Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 15:50:04 +0300
From: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@cris.crimea.ua>
To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, doc@FreeBSD.ORG, ru@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: How to change man{1} output width
Message-ID: <20000529155004.A77084@ark.cris.net>
In-Reply-To: <39325DF3.93F59C76@freebsd.org>; from sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, May 29, 2000 at 03:09:23PM %2B0300
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hi, On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 03:09:23PM +0300, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > I'm using non - standard FreeBSD console geometry (100x37) and just wonder how > I can adjust groff configuration to format man pages for 100 columns instead of > default 80. I've tried to add .ll macro to the end of the > /usr/share/tmac/man.local but it seems doesn't have any visible effect :-(. > Does anybody with more deep knowledge of groff could advice me on this issue? > > In general it would be nice if someone would teach man(1) to respect COLUMNS > environmental variable - all xterm users would definitely benefit from that. I have made patches to change default width to 40 chars per Ruslan Ermilov's request. Since I removed these patches few months ago try to ask him (ru@FreeBSD.org) and just customize them with changing default values. PS: You need not to change anything in man(1). All issues are directly related to groff(1). -- /* 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
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