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Re: [PATCH 1/2] help: add "man.viewer" config var to use "woman" or "konqueror"

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 29, 2008, 07:46 UTC
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<7vfxvcdx23.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
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<200802290814.39366.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

Looking at this exchange really makes me suspect that these things should not be in C. Every time Emacs updates we need recompilation? Yuck.

What was the reason we gave up calling out to a single generic scripted wrapper that the users can just munge to suit their tastes?

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  1. 1/2 help: add "man.viewer" config var to use "woman" or "konqueror"Christian Couder, Feb 28, 2008
  2. Xavier MaillardFeb 29, 2008
  3. Christian CouderFeb 29, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 29, 2008
  5. Xavier MaillardMar 1, 2008
  6. Christian CouderMar 3, 2008
  7. help: add "man.viewer" config var to use "woman" or "konqueror"Xavier Maillard, Mar 1, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2008
  9. Christian CouderMar 3, 2008
  10. Jakub NarebskiMar 3, 2008
  11. Christian CouderMar 3, 2008
  12. Xavier MaillardFeb 29, 2008

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