Re: C help reference within Emacs

[Tom <libero_s@libero.itNOSPAM>]

Thank you: that's exactly what I was looking for!!!!!!!!!!!

Libe

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>From: Tom <libero_s@libero.itNOSPAM>
>>Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
>>Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:32:33 GMT
>>
>>Hi. I was wondering if there's some lisp package that implements a 
>>browsable C reference manual. For instance when I'm editing some C files 
>>I need to remember the syntax of some function and I'd like to reach the 
>>definition in the manual maybe with some convienient shortcut.
> 
> 
> This is already done, but the feature needs some setup if you use
> some OS other than GNU/Linux.
> 
> The command is `info-lookup-symbol', by default bound to "C-h TAB".
> It looks at the symbol at point and then displays the appropriate
> documentation from the Info manual which describes that symbol.
> 
> The data structures that tell Emacs where to look for manuals for
> various programming languages are set up for GNU/Linux systems.  If
> you use something else, you will have to use
> `info-lookup-maybe-add-help' (in your ~/.emacs init file) to add
> information about the documentation on your system.
> 
> In addition, you will have to install the Info manuals themselves, if
> they aren't installed already.  For example, for C symbols, you will
> need to install the C library manual.  Again, for GNU/Linux, this is
> already installed by default.
> 
>