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master 8d5d7509b0a 2/2: ; Fix last change
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
master 8d5d7509b0a 2/2: ; Fix last change |
Date: |
Thu, 2 Mar 2023 06:29:14 -0500 (EST) |
branch: master
commit 8d5d7509b0a2c248084fa349b0b188d4de4af804
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
; Fix last change
* doc/emacs/programs.texi (Man Page): Improve wording.
* lisp/man.el (Man-prefer-synchronous-call): Fix quoting and
spelling. (Bug#61552)
---
doc/emacs/programs.texi | 6 +++---
etc/NEWS | 2 +-
lisp/man.el | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/programs.texi b/doc/emacs/programs.texi
index c6c67047c43..62df88a731e 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/programs.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/programs.texi
@@ -1389,9 +1389,9 @@ line shows how many manual pages are available.
@vindex Man-prefer-synchronous-call
By default, @kbd{M-x man} calls the @code{man} program
-asynchronously. If you would prefer it if @kbd{M-x man} called the
-@code{man} program synchronously, you may set variable
-@code{Man-prefer-synchronous-calls} to a non-@code{nil} value.
+asynchronously. You can force the invocation to be synchronous by
+customizing @code{Man-prefer-synchronous-calls} to a non-@code{nil}
+value.
@findex woman
@cindex manual pages, on MS-DOS/MS-Windows
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 744eab41558..116b60d8b11 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ bound to 'C-c C-d' in 'go-ts-mode'.
+++
*** New user option 'Man-prefer-synchronous-call'.
When this is non-nil, call the 'man' program synchronously rather than
-asynchronously, which is the default behaviour.
+asynchronously (which is the default behavior).
* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 30.1
diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index 5e5c10aac36..3ab9aa5b4dd 100644
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@
:group 'help)
(defcustom Man-prefer-synchronous-call nil
- "Whether to call the Un*x 'man' program synchronously.
-When this is non-nil, call the 'man' program synchronously
-(rather than asynchronously, which is the default behaviour)."
+ "Whether to call the Un*x \"man\" program synchronously.
+When this is non-nil, call the \"man\" program synchronously
+(rather than asynchronously, which is the default behavior)."
:type 'boolean
:group 'man
:version 30.1)