GNU bug report logs - #2588
23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 9084, 17831

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 #120 received at 2588 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: cyd <at> stupidchicken.com, 2588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
        drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#2588: 23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:03:38 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  2588 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com,  Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:43:39 -0400
> 
> > This is explained in the code comments: it's required to ensure that the
> > output of the manpage formatter has the same number of columns as the
> > Emacs window/frame.
> 
> Well, that part I understood, even without the comment ;-)
> The question is: what was the motivation to adjust the number of columns
> to that of the Emacs window/frame?

Does the following comment from man.el explain it to you?

	  ;; This isn't strictly correct, since we don't know how
	  ;; the page will actually be displayed, but it seems
	  ;; reasonable.

Translation: don't have a better idea, so why not?
This bug report was last modified 11 years and 19 days ago.

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