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

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 2588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2588: 23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:38:20 -0500

Chong Yidong wrote:

> The `man' facility is different from apropos or help---the text is
> generated by an external formatter, not by Emacs.  If COLUMNS is
> omitted, the formatter output is too long for the frame width, on at
> least one (Debian) system.

Not to to dredge up this overly-long thread, but a few weeks ago man was
changed to _not_ set COLUMNS under a window-system, which seems
incorrect in light of the above.
This bug report was last modified 11 years and 19 days ago.

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