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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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12098: How to trap errors in man?
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:10:54 +0300

> things freezing for any reason should be something to be removed
> everywhere, not an excuse for allowing more badness.
>
> Async fetching and formatting of man pages is very useful if the man
> page is on a remote host running a different OS.

I guess the distinction is exactly like between sync and async
shell commands.  When you know that a command will finish quickly,
`shell-command' is more preferable, whereas `async-shell-command'
is better for a long-running process.
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