From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hadron Quark Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why I can't use `info' in emacs? Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:49:31 +0100 Message-ID: <5yirgd88hg.fsf@gmail.com> References: <458268D7.6020203@163.com> <1166191335.058714.266970@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com> <1166194633.486698.321520@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166200874 3091 80.91.229.10 (15 Dec 2006 16:41:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:41:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 15 17:41:13 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GvG7L-0004JK-7p for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:41:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GvG7K-0006vE-S1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:41:02 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 34 Original-X-Trace: individual.net Evv1jPvASxEOLHjaPzT1zAbTcFCYNXoMWCfAv3yY2WbdCzGOUZ X-Orig-Path: news.individual.net!news X-Face: 2h#||Cd#d%F*NCm59[_6/{1a@jy%; |j>{D~4^gKg(^i%7j0IK?+,/GmW&:CD5fEKb_! User-Agent: Gnus Cancel-Lock: sha1:xwR4lM0jnNh5hyVfCxdp18yoKm8= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:143972 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:39578 Archived-At: "Robert Thorpe" writes: > In this case Info returns much less documentation. However, the info > manual is structured a little differently. Hit "u" from the node where > you are and you'll see all the other stuff in the same section:- > > * Formatted Output Basics Some examples to get you started. > * Output Conversion Syntax General syntax of conversion > specifications. > * Table of Output Conversions Summary of output conversions and what > they do. > * Integer Conversions Details about formatting of integers. > * Floating-Point Conversions Details about formatting of > floating-point numbers. > * Other Output Conversions Details about formatting of strings, > characters, pointers, and the like. > * Formatted Output Functions Descriptions of the actual functions. > * Dynamic Output Functions that allocate memory for the > output. > * Variable Arguments Output `vprintf' and friends. > * Parsing a Template String What kinds of args does a given template > call for? > * Example of Parsing Sample program using > `parse_printf_format'. > > Hit 'u' again and you'll get more info on I/O functions. The Info > manual explains all sorts of things like customizing printf that the > man-page doesn't cover. I can see a reason for both. Thanks for the "info" .. lol. As an aside, one thing that has really surprised me at the moment though is the lack of man pages / info pages for the gtk 2.0 libraries - making it impossible to bring up help in the emacs "IDE".