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Bug on Darwin MacOS with 'M-x man RET commandname[ ]'

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Message #53 received at 63132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 63132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 asocial-hired.0l <at> icloud.com
Subject: Re: bug#63132: Bug on Darwin MacOS with 'M-x man RET commandname[ ]'
Date: Thu, 04 May 2023 18:36:00 -0400

> Perhaps we could do some more aggressive caching under the condition
> that "man -k" is really slow (as determined by e.g. some
> `Man-man-k-slow-p` variable that'd be non-nil by default on macOS)?

I'd hope the root of the problem can be fixed, but I don't think Emacs
can fix it on its own, so indeed we may have to come up with some kind
of workaround, probably disabling completion for `man` on macOS.


        Stefan


BTW, maybe the slowdown is related to
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250806874 ?

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