From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3717: M-x man completion Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:20:25 +0200 Message-ID: <83zl69nchi.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87bpo6p3de.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <87ab3pfqj0.fsf@jidanni.org> <87ocmsqa7z.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87k4xf4jjy.fsf@blah.blah> <83638znsix.fsf@gnu.org> <87fx82tdw7.fsf@blah.blah> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii , 3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259209667 28826 80.91.229.12 (26 Nov 2009 04:27:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:27:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Kevin Ryde Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 26 05:27:39 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NDVxA-0006ZX-Nh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:27:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50843 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDVx9-000400-Vo for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:27:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDVx5-0003yx-4o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:27:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDVx0-0003xl-7P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:27:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37286 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDVx0-0003xK-2K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:27:26 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:53051) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NDVwy-0001OR-Td for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:27:25 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nAQ4RMO6006725; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:27:22 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nAQ4P53v006464; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:25:05 -0800 Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:25:05 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:25:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3717 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3717-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3717.12592092426338 (code B ref 3717); Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:25:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3717) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 26 Nov 2009 04:20:42 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il (mtaout21.012.net.il [80.179.55.169]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nAQ4KeKs006334 for <3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:20:42 -0800 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KTP00K007Z2WP00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for 3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:20:19 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.37.193]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KTP00KLD81UFV10@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:20:19 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87fx82tdw7.fsf@blah.blah> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:27:30 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:32949 Archived-At: > From: Kevin Ryde > Cc: 3717@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com > Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:53:28 +1100 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > > This needs to deal with versions of `man' that don't support the -k > > switch. > > Is the "apropos" program better? It could be, but it also isn't universally available, especially if you are on a non-Posix platform. Ideally, `man' should test what's available, like `grep' does, and if nothing is, simply not provide this feature.