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

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Message #44 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: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:12:05 +0300

> Also `Man-notify-method' should be more accessible (more let-bindable)
> probably by making it local, but I may be wrong there (need to look at
> the code).

This will be possible when you let-bind both `Man-notify-method'
and `Man-async':

  (let ((Man-async nil) (Man-notify-method 'pushy)) (man "bash"))

> Also while you are at it, it would be helpful to add a 't' value to the
> require-match arg of completing-read in `man'.

But what if `man' is unable to get a complete list of all available man pages?
Then you can't read some man pages.  For instance, this happens when
you install a new package with a man page, but Man-completion-cache
is not updated.  This is a very rare problem, and you can still
read the man page by entering its name without completion.

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