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

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, <2588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#2588: 23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 22:33:18 -0700

> > > > 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.
> > 
> > Why? Why is fixing this bug an "adventure"?
> 
> I used the word "adventure", and I meant the suggestion to guess the
> right value for COLUMNS from default-frame-alist or
> pop-up-frame-alist.  I think, even if this is correct, it's too
> complex for now.

That would be not only an adventure but misguided. Window and frame metrics and
parameters are not appropriate models for buffer text formatting.
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