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X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c06::231 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:228929 Archived-At: On 25 August 2018 at 04:19, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: hw >> Cc: spacibba@aol.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org >> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 03:31:18 +0200 >> >> >> (setq Man-width 75) >> > >> > Emacs nowadays calculates the width dynamically, depending on the >> > dimensions of the window. >> >> Why not make Emacs dynamically size it's windows to the width of the >> display first? ;~O >> >> >> >> Yes, Emacs can do that since a while, and has made it an extremely >> annoying default. Who wants to read manual pages or other text when it >> has been formatted to be about 140--300 characters per line wide (and >> way more than that if my eyes were what they used to be)? >> [...] >> This is a good example for a default that really should be changed. > > Feel free to file a bug report about it. See also Bug#9385. https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=9385