From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tomas Nordin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: finding stuff Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 11:58:44 +0100 Message-ID: <8735yqbnyz.fsf@posteo.net> References: <87a6szjc81.fsf@logand.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39478"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Tomas Hlavaty , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 24 11:59:29 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l3d7B-000ABQ-Bi for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 11:59:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60930 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l3d7A-0004mr-Ct for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 05:59:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38256) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l3d6g-0004mE-JK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 05:58:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]:50938) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l3d6Y-0007j4-KQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 05:58:57 -0500 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 242AC16005F for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 11:58:46 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1611485926; bh=w4oVw9gwtWcOLfclLji4mMqEnIkob9dghw4HDKm1gqA=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:From; b=FJYH6EwWK9O0EzFioRZf/PUnmM6hjafh88fSamD4y8QBbzpsPbzH9971B04+bhqfW nIM2E63iS0atri9XOEjX9QX+rav62I98tBS85e7OHOzq79iOB2d/aF5rp8kb/Q2SrF IV6n9qPgznb/LmRFhJYWerwd/2cfyQaUKzWAxhPxXllY9gi/QtkyiEUyJcvJn66whH fX5GzIdx2tQT/2gnVsq5H+zxq3vFNTMfH4dgbzQVQGorVyw1Ynf7X+YpEGqej77aTF 94hPQ+EJNOL/lcrLhoTS30fexyGOCojB+yzN2NndYEW0k2hcJpwkL2J7sfAD7GixQk dznoMKQXm2Y4Q== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4DNqjx1nPDz9rxB; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 11:58:45 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <87a6szjc81.fsf@logand.com> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.65; envelope-from=tomasn@posteo.net; helo=mout01.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:127340 Archived-At: Tomas Hlavaty writes: > Hi, > > is there a way to search "everything" which comes with Emacs? > > Example: I do not remember Local Variables section syntax and have to > look it up. I try various things, fail and end up using web browser. > That is far from ideal. > > Today I invested a bit more time and found C-h d command so C-h d "local > variables" and then C-s "local variables:" finds something: one hit Thanks, that seems useful. Did you try 'C-u C-h d'? Or set the variable apropos-do-all to non-nil? That should yeild a more extensive search. > only. Now I discovered add-file-local-variable function. But still not > the syntax of the Local Variables section. > > Searching info is still a mystery to me. Is there a way to search > across all info files? > > Is there a way to search everything which comes with emacs, > e.g. function names, docstrings, info, NEWS etc? > > Cheers, > > Tomas