changeset 3644:9e251319cdc8

* man.el (manual-entry): Recognize the subject(section) syntax.
author Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
date Fri, 11 Jun 1993 10:29:55 +0000
parents f336e1e9a664
children 8fad20cc5408
files lisp/man.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/man.el	Fri Jun 11 10:11:33 1993 +0000
+++ b/lisp/man.el	Fri Jun 11 10:29:55 1993 +0000
@@ -419,6 +419,13 @@
 	 (if (string= default-entry "")
 	     (error "No man args given.")
 	   (setq man-args default-entry)))
+    ;; Recognize the subject(section) syntax.
+    (if (string-match "^[ \t]*\\([^( \t]+\\)[ \t]*(\\([^)]+\\))[ \t]*$"
+		      man-args)
+	(setq man-args
+	      (concat (substring man-args (match-beginning 2) (match-end 2))
+		      " "
+		      (substring man-args (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1)))))
     (if Man-downcase-section-letters-p
 	(setq man-args (Man-downcase man-args)))
     (Man-getpage-in-background man-args (consp arg))