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I am using GNU Emacs 28.2.50 along with emacsclient.

I am using https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ManMode. When I have a smaller width size in a iTerm terminal, man-mode kind of messed up for long lines. The comparasion could be seen here:

=> Upper window is in emacs. => Lower window is in less where original (command man wget) is applied.

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In emacs, for the long line, it continues from second line without a TAB. For example:

DESCRIPTION
    GNU Wget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web.  It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, 
as well as retrieval through
       HTTP proxies.

should be:

DESCRIPTION
    GNU Wget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web.  It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well 
    as retrieval through HTTP proxies.

Even I have set Man-width to nil and Man-width-max to 80 Link: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/62535/18414, it is not helped.

(define-key Man-mode-map "q" 'my-kill-emacs)
(define-key Man-mode-map "Q" 'my-kill-emacs)

(setq Man-width 80)
(setq Man-width-max 80)

The way I run man-mode page in emacs:

man () {
    emacsclient -cqut -nw -e "(let ((Man-notify-method 'bully)) (man \"$1\"))";
}

I am not sure what is preventing Man-width-max to be applied.

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  • Which version of Emacs are you using?
    – phils
    Mar 21 at 21:44
  • Currently I am using GNU Emacs 28.2.50
    – alper
    Mar 21 at 23:21
  • Do you see the same problems if you don't use your emacsclient script? I.e. just using M-x man? If so, you should simplify the question by eliminating the client/server aspect. If not, then clarify the difference.
    – phils
    Mar 21 at 23:38
  • Also, does typing u in the man buffer to refresh it change the formatting? And what does C-h v Man-width-max report in that buffer?
    – phils
    Mar 21 at 23:43
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    I have tried Terminal is macOS and I observed the same behavior. Man-update-manpag (u) did not do anything. Man-width-max reported as 80. I see the same problem if I don't use emacsclient and instead use emacs -nw
    – alper
    Mar 24 at 9:18

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Try setting Man-width-max to 0 instead of nil.

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  • I don't understand how this helped vs setting Man-width-max to 80. A value of zero looks to be an undocumented way of not using the max width at all; but when it is used it acts as a limit, and a limit of 80 would not produce the longer lines seen in the screenshots.
    – phils
    Mar 25 at 22:31

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