From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Ryde Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3717: M-x man completion Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:36:52 +1100 Message-ID: <87iqcx55or.fsf@blah.blah> References: <87bpo6p3de.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <87ab3pfqj0.fsf@jidanni.org> <87ocmsqa7z.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87k4xf4jjy.fsf@blah.blah> <83638znsix.fsf@gnu.org> <87fx82tdw7.fsf@blah.blah> <83zl69nchi.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Kevin Ryde , 3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259272197 12977 80.91.229.12 (26 Nov 2009 21:49:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:49:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 26 22:49:50 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 1NDmDj-0001hx-9v for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:49:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42335 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDmDi-0006wL-LQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:49:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDmBX-0004yl-DX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:47:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDmBS-0004te-1m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:47:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36761 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDmBR-0004tT-TY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:47:25 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:39741) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NDmBQ-0000OE-U2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:47:25 -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 nAQLlMJr004747; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:47:23 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nAQLj7oj004494; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:45:07 -0800 Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:45:07 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Kevin Ryde Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:45:07 +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=B3717.12592714243948 (code B ref 3717); Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:45:07 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3717) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 26 Nov 2009 21:37:04 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mailout2.pacific.net.au (mailout2-5.pacific.net.au [61.8.2.228]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nAQLb1Rl003945 for <3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:37:03 -0800 Original-Received: from mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (mailproxy2.pacific.net.au [61.8.2.163]) by mailout2.pacific.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id D96DD19F0C0; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:37:00 +1100 (EST) Original-Received: from blah.blah (ppp2F4D.dyn.pacific.net.au [61.8.47.77]) by mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ECAE27416; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:37:00 +1100 (EST) Original-Received: from gg by blah.blah with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NDm1E-0001fj-JC; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:36:52 +1100 In-Reply-To: <83zl69nchi.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:20:25 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:47:30 -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:32960 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > > It could be, but it also isn't universally available, especially if > you are on a non-Posix platform. I see V7 doesn't have either :-) http://plan9.bell-labs.com/7thEdMan/index.html but that -k is in posix (and specified as an ERE regexp, answering a comment Stefan put), http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/man.html > Ideally, `man' should test what's available, like `grep' does, and if > nothing is, simply not provide this feature. I'd be open to ideas for my code at least, as long as it's not merely defunct cp/m derivatives where there's a potential problem :).