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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Message #70 received at 13160-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner <at> inode.at>
Cc: 13160-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
Subject: Re: bug#13160: 24.3.50;
	[PATCH] man page completion support beyond man-db
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:01:54 -0500

> Subject: [PATCH] Support man page completion for more man programs. *
>  lisp/man.el (Man-parse-man-k): New function. (Man-man-k-use-anchor): New
>  variable. (Man-completion-table): Use them to replace man-db specific code
>  for parsing `man -k' output.

Thanks, installed (along with the previous cache-flush patch and with
a few minor changes, mostly not trimming the extraneous entries we get
if the anchor is not used).


        Stefan
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