On Jul 30, 2012, at 10:53 PM, D Herring wrote: > Hi, > > How would one accomplish the following in DrRacket? > > "apropos" (CL/shell) or "lookfor" (Matlab) > Given a search string, return a list of symbols with matching name or > documentation. > I found that XRepl has the ,apropos command; but I haven't figured out an > easy way to invoke it in DrRacket.
Do you mean: do that within Racket, or from Racket? You can use the shell with (system "apropos ..."), but I don't know how useful that is for Racket docs. Within Racket you can use the F1 key to get to the docs that tell you where a function lives. That opens a web browser that allows you to type strings for more searching (locally and not). I fear I am telling you things that you already know. :O) rac > > > Finding the source of definitions. > a la ctags or > http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/doc/html/Finding-definitions.html > Given a function or global parameter, open the file that defined it and > scroll to the definition. > I found documentation for storing source locations, but nothing on how to > query the information. > > > Thanks, > Daniel > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
