GNU bug report logs - #4056
23.1.50; use shell-command completion for M-x man page names

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From: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org (Emacs bug Tracking System)
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#3717 closed by Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> (Re:
 bug#4056: Searching for program: no such file or directory, LC_CTYPE=C
 man)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:20:03 +0000

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#4056: M-x man completion

It has been closed by Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#4056: Searching for program: no such file or directory,
	LC_CTYPE=C man
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:10:52 -0500

> Can someone please send me the workaround!!

I've just installed the patch below which should silence those errors
(tho the error will still be there and will prevent completion from
working).



        Stefan


=== modified file 'lisp/man.el'
--- lisp/man.el	2010-01-13 08:35:10 +0000
+++ lisp/man.el	2010-02-11 15:54:21 +0000
@@ -771,8 +771,13 @@
           ;; quote anything.
           (let ((process-environment (copy-sequence process-environment)))
             (setenv "COLUMNS" "999") ;; don't truncate long names
+            ;; manual-program might not even exist.  And since it's
+            ;; run differently in Man-getpage-in-background, an error
+            ;; here may not necessarily mean that we'll also get an
+            ;; error later.
+            (ignore-errors
             (call-process manual-program nil '(t nil) nil
-                          "-k" (concat "^" prefix)))
+                            "-k" (concat "^" prefix))))
           (goto-char (point-min))
           (while (re-search-forward "^\\([^ \t\n]+\\)\\(?: ?\\((.+?)\\)\\(?:[ \t]+- \\(.*\\)\\)?\\)?" nil t)
             (push (propertize (concat (match-string 1) (match-string 2))

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: M-x man completion
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:48:10 +0800

severity: wishlist

I was thinking when M-x man prompts
  Manual entry (default Neurdsburg):
wouldn't it be neat if there was completion, just like for
M-! shell-command...

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