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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T05:50:27+00:00 2026-05-26T05:50:27+00:00

When I use auto-complete in Emacs, there come out s v f as description?

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When I use auto-complete in Emacs, there come out “s” “v” “f” as description?
If you have ac, type some lisp function in *scratch* and ac show you the tips, there is a “s” there, type add for example, and ac helps to come out “add-hook” and so on…

f means function, interactive ones?
v means variable.
what about s, functions without interactive?

And… how to get the document of a “s” function, like “cc-mode”?
C-h f failed.

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    2026-05-26T05:50:27+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 5:50 am

    There is a chart in section 9.8.7 (near the bottom of the document) here: http://cx4a.org/software/auto-complete/manual.html that says that s means symbol.

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