From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl>
Cc: manuel@ledu-giraud.fr, 68583@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68583: 29.1; Can't find the cat manpage
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:41:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83y1clv6kw.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3d80a687-9dd5-47fe-9758-4ca2c9ac3816@stegny.2a.pl> (message from Christopher Yeleighton on Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:17:08 +0000)
severity 68583 wishlist
thanks
> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:17:08 +0000
> Cc: manuel@ledu-giraud.fr, 68583@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl>
>
> The error message is literally:
>
> > Can't find the cat manpage
>
> This is the title of this bug report, BTW ;-)
Yes, but it was not clear from the report that it is also the text of
the error message you see. Thus my question.
> The right error message would be:
>
> > Emacs cannot display the cat manpage, either because it cannot be
> found or because it cannot be rendered. Try using the command ... to
> diagnose the problem!
But that's not what happened. man.el actually tries to find the man
page by itself, and displays that message if it fails.
> Troubleshooting instructions could be included in the mode documentation
> instead.
Patches to make the diagnostic smarter in this case, including
figuring out what to use instead of "..." above, are welcome.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-19 12:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-19 10:06 bug#68583: 29.1; Can't find the cat manpage Christopher Yeleighton
2024-01-19 10:28 ` Manuel Giraud via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-01-19 10:31 ` Christopher Yeleighton
2024-01-19 10:40 ` Manuel Giraud via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-01-19 10:44 ` Christopher Yeleighton
2024-01-19 12:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-19 12:05 ` Christopher Yeleighton
2024-01-19 12:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-19 12:17 ` Christopher Yeleighton
2024-01-19 12:41 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-01-19 12:46 ` Christopher Yeleighton
2024-01-19 14:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-19 15:18 ` Christopher Yeleighton
2024-01-19 15:21 ` Christopher Yeleighton
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