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Re: How to get skills in elisp ?
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Francis Moreau |
Subject: |
Re: How to get skills in elisp ? |
Date: |
Mon, 25 May 2009 12:41:55 -0700 (PDT) |
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On May 25, 7:11 pm, "Drew Adams" <drew.ad...@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> That was probably written to avoid scaring away non-programmers.
>
> It really should say something like "for non-programmers and programmers who
> are
> not necessarily familiar with Lisp. Really, it's for anyyone interested in
> Emacs
> Lisp.
Yes definitely.
I started to read it and although some parts could be more straight
forward, it's really usefull for programmers too.
>
> > Is there any way to jump into a function definition (for example by
> > using tags) when asking for help on this function (C-h f) ?
>
> After `C-h f' (or `C-h v' for variables), you should see a link to the
> defining
> source file near the beginning of the help text. Examples:
>
> eval-defun is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `lisp-mode.el'.
>
> forward-char is an interactive built-in function in `C source code'.
>
> The text `lisp-mode.el' and the text `C source code' are links - click them to
> go to the definitions of functions `eval-defun' and `forward-char'. You will
> not
> be able to do the latter if you don't have a copy of the C source code (in
> directory `src' under your Emacs installation directory). To see the former,
> you
> will likewise need a copy of the Lisp source code file, in this case
> `lisp-mode.el'.
Yes I tried that but it didn't work since I did not have elisp source
code. Now I installed it and it works as expected.
Really usefull.
>
> You should always make sure you have a copy of all of the Lisp source code
> files
> for the libraries that you use. It's an invaluable help to consult the source
> code. If you have only the byte-compiled files (*.elc instead of *.el), then
> go
> to gnu.org and pick up the source files now.
>
Agreed.
- How to get skills in elisp ?, Francis Moreau, 2009/05/25
- RE: How to get skills in elisp ?, Drew Adams, 2009/05/25
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- Re: How to get skills in elisp ?, Francis Moreau, 2009/05/25
- Re: How to get skills in elisp ?, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2009/05/25
- Re: How to get skills in elisp ?, Andreas Röhler, 2009/05/25
- Re: How to get skills in elisp ?, Richard Riley, 2009/05/25
- Re: How to get skills in elisp ?, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2009/05/25
- Re: How to get skills in elisp ?, Richard Riley, 2009/05/25
- Re: How to get skills in elisp ?, Francis Moreau, 2009/05/26
- RE: How to get skills in elisp ?, Drew Adams, 2009/05/25
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- Re: How to get skills in elisp ?,
Francis Moreau <=
- RE: How to get skills in elisp ?, Drew Adams, 2009/05/25
Re: How to get skills in elisp ?, Tassilo Horn, 2009/05/25
Re: How to get skills in elisp ?, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2009/05/25