GNU bug report logs - #68583
29.1; Can't find the cat manpage

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Message #20 received at 68583 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj <at> stegny.2a.pl>
Cc: manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr, 68583 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#68583: 29.1; Can't find the cat manpage
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:01:56 +0200

> Cc: 68583 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 10:44:18 +0000
> From: Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj <at> stegny.2a.pl>
> 
> gxditview display is more accurate (most of the time) but it cannot mark 
> text, so it depends on the content.  Emacs could just unset MANOPT as 
> far as I am concerned.

Emacs cannot just unset MANOPT, since that variable could specify
command-line options for the 'man' command other than the ones you
used.

To avoid the problem you describe, I suggest to set MANOPT only in the
init file of interactive shell, so that a non-interactive shell
invoked by Emacs to run shell commands will be unaffected by MANOPT.

I don't think this is an Emacs bug.

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