Re: [racket] getting symbol documentation URL quickly within Emacs

2011-06-26 Thread Matthew Flatt
At Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:13:32 -0400, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > If I'm in Emacs, and I have a symbol for some Racket standard library > procedure or syntax, and I want to get the URL (or open the URL in > browser) for the documentation for that symbol... what is a good and > fast way to do that? > >

Re: [racket] getting symbol documentation URL quickly within Emacs

2011-06-25 Thread Neil Van Dyke
Robby Findler wrote at 06/25/2011 04:27 AM: You can improve the documentation system. :) I believe that Eli, for one, has done a lot of work on making the documentation system perform well for the browser. I don't presume that I could improve upon that, and I think I would be hamstrung by

Re: [racket] getting symbol documentation URL quickly within Emacs

2011-06-25 Thread Robby Findler
Sorry, that message wasn't very helpful. What I'm trying to say is that I think you've identified the easy open (keeping the racket process open) but the more involved option is figuring out a faster way to load the documentation indices. I'm not sure how difficult that would be. FWIW, I think tha

Re: [racket] getting symbol documentation URL quickly within Emacs

2011-06-25 Thread Robby Findler
You can improve the documentation system. :) Robby On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > Forgot to mention: I could also use quick-reference information of > procedure/macro syntax/args in Emacs, for displaying in echo area or tooltip > as you're editing a use of the procedure/

Re: [racket] getting symbol documentation URL quickly within Emacs

2011-06-25 Thread Neil Van Dyke
Forgot to mention: I could also use quick-reference information of procedure/macro syntax/args in Emacs, for displaying in echo area or tooltip as you're editing a use of the procedure/macro. So, how the quick-reference gets implemented might influence how getting the URL for more documentatio

[racket] getting symbol documentation URL quickly within Emacs

2011-06-25 Thread Neil Van Dyke
If I'm in Emacs, and I have a symbol for some Racket standard library procedure or syntax, and I want to get the URL (or open the URL in browser) for the documentation for that symbol... what is a good and fast way to do that? Ideas I've considered so far: 1. Use "racket/help". I don't want