Re: ESC x man and "man -k"

[Kevin Rodgers]

Joseph Brenner wrote:
> I've always liked the man feature:
>   man -k <search_term>
> Which does something like an "apropos" search on man pages.
>
> I used to use this feature often inside of emacs, first doing an
>   ESC x man
> then at the prompt, entering:
>   -k <search_term>
>
> Now, with a recent "cvs emacs" (soon to be called "bizarre emacs", I fear),
> I find that I can't type the space after the -k. 
>
> Is this supposed to be a feature?  How can I fix it?

It must be doing completion on the option letter.

Type C-q SPC instead of just SPC.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA