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

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 17831 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17831: 24.4.50; bad default value for `Man-width'
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 08:53:45 -0400

forcemerge 17831 2588
thanks

> Man-width defaults to the window width at the time of running `man'.  But
> if the frame is split horizontally it usually leads to a view with the
> right-hand-side half unviewable.

Indeed.
As discussed earlier, I think the right fix is to display the buffer
right away and then fill it in the background.

Problem with it, is that currently we do "fill the buffer with
half-processed text; finish formatting; display", so if we only move the
"display" part, the user will see (temporarily) the half-processed text.


        Stefan
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