From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: problems reading some manual pages in emacs (M-x Woman) Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 10:35:19 +0100 Message-ID: <097DBFA4-E4AC-4CD5-9C05-7392F8CDA1B4@Web.DE> References: <86bq6rqcf4.fsf@magma.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202549859 32297 80.91.229.12 (9 Feb 2008 09:37:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:37:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Peter Smerdon Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 09 10:38:01 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1JNm9p-0006yZ-87 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:38:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNm9M-0006Ni-4m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:37:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNm7N-0005Rq-1v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:35:29 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNm7J-0005QA-4s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:35:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNm7I-0005Pt-SY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:35:24 -0500 Original-Received: from fmmailgate02.web.de ([217.72.192.227]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JNm7I-0002z9-J7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:35:24 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp08.web.de (fmsmtp08.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.216]) by fmmailgate02.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3FFAD008BF0; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 10:35:22 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [195.4.204.154] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp08.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.109 #226) id 1JNm7G-0003fa-00; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:35:22 +0100 In-Reply-To: <86bq6rqcf4.fsf@magma.ca> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19sQoT7XAkW+lmBrDy8HY2WfwURQwmZhVlaHmPl A07YA5+UI2KzpLI5VhDKcbD4HOMD5EBu4nYz8qkdPh2CMP8I8R KmnUP6jmib5zM1PzNw1g== X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:51364 Archived-At: Am 09.02.2008 um 00:02 schrieb Peter Smerdon: > For example, I installed `namp' and `most', neither show up in > Woman. The only way to read these fine manual pages is to use > woman-find-file. Do you know makewhatis? This creates the database files that are used =20= by apropos or man -k. -- Greetings Pete When in doubt, use brute force. =96 Ken Thompson