bug#33504: 26.1.90; woman pandoc broken

bug#33504: 26.1.90; woman pandoc broken

[Andreas Röhler]

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See attachment. Calling "man pandoc" from terminal works fine.


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bug#33504: 26.1.90; woman pandoc broken

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 19:42:22 +0100
> 
> See attachment. Calling "man pandoc" from terminal works fine.

From the Emacs manual:

     Note that ‘M-x woman’ doesn’t yet support the latest features of
  modern man pages, so we recommend using ‘M-x man’ if that is available
  on your system.

IOW, it is a known deficiency of the 'woman' command.

bug#33504: 26.1.90; woman pandoc broken

[Andreas Röhler]

On 25.11.18 20:00, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
>> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 19:42:22 +0100
>>
>> See attachment. Calling "man pandoc" from terminal works fine.
> 
>  From the Emacs manual:
> 
>       Note that ‘M-x woman’ doesn’t yet support the latest features of
>    modern man pages, so we recommend using ‘M-x man’ if that is available
>    on your system.
> 
> IOW, it is a known deficiency of the 'woman' command.
> 

Okay, thanks. Calling `M-x man` works fine.

Maybe let Emacs call that if available?

bug#33504: 26.1.90; woman pandoc broken

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: 33504@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:50:53 +0100
> 
> Maybe let Emacs call that if available?

What, you mean when the user invokes 'woman', silently invoke 'man'
instead?  Wouldn't that be an annoying surprise for users?

bug#33504: 26.1.90; woman pandoc broken

[Andreas Röhler]

On 26.11.18 17:08, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Cc: 33504@debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
>> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:50:53 +0100
>>
>> Maybe let Emacs call that if available?
> 
> What, you mean when the user invokes 'woman', silently invoke 'man'
> instead?  Wouldn't that be an annoying surprise for users?
> 


Fixing woman for sure is preferable.

bug#33504: 26.1.90; woman pandoc broken

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: 33504@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 19:29:42 +0100
> 
> On 26.11.18 17:08, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> Cc: 33504@debbugs.gnu.org
> >> From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
> >> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:50:53 +0100
> >>
> >> Maybe let Emacs call that if available?
> > 
> > What, you mean when the user invokes 'woman', silently invoke 'man'
> > instead?  Wouldn't that be an annoying surprise for users?
> 
> Fixing woman for sure is preferable.

I obviously agree.  Patches welcome.