From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: suvayu ali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: find out in which file a key is defined Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 01:20:39 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87iplsogud.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1323303674 25732 80.91.229.12 (8 Dec 2011 00:21:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:21:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eric Abrahamsen , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Jim Green Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 08 01:21:10 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RYRjY-0002wC-Ir for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:21:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44058 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RYRjX-0004Ly-Es for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:21:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:54501) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RYRjT-0004Lh-El for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:21:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RYRjS-0007uS-BP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:21:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:42596) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RYRjR-0007uO-Ug for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:21:02 -0500 Original-Received: by bkbzt12 with SMTP id zt12so1355714bkb.0 for ; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:21:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=NuGpXCD929Fdm+E7LDLEeyDvBMFQO1U1erBR/IM+Cp0=; b=duwKsqWx2BYB1itVDXt3OdQMhXOjMMsJLTrRmxJ6nnJow7nXdBp4ZI2GyTQLGSA7SI hgp3DHFTe7ugxT6i8iIG1Mn0WaT+7iwkhsbLdiFQLAdnTqauuriQY9F9RgUU4r9prNNn iwCzOzpZaYgCmirtkPJVWk4rhsHtbymj70CO8= Original-Received: by 10.204.136.220 with SMTP id s28mr436765bkt.59.1323303660328; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:21:00 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.204.30.201 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 16:20:39 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: NXc8wKsjj_i-HvFUGZywvDE4iv4 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.214.41 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:83156 Archived-At: On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 00:34, Jim Green wrote: > > thank you both, this what I get by c-h k c-r, but where could I find it > is from isearch.el? I think finding where a key defined is very useful. You probably don't have the elisp files installed on your machine. Installing them will show the info in the same help buffer (the one you get from C-h k C-r). On most linux systems these elisp files can be installed by installing -el packages. HTH -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.