From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using Emacs' help system Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:20:09 +0530 Message-ID: <87r4knpi7y.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87sj53eeup.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1360558247 9880 80.91.229.3 (11 Feb 2013 04:50:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:50:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'deech' , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 11 05:51:08 2013 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 1U4lMC-0002NK-LI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:51:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45943 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U4lLt-0007df-GT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:50:49 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57319) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U4lLj-0007Wv-6p for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:50:41 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U4lLi-0008Vg-3b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:50:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-f54.google.com ([209.85.220.54]:54786) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U4lLh-0008VZ-Rm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:50:38 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pa0-f54.google.com with SMTP id fa10so2866140pad.13 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:50:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=JN76TurCFLob4MT3MxLCVFqs09aYlPgzPyaTdZodll0=; b=EFcIAffsmF1yRqhZs+aPMcQ1FcMdCw/hB1LEqqtnT+2HmRwSZNmQEIPEv9YA+lTtZO DAiNUotvd7yz6ZHwAD+rVwjrJBJJay76A2ZhVbqGI1bYehvcwMq/xwVFFhvRJ/2kVhcy o9vG9HUFwmQ+Q9Q9Y70syaPIdng+Cu14LofVVrsWmvSdX2/iOFzXRVWHrHQ8Mvx1QB+Y 4npThW0AxWvUZ+J5fnpSfChjNdzabd1DXhBy9bj8TsYGoW8YpVm4wL6MvIFRqZw/Oft9 0YsPwGCkHnkDpnBDnMOl9HrtepJk+4r3jKjacppIS6bxzZhh6SjU99mFlmYazRopenE7 2m+A== X-Received: by 10.66.78.1 with SMTP id x1mr38700134paw.2.1360558236775; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:50:36 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([115.241.62.28]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id xi7sm6403674pbc.41.2013.02.10.20.50.33 (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:50:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:40:24 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.220.54 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:89060 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: >> Three methods >> >> C-h d count >> >> C-h r >> i count >> >> C-h r >> M-x icomplete-mode RET >> I count > > Good suggestions. > > But the `M-x icomplete-mode RET' is unnecessary/irrelevant for `I count RET'. > (And Icomplete does not show completions for `I count'.) It is amazing what `icomplete-mode' does to discoverability. I have a gripe about icomplete-mode. It talks to you only when you key-in something. > Perhaps you meant to say 4 methods, the 4th being this? > > M-x icomplete-mode RET > M-x count > > Which is essentially the same as `M-x count TAB', which shows only commands > starting with `count'. (In this case, that's enough.) It depends on what hat when one wears - a true explorer has no goal. Everything he comes across just gets noted in his journal and gets passed on. Serendipity has it's own usefulness and benefits.