Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:53:48 +0100 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How to adjust man page line length Message-ID: <xeia1v49jmub.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <20110118182918.GA14251@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> (David Kelly's message of "Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:29:18 -0600") References: <20110118034037.GF90952@weller-fahy.com> <xeia7he29lxq.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20110118182918.GA14251@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:29:18 -0600, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> wrote: > 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). 'Should' as in "I tried it here and it worked". I'm running a recent CURRENT snapshot, but I don't think this affects the results. What does 'stty -a' show in your terminal? What is your shell's environment (e.g. the value of COLUMNS)? What is your PAGER? etc.
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