From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: xdisaster Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:33:01 +1000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <87y7kyx7hu.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176370584 3935 80.91.229.12 (12 Apr 2007 09:36:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:36:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 12 11:36:17 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1Hbviz-0003KF-H2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:36:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hbvn8-00033V-2t for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:40:34 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newshub.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.astraweb.com!router1.astraweb.com!sn-xt-sjc-04!sn-xt-sjc-01!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.95 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0BAeUiGCxXYu/6XuAI0Z6Ko67iM= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 32 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:147004 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:42608 Archived-At: Sean Sieger writes: > I run Emacs 23.0.0.1 in an xterm on Ubuntu 6.10. I was just now > reading X manpages in M-x shell (for the first time) trying to figure > out why CVS AUCTeX doesn't see TeX Live 2007, but now I get: > > matilda@bdfpj71:~$ man man > Reformatting man(1), please wait... > WARNING: terminal is not fully functional > - (press RETURN) > > Um, I want to twist this notebook of mine into four pieces (I've been > stuggling with this X problem for a week), what gives?? > Partially a guess. M-x shell gives you a 'dumb' terminal which does not support the terminal addressing features required by man. M-x shell is for very simple shell commands that do not require significant formatting of output. To get a fully functional terminal within emacs, use M-x term. BUT.... in emacs, to read man pages, use either M-x man or M-x woman. Both have slightly different features. I find woman great for longer and more in-depth man reading sessions, but M-x man is great when I just want to check something like command line switches etc. HTH Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au