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Diffstat (limited to 'mandoc.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | mandoc.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -299,9 +299,6 @@ The special characters documented in .Xr mandoc_char 7 are rendered best-effort in an ASCII equivalent. .Pp -Output width is limited to 78 visible columns unless literal input lines -exceed this limit. -.Pp The following .Fl O arguments are accepted: @@ -315,6 +312,8 @@ and seven for .Xr man 7 . Increasing this is not recommended; it may result in degraded formatting, for example overfull lines or ugly line breaks. +When output is to a pager on a terminal that is less than 66 columns +wide, the default is reduced to three columns. .It Cm mdoc Format .Xr man 7 @@ -331,7 +330,12 @@ output formats in the same way as the source it was generated from. .It Cm width Ns = Ns Ar width The output width is set to -.Ar width . +.Ar width +instead of the default of 78. +When output is to a pager on a terminal that is less than 79 columns +wide, the default is reduced to one less than the terminal width. +In any case, lines that are output in literal mode are never wrapped +and may exceed the output width. .El .Ss HTML Output Output produced by |