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master 1096d9afaa1 2/2: Improve Commentary in man.el


From: Stefan Kangas
Subject: master 1096d9afaa1 2/2: Improve Commentary in man.el
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 01:14:36 -0500 (EST)

branch: master
commit 1096d9afaa19799fade32ebada5b16add593511f
Author: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Commit: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>

    Improve Commentary in man.el
    
    * lisp/man.el (Commentary): Move "Features" above "Credits and History".
    The former is more likely to be relevant.
---
 lisp/man.el | 31 +++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index a3af03c7601..29c3dec501c 100644
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ;;; man.el --- browse UNIX manual pages -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1993-1994, 1996-1997, 2001-2025 Free Software
-;; Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1993-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Barry A. Warsaw <bwarsaw@cen.com>
 ;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
@@ -30,9 +29,22 @@
 ;; can continue to use your Emacs while processing is going on.
 ;;
 ;; The mode also supports hypertext-like following of manual page SEE
-;; ALSO references, and other features.  See below or do `?' in a
+;; ALSO references, and other features.  See below or type `?' in a
 ;; manual page buffer for details.
 
+;; ========== Features ==========
+;; + Runs "man" in the background and pipes the results through a
+;;   series of sed and awk scripts so that all retrieving and cleaning
+;;   is done in the background.  The cleaning commands are configurable.
+;; + Syntax is the same as Un*x man
+;; + Functionality is the same as Un*x man, including "man -k" and
+;;   "man <section>", etc.
+;; + Provides a manual browsing mode with keybindings for traversing
+;;   the sections of a manpage, following references in the SEE ALSO
+;;   section, and more.
+;; + Multiple manpages created with the same man command are put into
+;;   a narrowed buffer circular list.
+
 ;; ========== Credits and History ==========
 ;; In mid 1991, several people posted some interesting improvements to
 ;; man.el from the standard Emacs 18.57 distribution.  I liked many of
@@ -59,19 +71,6 @@
 ;; making it faster, more robust and more tolerant of different
 ;; systems' man idiosyncrasies.
 
-;; ========== Features ==========
-;; + Runs "man" in the background and pipes the results through a
-;;   series of sed and awk scripts so that all retrieving and cleaning
-;;   is done in the background.  The cleaning commands are configurable.
-;; + Syntax is the same as Un*x man
-;; + Functionality is the same as Un*x man, including "man -k" and
-;;   "man <section>", etc.
-;; + Provides a manual browsing mode with keybindings for traversing
-;;   the sections of a manpage, following references in the SEE ALSO
-;;   section, and more.
-;; + Multiple manpages created with the same man command are put into
-;;   a narrowed buffer circular list.
-
 ;; ============= TODO ===========
 ;; - Add a command for printing.
 ;; - The awk script deletes multiple blank lines.  This behavior does



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