(Man-getpage-in-background): Bind inhibit-eol-conversion

to t before calling start-process or call-process.

diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index 2c8acac2c8290a57b89a7338fc6aa2f5857dabf6..9bcdd8f8f0e5c4ac9291a421f5c307665dfd78b2 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ If a buffer already exists for this man page, it will display immediately."
        (setq Man-original-frame (selected-frame))
        (setq Man-arguments man-args))
       (let ((process-environment (copy-sequence process-environment))
+           (inhibit-eol-conversion t)  ; so Awk script gets \n intact
            ;; Avoid possible error by using a directory that always exists.
            (default-directory "/"))
        ;; Prevent any attempt to use display terminal fanciness.