Emacs Lisp: jumping to a definition?

Emacs Lisp: jumping to a definition?

[Elena]

Hello,

how do you jump to the definition of function/variable at point while
editing Emacs Lisp code?

Currently I use "C-h f", then I follow the link showed into the
function/variable documentation. Is there a way to achieve that with a
single command?

Thanks

Re: Emacs Lisp: jumping to a definition?

[Stefan Kamphausen]

Hi,

Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:

> how do you jump to the definition of function/variable at point while
> editing Emacs Lisp code?
>
> Currently I use "C-h f", then I follow the link showed into the
> function/variable documentation. Is there a way to achieve that with a
> single command?

try M-x find-function and bind it to a key that suits you well.


Cheers,
Stefan
-- 
Stefan Kamphausen --- http://www.skamphausen.de
a blessed +42 regexp of confusion (weapon in hand)
You hit. The format string crumbles and turns to dust.

Re: Emacs Lisp: jumping to a definition?

[Bernardo]

> how do you jump to the definition of function/variable at point while
> editing Emacs Lisp code?
> 
> Currently I use "C-h f", then I follow the link showed into the
> function/variable documentation. Is there a way to achieve that with a
> single command?
> 
> Thanks
> 
maybe Tags could help (M-. and friends)?
(info "(emacs)Tags")

Re: Emacs Lisp: jumping to a definition?

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:
> how do you jump to the definition of function/variable at point while
> editing Emacs Lisp code?
>
> Currently I use "C-h f", then I follow the link showed into the
> function/variable documentation. Is there a way to achieve that with a
> single command?

Of course, it's possible, but I wouldn't advise it.  It's good to go
thru the documentation from time to time... 

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__

Re: Emacs Lisp: jumping to a definition?

[Lennart Borgman]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Pascal J.
Bourguignon<pjb@informatimago.com> wrote:
> Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:
>> how do you jump to the definition of function/variable at point while
>> editing Emacs Lisp code?
>>
>> Currently I use "C-h f", then I follow the link showed into the
>> function/variable documentation. Is there a way to achieve that with a
>> single command?
>
> Of course, it's possible, but I wouldn't advise it.  It's good to go
> thru the documentation from time to time...


The documentation in elisp is where the code is.

RE: Emacs Lisp: jumping to a definition?

[Drew Adams]

> how do you jump to the definition of function/variable at point while
> editing Emacs Lisp code?
> 
> Currently I use "C-h f", then I follow the link showed into the
> function/variable documentation. Is there a way to achieve that with a
> single command?

Others have mentioned Emacs tags. See also:

* Imenu
* Icicles Imenu and Tags browsing

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Tags_Enhancements

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Other_Search_Commands#IciclesImenu

Re: Emacs Lisp: jumping to a definition?

[Lennart Borgman]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Drew Adams<drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> how do you jump to the definition of function/variable at point while
>> editing Emacs Lisp code?
>>
>> Currently I use "C-h f", then I follow the link showed into the
>> function/variable documentation. Is there a way to achieve that with a
>> single command?
>
> Others have mentioned Emacs tags. See also:
>
> * Imenu
> * Icicles Imenu and Tags browsing
>
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Tags_Enhancements
>
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Other_Search_Commands#IciclesImenu


Maybe I ought to mention mlinks.el which is part of nXhtml.