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Re: Emacs can't find man page


From: Peter Dyballa
Subject: Re: Emacs can't find man page
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:00:48 +0200


Am 24.07.2005 um 23:14 schrieb Richard M. Stallman:

    In *Messages* I have:

            Please wait: formatting the Font::AFM.3pm man page...
            Font::AFM.3pm man page formatted
            Man-bgproc-sentinel: Can't find the Font::AFM.3pm manpage

I can't reproduce that.  Can you debug it?


I've some clue: doing an 'apropos AFM' first I get among others:

        Font::AFM(3pm)           - Interface to Adobe Font Metrics files

while locate returns:

        /usr/share/man/man3/Font::AFM.3pm

Positioning the cursor in "Font::AFM(3pm)" gives a perfect man page!

Positioning the cursor in "/usr/share/man/man3/Font::AFM.3pm" gives the error I reported!

In the first case *Messages* contains:

Loading man (source)...done
 » Der Gegenstand von Zeile 692 ist 3pm Font::AFM
Invoking man 3pm Font::AFM in the background
 » In Zeile 971 Man-bgproc-sentinel geht ab!
Please wait: formatting the 3pm Font::AFM man page...
3pm Font::AFM man page formatted
» In Zeile 1010 sind Man-fontify-manpage oder Man-cleanup-manpage ausgeführt!
 » In Zeile 1010 ist die Man-page-list nil
Loading tabify...done
» In Zeile 1011 ist die Man-page-list ((#<marker at 1 in *Man 3pm Font::AFM*> #<marker at 5116 in *Man 3pm Font::AFM*> AFM(3)))


 » Der Gegenstand von Zeile 692 ist 3pm Font::AFM
Invoking man Font::AFM.3pm in the background
 » In Zeile 971 Man-bgproc-sentinel geht ab!
Please wait: formatting the Font::AFM.3pm man page...
Font::AFM.3pm man page formatted
» In Zeile 1010 sind Man-fontify-manpage oder Man-cleanup-manpage ausgeführt!
 » In Zeile 1010 ist die Man-page-list nil [2 times]
let: Can't find the Font::AFM.3pm manpage


It's obvious that the line that contained the argument(s) to man was scanned incorrectly when only the file name of the man page was given ('Font::AFM.3pm' instead of '3pm Font::AFM'). The same error happens I present that file name to man:

        /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1

Could be I am not reporting a bug but requesting a feature ...

--
Greetings

  Pete

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