GNU bug report logs - #32536
displayed width of man pages

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: hw <hw <at> adminart.net>

Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 16:43:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Merged with 9385

Found in versions 23.3, 24.3

Fixed in version 27.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: hw <hw <at> adminart.net>, 32536 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32536: displayed width of man pages
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2018 00:27:43 +0300

>>> I can't follow you here.  Shouldn't we remove the hook _when_ a Man
>>> buffer is not displayed anymore.  That is, when
>>> 'Man-window-size-change' detects that no Man buffer is displayed
>>> anymore, remove it from 'window-size-change-functions' and re-add it
>>> as soon as a Man buffer gets displayed again.
>>
>> How to know the moment when a Man buffer gets displayed again?
>> Is there a corresponding hook for this event?
>
> 'window-configuration-change-hook' I presume.  Though this raises the
> question how to remove anything from there when finishing browsing.

Using window-configuration-change-hook is a hugely cumbersome workaround
for deficiencies in window-size-change-functions.

I reported this in bug#32637, please see there.
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 248 days ago.

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