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Re: Finding a easy way for prototype tipping
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Robert Thorpe |
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Re: Finding a easy way for prototype tipping |
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15 Dec 2006 08:26:55 -0800 |
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: "Robert Thorpe" <rthorpe@realworldtech.com>
> > Date: 15 Dec 2006 06:32:43 -0800
> > Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > > From: "Robert Thorpe" <rthorpe@realworldtech.com>
> > > > Date: 15 Dec 2006 05:07:53 -0800
> > > > >
> > > > > To make sure that info pages contain information on memset I found
> > > > > one with C-h i, in entry:
> > > > > * Libc: (libc). C library.
> > > > >
> > > > > That's it
> > > > >
> > > > > -- Function: void * memset (void *BLOCK, int C, size_t SIZE)
> > > > > This function copies the value of C (converted to an `unsigned
> > > > > char') into each of the first SIZE bytes of the object beginning
> > > > > at BLOCK. It returns the value of BLOCK.
> > > > >
> > > > [...]
> > > > Regarding Info-lookup, it could be something that's not supported on
> > > > your system. It's a GNU Libc feature.
> > >
> > > ??? But Pawel explicitly shows (above) that he does have the GNU Libc
> > > manual installed on his system.
> >
> > Not necessarily. There are at least two libc manuals in info format,
> > the GNUlibc one and the Redhat Cygwin one. That manual also doesn't
> > work with C-h C-i.
>
> But look above: the DIR entry clearly shows it's the GNU Libc.
I can't tell from the DIR entry alone, maybe you can. On a Cygwin
system for example, that line reads:-
* libc: (libc). The ANSI C library.
> And
> "C-h i" does work with it, as Pawel said.
>
> Anyway, I don't understand how can the Cygwin version not work. Emacs
> doesn't assume anything about the libc manual, all it needs is the
> index. Are you saying that the Cygwin version of libc docs doesn't
> have an index? If so, it's not the GNU Libc manual. (IIRC, Cygwin
> uses newlib, not glibc.)
Well I've just run Emacs21 on a Windows machine with Cygwin. C-h i
gives the info page for the newlib C library. C-h C-i does not work
though, I don't know why.
> > > What other dependency on GNU Libc
> > > could possibly defeat this feature on his system?
> >
> > The dir file could contain the entry, but there could be no info file.
>
> Again, read the original message above: Pawel says that he verified
> that he did found the memset description via "C-h i". So I think
> there's nothing wrong with his manual.
Good point. I don't know what's wrong.
Re: Finding a easy way for prototype tipping, Peter Dyballa, 2006/12/14