Bug 190287

Summary: man fails to properly format pages when screen width 68-79 chars
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: JW <ohtmvyyn>
Component: manAssignee: Ivana Varekova <varekova>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Ben Levenson <benl>
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Patch to ensure man pages fit on screen none

Description JW 2006-04-30 12:34:45 UTC 
Description of problem:
Man doesn't display manual pages properly on screen with widths between 68 and
79 characters inclusive.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
man-1.5p-4

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.set xterm width to 70 characters
2.man -c man
3.
  
Actual results:
Awful line wrapping, with difficult to read page

Expected results:
Should reformat to correct width


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Comment 1 JW 2006-04-30 12:34:45 UTC 
Created attachment 128410 [details]
Patch to ensure man pages fit on screen
Comment 2 Ivana Varekova 2006-05-02 09:35:37 UTC 
Thank you for your bug report and your patch. 
This problem is fixed in the last version of man (man-1.6c-3).