Emacs: Search Function/Command, List Commands
Search for Function
- Alt + x
apropos-command
- Search command by name. (In emacs, a “command” means: a function that can be called interactively (by typing Alt + x).)
- Ctrl + u Alt + x
apropos-command
- Search all function names.
- Alt + x
apropos-variable
- Search variable names.
- Alt + x
apropos-value
- Search variable values.
- Alt + x
apropos
- Search all symbols (commands, functions, variables, faces).
Search in Manual
Emacs comes with Emacs manual and emacs lisp manual. [see Emacs: View Info Page]
- Alt + x
elisp-index-search
- Find a function's documentation in the emacs lisp manual. (info "(elisp) index")
- Alt + x
emacs-index-search
- Find a function's documentation in the emacs manual. (info "(emacs) index")