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23.2.91; M-x man retains command-line switches in minibuffer message

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.2.91; M-x man retains command-line switches in minibuffer message
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:24:29 +0000

If I say, for example, M-x -l foo.1 RET, then I get the minibuffer message:

-l foo.1 man page formatted

whereas I would expect something more like

foo.1 man page formatted

or ideally

foo man page formatted


In GNU Emacs 23.2.91.4 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.22.0)
 of 2011-01-13 on canta
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10900000
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Message #8 received at 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7929: 23.2.91;
	M-x man retains command-line switches in minibuffer message
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:05:00 -0400

Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:

> If I say, for example, M-x -l foo.1 RET, then I get the minibuffer message:
>
> -l foo.1 man page formatted

What do you mean by `M-x -l foo.1 RET'?  I don't understand your bug
report.

Message #11 received at 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7929: 23.2.91; M-x man retains command-line switches in
	minibuffer message
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 22:09:19 +0100

On 3 April 2011 22:05, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> wrote:
> Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:
>
>> If I say, for example, M-x -l foo.1 RET, then I get the minibuffer message:
>>
>> -l foo.1 man page formatted
>
> What do you mean by `M-x -l foo.1 RET'?  I don't understand your bug
> report.

Sorry, there is a missing bit, I meant:

M-x man RET -l foo.1 RET

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Message #14 received at 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7929: 23.2.91;
	M-x man retains command-line switches in minibuffer message
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:58:51 -0400

Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:

> Sorry, there is a missing bit, I meant:
>
> M-x man RET -l foo.1 RET

There is no foo.1 manpage on my system, nor is there any apparent way to
type in the space in "-l foo.1", since the completion method doesn't
allow it.

Could you please provide a *precise* recipe?  Thanks.

Message #17 received at 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7929: 23.2.91; M-x man retains command-line switches in
	minibuffer message
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:58:48 +0100

On 10 April 2011 22:58, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> wrote:
> Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:
>
>> Sorry, there is a missing bit, I meant:
>>
>> M-x man RET -l foo.1 RET
>
> There is no foo.1 manpage on my system, nor is there any apparent way to
> type in the space in "-l foo.1", since the completion method doesn't
> allow it.
>
> Could you please provide a *precise* recipe?  Thanks.

At first, I thought this was entirely my fault for not trying this in
emacs -Q. I have my Emacs set to allow SPC as a normal character in
the minibuffer, as I use plenty of files and directories whose names
contain spaces. I was trying to run the command

man -l foo.1

(the point being that of course there is no foo.1 man page, I am
trying to run man on the *file* foo.1).

This is not normally possible to type, as you've observed. However, it
is documented as valid in man's docstring, which says:

An explicit filename can be given too.  Use -l if it might
otherwise look like a page name.

    /my/file/name.1.gz
    -l somefile.1

So how am I supposed to type this?

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Message #20 received at 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Subject: Re: bug#7929: 23.2.91;
	M-x man retains command-line switches in minibuffer message
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:22:43 -0300

> There is no foo.1 manpage on my system, nor is there any apparent way to
> type in the space in "-l foo.1", since the completion method doesn't
> allow it.

You can definitely type C-q SPC to insert the space.


        Stefan

Message #23 received at 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7929: 23.2.91; M-x man retains command-line switches in
	minibuffer message
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:54:14 +0100

On 11 April 2011 03:22, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> There is no foo.1 manpage on my system, nor is there any apparent way to
>> type in the space in "-l foo.1", since the completion method doesn't
>> allow it.
>
> You can definitely type C-q SPC to insert the space.

OK, fine. So now you have the recipe!

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Message #30 received at 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 7929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.2.91;
	M-x man retains command-line switches in minibuffer message
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:44:06 +0200

Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:

> If I say, for example, M-x -l foo.1 RET, then I get the minibuffer message:
>
> -l foo.1 man page formatted
>
> whereas I would expect something more like
>
> foo.1 man page formatted
>
> or ideally
>
> foo man page formatted

I've now fixed this in Emacs 24.

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