Questions tagged [help]
Questions about using the built-in help system in Emacs or how to find help.
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“helm-documentation”? (search docstrings like apropos-documentation but with helm)
I just started using helm-apropos. It's great!
Is there a helm equivalent for apropos-documentation or alternatively does helm-apropos have sources already available to narrow over docstrings?
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What does it mean that something is an incompatible package?
I have some issues going on with my emacs and am getting an error where the stacktrace seems to indicate a potential issue with the parinfer package. I run describe-package on it and get
parinfer is ...
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Info basics: where is package Info?
I just grabbed csv from elpa (melpa) and, of course, the install buffer had the blurb about csv. I take it that blurb is an Info file somewhere? Or is it just a section of the csv.el comments? In ...
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Emacs can not access its own manual
I just installed Emacs 25.2 on my computer, but I can not access its manual. when I press C-h r this screen opens which lacks any links related to the Emacs manual. Futhermore, the echo area displays ...
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Follow mode for describe-function/describe-variable
When learning elisp by reading source code (on a large screen) it would be nice to have something like a "follow mode", which automaticaly displays the output of describe-variable or describe-function ...
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Remapping help-map
I'm trying to remap some keys in help-map, but the following does not work:
(define-key help-map [remap describe-mode] #'my-describe-mode)
Remapping in the global map does work, however:
(global-...
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Canonical list of minor modes
In describe-mode's definition (in help.el), there's the following piece of code:
;; Older packages do not register in minor-mode-list but only in
;; minor-mode-alist.
(dolist (x minor-mode-alist)
(...
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Cannot access text properties because of hl-line
I want to change somes faces in my system, but each time I want to access describe-text-properties I get an answer with hl-line, for every text displayed in the buffer.
Therefore, I cannot ...
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Configure echo time for input of key-sequence prefix keys
I am writing latex code with AUCTEX. I very often highlight text in bold or italics.
For instance, AUCTEX comes with the command C-c C-f C-e, wich can be used to emphasize text in an active marked ...
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Open GNU Scientific Library Documentation within emacs?
How do I open documentation of the GNU Scientific Library within emacs?
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My Emacs does not open
Look at this:
Undefined color: "WINDOW_FOREGROUND"
Jesus. What can i do?
Edit: Im a Manjaro user.
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C-h v gives " Symbol’s value as variable is void: default
I'm running 26.1, I don't believe I have anything weird help-related in my .emacs.
When I try to get help on a variable, C-h v, it tells me Symbol’s value as variable is void: default.
Any hints of ...
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How do I find out what libraries I need to require?
When I write elisp, since I already have a lot of packages required which in turn have required other code, I am able to use a lot of functions without requiring them. When I give the code to someone ...
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In a buffer with widgets how can I find out what function is called on a (link) widget
In a buffer with widgets how can I find out what functions widgets call?
Let's say I position the cursor on a widget, I execute M-x widget-browse-at and know now that the widget is of class "link".
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