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changeset 29854:ca9f6085d33b
(Documentation): Describe how man pages with
identical names by different sections are handled by M-x man and
M-x woman.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 22 Jun 2000 14:52:22 +0000 |
| parents | d49e929bbdf6 |
| children | 4a37c3f4cb29 |
| files | man/programs.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/programs.texi Thu Jun 22 14:51:22 2000 +0000 +++ b/man/programs.texi Thu Jun 22 14:52:22 2000 +0000 @@ -1592,6 +1592,12 @@ manual-entry @key{RET} chmod(2v) @key{RET}} (assuming @code{chmod} is in section @code{2v}). + 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 the +first man page they find, others display all the man pages, and you can +page between them with the @kbd{M-n} and @kbd{M-p} keys. The mode line +shows how many manual pages are available in the Man buffer. + @vindex Man-fontify-manpage-flag For a long man page, setting the faces properly can take substantial time. By default, Emacs uses faces in man pages if Emacs can display