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Can you directly open the Org Mode manual in the Emacs client?

In your Emacs client you can find the Org Mode manual landing page, as seen online, in a roundabout way: C-h r m Org Organizer RET f (org)Agenda Views RET u Is there a way of opening the Org Mode manual/info with fewer keystrokes?
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What's :eval (colon eval) in defcustom?

I am reading this Elisp library and can't figure out what :eval is.
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How to make man replace the same buffer?

Instead of open many buffers I wish to have the same buffer for all calls to the man.
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Emacs can not access its own manual

I just installed Emacs 25.2 on my computer, but I can not access its manual. when I press C-h r this screen opens which lacks any links related to the Emacs manual. Futhermore, the echo area displays the message Info file emacs does not exist. How…
ذوالفقار عبد الحليم
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In the help page of a function/variable, how to jump to the corresponding part in the manual?

Sometimes the doc is just confusing without proper background knowledge mentioned in the manual (Info). How to jump to the manual from the help buffer?
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Older versions of manuals

Emacs manuals (such as the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual are provided at a .../emacs/manual/.html URL. Surprisingly, the version number that the manual applies to is not part of the URL. As I understand it, Emacs-specific manuals are…
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Why I cannot find `Emacs Lisp Intro` inside info mode?

I am trying to read the Emacs Lisp Intro inside Emacs. I am following the advice on Emacs wiki: Read the Emacs Lisp Introduction: EmacsLispIntro. Use ‘C-h i’ (‘info’), then choose ‘Emacs Lisp Intro’. You can also read this manual on the Web or as a…
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How was the Emacs Manual typed?

I have a beautiful hardcopy of the Emacs Manual printed by the FSF. I was wondering if anyone knew how this document was created in Emacs and what mode was used for its creation? I would also be interested to know how the effect of the different…
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Open the manuals in the default web browser without accessing the internet

I am talking about this to be precise. Suppose there are an emacs installation and a web browser on an X session (desktop). I know you can open the manuals in emacs itself using M-x info, but is it possible to open the same manual in the browser…
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Info manuals not listed in Termux

I have Emacs installed through Termux. The Emacs manuals (emacs.info.gz, etc.) are located at /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/share/info/. I can open them with find-file. I don't see them with C-h i. The INFOPATH is set in ~/.bashrc: #…
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How to see manual for god-mode and other packages?

I installed god-mode and I can't see any manuals to learn how to use it. Also how do I enter insert mode? god-mode is unusable without it
I dont want to say
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How to generate emacs manual to pdf by myself?

Are there any off-the-rack way to generate a pdf version GNU Emacs Manual (and other manuals GNU Emacs brings with) from GNU Emacs source code or the texinfo files by myself? I've found a free version of GNU Emacs Manual of version 24.5 and want to…
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Org-mode manual for header arguments is down

Does anyone know how to proceed? I'm searching for some information that was there. I don't know who to contact. https://orgmode.org/manual/Specific-header-arguments.html
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special form or macro? eval-when-compile, eval-and-compile

Is eval-when-compile a special form (primitive in C), or a macro? According to the elisp manual, C-h S eval-when-compile RET, Special Form: eval-when-compile body... But according to C-h f eval-when-compile RET, eval-when-compile is a Lisp macro…
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emacs lisp manual

What does this text mean, in node Simple Lambda Expression Example of the Emacs Lisp manual: As these examples show, you can use a form with a lambda expression as its car to make local variables and give them values. In the old days of Lisp, this…
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