GNU bug report logs - #5578
23.1.92; M-x man should consider $MANPATH when making completions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:49:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 5578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: cyd <at> stupidchicken.com, rfrancoise <at> debian.org, man-db <at> packages.debian.org,
	5578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5578: 23.1.92;
	M-x man should consider $MANPATH when making completions
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:30:10 -0500

> $ man -w whoami
> /usr/share/man/man1/whoami.1.gz
> $ man -k whoami
> whoami (1)           - print effective userid
> $ man -w sa-update
> /home/jidanni/.spamassassin-tree/man/man1/sa-update.1p
> $ man -k sa-update
> $

Looks like a bug/misfeature in the `man' program, then.
Of course, man.el could try to work around this limitation, but I think
we first should try to get it fixed.


        Stefan
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