(man): completion-ignore-case t for friendliness and since man

itself is case-insensitive on the command line.

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index a7a1d93c286..add90d7c32f 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
         * man.el (Man-completion-table): default-directory "/" in case
         doesn't otherwise exist.  process-environment COLUMNS=999 so as
         not to truncate long names.  process-connection-type pipe to avoid
-        any chance of hitting the pseudo-tty TIOCGWINSZ.  (Further to
-        Bug#3717.)
+        any chance of hitting the pseudo-tty TIOCGWINSZ.
+        (man): completion-ignore-case t for friendliness and since man
+        itself is case-insensitive on the command line.
+        Further to Bug#3717.
 
 2009-11-25  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 
diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index cbec29f1250..050ebed81a0 100644
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -799,6 +799,13 @@ all sections related to a subject, put something appropriate into the
 `Man-switches' variable, which see."
   (interactive
    (list (let* ((default-entry (Man-default-man-entry))
+                ;; ignore case because that's friendly for bizarre
+                ;; caps things like the X11 function names and because
+                ;; "man" itself is case-sensitive on the command line
+                ;; so you're accustomed not to bother about the case
+                ;; ("man -k" is case-insensitive similarly, so the
+                ;; table has everything available to complete)
+                (completion-ignore-case t)
                 (input (completing-read
                         (format "Manual entry%s"
                                 (if (string= default-entry "")