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diff --git a/doc/repl.texi b/doc/repl.texi index ffb733b..a87c547 100644 --- a/doc/repl.texi +++ b/doc/repl.texi @@ -217,11 +217,26 @@ argument is a keyword argument, its name has ``#:'' as a prefix. @cindex help on identifier If that's not enough documentation for you, @kbd{C-c C-d d} will open a -separate documentation buffer with help on the symbol at point. For some -implementations (e.g. Racket), this separate buffer will actually be a -web page displaying the corresponding page in the manual, while for -implementations supporting docstrings (e.g. (you guessed it) Guile) -it'll be a real Emacs buffer displaying that information. +separate documentation buffer with help on the symbol at point. This +buffer will contain implementation-specific information about the +identifier (e.g., its docstring for Guile, or its contract, if any, for +Racket), and a handy button to open the corresponding manual entry for +the symbol, which will open an HTML page (for Racket) or the texinfo +manual (for Guile). + +@cindex module exports +@anchor{repl-mod} Geiser can also produce for you a list, classified by +kind, of the identifiers exported by a given module: all you need to do +is press @kbd{C-c C-d m}, and type or complete the desired module's +name. + +@imgc{repl-mod} + +The list of exported bindings is shown, again, in a buffer belonging to +Geiser's documentation browser, where you have at your disposal a bunch +of navigation commands listed in @xref{Documentation browser,,our +cheat-sheet}. We'll have a bit more to say about the documentation +browser in @xref{doc-browser,,a later section}. @cindex jump, at the REPL If that's still not enough, Geiser can jump, via @kbd{M-.}, to the @@ -232,21 +247,6 @@ will see, these commands are also available in scheme buffers. @kbd{M-.} also works for modules: if your point is on an unambiguous module name, the file where it's defined will be opened for you. -@cindex module exports -@anchor{repl-mod} -Finally, Geiser can produce for you a list, classified by kind, of the -identifiers exported by a given module: all you need to do is press -@kbd{C-c C-d m}, and type or complete the desired module's name. - -@imgc{repl-mod} - -The list of exported bindings is shown in a buffer belonging to Geiser's -documentation browser, of which more details are given in forthcoming -sections (but just perusing its associated key bindings, by any of the -methods we've already mentioned, will give you enough information to use -it). Racketeers will be pleased (i hope) to note that contracts are part -of the information displayed. - @node Customization and tips, , Autodoc and friends, The REPL @section Customization and tips |