GNU bug report logs - #7871
24.0.50; Emacs M-x man vs. EEEPC screen width

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:27:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: stepnem <at> gmail.com
Cc: debian-eeepc-devel <at> lists.alioth.debian.org, 7871 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7871: 24.0.50; Emacs M-x man vs. RREPC screen width
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:51:40 +0800

>>>>> "ŠN" == Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com> writes:
ŠN> jidanni <at> jidanni.org writes:

>> Why on EEEPC 702 does emacs's M-x man miscalculate the screen width,
>> causing M-x man to go beyond the edge as shown in the attached
>> screenshot.

ŠN> This sometimes happens to me, too (on trunk, but I'm not sure it
ŠN> matters); I haven't investigated, probably something to do with window
ŠN> configuration at the time you run `man'. In any case, I doubt it has
ŠN> anything to do with "EEEPC 702" specifically, whatever that is.

Ah, probably need these in .emacs in order for M-x man to always
work properly
(setenv "PAGER" "cat")
(setenv "LESS" nil)
(setenv "COLUMNS" nil)
(setenv "LINES" nil)
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