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bug#2588: 23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width
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Glenn Morris |
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bug#2588: 23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width |
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Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:38:20 -0500 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Chong Yidong wrote:
> The `man' facility is different from apropos or help---the text is
> generated by an external formatter, not by Emacs. If COLUMNS is
> omitted, the formatter output is too long for the frame width, on at
> least one (Debian) system.
Not to to dredge up this overly-long thread, but a few weeks ago man was
changed to _not_ set COLUMNS under a window-system, which seems
incorrect in light of the above.
- bug#2588: 23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width,
Glenn Morris <=