From: jidanni@jidanni.org
To: 5566@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: libwww-facebook-api-perl@packages.debian.org,
rfrancoise@debian.org, man-db@packages.debian.org
Subject: bug#5566: 23.1.92; man page header ugly on narrow terminals
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:49:00 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tytn621v.fsf@jidanni.org> (raw)
X-debbugs-cc: man-db@packages.debian.org, libwww-facebook-api-perl@packages.debian.org
Here is a complicated bug that involves several packages, and produces
"WWW::Facebook::API::^HUI^Hsn^Het^Hr..." (^H's visible too)
on one's emacs screen.
# su - nobody #(LC_ALL=C etc. too.)
$ HOME=/tmp emacs-snapshot -nw
M-x man WWW::Facebook::API::Intl (from libwww-facebook-api-perl package)
on a wide enough terminal, gives a nice
WWW::Facebook::API::Intl(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation WWW::Facebook::API::Intl(3pm)
however, if the screen is only as wide as the below, this is what one sees:
WWW::Facebook::API::^HUI^Hsn^Het^Hrl(^HC3^Hop^Hnm^Ht)^Hributed Perl Docu^H
Similarly under X-windows. If one just uses xterm and no emacs, one gets
WWW::Facebook::API:UserlContributed Perl DoWWW::Facebook::API::Intl(3pm)
which at least doesn't have the visible ^H stuff.
$ man -w WWW::Facebook::API::Friends
/usr/share/man/man3/WWW::Facebook::API::Friends.3pm.gz
where we see the line at question...
.TH WWW::Facebook::API::Friends 3pm "2009-11-26" "perl v5.10.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
In GNU Emacs 23.1.92.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.6)
of 2010-02-10 on elegiac, modified by Debian
(emacs-snapshot package, version 1:20100209-1)
next reply other threads:[~2010-02-11 18:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-11 18:49 jidanni [this message]
[not found] ` <20100211222648.GJ13019@belanna.comodo.priv.at>
2010-02-12 11:23 ` bug#5566: 23.1.92; man page header ugly on narrow terminals Colin Watson
2010-02-12 19:24 ` Juri Linkov
2010-02-12 19:20 ` Juri Linkov
2010-02-12 20:59 ` Colin Watson
2010-02-12 21:57 ` Juri Linkov
2010-02-13 7:34 ` Chong Yidong
2010-02-14 0:23 ` Juri Linkov
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