GNU bug report logs - #17831
24.4.50; bad default value for `Man-width'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 13:32:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 2588, 9084

Found in version 24.0.50

Fixed in version 24.4.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #27 received at 17831 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, 17831 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#17831: 24.4.50; bad default value for `Man-width'
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 08:53:14 -0400

> To fix this we could either use some sort of maximimum width (for me
> more than 80 columns are not very readable anyway) and propose an

I'm with you here, but some users disagree (e.g. they want to use their
160-column *Cmpletions* window fully).

> Alternatively, we could display the buffer first, look at what size we
> get, fill the buffer, and possibly resize the window afterwards.

That's what we should aim for, I think.


        Stefan
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