If I want to find out about the mod function (for example) I type "? mod" or
"describe(mod)" and I'm presented with a list of 19 items (all including the
string "mod") to choose from. I think there should be a way of going to the
help for mod directly. As I see it, "describe(mod)" or "? mod" should do
just that, and the current behaviour of describe should be relegated to a
function called, say, "lookfor" (which is used by Matlab).
So:
"? mod" or "describe(mod)" shows the help file for "mod"
"lookfor(mod)" shows a list of all commands including the string "mod"
Of course, I don't know if this would be easy or hard to implement, and I
don't know if there's some clever lisp command which might do what I want
anyway.
cheers,
Alasdair