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: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: jidanni <at> jidanni.org, user42 <at> zip.com.au, 3717 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3717: M-x man completion
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:30:16 -0500

> Replacing a regexp in your change with "^[^ \t\n]+\\([ \t\n]+[^-)]+)\\)?"
> that adds section names to completion strings fixes this problem,
> so the *Completions* buffer displays in the aforementioned case:

Fine by me, but please try and make the regexp a bit tighter.  E.g. the
above one doesn't have an explicit "(" and allows several spaces between
the page name and the section, whereas AFAICT there's never more than
one space there.


        Stefan
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