From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2588: 23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:45:51 -0400 Message-ID: <871vt86ms0.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> References: <873adqnery.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <001001c99ee0$35257540$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 2588@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1236528833 32595 80.91.229.12 (8 Mar 2009 16:13:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:13:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2588@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 08 17:15:09 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LgLeV-0001Wz-Gi for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:14:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36851 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LgLd9-0005jr-SK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:13:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgLTc-0000pI-Nb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:03:44 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgLTb-0000oX-Hk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:03:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51695 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LgLTb-0000oS-EB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:03:43 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:45117) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LgLTa-0007ZM-KQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:03:42 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n28G3eKQ013421; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 09:03:40 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n28Fo3JU009697; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 08:50:03 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:50:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2588 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2588-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2588.12365270828368 (code B ref 2588); Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:50:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2588) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 8 Mar 2009 15:44:42 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n28Fidu5008361 for <2588@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 08:44:40 -0700 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2ADB657E205; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:45:51 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:05:08 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:03:43 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:26133 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > We could try to fix this: I think it would actually be desirable to pop > up the frame immediately and then asynchronously fill it as man's output > comes in. > > This said, we could also just remove the COLUMNS business. > Who introduced this COLUMNS thingy and what was the motivation for it? This is explained in the code comments: it's required to ensure that the output of the manpage formatter has the same number of columns as the Emacs window/frame.