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M-x man grep weird lines

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: bug#34286: closed (Re: bug#34286: M-x man grep weird lines)
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 09:55:01 +0000

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Your bug report

#34286: M-x man grep weird lines

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 34286 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 34286-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34286: M-x man grep weird lines
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 11:54:17 +0200

> From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 23:04:29 +0000
> 
> > That's normal: faces straddle the newline.  In this case, it's the
> > underline face, but you will see the same if you use a face with a
> > non-default background color.
> 
> >From looking at this, the man page formatting is ok, but there is a
> problem with the buttons added to allow following references.
> 
> The first overlay button added by `Man-highlight-references0' uses a
> start position in the middle of a subsection heading in the "SEE ALSO"
> section, so something is not right with the regexps that locate these
> references.

Thanks, I fixed that one (and also another problem with handling
references to manpages divided between two lines).  The more general
problem, however, with the underline face straddling a newline, cannot
be helped.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: M-x man grep weird lines
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 07:17:17 +0800

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$ emacs -nw -q
M-x man grep

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Do you see those weird lines?
(Also test without -nw too.)

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