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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#4056: marked as done (23.1.50; use shell-command completion
 for M-x man page names)
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:15:09 +0000

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has caused the Emacs bug report #3717,
regarding 23.1.50; use shell-command completion for M-x man page names
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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.50; use shell-command completion for M-x man page names
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:47:43 +0800

Gentlemen, as you know when you do M-x man and get the prompt
   Manual entry (default blabla):
there is no TAB completion.

Well as many of the man pages are the same names as shell commands, why
not just use the same completion as shell-command and
shell-command-on-region use?

It's better than nothing, and one can still enter other names too.

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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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Juri Linkov
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