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: 3717 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#3717: M-x man completion
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:54:49 +0200

>> The only problem I see is with the "2 chmod" format completion.
>
> It's quite important too, as it's the natural format from the man
> command line.
>
>> because manual names that begin with a digit are very rare.
>> Here I can find only one such command - "7z".
>
> Debian has an "822-date" program too, I don't know of any others.
> With some care it should be possible to treat them like any other name.

When I run "822-date", it says:

  822-date: warning: This program is deprecated. Please use 'date -R' instead.

So it's not important.  But nevertheless we should take care about such
rare cases.

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