From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: lee Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: describe-mode "some-mode"? Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:36:22 +0200 Organization: my virtual residence Message-ID: <87lhq69pl5.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> References: <27a2096e-c8f0-4b84-a1d6-9f4cf36d8304@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1409402044 32139 80.91.229.3 (30 Aug 2014 12:34:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:34:04 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 30 14:33:57 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XNhqt-0005VC-J8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 14:33:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46409 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XNhqt-0003Vy-33 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:33:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39138) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XNhqW-0003Ld-Dc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:33:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XNhqI-0007T2-VG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:33:29 -0400 Original-Received: from client-194-42-186-216.muenet.net ([194.42.186.216]:57545 helo=jarl.yagibdah.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XNhqI-0007SU-N1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:33:18 -0400 Original-Received: from yun.yagibdah.de ([192.168.3.20]) by jarl.yagibdah.de with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XNhqG-0001C2-5L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 14:33:16 +0200 Original-Received: from lee by yun.yagibdah.de with local (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1XNhqG-0002AB-1y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 14:33:16 +0200 In-Reply-To: <27a2096e-c8f0-4b84-a1d6-9f4cf36d8304@googlegroups.com> (Rusi's message of "Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:39:57 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 194.42.186.216 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99538 Archived-At: Rusi 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 ... -- GNU Emacs 24.4.50.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2014-08-17 on yun.yagibdah.de