GNU bug report logs - #46979
Allow setting Man-default-entry via Local Variables

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Allow setting Man-default-entry via Local Variables
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2021 07:18:12 +0800

M-x man says e.g.,
  Manual entry (default CAT(1)):

Well wouldn't it be great if one could do e.g.,

# Local Variables:
# Man-default-entry: "crontab(5)"
# End:

in one's .crontab file.

Or a

# Local Variables:
# Man-default-entry: "bash"
# End:

that one could put in their .bashrc file.

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