From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: if can't find man page, prompt for another Date: 10 Jul 2002 12:28:01 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87it3oi4vi.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1026314736 5355 127.0.0.1 (10 Jul 2002 15:25:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:25:36 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17SJLT-0001OG-00 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:25:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17SJM2-0005BA-00; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:26:10 -0400 Original-Received: from dfw7-1.relay.mail.uu.net ([199.171.54.106]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17SJLN-0005Af-00 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:25:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.fu-berlin.de by dfw7sosrv11.alter.net with ESMTP (peer crosschecked as: mail.fu-berlin.de [160.45.11.165]) id QQmwxp02256 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:25:33 GMT Original-Received: by mail.fu-berlin.de (Smail3.2.0.98) from Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (160.45.10.36) with esmtp id ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:25:25 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: by Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (Smail3.2.0.98) from news.fu-berlin.de with bsmtp id ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:25:25 +0200 (MEST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: 61-227-47-184.hinet-ip.hinet.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 23 X-Orig-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61-227-47-184.hinet-ip.hinet.net (61.227.47.184) X-Orig-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1026314724 23178703 61.227.47.184 (16 [99749]) X-Orig-Path: 127.0.0.1!nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:2585 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:2585 M-x man gnupg Loading man...done Invoking man gnupg in the background Please wait: making up the gnupg man page... gnupg man page made up error in process sentinel: Man-goto-page: Can't find the gnupg manpage error in process sentinel: Can't find the gnupg manpage OK, how about here prompting me for a different man page, instead of having me type in M-x man (gpg) again. True in the shell we don't get such pampering, but a ^P and we are back in action. In emacs it is an ESC x ESC p RET ... etc. Anyways the current feeling is one has caused a big error and all the wheels fall off and you are left there sitting in the middle of the street. There is even a flash or beep to make you feel more silly: oh, Jenkins on the terminal in row 4 committed another error. Instead my approach brings the warmth of mom to the user: no Jenkins, you are not wrong. It is the tool providers fault for the confusing man page name which you didn't remember. Here, have a prompt, and try again. -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780