bug#61552: closed (Feature request: Add variable Man-prefer-synchronous-call)

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Man-prefer-synchronous-call
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regarding Feature request: Add variable Man-prefer-synchronous-call
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> Feature request: Add variable Man-prefer-synchronous-call
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> Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:12:51 +0000
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2.50 (gnu/linux)
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> Patch against master (on branch master-sebyte, rebased moments ago):
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> https://gitweb.sebyte.me/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/emacs/commitdiff/280a56c96d4530273c308addda016d889082d058
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> Patch against emacs-28 (on branch emacs-28-sebyte):
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> https://gitweb.sebyte.me/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/emacs/commitdiff/a08053f12303045905907b992cc78b84692cf26a
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> Re: bug#61552: Feature request: Add variable Man-prefer-synchronous-call
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> > From: Sebastian Tennant <sdt@sebyte.me>
> > Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:16:24 +0000
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> > Quoth Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> > on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:47:11 +0100:
> > > […]
> > > Everything in Emacs should be in the manual :-)
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> > Indeed.
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> > > […]
> > > Sorry, I meant "a complete sentence, and only taking up one screen
> > > line, not exceeding `emacs-lisp-docstring-fill-column'", ie
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> > >     Whether to call the Un*x 'man' command synchronously.
> > >     When this is non-nil call 'man' synchronously instead of the default
> > >     asynchronous behaviour.
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> > > since `apropos' displays only the first line
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> > Understood.  Hopefully this updated patch (against master) is starting
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> Thanks, installed on the master branch, and closing the bug.
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> 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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