From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: call function in other window ? Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 15:52:55 +0200 Message-ID: References: <0F7D0254-9A80-42BF-82EB-E09007BE3A39@gmail.com> <38f43e30-eeb0-427a-a885-fbd30d0d0d97@default> <26D747C5-FD5A-4810-938E-77DD21C6D2F9@gmail.com> <9D41C2D6-0361-43C1-A89E-7C4440B512B9@gmail.com> <87inku5vs2.fsf@fastmail.fm> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1495374948 10891 195.159.176.226 (21 May 2017 13:55:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 13:55:48 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 21 15:55:44 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dCRKh-0002dI-QM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 May 2017 15:55:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38117 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dCRKk-0003Vh-8P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 May 2017 09:55:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42899) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dCRKI-0003VF-KX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 May 2017 09:55:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dCRKF-0004wO-Ie for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 May 2017 09:55:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=49731 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dCRKF-0004w2-Cm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 May 2017 09:55:15 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dCRK6-0001o5-UJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 May 2017 15:55:06 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:E8vEscYyPmu/Bf5KzjdDaFsUW/U= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113108 Archived-At: Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: > I admit I'm not super proficient with the > info-mode, but I have all the PDFs related to > Emacs/Elisp in a tabbed window where I can > search them at will (including the org-mode > manual etc.) The Emacs help and info and manpage buffers are probably more interactive and fast to deal with from and with Emacs. PDFs are more like to print huge manuals free of charge at your school or work so you can bring some reading when you travel by train :) > Instead of the info-mode itself, I usually > make use of the help system, it's generally > better at finding precise information. The help system is for the impatient programmers. Info-mode is for the real engineers :) -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573