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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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 2588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#2588: 23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:27:04 -0400

>> Anyway, I wouldn't go for such adventures before Emacs 23.1 is
>> released.  Until then, I'd simply not set COLUMNS when pop-up-frames
>> is non-nil.
> I'm not sure we should make *any* change to this before the release.

We should at least make this "auto adjust man width to match window
width" configurable, since (even if it were implemented correctly) it
doesn't necessarily do what the user wants.


        Stefan
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