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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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>, jidanni <at> jidanni.org,
        3717 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3717: M-x man completion
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:36:23 +0200

>> For manual names that belong only to one section, removing the section
>> name would be ok.
>
> Yep, that's what I've got, to declutter.

But then you don't see additional information about section names that
may help to select the necessary manual.  So I tend to agree with your
implementation in man-completion.el that provides completions in
3 formats: without a section name, with the section name appended
in parens, and prepended at the beginning:

    "chmod"
    "chmod (1)"
    "chmod (2)"
    "1 chmod"
    "2 chmod"

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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