Variable: Man-notify-method

Man-notify-method is a customizable variable defined in man.el.gz.

Value

friendly

Documentation

Selects the behavior when manpage is ready.

This variable may have one of the following values, where (sf) means that the frames are switched, so the manpage is displayed in the frame where the man command was called from:

newframe -- put the manpage in its own frame (see Man-frame-parameters)
pushy -- make the manpage the current buffer in the current window
bully -- make the manpage the current buffer and only window (sf)
aggressive -- make the manpage the current buffer in the other window (sf)
friendly -- display manpage in the other window but don't make current (sf)
thrifty -- reuse an existing manpage window if possible (sf)
polite -- don't display manpage, but prints message and beep when ready
quiet -- like polite, but don't beep
meek -- make no indication that the manpage is ready

Any other value of Man-notify-method is equivalent to meek.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 19.29.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/man.el.gz
(defcustom Man-notify-method 'friendly
  "Selects the behavior when manpage is ready.
This variable may have one of the following values, where (sf) means
that the frames are switched, so the manpage is displayed in the frame
where the man command was called from:

newframe   -- put the manpage in its own frame (see `Man-frame-parameters')
pushy      -- make the manpage the current buffer in the current window
bully      -- make the manpage the current buffer and only window (sf)
aggressive -- make the manpage the current buffer in the other window (sf)
friendly   -- display manpage in the other window but don't make current (sf)
thrifty    -- reuse an existing manpage window if possible (sf)
polite     -- don't display manpage, but prints message and beep when ready
quiet      -- like `polite', but don't beep
meek       -- make no indication that the manpage is ready

Any other value of `Man-notify-method' is equivalent to `meek'."
  :type '(radio (const newframe) (const pushy) (const bully)
		(const aggressive) (const friendly) (const thrifty)
		(const polite) (const quiet) (const meek)))