From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner@inode.at>
Cc: 16722@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16722: 24.3.50; `M-x man' does not handle case appropriately
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 22:54:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <834n40ayg4.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85fvnkwarc.fsf@iznogoud.viz>
> From: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner@inode.at>
> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:17:08 +0100
> Cc: 16722@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> It seems (http://cygwin.com/packages/) that man-1.* is the man package
> provided by default in cygwin, but I suppose cygwin packages could also
> be used with a non-cygwin emacs? Would it be reasonable to set the
> default for `Man-man-k-use-anchor' to non-nil if the system type is
> `cygwin' or `windows-nt' or `ms-dos'?
It is much better, IMO, to probe for "man -k" support the first time
"M-x man" is invoked, like we do with "M-x grep". Relying on
system-type should only be a very distant second candidate (e.g., what
if Windows machines will get a proper 'man' command that does supports
apropos databases?).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-15 20:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-11 14:45 bug#16722: 24.3.50; `M-x man' does not handle case appropriately Drew Adams
2014-02-15 17:17 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2014-02-15 19:55 ` Drew Adams
2014-02-16 0:28 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2014-02-16 3:04 ` Drew Adams
2014-02-15 20:54 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2014-02-16 1:08 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2014-02-16 3:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-02-16 14:17 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2017-02-01 19:25 ` Drew Adams
2017-02-01 19:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-02 1:08 ` npostavs
2020-09-25 10:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-25 11:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-25 11:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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2017-02-01 22:36 ` Drew Adams
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