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

From: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 3717 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3717: M-x man completion
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:36:52 +1100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
> It could be, but it also isn't universally available, especially if
> you are on a non-Posix platform.

I see V7 doesn't have either :-)

    http://plan9.bell-labs.com/7thEdMan/index.html

but that -k is in posix (and specified as an ERE regexp, answering a
comment Stefan put),

    http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/man.html

> Ideally, `man' should test what's available, like `grep' does, and if
> nothing is, simply not provide this feature.

I'd be open to ideas for my code at least, as long as it's not merely
defunct cp/m derivatives where there's a potential problem :).
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