schwartz@gondor.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) (05/08/88)
Running Gnu-emacs, 18.51.1 (compiled with -O, 4.3bsd, vax): I type M-x apropos set-marker and get an empty window. Set-marker is really there, so why no apropos? -- Scott Schwartz schwartz@gondor.cs.psu.edu schwartz@psuvaxg.bitnet
moore%cdr.utah.edu.uucp@utah-gr.UUCP (Tim Moore) (05/09/88)
In article <3565@psuvax1.psu.edu> schwartz@gondor.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) writes: > >Running Gnu-emacs, 18.51.1 (compiled with -O, 4.3bsd, vax): > >I type M-x apropos set-marker and get an empty window. >Set-marker is really there, so why no apropos? > > >-- Scott Schwartz schwartz@gondor.cs.psu.edu schwartz@psuvaxg.bitnet Is it possible that you're using 'command-apropos (the default binding of C-h a) and not apropos? 'set-marker isn't an interactive function, so 'command-apropos won't find it. -Tim Moore 4560 M.E.B. internet:moore@cs.utah.edu University of Utah ABUSENET:{ihnp4, decvax}!utah-cs!moore Salt Lake City, UT 84112
schwartz@gondor.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) (05/09/88)
moore%cdr.utah.edu.UUCP@utah-gr.UUCP (Tim Moore) writes: %schwartz@gondor.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) writes: %>Set-marker is really there, so why no apropos? %Is it possible that you're using 'command-apropos (the default binding %of C-h a) and not apropos? 'set-marker isn't an interactive function, %so 'command-apropos won't find it. Yup. That's exactly it. Thanks for the solution! -- Scott Schwartz schwartz@gondor.cs.psu.edu schwartz@psuvaxg.bitnet