Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:29:18 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to adjust man page line length Message-ID: <20110118182918.GA14251@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <xeia7he29lxq.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <20110118034037.GF90952@weller-fahy.com> <xeia7he29lxq.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 06:11:13PM +0100, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:40:38 -0600, "David J. Weller-Fahy" <dave-lists-freebsd-questions@weller-fahy.com> wrote: > > 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. > > Set the 'columns' attribute of your tty: > > stty columns 60 > man xxx > > This should do it. *Should*? You posted without trying it? (I tried, did not work). -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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