From: lee <lee@yun.yagibdah.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: describe-mode "some-mode"?
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:36:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lhq69pl5.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <27a2096e-c8f0-4b84-a1d6-9f4cf36d8304@googlegroups.com> (Rusi's message of "Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:39:57 -0700 (PDT)")
Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:
> On Friday, August 22, 2014 10:57:24 PM UTC+5:30, lee wrote:
>> Hi,
>
>> is there a function like describe-key which describes a mode specified
>> by the user?
>
>> The docstring of describe-mode says it either describes the mode of the
>> current buffer or of the buffer given. How can I get a description of a
>> mode without enabling the mode in a buffer?
>
> [I may be missing something but]
> Why not
>
> M-x describe-function RET mode-name
That seems to work as well, thanks :) I even thought of it briefly and
didn't try ...
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of 2014-08-17 on yun.yagibdah.de
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2014-08-24 3:39 ` describe-mode "some-mode"? Rusi
2014-08-30 11:36 ` lee [this message]
2014-08-22 17:27 lee
2014-08-22 18:21 ` Drew Adams
2014-08-23 12:49 ` lee
2014-08-23 15:29 ` Drew Adams
2014-08-30 11:29 ` lee
[not found] ` <mailman.7432.1408807808.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-24 1:56 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-24 2:46 ` Drew Adams
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2014-08-31 22:27 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-09-01 3:37 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.7427.1408798399.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-24 2:22 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.7404.1408731692.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-22 19:04 ` Emanuel Berg
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