From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jude DaShiell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: finding stuff Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 04:18:06 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87a6szjc81.fsf@logand.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19084"; 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 10:18:33 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 1l3bXV-0004r4-8f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:18:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45762 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l3bXU-0000rE-At for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 04:18:32 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58706) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l3bX8-0000r3-JR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 04:18:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mailbackend.panix.com ([166.84.1.89]:31320) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l3bX5-0003Nn-RO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 04:18:10 -0500 Original-Received: from panix1.panix.com (panix1.panix.com [166.84.1.1]) by mailbackend.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DNnTp5jmvzgl9; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 04:18:06 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=panix.com; s=panix; t=1611479886; bh=x6TNPuX02VWR7NXtS8I5P3983dzgW0P+4yO3Fv0pS8w=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=bo4RfqPNuqoRX7NhM8/fRyla6Mvuwg9J9YYgqHgdqGd2LdLKkrCgQ3HoFgWqIH4xm Mf74C3PY3YZ6AnSNNgChVVPQuXilIaBGc1OK2Br70S6FD+77venwPnf2Hrt2dzZo8X gz3f6KO1GE3JnvA6a8Y16T0cse41GGjnGLhbcMBs= Original-Received: by panix1.panix.com (Postfix, from userid 20712) id 4DNnTp5pnGzcbc; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 04:18:06 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by panix1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DNnTp5Sw2zcbW; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 04:18:06 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87a6szjc81.fsf@logand.com> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=166.84.1.89; envelope-from=jdashiel@panix.com; helo=mailbackend.panix.com X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-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:127338 Archived-At: First run info emacs, next hit the slash key and key in a search string. That's from the command line. On Sun, 24 Jan 2021, Tomas Hlavaty wrote: > Hi, > > is there a way to search "everything" which comes with Emacs? > > Example: I do not remember Local Variables section syntax and have to > look it up. I try various things, fail and end up using web browser. > That is far from ideal. > > Today I invested a bit more time and found C-h d command so C-h d "local > variables" and then C-s "local variables:" finds something: one hit > only. Now I discovered add-file-local-variable function. But still not > the syntax of the Local Variables section. > > Searching info is still a mystery to me. Is there a way to search > across all info files? > > Is there a way to search everything which comes with emacs, > e.g. function names, docstrings, info, NEWS etc? > > Cheers, > > Tomas > >