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: Finding a easy way for prototype tipping Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:56:52 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1166104989.808680.119430@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com> <1166188073.391449.47140@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com> <1166193163.411240.285930@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com> <1166200015.091629.150510@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166270231 21699 80.91.229.10 (16 Dec 2006 11:57:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:57:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 16 12:57:10 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GvYA5-0004XE-2i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:57:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GvYA4-0000n9-MW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:57:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GvY9r-0000lI-JE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:56:51 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GvY9p-0000jr-5a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:56:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GvY9o-0000jo-W1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:56:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GvY9o-0001p4-V1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:56:49 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-160-237.inter.net.il [80.230.160.237]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id FMB56261 (AUTH halo1); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:56:46 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <1166200015.091629.150510@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> (rthorpe@realworldtech.com) 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:39626 Archived-At: > From: "Robert Thorpe" > Date: 15 Dec 2006 08:26:55 -0800 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > From: "Robert Thorpe" > > > Date: 15 Dec 2006 06:32:43 -0800 > > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > > > From: "Robert Thorpe" > > > > > Date: 15 Dec 2006 05:07:53 -0800 > > > > > > > > > > > > To make sure that info pages contain information on memset I found one with C-h i, in entry: > > > > > > * Libc: (libc). C library. > > > > > > > > > > > > That's it > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Function: void * memset (void *BLOCK, int C, size_t SIZE) > > > > > > This function copies the value of C (converted to an `unsigned > > > > > > char') into each of the first SIZE bytes of the object beginning > > > > > > at BLOCK. It returns the value of BLOCK. > > > > > > > > [...] > > But look above: the DIR entry clearly shows it's the GNU Libc. > > I can't tell from the DIR entry alone, maybe you can. On a Cygwin > system for example, that line reads:- > * libc: (libc). The ANSI C library. Exactly. The "* Libc: (libc). C Library" entry is from GNU Libc, while the Cygwin library has a different entry. > Well I've just run Emacs21 on a Windows machine with Cygwin. C-h i > gives the info page for the newlib C library. C-h C-i does not work > though, I don't know why. Does the Cygwin libc manual have an index? Are there any error messages from Emacs? > > > > What other dependency on GNU Libc > > > > could possibly defeat this feature on his system? > > > > > > The dir file could contain the entry, but there could be no info file. > > > > Again, read the original message above: Pawel says that he verified > > that he did found the memset description via "C-h i". So I think > > there's nothing wrong with his manual. > > Good point. I don't know what's wrong. I think nothing's wrong with the manual. I cannot get Emacs 21.4 to DTRT with "C-h C-i" on my machine as well, although I _know_ the glibc manual is installed and reachable. So I think this is a bug in Emacs 21.x that is fixed in Emacs 22.