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bug#16722: 24.3.50; `M-x man' does not handle case appropriately
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#16722: 24.3.50; `M-x man' does not handle case appropriately |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Feb 2014 22:54:51 +0200 |
> From: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner@inode.at>
> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:17:08 +0100
> Cc: 16722@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> It seems (http://cygwin.com/packages/) that man-1.* is the man package
> provided by default in cygwin, but I suppose cygwin packages could also
> be used with a non-cygwin emacs? Would it be reasonable to set the
> default for `Man-man-k-use-anchor' to non-nil if the system type is
> `cygwin' or `windows-nt' or `ms-dos'?
It is much better, IMO, to probe for "man -k" support the first time
"M-x man" is invoked, like we do with "M-x grep". Relying on
system-type should only be a very distant second candidate (e.g., what
if Windows machines will get a proper 'man' command that does supports
apropos databases?).