GNU bug report logs - #3717
M-x man completion

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:55:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 4056

Found in version 1:20100118-1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #122 received at 3717 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, jidanni <at> jidanni.org,
        3717 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3717: M-x man completion
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:12:52 +1100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
> It's not a feature, AFAIK, more like an accident.

I'm pretty sure it's intentional, explicit in Man-highlight-references,
just not described in the M-x man docstring, and only a bullet point in
the commentary ...

> sed script

That bit's pretty scary.  I supposed it could equally well de-mangle in
the buffer with some lisp, if it was to be re-done.
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