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Re: Quickly finding out a function or a variable you need?


From: Pascal J. Bourguignon
Subject: Re: Quickly finding out a function or a variable you need?
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:23:32 -0000
User-agent: Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux)

Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> while writing Emacs Lisp code, I often use `describe-function' and
> `describe-variable' to search for functions and variables related to
> the task at hand.
>
> This commands, however - unlike `apropos' - require you to know the
> first characters. 

Not anymore.  Starting from version 23, emacs can complete on the other
words too.  Just type:  M-x describe-function RET -buffer TAB

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__Pascal Bourguignon__                     http://www.informatimago.com/


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