[racket] newbie drracket usage questions

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
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