From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#68583: 29.1; Can't find the cat manpage Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:41:19 +0200 Message-ID: <83y1clv6kw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <0b4f0004-c471-43b8-af63-ec9a592ca16f@stegny.2a.pl> <87cytxfwhj.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> <09488b40-6c07-4cf1-9972-420164cc9291@stegny.2a.pl> <874jf9fvwm.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> <837ck5wmyz.fsf@gnu.org> <1b3c5006-29e5-4ba7-bf1d-2bb9725f42b0@stegny.2a.pl> <834jf9wmqv.fsf@gnu.org> <3d80a687-9dd5-47fe-9758-4ca2c9ac3816@stegny.2a.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="34064"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: manuel@ledu-giraud.fr, 68583@debbugs.gnu.org To: Christopher Yeleighton Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 19 13:42:33 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rQoCf-0008ew-Co for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:42:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rQoCC-0005j6-Fw; Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:42:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rQoC8-0005ii-3o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:42:00 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rQoC7-0005Af-RT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:41:59 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rQoCA-0003IB-0l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:42:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:42:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 68583 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 68583-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B68583.170566809812609 (code B ref 68583); Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:42:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 68583) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Jan 2024 12:41:38 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57774 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rQoBi-0003HC-CI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:41:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54222) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rQoBh-0003Gq-16; Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:41:33 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rQoBY-00053a-Fo; Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:41:24 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=ITWQqQshM92OUgEINQXquDEr427KZlWNNvbfgo7yPbY=; b=URdA3oOhhKta8ML6Ca8z MV3iPx0KmoTUMjPJCWCyBLRFZe0R7SI4N0YgewwyRrooIN6azzH3rfXI8RxtpdYdx7vKcN2eTuGmT S5nvZkY9peEZbR5oFGwimtyfyTz+dTvLG3IGGsmx9c7G5V9Fsl6X9LEb2meEJOvyRxcNWXVZ+prGR Mq4uTLzLloVN5jufpVAqDkodSMq03ZqONN2x7m1nqJ7ZuUIxVFe6yRf4y+bWxBkavPntVu6Lwc4Fk Oyo8dtgfs5jbri9FhX8SgEHIIt2O3ME1mUnLPHl+YylEMqOT7qHRXXupBKUIXvYr0tvJkGDWvMlCq YwK3yL1aMkuamg==; In-Reply-To: <3d80a687-9dd5-47fe-9758-4ca2c9ac3816@stegny.2a.pl> (message from Christopher Yeleighton on Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:17:08 +0000) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:278517 Archived-At: 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 > > 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.