Subject: bug#3717 closed by Juri Linkov <[email-masked]> (Re: bug#3717: M-x man completion)

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Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:15:08 +0000

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#3717: M-x man completion

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Subject: Re: bug#3717: M-x man completion
From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
To: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked], Kevin Ryde <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:01:05 +0200

>>> If man can say its page names then asking it would have to be the most
>>> reliable way.
>> It should be implemented to fail gracefully to not display completions
>> when man can not say its page names.
>
> AFAIK it does.

Yes, I tried to emulate `man' that doesn't support the -k switch
(using a non-existent switch), and it fails gracefully by not
providing completions, i.e. the same behavior as was in Emacs 23.1.
Anyone on platforms where `man' doesn't support the -k switch,
could use woman.el anyway.

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Subject: M-x man completion
From: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:48:10 +0800

severity: wishlist

I was thinking when M-x man prompts
  Manual entry (default Neurdsburg):
wouldn't it be neat if there was completion, just like for
M-! shell-command...