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changeset 38667:6ed2cc05e016
(Man Page): Mention the -a switch to `man' in a footnote.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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| date | Thu, 02 Aug 2001 12:17:45 +0000 |
| parents | 2a4cffad7f7c |
| children | 1a12e25dfd9b |
| files | man/programs.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/programs.texi Thu Aug 02 11:40:26 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/programs.texi Thu Aug 02 12:17:45 2001 +0000 @@ -1131,12 +1131,16 @@ to a command by the same name), type @kbd{M-x manual-entry @key{RET} chmod(2v) @key{RET}} (assuming @code{chmod} is in section @samp{2v}). +@vindex Man-switches If you do not specify a section, the results depend on how the -@code{man} command works on your system. Some of them display only +@code{man} program works on your system. Some of them display only the first man page they find. Others display all man pages that have the specified name, so you can move between them with the @kbd{M-n} -and @kbd{M-p} keys. The mode line shows how many manual pages are -present in the Man buffer. +and @kbd{M-p} keys@footnote{On some systems, the @code{man} program +accepts a @samp{-a} command-line option which tells it to display all +the man pages for the specified topic. If you want this behavior, you +can add this option to the value of the variable @code{Man-switches}.}. +The mode line shows how many manual pages are present in the Man buffer. @vindex Man-fontify-manpage-flag By default, Emacs uses faces in man pages if Emacs can display