GNU bug report logs - #61552
Feature request: Add variable Man-prefer-synchronous-call

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Message #37 received at 61552-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Sebastian Tennant <sdt <at> sebyte.me>
Cc: 61552-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61552: Feature request: Add variable
 Man-prefer-synchronous-call
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:30:46 +0200

> From: Sebastian Tennant <sdt <at> sebyte.me>
> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:16:24 +0000
> 
> Quoth Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:47:11 +0100:
> > […]
> > Everything in Emacs should be in the manual :-)
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> > […]
> > Sorry, I meant "a complete sentence, and only taking up one screen
> > line, not exceeding `emacs-lisp-docstring-fill-column'", ie
> >
> >     Whether to call the Un*x 'man' command synchronously.
> >     When this is non-nil call 'man' synchronously instead of the default
> >     asynchronous behaviour.
> >
> > since `apropos' displays only the first line
> 
> Understood.  Hopefully this updated patch (against master) is starting
> to look acceptable:

Thanks, installed on the master branch, and closing the bug.

Assuming that you want to be able to submit contributions to Emacs in
the future, would you like to start the legal paperwork of assigning
the copyright for your changes to the FSF?  If yes, I will send you
the form to fill to start the paperwork.

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