man-completion.el
man-completion.el sets up page name
completion for
Emacs
M-x
man, getting available page names from the man -k
"apropos" database, and completing bare filenames too.
A hook scheme lets you manipulate the page name picked out as the default. A Perl module function is included which can expand an abbreviation or prune a subpackage or variable name to get to the right page. It's particularly good for POE and perlcritic names.
Emacs 24 up has some completion on M-x man already, but you might
like the style or extras in man-completion.el.
man-completion.el is
free software (free
as in freedom), published under the terms of the
GNU
General Public License (v3 or up).
Download version 37,
- HTTP
man-completion.el(51k, and sig) - FTP
man-completion.el - RSYNC
man-completion.el - Or my ELPA archive.
- Or Debian package my miscbits-el.
The sig is a Gnu PG ascii armoured
signature for man-completion.el, generated from
my key.
See also
iman.el
which does a similar completion, with info page names too, but not filenames.
M-x
woman has filename completion already.