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| -rw-r--r-- | etc/NEWS | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/man.el | 9 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -693,10 +693,10 @@ asynchronously (which is the default behavior). +++ *** New user option 'Man-support-remote-systems'. -This option controls whether the man page is taken from the remote -system when the current buffer is remote. You can invoke the 'man' -command with a prefix argument to reverse the value of this option -only for the current invocation. +This option controls whether the man page is formatted on the remote +system when the current buffer's default-directory is remote. You can +invoke the 'man' command with a prefix argument to countermand the +value of this option for the current invocation of 'man'. ** DocView diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el index 28c71ba1e06..f18e2f50b7c 100644 --- a/lisp/man.el +++ b/lisp/man.el @@ -583,10 +583,11 @@ Otherwise, the value is whatever the function "/bin/sh")) (defun Man-header-file-path () - "Return the C header file search path that Man uses. + "Return the C header file search path that Man should use. Normally, this is the value of the user option `Man-header-file-path', -but when the man page is retrieved from a remote system this -function tries to find the C header path on that system." +but when the man page is formatted on a remote system (see +`Man-support-remote-systems'), this function tries to figure out the +list of directories where the remote system has the C header files." (let ((remote-id (file-remote-p default-directory))) (if (null remote-id) ;; The local case. @@ -1091,7 +1092,7 @@ to auto-complete your input based on the installed manual pages. If `default-directory' is remote, and `Man-support-remote-systems' is non-nil, this command formats the man page on the remote system. A prefix argument reverses the value of `Man-support-remote-systems' -for the current call." +for the current invocation." (interactive (list (let* ((default-entry (Man-default-man-entry)) |