This module can be used to find an Emacs Lisp library with completion capability. This may be useful when coding an elisp program on Emacs and want to view another library file. M-x find-function is probably the most commonly used command, but sometimes a library name is more convenient, especially if completion is available.
This command lists shadow libraries as well in the completion list. Shadow libraries will have suffix "<number>" to the library name as completion string. This provides a convenient way to check the existence of a shadow, and can proceed to open to see what it is.
A completion table cache is maintained to avoid unnecessary library scan. Its validity is checked against load-path and modification time of each directory listed in load-path each time the command is invoked.
To install, place this file in your load-path (and byte compile if you like), and add the following in .emacs.
(autoload 'find-el "find-el" "find-el" t)
To use, type M-x find-el, then it prompts for a library name to open. It automatically generates a completion table for all library files in load-path. It also cache the last entry so that it will not generate completion list everytime the command is invoked. The timestamp info of each load-path directory is used to detect the change in library file listings.
Library loading command is also defined in this module. M-x load-el is the command for this. Please add the following to .emacs for autoload setup.
(autoload 'load-el "find-el" "find-el" t)