branch: elpa/helm
commit 4618a14393c9b1b14fec79a492ca3cf91029698a
Author: Thierry Volpiatto <[email protected]>
Commit: Thierry Volpiatto <[email protected]>
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helm-man.el | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/helm-man.el b/helm-man.el
index 1855e6abfa1..b6358bdad54 100644
--- a/helm-man.el
+++ b/helm-man.el
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ source.")
(helm-init-candidates-in-buffer 'global helm-man--pages))
(defun helm-man-popup-info (candidate)
+ ;; On some systems mandb don't run automatically, in this case whatis or man
+ ;; -f return nothing.
(let ((output (shell-command-to-string (format "man -f '%s'" candidate))))
(when (string-match (format "\\(%s ?([^(]+)\\) *- ?\\(.*\\)\n" candidate)
output)
