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Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages
From: |
Ralph Corderoy |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:40:39 +0000 |
Hi John,
> > > 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.
>
> 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. I'd suggest using .ll and .tl. The
only catch is that this might not adjust the width of the page title
because that's in a different environment, so you have to switch
environments and set it there too.
$ cat ~/man.prepend
.ll 80n
.lt 80n
.ev 1
.ll 80n
.lt 80n
.ev
.de hy
..
.nh
$ (cat ~/man.prepend; zc less.1.gz) |
> nroff -Tdumb -man |
> col -b |
> cat -s |
> awk 'NR <= 10 || length == 80' |
> head -20
LESS(1) LESS(1)
NAME
less - opposite of more
SYNOPSIS
less -?
less --help
less -V
less --version
(See the OPTIONS section for alternate option syntax with long option
Less is a program similar to more (1), but which allows backward movement
read the entire input file before starting, so with large input files it
starts up faster than text editors like vi (1). Less uses termcap (or
terminfo on some systems), so it can run on a variety of terminals.
Commands are based on both more and vi. Commands may be preceded by a
ESCAPE key; for example ESC-v means the two character sequence "ESCAPE",
h or H Help: display a summary of these commands. If you forget all the
z Like SPACE, but if N is specified, it becomes the new window size.
w Like ESC-v, but if N is specified, it becomes the new window size.
Cheers,
Ralph.
- 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 <=
Re: [Groff] Unix Man Pages, Colin Watson, 2003/03/10
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