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 09:47:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87bpo6p3de.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <87ab3pfqj0.fsf@jidanni.org> <87ocmsqa7z.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87k4xf4jjy.fsf@blah.blah> <83638znsix.fsf@gnu.org> 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 1259161663 17378 80.91.229.12 (25 Nov 2009 15:07:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:07:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, Kevin Ryde To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 25 16:07:35 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 1NDJSx-0002ip-5N for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:07:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55352 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDJSw-0001k2-PJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:07:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDJSs-0001jv-NX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:07:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDJSn-0001iu-F5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:07:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56538 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDJSn-0001ir-Ad for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:07:25 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:49445) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NDJSm-0007Rb-QE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:07:25 -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 nAPF7Mm1028552; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:07:22 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nAPEt79R026675; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:55:07 -0800 Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:55:07 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:55:07 +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=B3717.125916045026167 (code B ref 3717); Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:55:07 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3717) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 25 Nov 2009 14:47:30 +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 nAPElSGB026164 for <3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:47:29 -0800 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvYEAG/SDEtFpYc//2dsb2JhbACBTdQ6hDIEihY X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.47,286,1257138000"; d="scan'208";a="49991015" Original-Received: from 69-165-135-63.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.135.63]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 25 Nov 2009 09:47:22 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 60A5880E3; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:47:22 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <83638znsix.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:21:42 +0200") 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 10:07:29 -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:32910 Archived-At: >> - (call-process "man" nil '(t nil) nil "-k" (concat "^" string)) >> + (let ((process-connection-type nil) ;; pipe >> + (process-environment (copy-sequence process-environment))) >> + (setenv "COLUMNS" "999") ;; don't truncate long names >> + (call-process "man" nil '(t nil) nil "-k" (concat "^" string))) > This needs to deal with versions of `man' that don't support the -k > switch. It pretty much does, I believe. At worst (i.e. in case that "man" sends its error message to stdout rather than stderr) it may suggest a couple of words of completion which are taken from the error message. I.e. I wouldn't worry about it for now, Stefan