From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25208: 24.5; man output uses wrong width Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:30:32 +0200 Message-ID: <83lgvg8edz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87k2b1pcg2.fsf@dog.fritz.box> <831sx99lgo.fsf@gnu.org> <87y3zhkt20.fsf@dog.fritz.box> <83zijx7z1h.fsf@gnu.org> <87inqklw0d.fsf@dog.fritz.box> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1481877139 5842 195.159.176.226 (16 Dec 2016 08:32:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 08:32:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 25208@debbugs.gnu.org To: Olaf Dietsche Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 16 09:32:15 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cHnw6-0000Lb-75 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 09:32:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59027 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cHnwA-0004xC-5z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 03:32:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53907) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cHnvx-0004ne-5T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 03:32:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cHnvu-00086N-31 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 03:32:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:56381) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cHnvt-00086I-W9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 03:32:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cHnvt-0006JL-RO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 03:32:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 08:32:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25208 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 25208-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25208.148187708424212 (code B ref 25208); Fri, 16 Dec 2016 08:32:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25208) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Dec 2016 08:31:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43547 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cHnvH-0006IS-US for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 03:31:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34442) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cHnvG-0006IF-9d for 25208@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 03:31:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cHnv8-0007Wy-4p for 25208@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 03:31:17 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:37930) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cHnv8-0007Wr-1R; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 03:31:14 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2137 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cHnv7-0003hp-90; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 03:31:13 -0500 In-reply-to: <87inqklw0d.fsf@dog.fritz.box> (message from Olaf Dietsche on Thu, 15 Dec 2016 22:31:30 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:127080 Archived-At: > From: Olaf Dietsche > Cc:25208@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 22:31:30 +0100 > > This is not a general problem with line truncation. In this case it > isn't Emacs doing the formatting, but the external program `man`. Emacs > does so by setting the COLUMNS environment variable before calling man. > > Man will then format according to the given width, which is the width of > the current window before being split in half. Right, so I did misunderstand. Sorry about that. > > But Mark says this was fixed, so maybe I don't understand the issue > > well enough. > > Whatever might have been fixed more than two years ago (#17831), it > doesn't show up in my Emacs (24.5.1, Ubuntu 16.04). That fix is in Emacs 25.1, not in 24.5, AFAICS.