GNU bug report logs - #13160
24.3.50; [PATCH] man page completion support beyond man-db

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner <at> inode.at>

Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:25:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
To: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner <at> inode.at>
Cc: 13160 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13160: 24.3.50; [PATCH] man page completion support beyond man-db
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:59:06 +1100

Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner <at> inode.at> writes:
>
> It's not used for parsing, it's only prepended to the search string
> passed to `man -k'.

Ah.  I even had a note in my bit about that.  Yes.  Daniel Pittman I
think it was reported that on macos man -k '' empty string gives no
output, hence "^".
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