From owner-freebsd-doc Wed May 24 4:28:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from columbus.cris.net (columbus.cris.net [212.110.128.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1850F37BC96 for ; Wed, 24 May 2000 04:28:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phantom@ark.cris.net) Received: from ark.cris.net (root@ark.cris.net [212.110.128.68]) by columbus.cris.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA50179; Wed, 24 May 2000 14:28:14 +0300 (EEST) Received: (from phantom@localhost) by ark.cris.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA04520; Wed, 24 May 2000 14:28:35 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from phantom) Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 14:28:35 +0300 From: Alexey Zelkin To: Mark Ovens Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Question about mdoc formatting Message-ID: <20000524142835.B3244@ark.cris.net> References: <20000521164932.A236@parish> <20000523093303.A11021@mppsystems.com> <20000523184831.B233@parish> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20000523184831.B233@parish>; from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Tue, May 23, 2000 at 06:48:31PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org hi, On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 06:48:31PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > I guessed that there wasn't a direct solution, after all inserting a > line-break that is correct in an 80-column window would be wrong in a > 90-column, even though FreeBSD manpages format to 80 even if the > window is bigger. It's hardcoded. Troff's ascii formatting device has hardcoded screen width. -- /* Alexey Zelkin && phantom@cris.net */ /* Tavric National University && phantom@crimea.edu */ /* http://www.ccssu.crimea.ua/~phantom && phantom@FreeBSD.org */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message