From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 18 04:07:23 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22917106564A for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:07:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave-lists-freebsd-questions@weller-fahy.com) Received: from tigger.weller-fahy.com (sinecure.xen.prgmr.com [64.71.167.144]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E69298FC12 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:07:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 23882 invoked from network); 17 Jan 2011 19:42:53 -0800 Received: from unknown (HELO weller-fahy.com) (dave@weller-fahy.com@70.135.9.178) by tigger.weller-fahy.com with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 17 Jan 2011 19:42:53 -0800 Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:40:38 -0600 From: "David J. Weller-Fahy" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110118034037.GF90952@weller-fahy.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rqzD5py0kzyFAOWN" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: How to adjust man page line length X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:07:23 -0000 --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--