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

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 2588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>,
        cyd <at> stupidchicken.com
Subject: Re: bug#2588: 23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:05:08 -0500

> The problem is, AFAICS, that with pop-up-frames `man' is run _before_
> the frame to display its output is created.  To do what you want we

We could try to fix this: I think it would actually be desirable to pop
up the frame immediately and then asynchronously fill it as man's output
comes in.

This said, we could also just remove the COLUMNS business.
Who introduced this COLUMNS thingy and what was the motivation for it?


        Stefan
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