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Re: Quickly finding out a function or a variable you need?
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Pascal J. Bourguignon |
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Re: Quickly finding out a function or a variable you need? |
Date: |
Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:23:32 -0000 |
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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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