From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Newell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: finding stuff Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 19:33:53 -1000 Message-ID: References: <87a6szjc81.fsf@logand.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29531"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Tomas Hlavaty Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 24 06:34:29 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l3Y2f-0007bq-7s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 06:34:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57930 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l3Y2e-000365-9h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:34:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39612) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l3Y2J-00035z-7J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:34:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-oi1-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::232]:38327) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l3Y2H-0002qO-Ce for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:34:06 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-oi1-x232.google.com with SMTP id h6so9739981oie.5 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:34:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bobnewell-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=rW7x4qazdMEiekGWyvL8Eel4E3wHbE66fHxzDQDL8Xc=; b=Y9X5Rj8Tlhx9c79jT/QAGI0rEkB1TPNjfMsdadh4RuZVjGFDoVR5Rea9zontVzRRAC GdaVNSaY8cCxFS+Avs7KT/slWYtrXUVkgyEoJXoLaecVnby1MdN37n9ohVcAVcRZQLk3 zCoQ8nc9xb3EW9Nz3jrgHQt7/r/eMAqdAISk+sGWZOfXDOAvy7V437TpOgL1TyjDWCku o2N9Ky8667LpNjKO61h+FBnJt0lqaKiwEhr8nesK8KNWsYh167k6Q+niqyPOZrA7t5LV zYN9fi+T22oH/pYmSK45yzrlVAUAjpWOROJOc4npay7Tr2ABPtEzPSgmYuIjDzt6c6lo sh3w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=rW7x4qazdMEiekGWyvL8Eel4E3wHbE66fHxzDQDL8Xc=; b=AwTZNUi3b9ivwaDzeWWK8wbfQ9i9BoZGTlDBTEPmQ3kiTRbqmXj9f9Q8X4Q0TZzAuH TNwEtf6j/DOO9hwynTij89xFCyya1zKWCtY3fPlUVb9IPGm7NabkHzJSC8gcMel+AC5c XxFuhazpkBvoAyoOofEfXeXR+l3uWmjDRTQyAykoZmzV9pa3coqQayLtqc3CpJxdmm8E vJvEBRare5+jBC3sDsyn2XuARkLl1zg2d8Bi1NK341BEwFm/EXrxTbrU8Q2rS4Xiphj6 2BbkjWyargTkJHQn5OPxwsxd2gMdYnAElMlOUjEc89bk8W7sDtkFJVI2qTUw5DqGEZBP zmJA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533yIclExZjyMaSwbXMm4LTUt6iLm1j7n4xULp40yRK5J9ZXpIyc GNTisq6uMf55yslqnAIDRIoGSu6pvd4VTApQQg2L6lgO+ELTLQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJydFgjc9IgmNaXHIOnIbUJy9H24wt3M7TEra7DrebukF0PymcamNNJSCrOjQiKncbrS0QMSrafGxgNHA30AQvI= X-Received: by 2002:aca:d504:: with SMTP id m4mr8114989oig.158.1611466443758; Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:34:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87a6szjc81.fsf@logand.com> Received-SPF: none client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::232; envelope-from=bobnewell@bobnewell.net; helo=mail-oi1-x232.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:127335 Archived-At: If I understand your needs correctly, 'apropos' will give you some of what you want. However it won't search the info files, news, etc. But actually for learning how to do something, web search really is the best option.