Subject: bug#46979: Allow setting Man-default-entry via Local Variables

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2021 16:31:56 +0200

> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>,  [email-masked]
> Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2021 21:46:13 +0800
> 
> So yes, some alists might be possible. But still... there should be a
> way of letting the user use Local Variables per file...

Our solution to this is "C-h S".  Did you try it?  You can extend its
database if the default lacks something you need.