GNU bug report logs - #38154
Man-follow-manual-reference could be as sharp as M-x man itself

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 15:14:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #24 received at 38154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 38154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38154: Man-follow-manual-reference could be as sharp as M-x
 man itself
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 21:01:46 +0200

> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Cc: 38154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 02:59:16 +0800
> 
> EZ> FWIW, I'm not at all sure.  It's an invalid man page (a.k.a. "bug"),
> EZ> so why should we support it?
> 
> It's even the way these document pros make their man pages:
> 
> $ man perldoc
> 
> SEE ALSO
>        perlpod, Pod::Perldoc

Please report a bug against them.  Not only Emacs has  bugs, and Emacs
doesn't have to fix the entire world.
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