GNU bug report logs - #25208
24.5; man output uses wrong width

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Olaf Dietsche <olaf--mail.bug-gnu-emacs <at> olafdietsche.de>

Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 16:26:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Olaf Dietsche <olaf--mail.bug-gnu-emacs <at> olafdietsche.de>
Cc: 25208 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25208: 24.5; man output uses wrong width
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 21:49:46 +0200

> From: Olaf Dietsche <olaf--mail.bug-gnu-emacs <at> olafdietsche.de>
> Cc: 25208 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:20:39 +0100
> 
> > This is the intended behavior.  What would you like to see instead?
> 
> Sorry for the incomplete bug report. I would expect to see the man
> page's lines properly wrapped in the target window, so I can read it
> without the need for scrolling horizontally.

I think if you set truncate-partial-width-windows to nil, you will
have what you want.

But Mark says this was fixed, so maybe I don't understand the issue
well enough.
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