Re: man integration with tramp

[Michael Albinus]

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Max,

> I suggested it for Tramp methods which do not support remote processes.

Yep.

> However if a man page is opened through path to the file (instead of
> just page name) then neighbor files and directories should be
> considered before standard MANPATH when another man page is opened
> from this buffer. It does not matter if it is a remote or a local
> file. Likely the current page is from another set that is e.g. newer
> or older than system pages.

Makes sense. To tell the truth, I haven't investigated too much time yet
in this topic. Perhaps I shall start to work on it, finally ...

(Making pressure on me always works :-)

> WoMan has code that travels through directories to build completion
> list. However I do not like that WoMan does not allow to specify
> section as man(7) and requires additional step to choose appropriate
> section. Perhaps a part of related code may be reused.

Will check.

Best regards, Michael.