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Re: Search through emacs' help?


From: Alan Mackenzie
Subject: Re: Search through emacs' help?
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:14:53 +0000
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Sebastian Schubert <sebastian-schubert@gmx.de> wrote on Wed, 30 Mar 2005 
23:54:49 +0200:
> Hi,

> is it possible to really search through emacs' help? I mean for example
> if I search how to check spelling I want to enter "spelling" somewhere
> and want to get help. Is that possible?

Another useful trick, once you're in the Emacs manual, is `s'.  The `s'
command will search through the entire manual for the string (or it might
be a regular expression) you give.

> Thanks for advice
> Sebastian

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)
Email: aacm@muuc.dee; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter
(like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").



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