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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Message #292 received at 3717 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 3717 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
        jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#3717: M-x man completion
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:25:11 +1100

Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org> writes:
>
> shell command name prepended) to run "man",

I think that's how "-k foo" and "-l /dir/bar.1" work, because it's a bit
of a shell line, not a single arg.  Slightly dangerous if you're silly
enough to enter "; rm /my/whole/filesystem" :-).

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
> `man-shell-command'

I don't think it should be renamed.  If it's been a shell command
forever then just use it that way.
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