GNU bug report logs - #10712
$MANPATH is ignored by man.el

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:52:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10712: $MANPATH is ignored by man.el
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:36:51 -0500

>> It uses man -k (aka apropos).
> bash_completion, on the other hand, does stat directories from
> `man --path', and it's always seemed fast enough to me.

There's no particularly strong reason why we use "man -k" other than
"that's what I started with".  So if you want to change that (after
24.1), that's fine, tho I think it's important to make sure it still
works on macosx.


        Stefan
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