Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:40:38 -0600 From: "David J. Weller-Fahy" <dave-lists-freebsd-questions@weller-fahy.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to adjust man page line length Message-ID: <20110118034037.GF90952@weller-fahy.com>
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--rqzD5py0kzyFAOWN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To expand on the question in the subject: How does one tell `man` not to automatically format man pages to 80 columns? I'm looking for a fairly easy way to do this, or confirmation it would involve internal gymnastics I may not be willing to perform. The quick fixes which did not work: I ensured COLUMNS is set in the environment, I tried pages which did not have a corresponding catman page, I tried on the console and in X, and I've tried both with my custom (SC_PIXEL_MODE added) and GENERIC kernels. I'm running... #v+ dave@heffalump:~$ uname -a FreeBSD heffalump.weller-fahy.com 8.1-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p2 #0:= Sat Jan 1 10:59:17 CST 2011 root@heffalump.weller-fahy.com:/usr/obj/u= sr/src/sys/GENERIC-SC_PIXEL_MODE i386 #v- This particular installation is running under Virtualbox 3.2.12 r68302 on Mac OS X 10.6.6. Admittedly, this is an annoyance rather than a need, but man is it annoying. Will someone please let me know the simple thing my google-fu has failed to find? Regards, --=20 dave [ please don't CC me ] --rqzD5py0kzyFAOWN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAk01C7UACgkQzahokXOb2Uw7fwCeNr+ql4t+JgKC3ktwLuhaB53W 0Y0AoJnGoRhQpjfQ+Zn5vo8nV/AiXqey =AP8A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rqzD5py0kzyFAOWN--
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