Re: Print key-value pairs from both plist and alist

On Saturday, April 11th, 2026 at 10:46 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> Heime <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> >>
> >> C-h P map:
> >>
> >>    "map.el provides generic map-manipulation functions that work on
> >>     alists, plists, hash-tables, and arrays.  All functions are
> >>     prefixed with "map-"."
> >>
> >> Some of the functions in this library:
> >>
> >> mapp
> >>   Function: Return non-nil if MAP is a map (alist/plist, hash-table, array,...).
> >>
> >> map-keys
> >>   Function: Return the list of keys in MAP.
> >>
> >> map-values
> >>   Function: Return the list of values in MAP.
> >>
> >> map-do
> >>   Function: Apply FUNCTION to each element of MAP and return nil.
> >
> > "C-h f map-do" did not give me anything
> >
> 
> 1. Check to see whether ‘map.el’ or ‘map.el.gz’ is in your
> Emacs distribution’s lisp/emacs-lisp/ directory.  M-x locate
> ought to be able to find the location of one of these two
> files.  Also, M-x locate-library RET map RET ought to be
> able to locate ‘map.elc’.

For some reason I get "Can't find the locate command"
 
> 2. Starting with ‘emacs -Q’ and then C-h f map-do as the first
> key sequence should give a *Help* buffer with the following
> contents:
> 
> map-do is a byte-code-function in ‘map.el’.
> 
> (map-do FUNCTION MAP)
> 
> Apply FUNCTION to each element of MAP and return nil.
> FUNCTION is called with two arguments, the key and the value.
> 
> 
> This is a generic function.
> 
> Implementations:
> 
> (map-do FUNCTION (MAP array)) in ‘map.el’.
> 
> Undocumented
> 
> (map-do FUNCTION (MAP list)) in ‘map.el’.
> 
> Undocumented
> 
> (map-do FUNCTION (MAP hash-table)) in ‘map.el’.
> 
> Undocumented
> 
> --
> The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
> - Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parliament of Birds.
>