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Re: ESC x man and "man -k" (possible bug?)
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tomas |
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Re: ESC x man and "man -k" (possible bug?) |
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Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:55:39 +0100 |
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On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 09:07:59PM -0800, Joseph Brenner wrote:
>
> I've always liked the man feature:
> man -k <search_term>
> Which does something like an "apropos" search on man pages.
>
> I used to use this feature often inside of emacs, first doing an
> ESC x man
> then at the prompt, entering:
> -k <search_term>
>
> Now, with a recent "cvs emacs" (soon to be called "bizarre emacs", I fear),
> I find that I can't type the space after the -k.
>
> Is this supposed to be a feature? How can I fix it?
I guess it's an unwanted interaction with some supposed-to-be-friendly
argument entry mechanism. Try entering M-<space> (i.e. ALT-<space> or
ESC-<space> [1] instead of just <space>) after the "-k".
Regards
- --------
[1] Ah, yes... my window manager helpfully pops up something I'll never
use on ALT-<space>. Sigh.
- -- tomás
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