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authorKarl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>1994-03-16 04:03:50 +0000
committerKarl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>1994-03-16 04:03:50 +0000
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(manual-entry): Document what the arg does.
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diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
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@@ -421,7 +421,9 @@ This command is the top-level command in the man package. It runs a Un*x
command to retrieve and clean a manpage in the background and places the
results in a Man mode (manpage browsing) buffer. See variable
`Man-notify' for what happens when the buffer is ready.
-Universal argument ARG, is passed to `Man-getpage-in-background'."
+Normally, if a buffer already exists for this man page, it will display
+immediately; either a prefix argument or a nil value to `Man-reuse-okay-p'
+overrides this and forces the man page to be regenerated."
(interactive "P")
(let* ((default-entry (Man-default-man-entry))
(man-args