From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@elta.co.il>
Subject: Re: apropos apropos [was: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?]
Date: 30 Nov 2003 08:53:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uisl2s5y1.fsf@elta.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <plt9qb.88.ln@acm.acm> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Sat, 29 Nov 2003 10:50:33 +0000)
> From: Alan Mackenzie<none@example.invalid>
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 10:50:33 +0000
>
> > Help->Search Documentation from the menubar could be one way to find
> > out.
>
> OK. I don't actually have a menubar (on a Linux console), but I suppose
> that's my problem these days. :-)
You can still ``see'' the menu bar via M-`.
> Maybe inserting something like "Full details of these commands, and
> further advanced help commands can be found in the Emacs manual." at the
> bottom of the C-h ? page would help here.
It's probably time to move this discussion to emacs-devel@gnu.org.
> Incidentally, on the manual page "Help", the first item in the menu is:
>
> * Help Summary:: Brief list of all Help commands.
>
> However, on the "Help Summary" page, there is no mention of M-x
> apropos-variable and friends.
That section only lists the "C-h" commands.
The text before the menu you referred to describes the recommended
way of finding the information efficiently. The various `apropos-*'
commands are listed in the node "Apropos" (reachable via the menu
mentioned above).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-30 6:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-24 4:42 how do i find out the platform emacs runs on? leo
2003-11-24 6:11 ` Ola Nilsson
2003-11-25 3:53 ` leo
2003-11-26 9:32 ` seki
2003-11-26 17:21 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-11-26 17:35 ` Edi Weitz
2003-11-26 17:36 ` Phillip Lord
2003-11-26 22:29 ` Ehud Karni
2003-11-27 10:02 ` Sébastien Kirche
2003-11-24 6:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.485.1069658500.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-11-24 9:39 ` apropos apropos [was: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?] Alan Mackenzie
2003-11-24 12:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-11-24 18:45 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-11-24 21:03 ` Alan Mackenzie
2003-11-25 17:40 ` Kevin Rodgers
[not found] ` <mailman.496.1069681832.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-11-29 10:50 ` Alan Mackenzie
2003-11-30 6:53 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2003-12-01 9:03 ` how do i find out the platform emacs runs on? Svend Tollak Munkejord
2003-12-01 13:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-12-01 19:15 ` Kevin Rodgers
[not found] ` <mailman.851.1070328153.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-12-02 8:20 ` Svend Tollak Munkejord
2003-12-02 17:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.924.1070390102.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-12-03 8:42 ` Svend Tollak Munkejord
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