From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Boof" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Code completion Date: 23 Jun 2006 11:45:27 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1151088327.333449.154600@b68g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1151091641 15149 80.91.229.2 (23 Jun 2006 19:40:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:40:41 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 23 21:40:39 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FtrVy-0007dB-3X for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:40:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FtrVx-0004JQ-BT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:40:25 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!b68g2000cwa.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.246.145.6 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1151088332 8711 127.0.0.1 (23 Jun 2006 18:45:32 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:45:32 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: G2/0.2 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060508 Firefox/1.5.0.4,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: b68g2000cwa.googlegroups.com; posting-host=204.246.145.6; posting-account=mT1SOA0AAADYuOojHU7M_Kz3aXmWhA1o Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:139997 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:35621 Archived-At: Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > How can I get code completion in Emacs? I got used to it by programming in > Python's IDLE (althoug I'm more insterested in C now). > > Also, under Eclipse, I put the mouse over a variable and Eclipse tells me > where did the variable came from. I like it. How can I do something like it > in Emacs? > > I can't find it in Google or the documentation. > > Thanks. Is M-/ what you're looking for? That does some completion. etags will tell you where a variable came from, but I'm not a super expert on it. M-x info and drill down into the Emacs section. I'm pretty sure there's more info there on it than you could ever use.