 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:39576 Archived-At: > From: "Robert Thorpe" > Date: 15 Dec 2006 06:32:43 -0800 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > From: "Robert Thorpe" > > > Date: 15 Dec 2006 05:07:53 -0800 > > > > > > > > To make sure that info pages contain information on memset I found one with C-h i, in entry: > > > > * Libc: (libc). C library. > > > > > > > > That's it > > > > > > > > -- Function: void * memset (void *BLOCK, int C, size_t SIZE) > > > > This function copies the value of C (converted to an `unsigned > > > > char') into each of the first SIZE bytes of the object beginning > > > > at BLOCK. It returns the value of BLOCK. > > > > > > > [...] > > > Regarding Info-lookup, it could be something that's not supported on > > > your system. It's a GNU Libc feature. > > > > ??? But Pawel explicitly shows (above) that he does have the GNU Libc > > manual installed on his system. > > Not necessarily. There are at least two libc manuals in info format, > the GNUlibc one and the Redhat Cygwin one. That manual also doesn't > work with C-h C-i. But look above: the DIR entry clearly shows it's the GNU Libc. And "C-h i" does work with it, as Pawel said. Anyway, I don't understand how can the Cygwin version not work. Emacs doesn't assume anything about the libc manual, all it needs is the index. Are you saying that the Cygwin version of libc docs doesn't have an index? If so, it's not the GNU Libc manual. (IIRC, Cygwin uses newlib, not glibc.) > > What other dependency on GNU Libc > > could possibly defeat this feature on his system? > > The dir file could contain the entry, but there could be no info file. Again, read the original message above: Pawel says that he verified that he did found the memset description via "C-h i". So I think there's nothing wrong with his manual.