From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: AN0 Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: TAGS documentation Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:12:36 +0800 Message-ID: References: <1xbqdwczsd.fsf@googlemail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1185705757 28247 80.91.229.12 (29 Jul 2007 10:42:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:42:37 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 29 12:42:30 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IF6EF-0000E9-Vq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:42:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IF6EE-0003IG-Me for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:42:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IF6C2-00032G-Rt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:40:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IF6Bz-00031r-QB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:40:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IF6Bz-00031n-DV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:40:07 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IF6By-0004mr-SY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:40:07 -0400 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IF6Bu-000648-DC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:40:02 +0200 Original-Received: from 61.51.194.93 ([61.51.194.93]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:40:02 +0200 Original-Received: from an00na by 61.51.194.93 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:40:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 34 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.51.194.93 User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GNuwyObIOdap6fXzX7uDle0X2ss= X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:46159 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Hadron >> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:07:26 +0200 >> >> > C-h i d m emacs RET g Tags RET >> > >> > spits out some error message instead of getting you to the description >> > of tags tables and associated commands and features? If so, you need >> > to fix your installation of the Emacs manual, because what you want is >> > an integral part of it. >> >> Thank you Eli - that command sequence found tags! >> >> What Search command should find it from the top index level? > > In Info manuals, never use search commands -- they are for sissies. ;-) > Instead, use the index search feature of Info. Any well-written Info > manual should have an index which will get you to the description of > every important concept quickly and efficiently. In this case, the > command "i tags RET" inside the Emacs manual will land you on the > above spot (this is how I found the node when answering your question, > btw). > > The `i' command is the way to use an Info manual as a reference (as > opposed to just reading through it, which is typical of the first time > you learn to use a program). But when I used the `i' command in the Info directory (where the `d' led me to), I got following message: The Info directory node has no index; use m to select a manual so it seems an `m' command is inevitable. --