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Allow setting Man-default-entry via Local Variables

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From: Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 46979 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#46979: Allow setting Man-default-entry via Local Variables
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2021 20:01:31 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

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> The need to add local variables to files is in itself a downside.

I'm not too sold on the local variables approach, either.  Perhaps we
could expose a customization point in the form of an alist of filename
patterns vs corresponding manuals.  Emacs would provide a few of them
and users could expand the list with more if
needed. `Man-default-man-entry' would consult this alist first and
fallback to the current behavior of guessing based on the text near
point.

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