GNU bug report logs - #52973
Adding a few context-menu-mode commands

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Message #161 received at 52973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 52973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, philipk <at> posteo.net
Subject: Re: bug#52973: Adding a few context-menu-mode commands
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:03:33 +0100

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

> For example, today while editing a shell script I needed to consult the
> man page about the arguments of the command `zenity` used in the script.
> It takes too many keystrokes to type `M-x man RET zenity RET'
> or first to move point to this command, then to type `M-x man RET RET'.
>
> With the context menu, it's just one click: press the right mouse button
> on the command name, select the item "Open man page", and release the
> mouse button.

So it sounds to me like shell-script-mode (and derivatives and other
shell-ish modes) should have the `man' bits of the context menu enabled
by default?

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