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bug#3717: M-x man completion
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#3717: M-x man completion |
Date: |
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:47:08 +0200 |
> From: Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
> Cc: 3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:36:52 +1100
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> >
> > It could be, but it also isn't universally available, especially if
> > you are on a non-Posix platform.
>
> I see V7 doesn't have either :-)
>
> http://plan9.bell-labs.com/7thEdMan/index.html
>
> but that -k is in posix (and specified as an ERE regexp, answering a
> comment Stefan put),
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/man.html
Emacs doesn't (and shouldn't, IMO) require Posix to work well.
> > Ideally, `man' should test what's available, like `grep' does, and if
> > nothing is, simply not provide this feature.
>
> I'd be open to ideas for my code at least, as long as it's not merely
> defunct cp/m derivatives where there's a potential problem :).
I'm not sure I understand the remark, but how about searching MANPATH
directories ourselves? That would be much more portable, I think.
- bug#3717: M-x man completion, (continued)
bug#3717: M-x man completion, Kevin Ryde, 2009/11/24
- bug#3717: M-x man completion, Kevin Ryde, 2009/11/24
- bug#3717: M-x man completion, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/11/24
- bug#3717: M-x man completion, Stefan Monnier, 2009/11/25
- bug#3717: M-x man completion, Kevin Ryde, 2009/11/25
- bug#3717: M-x man completion, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/11/25
- bug#3717: M-x man completion, Kevin Ryde, 2009/11/26
- bug#3717: M-x man completion,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#3717: M-x man completion, Kevin Ryde, 2009/11/28
- bug#3717: M-x man completion, Juri Linkov, 2009/11/28
- bug#3717: M-x man completion, Stefan Monnier, 2009/11/29