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

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12098: How to trap errors in man?
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:41:35 +0300

> `Man-getpage-in-background' use (if (fboundp 'start-process) to check if
> it start an asynchronous process or not.
> Why in Emacs-24 `start-process' would not exists?
> Why instead don't you add an optional arg to `Man-getpage-in-background'
> to make it synchronous?
> It would be instead of (if (fboundp 'start-process):
> (if synchronous start-man-synchronously start-man-async
> This would allow to make an user variable that allow to choose if man is
> async or not.

Yes, this is what is implemented with a new `Man-async'
in another post I just sent.

Do you agree that man should be synchronous by default?
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