From: Olaf Dietsche <olaf--mail.bug-gnu-emacs@olafdietsche.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 25208@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25208: 24.5; man output uses wrong width
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:20:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y3zhkt20.fsf@dog.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <831sx99lgo.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:00:07 +0200")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Olaf Dietsche <olaf--mail.bug-gnu-emacs@olafdietsche.de>
>> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:08:13 +0100
>>
>> I use a wide display and Emacs full-screen.
>>
>> - emacs -Q
>> - Make the Emacs frame full-screen, so it is wider than high and shows
>> only one window.
>> - M-x man RET ps RET -- any command works
>>
>> Now the frame will be split into two windows side by side, one showing
>> the man page of `ps`. The man page will contain long lines, which are
>> truncated instead of wrapped around. You can see the whole lines, when
>> you scroll horizontally, of course.
>>
>> This will not happen, if the frame is already split horizontally in two
>> equal wide windows. When you move the vertical divider to the left or
>> right and invoke another man command, you can see, that man always uses
>> the width of the starting window instead of the target (displaying)
>> window.
>
> This is the intended behavior. What would you like to see instead?
Sorry for the incomplete bug report. I would expect to see the man
page's lines properly wrapped in the target window, so I can read it
without the need for scrolling horizontally.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-15 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-15 13:08 bug#25208: 24.5; man output uses wrong width Olaf Dietsche
2016-12-15 16:57 ` Mark Oteiza
2016-12-15 17:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-15 17:20 ` Olaf Dietsche [this message]
2016-12-15 19:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-15 21:31 ` Olaf Dietsche
2016-12-16 8:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-16 10:23 ` Olaf Dietsche
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