mode-info ----- Commands to show Info descriptions.


1. Introduction

   This package provides improved describe-function and
   describe-variable and combines major modes to edit programming
   languages and its Info closely.

   `mode-info-describe-function' which is one of commands defined by
   this package, is very similar to `describe-function', but can select
   the appropriate document based on major-mode.  For example, when it
   is called in c-mode buffers, it retrieves the documentation of the
   specified function from GNU C Library Reference Manual and shows it.
   When it is called in emacs-lisp-mode buffers, it retrieves the
   documentation from Emacs Lisp Reference Manual and shows it.  If
   failure it shows a documentation string.

   The latest version of this package can be downloaded from:

       http://namazu.org/~tsuchiya/elisp/mode-info.tar.gz


2. Available documents

   Following texinfo documents are supported.

       Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
       Emacs Manual
       GNU C Library Reference Manual
       Ruby Reference Manual (Japanese)
       Perl Reference Manual (Japanese)
       Octave Reference Manual
       SLIB Reference Manual
       Guile Reference Manual
       Gauche Reference Manual
       Make Manual


3. Install

   Before installation, Info documents will have to be installed.

   (1) Run configure script:

           ./configure

       This should setup stuffs to build mode-info.  If Info documents
       are installed to an unusual directory, the installer will miss
       them.  In this case, it is necessary to tell their place to the
       installer, as follows:

           ./configure --with-info-addpath=DIR1:DIR2

       For more detail, see the help message of configure script.

   (2) Execute these commands to byte compile emacs-lisp programs and to
       install them.

           make
           make install

   (3) Execute these commands to make indices of all available Info
       documents and to install them.

           make index
           make install-index

       If you want to keep old indices, you can skip this step.

   (4) Put these following expressions to your ~/.emacs.

          (require 'mi-config)
          (global-set-key "\C-hf" 'mode-info-describe-function)
          (global-set-key "\C-hv" 'mode-info-describe-variable)
          (global-set-key "\M-." 'mode-info-find-tag)


4. Contact Address

   TSUCHIYA Masatoshi <[email protected]>



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