From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: man pages in framepop Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:47:44 -0600 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <2u82gkF26t2scU1@uni-berlin.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098831167 8905 80.91.229.6 (26 Oct 2004 22:52:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:52:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 27 00:52:43 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CMaBG-0004yV-00 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:52:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CMaIz-00024d-6M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:00:41 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!newsmi-eu.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 44 Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de cBTHFTHZzBYTEwMP4FcpNgvYA3yD1RU8KX+KKFYjdCzOorVAM= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20040916) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:126098 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:21476 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:21476 Sebastian Luque wrote: > I can't find what to customize in order to have man pages show up in a pop-up > frame (i.e. using framepop). I have the feeling I should do it in > special-display-regexps, but am not sure how to specify the regexp. The > format of the man output buffer name is "* Man TOPIC*. A related question is, > does the regexp need to be specified differently depending on whether one > does it directly in .emacs or through the customize interface? `M-x man' has its own display machinery: ,----[ C-h v Man-notify-method RET ] | Man-notify-method's value is friendly | | Documentation: | *Selects the behavior when manpage is ready. | This variable may have one of the following values, where (sf) means | that the frames are switched, so the manpage is displayed in the frame | where the man command was called from: | | newframe -- put the manpage in its own frame (see `Man-frame-parameters') | pushy -- make the manpage the current buffer in the current window | bully -- make the manpage the current buffer and only window (sf) | aggressive -- make the manpage the current buffer in the other window (sf) | friendly -- display manpage in the other window but don't make current (sf) | polite -- don't display manpage, but prints message and beep when ready | quiet -- like `polite', but don't beep | meek -- make no indication that the manpage is ready | | Any other value of `Man-notify-method' is equivalent to `meek'. | | You can customize this variable. | | Defined in `man'. `---- You probably want (setq Man-notify-method 'newframe) -- Kevin Rodgers