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Is there a way to print the definition of an existing function in Emacs?

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I want to see the definition of an existing function in Emacs. Is this possible? I've tried , but it only returns the documentation string for the function, not the actual function itself. I'm thinking something similar to bash's command, which will return the whole definition of a function. (Embar…

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C-h d function-name RET

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If you type , you'll get the function's documentation, with a link to the function source if available. I don't think there's an easy Lisp function you can call to retrieve the location of a function's source; the lookup is pretty intertwined with t…

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