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 #189 received at 2588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
	2588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2588: 23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:02:41 +0200

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

>>> width of 200.  The default-to-80-columns would do the wrong thing.
>>
>> Text formatted for 200-columns is basically illegible.  So I find it
>> harsh to call it "the wrong thing" to use 80 columns in this context.
>
> As far as I can tell from this thread, most people agreed that Man
> didn't do the right thing here, but nobody wanted to fix it, since Emacs
> 23.1 was too close.
>
> Did anything more happen here afterwards?  Is this still buggy?

Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org> writes:

>> Did anything more happen here afterwards?  Is this still buggy?
>
> Is this the same as bug#9084?

And it is, I think.  Is there a particular reason why we don't just use
`frame-width' in these circumstances?

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