Re: Manual does not mention dictionary.el

[Joost Kremers]

On Sun, Oct 13 2024, chad wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 1:12 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> In a really pristine installation with an empty ~/.emacs.d/, if you
>> type "C-h P dict TAB", you should get "No match", I think.
>
>
> I did it in a clean installation, using emacs -Q with no .emacs{,.d}
> present. It completes to "dictionary", and stops because it also
> knows about "dictionary-connection".

Yes, I did something similar: move my .emacs.d out of the way, start with
emacs -Q, type C-h P followed by "dict" and return. I get a window with two
options: dictionary and dictionary-connection.

I mean, it makes sense that package.el knows about built-in packages,
because they are included in the list when you do 'M-x list-packages'. 

It's interesting to know, though, that there is still some interaction with
.emacs.d, even when you start Emacs with the -Q switch. I didn't know that.

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Joost Kremers
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