From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3717: M-x man completion Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:03:27 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87bpo6p3de.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <87ab3pfqj0.fsf@jidanni.org> <87ocmsqa7z.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <877htetd2g.fsf@blah.blah> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 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 1259206077 22527 80.91.229.12 (26 Nov 2009 03:27:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:27:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, jidanni@jidanni.org To: Kevin Ryde Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 26 04:27:41 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 1NDV1A-0007ut-3K for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:27:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50875 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDV19-0004fI-IL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:27:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDV13-0004eW-SG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:27:33 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDV0y-0004c8-F2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:27:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34043 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDV0y-0004by-9d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:27:28 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:57015) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NDV0x-0004yA-Uf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:27:28 -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 nAQ3RM1r001546; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:27:22 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nAQ3A5CN032711; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:10:05 -0800 Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:10:05 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:10:05 +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=B3717.125920461631540 (code B ref 3717); Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:10:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3717) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 26 Nov 2009 03:03:36 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nAQ33Yum031537 for <3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:03:35 -0800 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArcEALN+DUtFpYc//2dsb2JhbACBTdMHhDIEihc X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.47,290,1257138000"; d="scan'208";a="50052276" Original-Received: from 69-165-135-63.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([69.165.135.63]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 25 Nov 2009 22:03:28 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D40F3B40E6; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:03:27 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <877htetd2g.fsf@blah.blah> (Kevin Ryde's message of "Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:11:19 +1100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:27:32 -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:32947 Archived-At: > (The way M-x man accepts "-k pattern" seems to be a well-kept secret -- > or is it obvious to everyone except me!) It's not a feature, AFAIK, more like an accident. M-x man xterm|tail RET also works, but again, it's just an accident. Hopefully at some point we'll get rid of the sed script and then we may run "man" without going through a shell, in which case those accidents won't work any more. Stefan