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bug#2588: 23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width


From: Drew Adams
Subject: bug#2588: 23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 22:33:18 -0700

> > > > Anyway, I wouldn't go for such adventures before Emacs 23.1 is
> > > > released.  Until then, I'd simply not set COLUMNS when 
> > > > pop-up-frames is non-nil.
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure we should make *any* change to this before 
> > > the release.
> > 
> > Why? Why is fixing this bug an "adventure"?
> 
> I used the word "adventure", and I meant the suggestion to guess the
> right value for COLUMNS from default-frame-alist or
> pop-up-frame-alist.  I think, even if this is correct, it's too
> complex for now.

That would be not only an adventure but misguided. Window and frame metrics and
parameters are not appropriate models for buffer text formatting.







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