From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Michael J. Barillier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: is there C-h help for a "require" feature? Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 17:18:56 -0600 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87d6qxity7.fsf@shadizar.dyndns.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033255154 30834 127.0.0.1 (28 Sep 2002 23:19:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 23:19:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Robert P. J. Day" Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17vQrh-00081B-00 for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 01:19:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17vQrt-0002bH-00; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:19:25 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17vQrE-0002au-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:18:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17vQrC-0002aQ-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:18:43 -0400 Original-Received: from moe1.meg106-36.cos.pcisys.net ([208.202.106.36] helo=shadizar.dyndns.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17vQrB-0002aM-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:18:41 -0400 Original-Received: (from blackwolf@localhost) by shadizar.dyndns.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g8SNIut01632; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 17:18:56 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: shadizar.dyndns.org: blackwolf set sender to blackwolf@pcisys.net using -f Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: ("Robert P. J. Day"'s message of "Sat, 28 Sep 2002 13:31:38 -0400 (EDT)") Original-Lines: 33 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.1 (i586-pc-linux-gnu) Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:2009 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >>>>> "rd" == Robert P J Day writes: rd> looking at someone else's elisp load file, and for the line rd> (require 'cl), is there any C-h help for "cl"? given that rd> it's not a function or variable, is there another C-h key rd> sequence that would give help for that, perhaps from embedded rd> documentation in the corresponding file? `(require 'cl)' makes sure cl.el (Common Lisp-like functions) are loaded. `cl' is just a symbol, and if it's not in the `features' list then the corresponding file is loaded. Are you looking for some method of attaching per-file documentation? Sounds like a slick idea, but not supported by the current `require'/`provide' mechanism (AFAIK). - -- Michael J. Barillier (let ((n "blackwolf") (h "pcisys.net")) (concatenate 'string n "@" h)) GnuPG public key ID: 0x35E54973 Fingerprint: EDB9 4FBC 4D0B 070C C0E3 2EE4 D822 78CE 35E5 4973 ``A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.'' -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9ljja2CJ4zjXlSXMRAjy7AJ9pKYRTmDutFmwXEuHVrStcFuZlNQCfcYj2 nJOZFBOH2LA0VrC7wAyoLiQ= =Y5bv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----