Re: man pages in framepop

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

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