From: Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 03:40:06 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (manual-program): New (actually reintroduced) variable.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-19.34~9176
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2788b7c90370275f9e897674c12caa2598bc16c1;p=emacs.git

(manual-program): New (actually reintroduced) variable.
(Man-getpage-in-background): Don't hardcode the program name.
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diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index 64faa8d930d..37ff5c5f82b 100644
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@
 ;; vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
 ;; user variables
 
+(defvar manual-program "man"
+  "The name of the program that produces man pages.")
+
 (defvar Man-notify 'friendly
   "*Selects the behavior when manpage is ready.
 This variable may have one of the following values:
@@ -468,7 +471,7 @@ start a background process even if a buffer already exists and
 	;; Prevent any attempt to use display terminal fanciness.
 	(setenv "TERM" "dumb")
 	(set-process-sentinel
-	 (start-process "man" buffer "sh" "-c"
+	 (start-process manual-program buffer "sh" "-c"
 			(format (Man-build-man-command) man-args))
 	 'Man-bgproc-sentinel))
     )))