From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Johnson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Getting _help_ on last response from C-h c Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 16:59:09 -0800 Organization: AkWebsoft Message-ID: <20160601005909.GC840@mail.akwebsoft.com> References: <20160601004138.GB840@mail.akwebsoft.com> <87k2i9ybq8.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1464742794 26426 80.91.229.3 (1 Jun 2016 00:59:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 00:59:54 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 01 02:59:43 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1b7uVa-0004JJ-3k for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 02:59:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39062 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b7uVZ-00048V-5P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 20:59:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53903) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b7uV8-000488-IW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 20:59:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b7uV4-0001Gm-Gi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 20:59:13 -0400 Original-Received: from tjohnson.mtaonline.net ([64.4.232.191]:52396) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b7uV4-0001GZ-7d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 20:59:10 -0400 Original-Received: by linus.johnson.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3015A20052C; Tue, 31 May 2016 16:59:09 -0800 (AKDT) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87k2i9ybq8.fsf@web.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 64.4.232.191 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:110152 Archived-At: * Michael Heerdegen [160531 16:51]: > Tim Johnson writes: > > > On GNU Emacs 24.3.1 : > > Let's say I type C-h c C-M-a > > > > Help returns > > C-M-a runs the command beginning-of-defun > > > > As I understand it, to get _help_ on beginning-of-defun, I have to > > then type C-h f beginning-of-defun > > > > Is there a way that would return both the binding and help on the > > bound function? > > C-h k. > > I suggest to learn a bit about the different help commands Emacs offers. > Use C-h C-h (`help-for-help') when in doubt. Thanks for the quick reply Michael. I use C-h C-h frequently From what I read there, I see no built-in way to get a "one-stop" response such as I have described in my opening post. Perhaps I have missed something? -- Tim http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com