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: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:49:12 +1100 Message-ID: <87pr72pgzr.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> <87iqcx55or.fsf@blah.blah> <83ws1cmk1f.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 1259438935 3741 80.91.229.12 (28 Nov 2009 20:08:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:08:55 +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 Sat Nov 28 21:08:48 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 1NETb5-0005nN-C5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:08:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40160 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NETb4-0003pl-SN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:08:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NETZs-0003Dh-1I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:07:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NETZm-00038j-Td for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:07:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39737 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NETZm-00038D-FW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:07:26 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:35236) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NETZm-00052B-2J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:07:26 -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 nASK7NAL005221; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:07:23 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nASK05eQ003469; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:00:05 -0800 Resent-Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:00:05 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Kevin Ryde Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:00:05 +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=B3717.12594378372878 (code B ref 3717); Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:00:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3717) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 28 Nov 2009 19:50:37 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mailout1.pacific.net.au (mailout1-1.pacific.net.au [61.8.2.208]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nASJoZci002875 for <3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:50:37 -0800 Original-Received: from mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (mailproxy2.pacific.net.au [61.8.2.163]) by mailout1.pacific.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 742755040D7; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:50:34 +1100 (EST) Original-Received: from blah.blah (ppp2E3A.dyn.pacific.net.au [61.8.46.58]) by mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0407427410; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:50:28 +1100 (EST) Original-Received: from gg by blah.blah with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NETI9-0000nV-4Y; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:49:13 +1100 In-Reply-To: <83ws1cmk1f.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:47:08 +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: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:07:31 -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:33018 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > > how about searching MANPATH directories ourselves? M-x woman does that, though finding the manpath isn't necessarily easy (with the man-db /etc/manpath.conf), and there can be pagename aliases found by lexgrog in the pages, which don't have actual filenames. If man can say its page names then asking it would have to be the most reliable way. I slightly hoped near enough to all mans could do that these days ...