From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: does (setq Man-switches "-a") work?
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 14:20:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <834kylo8r9.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86r21pve8h.fsf@zoho.eu> (message from Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor on Sat, 30 Nov 2019 11:40:46 +0100)
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 11:40:46 +0100
> From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > There's no pager involved, so I don't
> > understand what switches could be relevant
> > here. See Man-goto-page for how the paging
> > is done.
>
> C-h v Man-switches RET:
>
> Man-switches is a variable defined in ‘man.el’.
> Its value is "-a"
> Original value was ""
>
> Documentation:
> Switches passed to the man command, as a single string.
> For example, the -a switch lets you see all the manpages for a
> specified subject, if your ‘man’ program supports it.
Which sounds absolutely fine to me (and it says nothing about any
pager).
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-30 5:22 does (setq Man-switches "-a") work? Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2019-11-30 7:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-30 10:25 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2019-11-30 10:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-30 10:40 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2019-11-30 12:20 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-11-30 12:42 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2019-11-30 12:56 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2019-11-30 14:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-30 14:38 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2019-11-30 16:37 ` Omar Polo
2019-11-30 18:07 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2019-11-30 14:27 ` Perry Smith
2019-11-30 14:40 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2019-11-30 15:08 ` Perry Smith
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