GNU bug report logs - #12098
Optionally support synchronous operation for `M-x man'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #112 received at 12098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, 12098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Subject: Re: bug#12098: How to trap errors in man?
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 08:05:31 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> It seems to me that we want more things to run asynchronously, and not
> the other way around.

I agree, and I think adding an option to make M-x man be synchronous
again would be counter-productive, so I'm closing this bug report.

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