{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rkitover/vimpager/issues/188","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rkitover/vimpager","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rkitover/vimpager/issues/188/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rkitover/vimpager/issues/188/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rkitover/vimpager/issues/188/events","html_url":"https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager/issues/188","id":155034280,"number":188,"title":"vimcat fails to display manpages.","user":{"login":"lucc","id":1104419,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1104419?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc","html_url":"https://github.com/lucc","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2016-05-16T13:55:20Z","updated_at":"2016-05-17T16:38:44Z","closed_at":null,"body":"The command `MANPAGER=./vimpager man some-short-manpage` fails since 7130363 (at the parent 17a38bc it is still working).  The man page I used is `urxvt-bell-command` because that's very short. \r\n\r\n`./vimpager TODO.yml` and `./vimpager < TODO.yml` work fine (the file is handed to vimcat and correctly displayed).\r\n\r\nAt some point we have to figure out what man is doing to its pager. The other bug also only happens with man: https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager/issues/67#issuecomment-219260281"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rkitover/vimpager/issues/comments/219777366","html_url":"https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager/issues/188#issuecomment-219777366","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rkitover/vimpager/issues/188","id":219777366,"user":{"login":"lucc","id":1104419,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1104419?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc","html_url":"https://github.com/lucc","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lucc/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-05-17T16:38:44Z","updated_at":"2016-05-17T16:38:44Z","body":"Ok here is what I did:\r\n\r\n* remove and rename `~/.config/nvim`, `~/.vim` and `~/.vimrc` \r\n* remove possible factors: `pacman --remove python{,2}-neovim neovim neovim-symlinks vimpager-git` \r\n* install vim: `pacman --sync vim`\r\n* `export MANPAGER=$PWD/vimpager`\r\n* `export POSIX_SHELL=/bin/sh`\r\n* `man man` and `man urxvt-bell-command` work fine.\r\n* with `export MANPAGER=$PWD/vimpager\\ -x`, the last point is still fine\r\n* `man urxvt-bell-command 2>log` and `man man 2>log` are also fine and the expected log is in `log`.\r\n\r\nuntil now everything was fine but:\r\n\r\n* switch to neovim: `pacaur --sync neovim-symlinks` (this removes `vim` and pulls `neovim`)\r\n* `export MANPAGER=$PWD/vimpager`\r\n* `man man` is fine\r\n* `man urxvt-bell-command` displays one empty line on the terminal and succeeds. It looks like this:\r\n```sh\r\nluc@arch:~$ man urxvt-bell-command\r\n\r\nluc@arch:~$\r\n```\r\n* [here](https://gist.github.com/14dc03f14fdf7be73c90eeb3767387b6) is the log of `MANPAGER=$PWD/vimpager\\ -x man urxvt-bell-command 2>log`"}}