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From: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: Jens-Ulrik Holger Petersen <petersen@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
Cc: Remek Trzaska <remek@postoffice.npac.syr.edu>,
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Subject: Re: [patch] one more man.el customization variable
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Reply-To: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>

>>>>> "Jens-Ulrik" == Jens-Ulrik Holger Petersen <petersen@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp> writes:

Jens-Ulrik> There are lots of shell script that have man pages.  Currently if you
Jens-Ulrik> have such a shell script in a buffer, and you try to `man' its man
Jens-Ulrik> page, the buffer with the shell script is put into Man mode!!

Jens-Ulrik> Ok, I'm sure that bug could be fixed, but it illustrates the current
Jens-Ulrik> problem well.  Having man buffers just named by the command-name is
Jens-Ulrik> not a good idea!

Jens-Ulrik> [thought Karl said he was going to change this back anyway, or is that
Jens-Ulrik> just my convenient memory.]

I also vote for having man buffers with names like *Man ls*.
Compatibility with RMSmacs and previous versions of XEmacs requires a
stronger argument for change than one maintainer's personal taste in
user interfaces.

Martin

