Re: Links in WoMan buffer should not call `man'

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Sat, Aug 26 2006, Chong Yidong wrote:

> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>> in GNU Emacs 22.0.50.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.3) of
>> 2006-08-24 on viandante, following manual links in WoMan buffers
>> should create new WoMan buffers, not new man buffers.
>
> This hack should fix it.

Thanks it does fix it for me.  Will you install it?

[...]
>     ;; We don't need to call `man' when we are in `woman-mode'.
> !   (define-key woman-mode-map [remap man] 'woman)
> !   (define-key woman-mode-map [remap man-follow] 'woman-follow))
> ! 
> ! (defun woman-follow (topic)
> !   "Get a Un*x manual page of the item under point and put it in a buffer."

Maybe we should add something like "This function is a replacement of
`man-follow' in WoMan mode." in the doc string.

> !   (interactive (list (Man-default-man-entry)))
> !   (if (or (not topic)
> ! 	  (string= topic ""))
> !       (error "No item under point")
> !     (woman (if (string-match Man-reference-regexp topic)
> ! 	       (substring topic 0 (match-end 1))
> ! 	     topic))))

Bye, Reiner.
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