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M-x man completion

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (Emacs bug Tracking System)
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Subject: bug#3717: marked as done (M-x man completion)
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:15:08 +0000

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: M-x man completion
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...

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 3717-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
Subject: Re: bug#3717: M-x man completion
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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