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authorEli Zaretskii2020-06-27 10:48:02 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii2020-06-27 10:48:02 +0300
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Improve do string of 'man'
* lisp/man.el (man): Mention the need to use C-q for quoting the SPC character in the man-page input. (Bug#41859)
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@@ -996,7 +996,11 @@ An \"apropos\" query with -k gives a buffer of matching page
996names or descriptions. The pattern argument is usually an 996names or descriptions. The pattern argument is usually an
997\"grep -E\" style regexp. 997\"grep -E\" style regexp.
998 998
999 -k pattern" 999 -k pattern
1000
1001Note that in some cases you will need to use \\[quoted-insert] to quote the
1002SPC character in the above examples, because this command attempts
1003to auto-complete your input based on the installed manual pages."
1000 1004
1001 (interactive 1005 (interactive
1002 (list (let* ((default-entry (Man-default-man-entry)) 1006 (list (let* ((default-entry (Man-default-man-entry))