Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
>
> If you put the following in your "~/.emacs" (or your
> "~/.xemacs/init.el if you prefer) you'll be able to put the cursor
> over a man page filename in `dired', and push `l' to display it in
> the emacs manual viewer. This works for XEmacs. Anyone know a way
> to make it work with GNU Emacs? If so, please post it.
(defun dired-man-locally ()
(interactive)
(manual-entry (concat (dired-get-filename) " -l")))
(require 'dired)
(define-key dired-mode-map [(?l)] 'dired-man-locally)
> This is really helpful while you are writing a man page.
>
> (defun dired-man-locally ()
> (interactive)
> (if (= 1 (function-max-args #'manual-entry))
> (manual-entry (concat (dired-get-filename) " -l"))
> (manual-entry (dired-get-filename) "-l")))
>
> (add-hook 'dired-setup-keys-hook
> #'(lambda ()
> (define-key dired-mode-map [(?l)] #'dired-man-locally)))
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