From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3717: M-x man completion Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:21:42 +0200 Message-ID: <83638znsix.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87bpo6p3de.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <87ab3pfqj0.fsf@jidanni.org> <87ocmsqa7z.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87k4xf4jjy.fsf@blah.blah> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii , 3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259124464 9449 80.91.229.12 (25 Nov 2009 04:47:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:47:44 +0000 (UTC) To: Kevin Ryde , 3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 25 05:47:37 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ND9my-00077Y-Ca for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:47:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49467 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ND9mx-0000Hz-Rs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:47:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ND9mt-0000HU-BI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:47:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ND9mo-0000Gq-3A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:47:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51799 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ND9mo-0000Gn-0H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:47:26 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:47694) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ND9mm-0006hE-NH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:47:25 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nAP4lMdx003231; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:47:22 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nAP4U4dp001822; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:30:04 -0800 Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:30:04 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:30:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3717 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3717-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3717.12591229061363 (code B ref 3717); Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:30:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3717) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 25 Nov 2009 04:21:46 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il (mtaout23.012.net.il [80.179.55.175]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nAP4LiWQ001360 for <3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:21:45 -0800 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KTN00600DAWMY00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for 3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:21:37 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.37.193]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KTN006X6DG0K600@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:21:37 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87k4xf4jjy.fsf@blah.blah> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:47:31 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:32901 Archived-At: > From: Kevin Ryde > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:58:09 +1100 > Cc: 3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, jidanni@jidanni.org > > - (call-process "man" nil '(t nil) nil "-k" (concat "^" string)) > + (let ((process-connection-type nil) ;; pipe > + (process-environment (copy-sequence process-environment))) > + (setenv "COLUMNS" "999") ;; don't truncate long names > + (call-process "man" nil '(t nil) nil "-k" (concat "^" string))) This needs to deal with versions of `man' that don't support the -k switch.