From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5054: Man truncated Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:44:35 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87bpbaprgc.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <4B3F58A5.6080701@gmx.at> <87ljgggfff.fsf@jidanni.org> <4B41BF95.2030106@gmx.at> <87ljge801v.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4B423CBA.6050001@gmx.at> <87iqbfyoy4.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4B459896.1050208@gmx.at> <87eim1ebsm.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4B46EA66.8020905@gmx.at> <87aawnrwut.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87skadh1wc.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4B4ADBDB.2000304@gmx.at> <871vhwtr6g.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1276727332 11591 80.91.229.12 (16 Jun 2010 22:28:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:28:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5054@debbugs.gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 17 00:28:49 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OP16G-0000Pd-4l for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:28:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48894 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OP16F-0000U2-C6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:28:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42736 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OP166-0000QQ-SX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:28:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OP165-00055N-BX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:28:38 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57372) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OP165-00055G-8g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:28:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OP0iH-0001dR-S8; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:04:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:04:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5054 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5054-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5054.12767258226278 (code B ref 5054); Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:04:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5054) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Jun 2010 22:03:42 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OP0hx-0001dD-Uq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:03:42 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out1.starman.ee ([85.253.0.3] helo=mx1.starman.ee) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OP0ht-0001ct-KH for 5054@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:03:39 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx1.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.53.142.cable.starman.ee [82.131.53.142]) by mx1.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CE403F40C8; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:03:30 +0300 (EEST) In-Reply-To: <871vhwtr6g.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:59:03 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:04:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , 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:37816 Archived-At: >>> And what to do with the created frame? To leave it displaying >>> an empty buffer? >> >> The window (which probably should be dedicated initially to avoid that >> some other action steals it before formatting is complete) could first >> display some text about the formatting process in progress > > My patch already inserts a line "Invoking manual-program man-args > in the background" in the displayed buffer until formatting is complete. > >> and a more detailed text when formatting fails telling the user what >> the potential reasons of the failure were and how to get rid of the >> window or frame (and implicitly the temporary buffer). > > I think you are right. Exactly like e.g. `grep' displays the output > *grep* buffer with the text "Grep finished with no matches found", > so when `man' can't find a manpage, it should display a similar > error message in the man output buffer. Maybe a new window parameter `quit-restore-window' could take care about deleting the created window/frame when the man's formatting fails. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/