GNU bug report logs - #25344
man repaints entire screen even when there is no such manual page

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 11:56:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 25344 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25344: man repaints entire screen even when there is no such manual page
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:56:46 +0200

> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> 	<jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2017 18:56:36 +0800
> 
> If one has a very quick eye, one can discover M-x man "zzzyyyxxx"
> repaints the entire screen before declaring in the minibuffer "No manual
> entry for zzzyyyxxx". Doesn't seem very efficient.
> Also one thinks the man page is coming in and looks at the screen, but
> in fact it is just the screen being repainted. emacs-version "25.1.1"

I think these are side effects of a change (for the better) whereby
the 'man' program gets set up with a correct line width, which is
impossible without creating a window before 'man' is run.  My HO is
that this minor annoyance is a worthy price to pay for the problems
solved by that change.
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