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Mention `woman'.
author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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date | Mon, 08 May 2000 16:02:33 +0000 |
parents | d77e34df755e |
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950 ** The Dabbrev package has a new user-option `dabbrev-ignore-regexps' | 950 ** The Dabbrev package has a new user-option `dabbrev-ignore-regexps' |
951 containing a list of regular expressions. Buffers matching a regular | 951 containing a list of regular expressions. Buffers matching a regular |
952 expression from that list, are not checked. | 952 expression from that list, are not checked. |
953 | 953 |
954 ** New modes and packages | 954 ** New modes and packages |
955 | |
956 *** The new package called `woman' allows to browse Unix man pages | |
957 without invoking external programs. | |
958 | |
959 The command `M-x woman' formats manual pages entirely in Emacs Lisp | |
960 and then displays them, like `M-x manual-entry' does. Unlike | |
961 `manual-entry', `woman' does not invoke any external programs, so it | |
962 is useful on systems such as MS-DOS/MS-Windows where the `man' and | |
963 Groff or `troff' are not readily available. | |
964 | |
965 The command `M-x woman-find-file' asks for the file name of a man | |
966 page, then formats and displays it like `M-x woman' does. | |
955 | 967 |
956 *** The new command M-x re-builder offers a convenient interface for | 968 *** The new command M-x re-builder offers a convenient interface for |
957 authoring regular expressions with immediate visual feedback. | 969 authoring regular expressions with immediate visual feedback. |
958 | 970 |
959 The buffer from which the command was called becomes the target for | 971 The buffer from which the command was called becomes the target for |