From: lee <lee@yun.yagibdah.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: describe-mode "some-mode": (documentation some-mode) (was: IELM)
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 15:20:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mwavxrzj.fsf_-_@yun.yagibdah.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lhqflwb6.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> (Emanuel Berg's message of "Sat, 23 Aug 2014 05:27:41 +0200")
Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:
> Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:
>
>> It is OK, but the OP is right, and that code should
>> be made official, if there isn't anything else to
>> this extent.
>>
>> Isn't there some REPL mode where, like in Clojure,
>> you can do for example (source n) and (doc name)?
>
> Found it (sort of).
>
> It is `M-x ielm' and then (documentation FUNCTION). It
> works only for functions. But faces and variables also
> have documentation... There should be a generic such
> command!
>
> I didn't find a (source n) equivalent.
>
> Also, the IELM and/or `documentation' doesn't seem to
> wrap lines or respect the \n in the docstrings. Makes
> it a lot less practical.
(defun my-describe-mode ()
"Display the documentation of MODE."
(interactive)
(let ((mode (list (intern (read-string "Mode: ")))))
(unless (functionp mode)
(with-current-buffer (switch-to-buffer-other-window "my-describe-mode")
(insert (documentation mode))))))
This inserts "Keyboard macro." into the buffer (without the quotes).
I'm not too sure about what I'm doing here ...
When I use (help-buffer) instead of "my-describe-mode" for a buffer, the
(help-buffer) might be read-only?
--
GNU Emacs 24.4.50.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
of 2014-08-17 on yun.yagibdah.de
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-23 13:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-22 17:27 describe-mode "some-mode"? 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
[not found] ` <mailman.7448.1408848386.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-31 22:27 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-09-01 3:37 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.8013.1409542696.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-09-01 21:37 ` Elispers all around the world (was: Re: describe-mode "some-mode"?) Emanuel Berg
2014-09-01 22:27 ` Jorge Araya Navarro
2014-09-01 22:29 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.8073.1409610571.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-09-01 23:10 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.8074.1409610608.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-09-01 23:17 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.7427.1408798399.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-24 2:22 ` describe-mode "some-mode"? Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.7404.1408731692.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-22 19:04 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-23 3:27 ` IELM (was: Re: describe-mode "some-mode"?) Emanuel Berg
2014-08-23 13:20 ` lee [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.7429.1408800080.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-24 2:05 ` describe-mode "some-mode": (documentation some-mode) (was: IELM) Emanuel Berg
2014-08-30 11:42 ` describe-mode "some-mode": (documentation some-mode) lee
2014-08-30 22:30 ` Michael Heerdegen
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