Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages

[J Robinson]

Hello Ralph;
Thanks for your answers.

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?

Thanks! jrobinson

--- Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> > I looked at the link you give above, where you say
> "Can't a more
> > robust version of my `echo .nh' redefine .hy to do
> nothing?". Can you
> > give me a concrete example of a more robust
> version of 'echo .nh'?
> > Being a troff/nroff/groff newbie, I'm not sure
> what you mean by that.
> 
> Define .hy to do nothing, `..' marks the end of the
> definition.  Turn
> off hyphenation.
> 
>     .de hy
>     ..
>     .nh
> 
> _A TROFF Tutorial_ and CSTR #54 at
> http://troff.org/papers.html are the
> standard documents.
> 
> > Also, is there a way to set the line width for
> manpages (independent
> > of the terminal actually used?)
> 
> Hmm. I guess .ll (line length) and .tl (title
> length) might work.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Ralph.
> 
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