From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How do I find docs for a given library? (minor mode?) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:37:51 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1174508036.020011.311140@d57g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <1174583285.480634.130180@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174657104 12911 80.91.229.12 (23 Mar 2007 13:38:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:38:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 23 14:38:18 2007 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 1HUjy5-0006tL-Dp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:38:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HUjzz-0006qj-Ad for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:40:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HUjzk-0006qc-43 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:39:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HUjzh-0006qN-NU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:39:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HUjzh-0006qK-Gg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:39:49 -0500 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HUjxm-0005Vv-Mt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:37:50 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([81.5.34.178]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id GJA69062 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:37:48 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <1174583285.480634.130180@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> (jmg3000@gmail.com) X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (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:42128 Archived-At: > From: jmg3000@gmail.com > Date: 22 Mar 2007 10:08:05 -0700 > > > Another possibility is to look up the documentation in the Info > > manuals: "C-h F COMMAND RET", where COMMAND is some command from the > > library you load. > > I get to the GNU Emacs FAQ with `C-h F' So you have Emacs 21.x (please always say in the future what version you are using), where you should type "C-h C-f COMMAND RET" instead. > Also, incidentally (though I don't think it's directly related to your > suggestion), this is on Debian Etch, and the Emacs manual is > conspicuously missing... If the manual is missing, then "C-h C-f" will not work, but I suggest to try that anyway, in case the manual is hiding in some place where only Emacs can find it.