GNU bug report logs - #34286
M-x man grep weird lines

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Message #21 received at 34286-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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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