Re: where does emacs's lisp files located ?

[Kevin Rodgers]

On 10/16/12 8:19 PM, Óscar Fuentes wrote:
> horse_rivers<horse_rivers@126.com>  writes:
>
> >    I have  installed  my emacs  successfully  ,but I can not  find  its
> >   lisp  files  which implement  emacs's  function.
> >
> >    can you tell me?
>
> Suppose you want to see the code for function find-file. Then type:
>
> C-h f find-file [ENTER]
>
> A window will appear with the documentation for find-file. The first
> line on that window is:
>
> find-file is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `files.el'.
>
> The text `files.el' is an hyperlink. Click on it or move the cursor on
> top of it and press [ENTER] and Emacs will show the file where find-file
> is implemented. For me it is

Or: M-x find-function RET foobar RET

> /usr/local/share/emacs/24.1.50/lisp/files.el.gz
>
> but it varies depending on version, operative system and method of
> installation. The file.el.gz is compressed with gzip (to save disk
> space, apparently) but Emacs shows it decompressed for you.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA