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Re: TAGS
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rusi |
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Re: TAGS |
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Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:44:40 -0800 (PST) |
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On Jan 23, 1:12 pm, simon cossar <scos...@telus.net> wrote:
> Hello list - I hope this as the appropriate place for my question. I am
> fairly new to computers - I am just discovering emacs lisp and creating
> simple functions. I am trying to view the source code of built in
> functions - I understand how to use etags to set up a tags file for a
> directory but I can't find the directory that contains the built in
> functions. I am finding all sorts of .elc files. Is it possible that
> everything has been byte-compiled? I am on Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit) with
> emacs 23.1.1. If anyone could point me in the right direction it would
> be greatly appreciated.
> Simon
Strict answer: Built in functions are in source code. If you installed
emacs from apt (apt-get/synaptic etc) you probably dont and cant get
those. If you want it compile emacs by hand which is not very hard on
linux.
A more helpful answer would be that if
> I am fairly new to computers - I am just discovering
> emacs lisp and creating simple functions.
then you would be better off doing:
while (fairly new to computers and emacs) do
use emacs
read elisp
- TAGS, simon cossar, 2011/01/23
- Re: TAGS, Peter Dyballa, 2011/01/23
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- Re: TAGS, rusi, 2011/01/23
- Re: TAGS, simon cossar, 2011/01/23
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- Re: TAGS, Memnon Anon, 2011/01/23
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Re: TAGS, harven, 2011/01/23