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bug#61552: Feature request: Add variable Man-prefer-synchronous-call
From: |
Robert Pluim |
Subject: |
bug#61552: Feature request: Add variable Man-prefer-synchronous-call |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:47:11 +0100 |
>>>>> On Tue, 21 Feb 2023 14:08:35 +0000, Sebastian Tennant <sdt@sebyte.me>
>>>>> said:
>> (and add a description to the manual, if that makes sense)
Sebastian> Sure. I didn't think reading manpages would have an entry in the
Sebastian> manual but, sure enough, it does:
Everything in Emacs should be in the manual :-)
Sebastian> (info "(emacs) Man Page")
Sebastian> I shall edit doc/emacs/programs.texi accordingly.
>> […]
>>> (defcustom Man-prefer-synchronous-call nil
>>> "Non-nil means always call the Un*x man command synchronously,
>>> rather than asynchronously, which is the default behaviour."
>>
>> The first line should be a complete sentence. Something like
>>
>> "Whether to call the Un*x 'manʼ command synchronously."
Sebastian> How about this:
Sebastian> "Control whether the Un*x 'man' command is called synchronously
or
Sebastian> asynchronously. (Asynchronous is the default)."
Sorry, I meant "a complete sentence, and only taking up one screen
line, not exceeding `emacs-lisp-docstring-fill-column'", ie
Whether to call the Un*x 'man' command synchronously.
When this is non-nil call 'man' synchronously instead of the default
asynchronous behaviour.
since `apropos' displays only the first line
Robert
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bug#61552: Feature request: Add variable Man-prefer-synchronous-call, Stefan Kangas, 2023/02/21