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[PATCH] Add a missing index for `man'.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Hong Xu <hong <at> topbug.net>
Cc: 25033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25033: [PATCH] Add a missing index for `man'.
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 11:29:44 +0200

> From: Hong Xu <hong <at> topbug.net>
> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 01:18:26 -0800
> 
> 	* programs.texi (Man Page): Add the index for `man'.
> ---
>  doc/emacs/programs.texi | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/emacs/programs.texi b/doc/emacs/programs.texi
> index e409affd67d1..fc9f8e88b47a 100644
> --- a/doc/emacs/programs.texi
> +++ b/doc/emacs/programs.texi
> @@ -1193,6 +1193,7 @@ Man Page
>  with Info (@pxref{Misc Help}).  This process is not finished, so it is
>  still useful to read manual pages.
>  
> +@findex man
>  @findex manual-entry
>    You can read the man page for an operating system command, library
>  function, or system call, with the @kbd{M-x man} command.  This

If I type "i man RET" in the current Emacs manual, I land in that
node, and "i man TAB" produces a list of completions one of which is
"man pages", which leads to the same node.  So why did you see the
need for adding this index entry?

Thanks.

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