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

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, jidanni <at> jidanni.org,
        3717 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3717: M-x man completion
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:03:27 -0500

> (The way M-x man accepts "-k pattern" seems to be a well-kept secret --
> or is it obvious to everyone except me!)

It's not a feature, AFAIK, more like an accident.  M-x man xterm|tail RET
also works, but again, it's just an accident.
Hopefully at some point we'll get rid of the sed script and then we may
run "man" without going through a shell, in which case those accidents
won't work any more.


        Stefan
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