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: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org, 3717 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: user42 <at> zip.com.au
Subject: bug#3717: M-x man completion
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:04:30 -0500

> From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:18:44 +0800
> Cc: 3717 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
> Reply-To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org, 3717 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
> 
> I get
> completion--some: Searching for program: no such file or directory, LC_CTYPE=C man
> when I do M-x man ca<TAB>
> Because I do (setq manual-program "LC_CTYPE=C man")

That's an abuse of manual-program: it is supposed to be the name of a
program, not a command string.
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