From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Mark Diekhans <markd@soe.ucsc.edu>
Cc: 6319@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6319: 23.2; man command can no longer accept -k, spaces
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 12:18:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv8w70ysg1.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yxrtypov9yx.fsf@hgwdev.cse.ucsc.edu> (Mark Diekhans's message of "Sun, 30 May 2010 23:52:54 -0700")
> M-xman will no longer allow '-k pattern' or '1 cat', even though the
> help documentation claims this should work.
M-x man RET 1 SPC cat RET
works for me. Admittedly, for -k you have to work a little harder, but:
M-x man RET -k C-q SPC haskell RET
works. I've just installed the patch below which makes
M-x man RET -k SPC haskell RET
work as well.
> This appears to be due to the completion functionality, which has no
> documentation way to disable it
The completion code only enters into the picture if you actively
call it. Sadly, SPC is bound to a command that calls completion, so you
sometimes need C-q SPC to insert a space when you need to override the
completion code.
Stefan
=== modified file 'lisp/man.el'
--- lisp/man.el 2010-03-05 20:18:20 +0000
+++ lisp/man.el 2010-05-31 16:09:16 +0000
@@ -754,6 +754,9 @@
(cond
((eq action 'lambda)
(not (string-match "([^)]*\\'" string)))
+ ((equal string "-k")
+ ;; Let SPC (minibuffer-complete-word) insert the space.
+ (complete-with-action action '("-k ") string pred))
(t
(let ((table (cdr Man-completion-cache))
(section nil)
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2010-05-31 6:52 bug#6319: 23.2; man command can no longer accept -k, spaces Mark Diekhans
2010-05-31 16:18 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2010-05-31 17:29 ` Mark Diekhans
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