My emacs doesn't contain a function in the online emacs manual

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Command comment-line is not recognized by my version of emacs. How can I install this function?

UPDATE: It may be relevant that my system shows at least two emacs, at /usr/local/bin/emacs; and at /usr/bin/emacs24. The second one is what I use; the first one cannot be launched. I have periodically removed and reinstalled emacs for reasons I cannot now recall.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 17 '17 at 20:08

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What makes you think that your version of Emacs does not have command comment-line? What does C-h f comment-line tell you?

What version of Emacs do you have? M-x emacs-version

comment-line is defined in library newcomment.el, which is available with Emacs 23 and later.

If you try to invoke comment-line (e.g. M-x comment-line), library newcomment.el should be loaded automatically, defining the command completely. But this assumes you have Emacs 23 or later.

answered Feb 17 '17 at 20:08

Drew

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I'm using version 24.5.1. C-h-f comment-line does not find it. M-x comment-line does not download the file. – MathManM Feb 17 '17 at 21:15
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@MathManM How did you install Emacs? The problem you describe here and in your other question suggest you're not running a standard version of Emacs. – Tyler Feb 17 '17 at 21:26
@Tyler I don't recall how I installed it. It was a while ago. However, I evidently have multiple builds of emacs. See edit above. – MathManM Feb 19 '17 at 22:47
The function first appeared in 25.0.90, so bad luck. – politza Feb 20 '17 at 06:23

My emacs doesn't contain a function in the online emacs manual

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