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Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages
From: |
Colin Watson |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:21:53 +0000 |
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On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 11:40:39PM +0000, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi John,
> > I noticed man pages often wrap to the width of the terminal. Can I
> > set the line width somehow by stuffing the right number into some
> > environment variable?
>
> Not if you want it to be portable.
For Unix in general this is true. If you're on a recentish GNU/Linux
distribution then MANWIDTH should work; it's supported compatibly by
both man implementations.
--
Colin Watson address@hidden
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, (continued)
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, Colin Watson, 2003/03/09
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, J Robinson, 2003/03/10
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, Ralph Corderoy, 2003/03/10
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, J Robinson, 2003/03/10
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, Ralph Corderoy, 2003/03/10
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, J Robinson, 2003/03/10
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, Ralph Corderoy, 2003/03/10
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages,
Colin Watson <=
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, Ralph Corderoy, 2003/03/11
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, J Robinson, 2003/03/11
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, Ralph Corderoy, 2003/03/12
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, Colin Watson, 2003/03/10
- Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, Colin Watson, 2003/03/10