Mercurial > emacs
changeset 38646:5236fd76fef0
(man): Mention Man-switches in the doc string.
(Man-switches): Mention -a in the doc string.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 01 Aug 2001 15:30:21 +0000 |
| parents | 49fe07c46f8f |
| children | e07bf94fade4 |
| files | lisp/man.el |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lisp/man.el Wed Aug 01 15:29:35 2001 +0000 +++ b/lisp/man.el Wed Aug 01 15:30:21 2001 +0000 @@ -285,7 +285,10 @@ "Regular expression describing a reference in the SEE ALSO section.") (defvar Man-switches "" - "Switches passed to the man command, as a single string.") + "Switches passed to the man command, as a single string. + +If you want to be able to see all the manpages for a subject you type, +make -a one of the switches, if your `man' program supports it.") (defvar Man-specified-section-option (if (string-match "-solaris[0-9.]*$" system-configuration) @@ -549,7 +552,9 @@ If a buffer already exists for this man page, it will display immediately. To specify a man page from a certain section, type SUBJECT(SECTION) or -SECTION SUBJECT when prompted for a manual entry." +SECTION SUBJECT when prompted for a manual entry. To see manpages from +all sections related to a subject, put something appropriate into the +`Man-switches' variable, which see." (interactive (list (let* ((default-entry (Man-default-man-entry)) (input (read-string