From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Fren Zeee Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Comment on Emacs Lisp Introduction Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:34:57 -0700 Message-ID: References: <877hkc2i7f.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1280604911 11538 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2010 19:35:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:35:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 31 21:35:10 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OfHpr-000573-CI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:35:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57031 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OfHpq-0000HR-Rq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:35:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43458 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OfHpm-0000Gy-3P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:35:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OfHpk-0005Tk-Mg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:35:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-iw0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:58681) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OfHpk-0005TS-De; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:35:00 -0400 Original-Received: by iwn2 with SMTP id 2so3257148iwn.0 for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:34:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=zhPkGW/CLsysI3a9awdsvlAwBteOfsz4gV01+dJ+wWs=; b=U5RzR4MHGgbPgNg/JOFpk3msrbPYvQfRbMMxC1GuzFwslpeStbzo/6iuEfGbxHRb9b s/35CQ3WxPJTiFGM7bMfo2IAgqdk2nUsovsq0eYLuGuDj1KHGWNTxqIxk0H9NvslRzCM r3AyEiWH19/fpJLsuNqkugU7wCSZiiUwFlpGM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=GGdFUW6BlqB02OxUBUKSHX6fph2yjJ/ibxgxPueJ/choCyKB/427hF91ol44jXdpz5 CXbp1kTkkeoeUlSbylkK8nk94gAjRVB2aL+LYA3Ivv8+hATBcawU8r9jWRtwsRBvaKkq ZQcbMnAe2inqhMCw5++QFQfqpRrfOVWhUq9XU= Original-Received: by 10.231.176.197 with SMTP id bf5mr4002428ibb.175.1280604898022; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:34:58 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.231.199.80 with HTTP; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:34:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:128065 Archived-At: On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Fren Zeee wrote: > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:01 AM, David Kastrup wrote: >> Fren Zeee writes: >> >>> Robert, does your intro book explain things like how to get the full >>> definition of a function like for example >>> >>> next-line which is a down arrow >>> >>> (symbol-function 'next-line) >>> #[(arg) " \203& [next-line-add-newlines arg abbrev-mode 1 nil " >>> " line-move (line-move arg) ((... ...))] 3 1337315 "p"] >>> >>> I could not figure out from online doc and apropos how to do it. >> >> Huh? >> >> C-h f next-line RET gives the online doc, and the very first line is >> >> next-line is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple.el'. >> >> where the string `simple.el' is a hyperlink leading to the definition of >> next-line in simple.el. =A0So I don't understand what problem you >> encountered using the online documentation. =A0You can also use >> M-x find-function RET next-line RET >> to get to the source. >> >> What is your problem? > > David, My problem is that I want to see the function definition of next-l= ine. > ie lisp code without having to search, find which file has it and then open it. On some platforms, I dont have the source and its an unnecessary interruption in the work to go and make the detour to search for it.