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bug#10712: $MANPATH is ignored by man.el
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Stefan Monnier |
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bug#10712: $MANPATH is ignored by man.el |
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:36:51 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
>> It uses man -k (aka apropos).
> bash_completion, on the other hand, does stat directories from
> `man --path', and it's always seemed fast enough to me.
There's no particularly strong reason why we use "man -k" other than
"that's what I started with". So if you want to change that (after
24.1), that's fine, tho I think it's important to make sure it still
works on macosx.
Stefan