From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Paul R Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Looking up the source of a builtin function (subroutine) Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:59:54 +0100 Message-ID: <87zlkgpzph.fsf@gmail.com> References: <23bb3363-25cf-4c7b-84c8-e2b349c65f1f@i20g2000prf.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1225728050 1704 80.91.229.12 (3 Nov 2008 16:00:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:00:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?Q?Nordl=C3=B6w?= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 03 17:01:52 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Kx1s0-0001fT-NH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:01:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40330 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kx1qt-0005pe-Ld for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:00:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kx1qX-0005pH-0P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:00:05 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kx1qV-0005lK-1w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:00:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58015 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kx1qU-0005l8-S7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:00:02 -0500 Original-Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com ([216.239.58.185]:59330) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kx1qU-0005CT-A0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:00:02 -0500 Original-Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i36so309481gve.17 for ; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:59:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:cc:subject:references :date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=1QAuPv4bDPKsxWvErurKx8+thBUYB7rKkE0f1aqI1io=; b=f1IKUSkldYx1QaI1HeHoHsjimC3dG6/EsfSsLhza7xP7NnMrlkshuvygy/svtp2z2h iKDbB5xLHoYmUUtUpyQthbR3HBH4IYgi5S3FdoBs6uVaDZYU/I2/hmzK8MvUYxS0yokO vlG86VM2dyjrBRZwA9X/CbTs3YbIXZj17xPwQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=gPhgBkc43qgFtKdGztmbKHjSOVdL0cwxYsTASU2R9PypJ1bFgTYFQJd7dULlqCVObi YInfuFbBcFxGsaQvRt5n8iicxRRhQZWZjSePk3ZCFlNX4sxJxFOC3abNnbixb46+Y+Mb aTU0F7jkTiBuMuYUCI/msk95ehWshdwch7otU= Original-Received: by 10.103.244.4 with SMTP id w4mr115151mur.131.1225727996939; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:59:56 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ubuT42 (pdc35-1-82-242-132-111.fbx.proxad.net [82.242.132.111]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j10sm9191386mue.17.2008.11.03.07.59.56 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:59:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <23bb3363-25cf-4c7b-84c8-e2b349c65f1f@i20g2000prf.googlegroups.com> (=?utf-8?Q?=22Nordl=C3=B6w=22's?= message of "Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:47:04 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:59388 Archived-At: Nordl=C3=B6w> How do I lookup the C source file for a builtin function Nordl=C3=B6w> (sub-routine) like symbol-file() does for emacs lisp? I assume you want to do so interactively, then : C-h f your-function-name RET You will need to have emacs sources installed, obviously. If you did not build emacs from source, you probably have to find a package that provides them. --=20 Paul